6 UCIs Members Started by Using What Was in Their Hands
- Members in Guatemala City started offering bread, cereal, and juice
to people living on the streets. They prayed, and God provided a large house with space for people to wash clothes, shower, eat, and worship God. - A pastor in Cleveland saw some cold people standing at the bus stop
He invited them to come into the church for a hot drink and a pastry. This turned into a breakfast ministry serving the community daily. - The Capitol Hill church started by seeing what talent was in their pews.
This led them to start a counseling center. - Mark and Teenie Finley, near Washington DC, started with volunteers.
Watch to hear Pastor Mark explain this principle (jump to 4:28 in the video). - A School, in Krasnodar City, for children with developmental disabilities started with 5 students and grew to more than 40 in several locations, with outreach to 300.
- The Puli Adventist church offered exercise classes at a community centerThey then added a 5-day camp for kids, cooking classes, massage workshops, as well as reading, music, and English classes, transforming from being a church with no growth to an influential voice in the community.