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Our Vision:
Caring for Children and Families of Inmates
Our Command:
Visit the fatherless (James 1:27)
“Did you know there are more than 40 verses in the Bible, which talk about helping the fatherless?”
Our Mission:
Eagle Outreach Ministries is a network of believers building bridges of trust with children and families of inmates while providing physical and spiritual care and encouraging them to experience the personal saving grace of Jesus Christ and grow as His disciples.
Our Prayer:
Oh that You would bless us indeed, and
enlarge our territory, that your hand would
be with us, and that You would keep us
from evil, that it may not grieve us and
we don’t cause
pain for the sake of the fatherless and
the glory of God.
Overview:
In 1982 several women in the southeast
USA realized that many forgotten children
of inmates have no Christmas. They converted
their words into action and bought gifts
for the children. Na-tionally this became
Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree ministry.
In about 1990, Prisoners for Christ Outreach Ministries (PFC) partnered
with Overlake Christian Church (OCC) and a number of other local
churches to start the Angel Tree ministry in the Pacific Northwest.
Angel Tree began with a Christmas outreach focus but in 2001 it expanded
to provide Angel Tree kids with a week at a Christian summer camp.
In 2002 we quietly launched the third complementary arm of the ministry – Angel
Tree Connections. The ministry provides
an abundance of opportunities for you and
your family to show the love of Jesus to Angel
Tree families.
“Matt 25:45 – Inasmuch as you did not do it to
one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.” NKJV
Serving With A Team of Partners:
By combining resources from various organizations
we can take advantage of bulk purchases
or perform activities that can be done
better in volume without compromising
those portions
of the ministry that produce best results
using a one-on-one personal relationship.
Some organizations do not have all resources
to do the entire ministry. Some do not
have enough Angel Tree families in their
immediate local area to satisfy their desire
to minister. Some have the resources to
buy gifts, some have the resources to administer
the program, some have the re-sources to
deliver the gifts, some have buses or vans,
and others can work the registration, and
some can provide the money necessary to support
the ministry. Since some churches are unable
to sponsor the Angel Tree ministry in it’s
entirety some volunteers choose to work
through us to fulfill their call to serve
God and visit the fatherless.
By combining the resources of various organizations
contributing at their point of interest
and capability we are able to focus in
specific areas in the Seattle community
where the needs are the greatest for the
entire Angel Tree ministry: Christmas,
Camping, and Connections.
Advantages of partnering
- Partners allow organizations to get involved
at their point of interest and capability
- Partners link the efforts of multiple
organizations so that a complete
ministry can be offered to the Angel Tree kids
- Partners allow a coordinated ministry
to be offered to at risk kids
throughout the whole year.
Contact information –
Eagle Outreach Ministries, 11410 NE 124th St #124, Kirkland, WA 98034-4399
206-914-8262
www.EagleOutreach.org
email:
Judy Finn, Administrative Assistant at Judy.Finn@EagleOutreach.org
Elbert E Silbaugh, Executive Director at Elbert.Silbaugh@EagleOutreach.org
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