Overview
March 26 - 30, 2012
The Assignment Phase is the heartbeat of SOAR. This is where you take what you have learned and apply it to your ministry. Whether you serve in children's ministries or renovate a church building, yours and the lives of others will be forever changed. You will learn from the ministry leaders who have dedicated their lives to serving God across Winnipeg's inner-city.
Prior to the start of SOAR Heartland, we will organize a meeting between team leaders the ministry host where the details of the assignment will be discussed. If you have questions about ministry assignments please Contact Us.
Read more to find out more about the structure of the assignment phase, and an overview of some possible assignment locations.
Assignment Structure
During the Assignment Phase, your day will be broken up into three parts: Ministry Preparation, Ministry Assignment and Celebration & Rest.
Ministry Preparation (8:30am-12:00pm): Each morning is spent preparing for your Assignment. This includes: Worship & Devotion, Solo-Time, and Team Time. Some of this preparation will take place at Home Base prior to leaving for your ministry location.
Ministry Assignment (Times varies): After lunch, you and your team will begin your Ministry Assignment and participate in a variety of ministry activities (i.e. Vacation Bible School program (VBS), building renovation projects, soup kitchens, etc.).
Celebration & Rest (5:30 - 11:00 pm): At the end of each day, everyone is welcomed home for a time of refreshment. Your team will have supper together with the SOAR community, attend our nightly Worship & Prayer sessions and close the day with Team Time together.
Carnival Day: On the Wednesday of the assignment week, the entire Soar community participates in a community wide carnival. All teams with children's ministries bring their kids to this event for the day.
Community BBQ: Friday, the last day of the assignment, will end in a BBQ celebration with the community that surrounds your ministry hosts.
Possible Assignments
Winnipeg Center Vineyard: This church is involved on many different levels with their North End community. During Heartland, the team works with their drop-in ministry, building relationships and getting to know people in the neighbourhood.
Siloam Mission: soup kitchen, drop in, mercy ministries
Bethlehem Aboriginal Fellowship: Teams run a week long VBS program out of this church with children from the community.
Church of the Open Door: Teams run a week-long VBS out of this church with children from the community.
Family Life Centre: FLC focuses on families, youth and kids, providing after school programs, women's ministry and summer camp sponsorships. The team runs a week-long VBS program out of this ministry with children from the neighbourhood.
Inner City Youth Alive: ICYA runs creative children's and youth programming, after school drop-in, a summer camp and many other ministries. The teams run a week long VBS program out of this location with children from the community.
Flora House: This is a family and children's drop-in center. Teams run a week-long VBS out of this ministry with children from the community.
Zion Apostolic Church: Teams run a week-long VBS proram out of this church with children from the community. There are also opportunities to get involved with creative outreach ministries.
IRCOM: This organization works with newcomers and refugees, providing them with transitional housing and programming. The team runs a week-long kids program, which includes lots of fun field trips and outings.
Christian Family Center: This is an MB church that is directly involved with their Elmwood community. The Soar team runs a week-long VBS with kids from the area.
Anishinabe Fellowship: The team runs a week-long VBS out of this church with kids from the area and others who are connected to Sunday School on Sunday mornings.
MERC: The team is involved in running children's programs and participating in other activities with this organization.
Newcomer Ministry: The team gets to spend the week building relationships with newcomers and refugees, teaching english class, leading cooking classes, learning from each other and getting to know one another.
Girls Team: This is a unique assignment, as it stems not out of a program but out of life on life relationships. A Soar team of girls gets to spend the week with a group of junior high girls from the North End area, doing fun activities and devotionals, going on outings. and building relationships.