Jerusalem projects take place on a weekly basis at HLG. Our Jerusalem projects team of students match college students with the needs of our community. Here are a few examples of the many opportunities.
Shortly after moving in, HLG’s new residential students will serve 18-20 local organizations in various ways including highway trash pick up, carpet cleaning, clerical work, and landscaping. Over 200 students will be involved each year. There is no cost for this mission project.
Every year, HLG students take their fall break to serve the city of Hannibal by helping welcome and serve over 15,000 guests to the annual festival. This mission project to the city of Hannibal started out solely as a service effort, but in recent years HLG students have been asked to provide a worship service for the vendors and guests of the Folklife Festival.
Each week, HLG students serve local nursing home facilities visiting and ministering to the elderly. We’ve seen that one hour a week can change the whole attitude and perspective of our students who participate and the elderly they serve.
In November, our students will take a Saturday morning and go around raking leaves for our neighbors. Houses closest to the campus will have their leaves raked at no cost. It’s just our way of saying, we want to be a good neighbor.
Most Judea/Samaria projects take place over Christmas and Spring Breaks. Our students have traveled all across the United States, Canada and Mexico providing various services to local churches and mission organizations. Here are a few of the possibilities.
On September 13, 2008 Hurricane Ike hit the Galveston, TX area. The clean up and recovery process is lengthy and tedious. HLG students will go to Galveston to help. The opportunities for ministry as a result of this tragedy are varied and numerous. Our students will spend their Christmas break reaching out to help those who are hurting. The cost of this trip is $400 plus meals.
Through partnership with the North American Mission Board and Embrace Baltimore, HLG will send students to work in Baltimore, MD for the month of May. These students will receive a small stipend and will have housing and meals provided.
The Ends of the Earth projects typically take place over the Summer break, however the Dominican and Haiti projects are usually part of the Spring Break trips. Our students have traveled all across the world providing various services to local churches and mission organizations. Here are a few examples of opportunities.
HLG students have developed a relationship with HLG alumnus Ina York who serves as a missionary to the Dominicans. Following York’s speaking engagement at Carroll Missions Week, several HLG students joined her for a month in her work on the field.
For the past several years HLG students have served in Haiti working with Dorce Ministries. The ladies from the Alpha Tau Beta service organization on campus coordinate this trip which takes place over Spring Break.
Through HLG’s partnership with the International Baptist Convention in Europe HLG students provide leadership for the EuroVenture camp in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Students from all over Europe attend this camp and it serves as a great opportunity to introduce HLG students to international missions. Our students have ministered to Jr. High and High school students from 19 different countries on this trip alone. Many of the students at the camp are missionary kids and children whose parents are serving in military bases across Europe. Some HLG students have extended their time in Europe and served as interns in the local churches of the IBC.
The HLG Missions Office enlists and trains various sized teams to serve churches in D-Now weekend efforts. Our students lead worship, small groups, drama, recreation, or whatever the church needs for their youth event. HLG students who are interested in being part of the D-Now weekends should sign up in the Carroll Missions Center.
HLG students have traveled throughout MO, IL, and IA to help lead revival services in churches. Our students can serve as preachers, worship leaders, special music, drama, and even nursery workers for your church. If you have a need, we will be glad to find a student that fills your need. Please call the missions office with your request at 573-629-3195.
HLG can also provide your church with various styles of music. If you are looking for someone to provide special music or to lead worship for a service, call the missions office and we will connect you with a student or students who can do that for you. If you are looking for a group to lead an entire service, we have three ministry teams that could work well for you: Praise Song, Covenant and Vision.
Are you looking for someone to do a monologue or help to lead a small group drama for a worship service? Call the missions office and we can put you in contact with a student who can fill that need. We also have a ministry team called New Edition that can provide drama for an entire service.
We partner with many organizations. If you are looking for other opportunities, here are some starting points:
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