GO MISSIONS

Here at HHC we believe in Acts 1:8.

Here is what the Acts 1:8 strategy is all about:
To equip every member to reach the lost and nurture new believers through a personalized involvement in their own spheres of influence. In Acts I :8, we learn what a biblical Missions Strategy looks like. The Lord called His church to a balanced yet far reaching outreach strategy:

Jerusalem (our local communities)
Judea (our nation)
Samaria (other cultures near us)
Ends of the Earth (around the globe)

GO LOCAL

Everyday we step outside our front door, we enter our local mission field. Here’s a look at how we share the love of Jesus with our friends and neighbors in Fishers, Indiana.

SERVE THE CITY

This is a local missions initiative called Serve the City. We serve Fishers and the surrounding areas by working together as a church community to impact our neighbors. We look for people in need of our help, doing tasks like cleaning yards, trimming bushes, touching up paint in local schools, and a variety of others. Know someone that needs our help?

Something new for 2022 – Hamilton Hills is looking for 3 – LMC’s. Local Missions Champions that will help champion the relationships to local opportunities where HHC can engage and serve the community. Do you have a bridge already built to a school, an organization that helps others, a charity? These bridges will be how we serve our city in 2022!

To be considered as a LMC and to learn more about it contact Pastor Randall.

Contact rwaller@hamiltonhills.org .

It is clear throughout scripture that God cares deeply for the vulnerable, including orphans, and calls us to do the same. Many people think that they must travel to another country to answer this call, however there are significant needs that exist right here in Indiana.
Others believe the only way to make a difference is by becoming a foster or adoptive parent. This is not true either – not everyone is going to do the same thing, but everyone can do something. Just like in the book of Nehemiah the perfume maker played a part in rebuilding the wall, even if you’re not called to or capable of being a foster parent, you have a role to play in caring for these kids!

Specifically, here at Hamilton Hills, we’re looking for people to help us meet real-time, vetted needs that prevent children from entering foster care.
Would you be willing to…

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CHURCH PLANTING

BRIAN & JESSICA HOOK
MO WILDEY

Executive Director and Pastor, Yeshua Society

As executive director and pastor of the Yeshua Society, Mo is leading the development of Christian community engagement hubs in Beech Grove, Indiana; the eastside of Indianapolis; and North County San Diego and the planning for hubs in Victoria, Texas, and the United Kingdom. Missional and disciple-making outreach to non-Jesus believers, Disciple Making Movement training and the establishment of the Restore Church International microchurch network occur at the hubs. Mo and his wife, Susan, planted the Yeshua Society with a specific focus to share the gospel with people who are struggling with hurts and addictions of any kind.
CRU - Dave and Shelley Smyth

We met at Ohio University in Athens. We dated through college and married after graduating. We joined staff with the Campus Ministry of Cru at the same time and so have been on staff almost 32 years now. We have three adult children. Lydia lives in Los Angeles, CA. Noah lives in Denver, CO. Joel will graduate in May from Indiana University in Bloomington.

We served at Kent State University for ten years. We started the Cleveland Metro ministry (scope of 36 campuses in NE Ohio, except for Kent State) and saw it grow over the four years we led a team there. The Lord then called us to Indiana to serve in regional roles in the Campus Ministry where we have led 400+ staff in four states and in various capacities. In the midst of this Dave got his Masters of Divinity from seminary.

How God is currently using you guys at CRU:

Dave is the People and Culture Field Director. Shelley serves alongside him as the People Service Coordinator. Dave leads our team of 25 staff who are responsible for all of the Human Resource and Leadership Development functions for 400+ staff in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Northwest Ohio, and Louisville, KY as well as several partnership locations overseas. This includes the hiring and onboarding process, initial training to develop their support team, on campus and other leadership development training, and all the administrative information processes. We typically visit the teams in these locations throughout the year/23 teams every other year. This has been and continues to be our passion. We get to be a part of God at work changing lives here in the US and around the world!

Cru’s purpose is to glorify God by helping fulfill the Great Commission in the power of the Holy Spirit by winning people to faith in Jesus Christ, building them in their faith and sending them to win and build others.

Campus Ministry Mission: Turning Lost Students and Faculty into Lifelong Christ-Centered Multiplying Disciples

GO GLOBAL

Not only are we called to Jerusalem (our local communities), but also to Judea (our nation), to Samaria (other cultures near us) and the Ends of the Earth (around the globe). This is how Hamilton Hills is impacting the globe with the Gospel.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan’s Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations.

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Ecuador Emphasis

Our focus in Ecuador this coming year is to train and encourage Ecuadorian pastors and to disciple the youth. Our fall 2022 missions trip will be focused on evangelism and discipleship to the youth in Pacoche, Ecuador. Other ongoing ministries include orphan care, education sponsorship, and church planting. Contact Randall Waller if you would like more information about going on mission.

Prayer Requests: Pray for preparation for future trips, that God would lead those who He would have be a part of this team. Pray for the youth and their families to be encouraged by the visit, especially Pastor Fabian & his wife Graciella in Pacoche, and for Pastor Darwin and his family in Quito.

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BELIZE EMPHASIS

Our focus in Belize will be discipleship, church planting, orphanage care, prison ministry, and potentially some medical emphasis helping with hospice care. In 2022 you can experience God at work in Belize. The country is beautiful and there is a great need to strengthen the churches and encourage the ministries in CA. Great times to go to Belize are in the Spring and Summer. We are looking at a trip this April. There are so many opportunities to serve on this trip. This is a great trip for anyone who has never been on a short-term missions trip. Families and youth will love this missions trip.

MISSIONARY SUPPORT

David & Michelle Dwyer

(Ambassadors Football & IberoAmerican Ministries), Chile

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Hello, we’re David and Michelle Dwyer and we’ve been serving in Santiago, Chile since 2008. We originally began working with a church-planting organization called IberoAmerican Ministries but have been serving with Ambassadors Football (soccer ministry) since 2011 (although we keep close ties to the church-planting work and attend an Ibero church). We are college sweethearts and met while attending Judson University in Elgin, Illinois. Michelle is originally from Apple Valley, MN and David grew up in Cleveland, OH. Prior to our time in Chile we have lived in Chicago, Boston, Indianapolis, Seattle, and Costa Rica. We were part of the Hamilton Hills church family when we lived in Noblesville way back in the days when we gathered in the original auditorium.

We have two children, Nolan (wife Meghan) and Kaylyn (husband Rory and daughter Ari) whom both live in the United States.

The football ministry began in Santiago with a desire to take the existing futbol ministry inside of our church, outside the confines of the church property. David teamed up with his best friend and the Ambassadors coach, Roberto Lozano, and Ambassadors Football Chile was formed.

In addition to overseeing the local ministry in Chile, David serves as the International Director of Brand and Communications where he manages the websites, visual identity, design, and overall branding for Ambassador’s country leaders (representing 29 different countries around the world). In addition to these responsibilities David is currently serving as the project lead for the creation of a children’s curriculum to teach children about the Bible and the love of Jesus, called Toward The Goal. www.ambassadorsfootball.org/ttg

Prior to our full time service in overseas mission, Michelle was a flight attendant for Delta Airlines and home schooled both of the kids through high school graduation. David spent over 20 years in the book publishing world and then oversaw the public facing websites as the Chief Story Teller for Microsoft Windows.

Michelle is a runner and loves to read. David enjoys riding his bicycle high up into the Andes mountains. And we both LOVE to travel and tell people about Jesus.

Our family has always leaned on Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.
PAUL & SUSAN FERNANE

(Cambiarte Mission), Ecuador

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Paul and Susan Fernane have been serving in Ecuador for the past 16 years. They currently live with an Ecuadorian family, in a small fishing village called Pacoche. They serve with two churches: Iglesia Casa de Dios and The Bridge Church of San Carlos. Casa de Dios is in the community of Pacoche and the other is in the highlands outside of the capital. Both of these churches are pastored by national missionaries. Paul and Susan are passionate about showing the love of Christ in practical ways, and their ultimate desire is to see hearts transformed for eternity.

Ministry update

The circumstances of the last year have altered the ministries at these two churches, but seeds of love and truth continue to be sowed. The pandemic has caused quarantines and shutdowns in many areas and caused widespread isolation. However, it has not stopped our Almighty God from doing amazing things here. Over the past year, the two churches have been able to meet physical needs by distributing thousands of food bags. We are seeing people respond to this act of compassion with a hunger for God’s Word. Our God answers prayers and still does miracles today! We are so thankful for everyone who has been a part of praying for and giving generously to show God’s love in tangible ways.

Although many aspects of the ministry look differently right now, we honestly believe that more hearts are being touched through them. Communities are being transformed! One example of this has been seen through an increase in baptisms. It is so encouraging to see people taking bold steps in their faith and publicly declaring their decision to follow Christ. Recently, we had three couples share how they are feeling led to serve in the church. A weekly small group meeting has turned into a Sunday worship service in a nearby community. The Thursday night Prayer and Praise is now reaching hundreds via Facebook and WhatsApp. The Kids Clubs are currently being done via Zoom, but the children are still being fed God’s Word and having some fun, too. Over the past year, the Sunday worship time has fluctuated between virtual and in-person. Nevertheless, we are seeing people’s hearts touched and kingdom impact!

These two churches have been very active outside their four walls. They have been demonstrating the love of Christ by helping people in their communities. They have provided counseling, medical and educational assistance. Several families have received a water cistern in Pacoche where water is not readily available. These are just a few examples of outreaches that are making a difference for hundreds of families here in Ecuador.

Please pray for these two churches and the communities they serve.
Karin Van den Bosch

(Baptist Mid Missions), Northern Ethiopia

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Since 2000, Karin has served highly vulnerable women and children in a remote-access area of the country, including Grace Village, which serves abandoned children. The Village currently has 22 children, and offers Bible studies on Sunday with prayer meetings in the mornings.

PRAYER REQUESTS: That we can grow this ministry into a church, but as we are two female missionaries we’re praying that our Bible school student, Carlos, will be able to take on the position as pastor.