Transform 2010 Italy - 5-Month Option: Italy
Transform2010 (www.transform.om.org) is a unified effort around the Mediterranean to create momentum for the gospel by mobilising people and training them in telling their personal God story. This outreach is designed to engage participants with local Christians to share Christian literature.
This option is an extended time option for Transform 2010 in Italy. Participants will be working with local churches and Christians to help evangelise the area.
| Dates: | Mon 19 Jul 2010 – Sun 12 Dec 2010 |
| Apply by: | Mon 31 May 2010 |
| Cost: | 4,735 USD (participants from United States) |
| Ages: | 18-75 |
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Ministry Details
Worship and serve alongside Italian churches as you reach their communities. As a team member of ReCreate! your spiritual growth process will include team interaction, small group learning, personal growth activities and ministry and outreach experiences. These evangelism experiences will focus on where people "do recreation and holidays" in Italy and include...evangelism at the beach, the mountain trails, outreach to Muslims, piazza evangelism, one-on-one, servant and mercy projects and other creative events. The session will begin with 2 weeks of orientation and training with scheduled discipleship classes throughout. The team will engage in ministry while continuing training. Work in the vineyards, experience the life of a sheep herder, harvest the olives and be a part of the ReCreate! in Italy.
Participant Profile
We are looking for participants who are teachable, in good physical health, between the ages of 18 and 29 and ready to serve God in a creative way. Spiritual maturity is definitely a plus and those desiring to deepen their walk with God will be challenged!
Some knowledge of Italian is helpful but not required.
Accommodation: Will be provided by the field
Food: Will be provided by the field and local churches
Travel: You need to book and pay for your own travel to Rome on 19 July and then back home from Rome in December. Local travel in Italy will be arranged for you.
How to find us: The conference will take place in a hotel in Pomezia, just outside the city of Rome. Detailed information how to get there from the airports or the train station will be given to you by your local OM office.
Health: Participant needs to be in generally good health to participate in activities that involve a lot of walking.
Visa: Please check with your local OM office.
Stories from Italy
Kids Camp in Italy Impacts Community (14-Jul-2010) OM Italy, in partnership with several volunteers, FCA and a church group from the US, hosted a kids camp in the small town of Torre Pellice. Including sports, English lessons, crafts, songs and more, the camp was a huge success and the kids and their families were greatly encouraged.
Am I in Italy or North Africa? (30-Nov-2009) One OMer recalls her experience reaching out to people in a crowded Italian market.
A place where the "ends of the earth" meet (27-Nov-2009) A brief report on the Modena Outreach 2009, organised by OM and META, an Italian Christian organisation.
G8 Prayer Summit at Forterocca (27-Nov-2009) In July, a team of global prayer leaders gathered from all over the world at OM Italy’s Forterocca Conference Center in the Piedmont village of Bobbio Pellice to pray for leaders at the G8 Summit underway in L’Aquila, Italy.
Wake up Italy 2008 (11-Dec-2008) How the outreach in Parma went last October 08.
Football fever (Jul-2008) For the first time, a Fellowship of Christian Athletes team from USA linked with OM Italy to offer two sports ministry events this summer.
OM Forterocca: "UPON THIS ROCK!" (7-Jul-2008) About OM's new base in northwest Italy, Forterocca
"Take My Hands!" (2-Jul-2008) A 69-year-old German widow finds a new family and new fulfillment by lending her talents to OM Italy's Forterocca project.
OM Italy - A Ministry with Vision! (3-Jun-2008) OM Italy is involved in exciting ministries throughout the country including its new multi-use facility called "Forterocca" (Solid Rock).
Forterocca opens its doors (27-Apr-2008) OM Italy's new ministry center "Forterocca" opened its doors for the first time in the spring of 2008!
To the children's children (20-Nov-2007) Sharing the good news about Jesus on the streets of Parma, Italy, teams met an Italian man in his 50s.
Spiritual blindness (25-Sep-2007) This is a report of two conversations had at the evangelistic book table in Parma, Italy
Basketball team brings hope to Rome (20-Mar-2006) "HOOPS OF HOPE," an American Christian semi-pro basketball team specialising in basketball events for kids, is visiting Rome, Italy, from March 25 to April 3.
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