This is the best trip I've taken with my core team... peer to peer evangelism in a cross cultural environment.
Summer Camp Teams
Teams that come to Eastern Europe to help with summer camps have one primary purpose: to share their lives and the love of Jesus Christ through peer to peer relationships with students that have probably had little or no contact with Christians, the Bible, or the truth of Jesus Christ.
In addition to evangelistic opportunities, camps also provide an excellent context in which to work alongside Eastern European youth groups and youth leaders to help model relational evangelism. Many of the Christians in the groups with which we work for the first time have never spent extended time discussing their faith and sharing their lives with nonbelievers.
We’ve seen summer camps help transform groups from very small, lifeless, inward-looking groups to growing, exciting, outreach-focused groups that have a passion to reach their non-Christian peers for Christ, in a creative and natural way.
I loved working alongside students and getting to know them and their culture.
Work Teams
One of the ways that short term teams of all ages can become involved in serving the people of Eastern Europe through the ministry of Josiah Venture is by participating in work projects. Previous projects have included renovations, new constructions, landscaping, and cleanup. These projects need teams throughout the year and vary in the length of time they require. Please contact us for information about current work project opportunities.
Pray for the people of the country and the JV ministry in a very intentional and focused way.
Prayer Teams
Ministry in Eastern Europe is significantly affected by the spiritual strongholds that exist in these former communist nations. A vital way to respond to this need and support the work of JV staff is to send teams to intercede for the work. These teams pray for the people of the country and the JV ministry in very intentional and focused ways, such as doing prayer walks through a city, praying for students by name while visiting their neighborhoods, spending extended time in fasting and prayer for the removal of specific barriers, or praying for solutions to specific strategic barriers.
Tangible acts of kindness that share Christ's love and break down barriers to the gospel.
Service Teams
Community service projects are tangible acts of kindness that share Christ’s love and break down barriers to the gospel. These are generally done in partnership with one of the key churches in Eastern Europe with which Josiah Venture is working. Service project teams participate in such things as building public playgrounds, painting and repairing the schools, and assisting in programs to meet the needs of the poor or downtrodden.
