There are a number of opportunities for you to get involved with our forthcoming ministry at The Bridge.
You can join us in prayer support, financial partnership, organize a missions team from your church, or join us individually for an outreach campaign like 'Serve The City Paris 2010'.
You can also choose to stay close to us by following our posts on Facebook (under our names: Jeff Slaughter and Kathy Slaughter); as well as receive our regular e-mail E-Communiques and ministry newsletters 'Coeur a Coeur'.
Pray With Us
We value continual prayer support from friends and supporting churches. If you would like to pray for us, here are some current prayer points:
Pray for The Bridge team members as they arrive in stages beginning June, 2009. Many will enter language school while others begin networking with potential church members and building a core group that will meet on Sundays in the fall. Prayer for visas, financial needs, and cultural adaptation.
- Pray for us as we launch a 'Connection Tour' in July, August and September in the USA. We need to raise an additional $2000 in monthly support and a $15,000 cash budget to help with our move, rental deposits and other necessitie Pray for our children as Kayleigh finishes her last year of university, Justin begins his first year of university and Nick transitions to an english-speaking school in Shreveport after spending six years in the french Belgian school system.
Partner With Us
As independent missionaries with Cornerstone International, we receive our financial support from friends, churches and even Sunday school classes. Some give on a regular monthly basis. Some give a few times a year. Others support special projects. All contributions made in the USA are tax-deductible through Cornerstone International's 501c3 non-profit status.
Project With Us
Over the past nine years we've made summer fundraising trips to the USA once every two years. Our purpose during these trips is to reconnect with supporting churches, individual supporters and contributors, as well as other friends and family.
As you will see in the enclosed special announcement letter, we are pressing forward with a ministry transition in 2010 and have been advised by our mission agency, Cornerstone International, to take an extended period of time to raise funds for this new ministry direction.
Therefore, as of June 19, we will base the family in a mission's house in Shreveport (thanks to supporting church Broadmoor Baptist) while I (Jeff ) itinerate in July/August/September. I am returning to Europe October 1-December 15 to maintain ministry commitments and will continue fundraising in January/February of 2010 before returning to Europe in March and April to hold worship institute events and begin our ministry transition.
While I travel, Kathy will stay in Shreveport to help Justin transition to commuter college life, put Nick in a local school and enjoy some special time with Kayleigh before she graduates from Louisiana State University in 2010 and heads to parts unknown.
As we begin this transitional season, we have two important fundraising projects that we'd like to ask you to consider helping us with:
Kayleigh's Car...We need to purchase a reliable used car for Kayleigh so that Justin can drive her current car. (Since Justin's the new driver, he gets the 'hand-me-down' car.) Our budget for this project is $3500. (Note: does anyone have a car they would like to sell or give away?
Moving and Transportation Costs...We'll be leaving most of our belongins in Brussels, but will need to send a small crate of necessities back with us. We also need to raise funds for our transportation to Shreveport, including airfare from Brussels. Our budget for this project is $3000.
If you would like to help with these projects, please visit our contact page.
