WHAT IS GO 2010?
GO 2010 is how Team Church is giving back to the community in 2010.
Our church body has always graciously and abundantly donated funds and goods to various community organizations and causes - and we will continue to give this year... but in a new way!
Just as Christians are directed to TITHE 10% of their income to the local church, Team Church also TITHES 10% of it's received donations back into local and global missions.
In past years, the Team Church tithe has gone towards select local and overseas mission organizations and church plants. This year, our monthly tithe will be allocated to several different missions projects and numerous community organizations. Read on below to see the different places we will give to this year and how you can be involved!
How Does This Affect You?
Simple... the more you give to Team Church, the more we are able to give back!
In 2010, we challenge every Christian and member of Team Church to CONSISTENTLY TITHE as we are directed in the Bible. (click here to see what the Bible says about giving). As you faithfully give to Team Church, we are able to have a larger impact on our community.
So here's how it works: You TITHE to the church, and then Team Church will distribute its 10% TITHE amongst various organizations and causes. What a great way for individuals and Team Church to become stewards of what God has blessed us with!
Sounds Great, How Do I Give?
There are several ways you can give to Team Church. Click here to learn more.
What is a TITHE?
A TITHE means 10 percent, and the Bible tells us that we are "bring the whole tithe into the storehouse" (Malachi 3:8-10). To do otherwise meant that God was being "robbed". Jesus told his followers that the TITHE was not to be neglected.
At Team Church, we believe that a TITHE of 10% of one's income is the starting point for giving, and when the first 10% a person's income is reserved first for the Lord, the remaining 90% is to be spent wisely and enjoyed.
In addition to a TITHE, there may be times where a person is prompted to give beyond the 10%. That is considered an OFFERING. The amount one gives in an offering is up to the person and how they feel the Holy Spirit is speaking to them.
I Already Tithe... But I Want to do More!
Great! We need volunteers to help organize and coordinate the collection and distribution of goods to the various organizations we will support. If you would like to know more about getting involved in this way, email Kristine Wood at kkwood@windstream.net.
How Much Are We Giving Each Month?
You can keep up with WHO we are giving to and HOW MUCH we are able to give each month!
-THE "GO Recap" WEBPAGE will include a complete overview of each month's giving throughout 2010.
(click here to get a quick recap of our giving in 2010)
-THE WEEKLY UPDATE will include a recap of the previous month's giving.
(click here to sign up for these weekly email updates)
-THE HANDOUT you get at each Sunday Service will include information on who we are supporting during the current month.
WHO DO WE SUPPORT?
Team Church will distribute the 10% tithe to the following:
Howell Center Landscaping
Mathews Help Center Food Pantry
The mission of the Matthews HELP Center is to care for those in our community by providing programs & services that will meet life's basic needs and by connecting those in need with resources that improve quality of life. Team Church will support the Matthews HELP Center by using a portion of our tithing fund to purchase urgent food pantry items on a monthly basis.
The Howell Center is residential care facility that provides care for children with intellectual disabilities who may have complex medical conditions and/or mental illness. Team Church will support the Howell Center by using a portion of our tithing fund to provide landscaping needs for the facility, children & their families.
Stuff The Bus Mission
Team Church will use a portion of our tithing fund to have a team of buyers purchase needed items for a local school in need.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of Matthews works in partnership with God and people from all walks of life to build communities, so that people everywhere can live and grow into all that God intended. Team Church will use a portion of our tithing fund to support Habitat in building a local home. Team Church will also organize & participate in two home builds, one in April and the other in August.
Haiti Relief
Team Church is supporting a team of local Christian doctors from Ortho Carolina who are traveling to Haiti to assist the wounded people of this devestated country.
Butler Football Team Dinners
Team Church provides a pre-game meal and devotional to the Butler Bulldog Football Team, as well as a time of devotion.
H.E.L.P. Crisis Pregnancy Center
HELP Crisis Pregnancy Cneter is committed to ministering to the emotional, spiritual and physical needs of each person who visits the Center. All staff and volunteers are dedicated to assisting each client to make the right life choices for their families.
Walter Bickett Christmas Mission
Team Church will use a portion of our thithing budget to provide our annual Christmas assembly and individual presents for the 650 students that attend Walter Bickett Elementary. Instead of our members spending their own money, they will receive the money from Team Church along with the wish list of the student they will buy for.
Team Church Lancaster Co. Campus
A portion of our tithing budget helps support this Team Church campus.
The Cypress Project
The Cypress Project partners with local churches to create environments where God shapes church planters and pastors to transform friends, communities, and nations. Through a nine month coaching process The Cypress vision is to produce a different kind of planter and a different kind of collaboration amongt planters and pastors to take responsibility for their city.
Liberty Baptist Fellowship
Liberty Baptist Fellowship is an organization that helps pastors learn via online classes without having to go the school. They are very active in church planting and evangelism through collaboration with local churches. Our support also entitles our staff to benefit from these online resources and school.
Coaches Time Out
Coaches Time Out is a new local ministry in the Charlotte area. By design this ministry is focused on fulltime high school or college coaches. It's mission is two fold: To bring coaches to Christ by reaching out and helping them, in practical ways, deal with the unique challenges they face within their marriage and family. It is also designed to help Christian coaches maintain healthy family relationships while they positively impact the players they coach.
Christ Our Shepherd Ministries
Christ Our Shepherd Ministries mission is to empower single parents to reach financial and spiritual security by providing quality children's programs, education, and life skills in a Christian environment and to provid quality Christian resources and children's programs to the community at large.
Team Church Jamaica Missions Trip
Several families from Team Church - 25 people in all - will be teaming up with Won By One To Jamaica and traveling to the small, rural village of Harmons, Jamaica over spring break. "Team Jamaica" will be partnering with this ministry to change the lives of others by sharing the love of Christ. Through meeting physical needs such as building homes and providing necessities like clothing, the door will be opened for them to build relationships with the people of the community. Team Church is thankful for the opportunity to extend our influence to this developing country through these servants representing our church. Tithing funds will be used to purchase needed medications and other physical needs of the people of Harmons Jamaica.