Want to get involved?
How do you get involved in TNC? There’s only one answer: Any way that you want to!
But just in case you’re having trouble coming up with some ideas, we’ve made a list to help you:
What does it mean to be a “TNC Network Church” and how do you become one?
Well, there are no membership requirements or fees. To become a network church, you simply make a commitment that TNC will be part of your international mission efforts and that your church will promote our programs, our trips and our events. You and your church benefit from being plugged into a proven, successful international mission infrastructure, rather than having to create this program from scratch.
Take, for example, the journey of Dutilh UM Church, which became TNC’s seventh network church a few years ago. Back in 2012, a men’s Sunday school class at Dutilh read about the plight of the poor around the world, particularly in Africa. After the emotional study, members of the group expressed an interest in digging water wells in Africa but had no expertise or contacts to pursue that mission. Eventually, they were introduced to TNC and agreed to become leaders of our Rural Clinics program. From there, the TNC-Dutilh relationship flourished: Dutilh members visited Nyadire in 2013 and began attending TNC’s monthly meetings; more men and women from the congregation became financial sponsors of TNC’s programs; TNC became an annual line item in Dutilh’s budget and contributed funds to the clinics from a capital campaign; Dutilh’s pastors promoted TNC during sermons and mission moments; the church hosted a “TNC Month” and added TNC to its ministry fairs; and in 2019 Dutilh organized its own a mission team to Nyadire.
So you want to become a TNC Network Church and fan your flames of international mission work? Let us know, and we’ll help you stoke that fire!
We also ask that you PRAY for us and our friends in Zimbabwe.
For further information, please click on the links below:
Donate
Sign up for the newsletter
Go on a mission trip
Sponsor:
But just in case you’re having trouble coming up with some ideas, we’ve made a list to help you:
- Organize a yard sale (personal or group) and donate proceeds to TNC
- Invite us to sell crafts at your church events; or donate items, such as pottery, for sale at our events
- Donate manual sewing machines for our Girl Empowerment program
- Introduce us to other organizations you’re involved in, which might be able to provide needed skillsets
- Offer to help with research on new concepts and ideas in your areas of expertise
- Collect eyeglasses and help to process them for shipment to Nyadire
- Be your church’s liaison with TNC: Attend our monthly Zoom meetings, read the meeting minutes and newsletters, and keep your church informed about programs and opportunities
- Include announcements in your church’s newsletter, email blast, or bulletin and on your church’s website
- Meet with your missions/outreach committee and your pastor once a year to promote TNC. Include us in your ministry fairs and “mission moments,” and invite TNC speakers to make a presentation
- Be a TNC promoter: Include our programs, events and fundraisers on social media and become a search engine optimizer to help raise awareness
- Be a technology facilitator: Edit videos, assist in conducting webinars, live streaming and recording events; or help with our website and other on-line tools
- Create on-line fundraisers through GoFund Me, Event Bright, or on-line auctions
- Sponsor an orphan, provide money for a school backpack, or sponsor a Hearing Innovation student
- Donate money for specific purposes, such as farming (for equipment, seed or fertilizer)
- Sponsor a scholarship for an orphan to attend college
- Volunteer with a TNC program that fits your expertise and passion, and become your church’s coordinator for that program
- Join us for a mission trip; we’re planning trips now for 2022!
- Write thank you notes to TNC donors; perhaps create a specific TNC Thank You card
- Organize the production, signing, and distribution of TNC Christmas Cards to people at Nyadire and to TNC supporters
- Coordinate the purchase and sale of Zimbabwe-made crafts by our mission teams (maintain inventory, price items, coordinate sales at appropriate events)
- Photograph/video TNC events; maintain a photo gallery on TNC’s website
- Become a TNC grant writer; seek grant opportunities and submit applications
- Help us to build relationships with groups such as your local Rotary Club, or with others which have expertise in our program areas
- Encourage your church to become a “TNC Network Church” (see below)
What does it mean to be a “TNC Network Church” and how do you become one?
Well, there are no membership requirements or fees. To become a network church, you simply make a commitment that TNC will be part of your international mission efforts and that your church will promote our programs, our trips and our events. You and your church benefit from being plugged into a proven, successful international mission infrastructure, rather than having to create this program from scratch.
Take, for example, the journey of Dutilh UM Church, which became TNC’s seventh network church a few years ago. Back in 2012, a men’s Sunday school class at Dutilh read about the plight of the poor around the world, particularly in Africa. After the emotional study, members of the group expressed an interest in digging water wells in Africa but had no expertise or contacts to pursue that mission. Eventually, they were introduced to TNC and agreed to become leaders of our Rural Clinics program. From there, the TNC-Dutilh relationship flourished: Dutilh members visited Nyadire in 2013 and began attending TNC’s monthly meetings; more men and women from the congregation became financial sponsors of TNC’s programs; TNC became an annual line item in Dutilh’s budget and contributed funds to the clinics from a capital campaign; Dutilh’s pastors promoted TNC during sermons and mission moments; the church hosted a “TNC Month” and added TNC to its ministry fairs; and in 2019 Dutilh organized its own a mission team to Nyadire.
So you want to become a TNC Network Church and fan your flames of international mission work? Let us know, and we’ll help you stoke that fire!
We also ask that you PRAY for us and our friends in Zimbabwe.
For further information, please click on the links below:
Donate
Sign up for the newsletter
Go on a mission trip
Sponsor:
