Partnership Gatherings are small groups of individuals who are interested in hearing what God has invited us to join Him in doing with our lives and future involvement in ministry and missions. We meet in homes and share in regards to our family, we pray for all of our children, and we testify to our call to missions, specifically Global Missionary Ministries in central and eastern Europe.
Our primary involvement centers around "establishing, strengthening and multiplying the church" in central and eastern Europe through leadership training, camps for children and musical festivals and outreaches in larger cities. We discuss partnering with others as intercessors, short term workers and/or investment partners. In addition to these roles there are opportunities to serve with us as a part of our Shepherding Team and Advisory Team.
We end our time together with a simple covenant meal of bread and wine. Paul wrote to the Corinthians saying, "Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the loaf which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf." (I Corinthians 10:16-17) Not only does this passage of Scripture highlight the vertical relationship that we have with the Father in heaven but also the horizontal relationship that we have with members of the body of Christ. It also emphasizes the fact that we are one (loaf) in the body of Christ. We are each needed by the other to be complete and whole.
To date, 224 people have committed to intercede for us and our future ministry. In addition to this, fifteen families have partnered with us by making a financial investment in our future work in missions. Truly, we are one loaf in the body of Christ to reach the ends of the earth with the good news of the gospel.
If you are interested in knowing more about this opportunity in missions please feel free to contact us in the following ways:
email us: dave.hatfield@sbcglobal.net or sandy.hatfield@sbcglobal.net
call us: home phone: 810-227-3543
cell phone: 810-923-0226 (dave) or 810-923-6063 (sandy)
write us at our home address: 10747 Culver Road
Brighton, MI 48114
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