SON Update Report

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Name: SON Update Report
Date: August 20, 2020
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After 20+ years of collaboration, we are moving into the next level of city-wide transformation, Reformation!  As believers around the world, across our nation and throughout our local communities are being Awaken to the Kingdom (living in Abundant Life), God is now moving us into our Assignments, so that every facet of our society & culture can begin to reflect His Glory and Fullness.  We’re continuing to cry out for Revival, that America Shall Be Saved, so that every person in our nation would be set free from the lies of the enemy & come into a personal relationship with their Creator, but that doesn’t change the core values of our society & culture, nor does it make our communities livable again.  New believers, as well as older ones, must be discipled in how to love like Jesus did, how to be Ministers of Reconciliation, Kingdom Influencers & as His Ambassadors, reform the systemic foundational structures of our society & culture.

In April of last year, we received a small capacity grant from the Murdock Charitable Trust in order to solidify our Board of Directors and completely refocus and redefine the Vision & Mission of Serving Our Neighbors, as well as clarify and develop a Vision & Mission for the new Marketplace Catalyst.  In the greater community work of Serving Our Neighbors (with Faith, Business & Government Leaders), our Vision is to see a movement of leaders advancing the peace & prosperity of our communities & our Mission is to connect & equip leaders to achieve a greater community impact through strategic partnerships!  In the focused work of The Marketplace Catalyst (for Believers only), our Vision is to see every community experiencing the goodness of God through the influence of Kingdom-minded leaders & our Mission is to engage marketplace leaders to influence culture and society for the good of their communities.

Our plan was to perhaps launch The Marketplace Catalyst (TMC) in March, but as we realized that God was facilitating a global RESET and now a global RECOVERY, we believe that we will be able to establish the first Influence Builder Groups (IBG’s within TMC) throughout our region (after the General Election & Holidays), as we move into the global ROAR of His Kingdom.  In addition, we have recently met with 2 foundations that really support what we are doing & are considering funding (perhaps by the end of this year or the beginning of next year) the creation of our 15 SON Strategic Councils (for the Majors Spheres of Influence & Those Who Have No Voice) & the purchase/remodel/build out of our 8 SON Strategic Reformation Training Centers (SRTCs) in locations throughout the greater Portland metro area, all of which will be connected virtually, so that any training taking place at one location can be available at all the other locations, as well to our growing global audience & partners.

In the most recent assaults of Fear (Covid-19), Hatred (Riots) and Greed (Elections), God has used us to help facilitate His Love, His Forgiveness and His Abundance!  We have been essential in facilitating, in partnership with the More Prayer team (prayer coverage for our Pastors & Community Leaders), an 8 Day Prayer Vigil in June, a 24 Hour Prayer Vigil in July and a Pray on MLK event in August, as well as preparing and healing our land with forgiveness from the daughter of the last Chief of the Chinook tribe (Portland was built on their land) before the “Let Us Worship” event with Sean Feucht, which drew several thousand to Portland’s waterfront for Worship, Salvations and Baptisms in the Willamette River.  We have also been actively engaged with Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers in securing, remodeling and opening up their new Bybee Lakes Hope Center (the 16 year old - never opened - Multnomah County – Wapato Jail) next month for emergency shelters & their full homeless transition into community program, later this Fall with at least 220 beds (men’s, women’s & family dorms).  We also helped to facilitate 2 virtual Business Expos with BESThq in Beaverton & the launch of a new radio broadcast, MercyToday in support of Mercy, inc (a global compassion ministry) via a new monthly Business Development Group Forum in Salem, with plans to expand the broadcast and the forums to cities throughout our region and nation.

Can you help sustain us, by investing in our work on a monthly basis ($1K, $500, $250, $100 or $50) or with a one-time donation.  You can setup a one-time or monthly donation at www.paypal.me/servingourneighbors (wherein we pay a small service charge) or mail a check to PO Box 90784, Portland, OR 97290.  You can also Venmo funds (at no charge) & our account is servingourneighbors.

Shalom (As It Should Be, Nothing Missing, Nothing Lost, Completeness, Fullness & Peace)!

James Autry (503-515-5647)
Executive Director & Community Collaborator
www.ServingOurNeighbors.org  
 

Since 1999, Serving Our Neighbors has brought hope & transformation to thousands of believers throughout the greater Portland/Vancouver metro area via these four major strategic objectives.  Here are our 2019-2020 Highlights:

Revival Prayer

Reformational Collaboration
Transformational Influence
Strategic Generosity
  • Utilized your support to fund our Executive Director at $6,000 per month.
  • Maintained our minimum Operations Budget at $1,500 per month.
 

Your support is needed to allow us to continue “Raising Leaders and Building Bridges to Better our World”, wherein we are working towards the following in 2020 & beyond:

Revival Prayer
  • Publish “For the Peace of our City” (Jeremiah 29:7) - A Strategic Leaders Prayer Guide that will help local believers in churches, prayer groups & strategic prayer ministries to pray specifically for key leaders in our communities’ major spheres of influence & those serving major areas of need. This prayer guide will list specific Scriptures & Prayer Points for transformation in these spheres & areas (see example below).
  • Use this Strategic Leaders Prayer Guide as a key tool to launch  “1 Church - 1 Day” Prayer Initiatives in Multnomah, Clackamas & Washington Counties (like the Clark County Prayer Connect currently has with 15 churches committed to praying for 1 day each month).
  • Outcome – Thousands of more believers engaged in prayer for our cities, our state & our nation so that God can bring the transformation & make our communities livable again (Isaiah 58:12).
Reformational Collaboration
  • Launch “Emergency Preparedness Leadership Forums” with local business, government and faith leaders in Nashville, Baton Rogue (& Portland again) and feature The Marketplace Catalyst, so that leaders can fulfill their Kingdom Assignments to impact their spheres of influence or those who have no voice.
  • Outcome – Thousands of leaders working together to prepare our communities for any local disaster (terrorist attack/regional earthquakes/national crisis) so that citizens can be prepared to care for their own families & businesses and always be active in serving our neighbors..
Transformational Influence
  • Launch our Serving Our Neighbors Institute (SONi), an online interactive platform that will feature our educational partners and support The Marketplace Catalyst with our Core Discipleship Trainings.
  • Outcome – Thousands of leaders will be able to create new businesses and jobs, so that they can raise their community’s standard of living well above the poverty level.
Strategic Generosity
  • Raise monthly support for the full-time work of our Executive Director at $10K per month, an Executive Assistant at $6K per month, operations at $2,350K per month and ongoing strategic prayer & service projects at $1,650K per month (Budget upon request).
  • Outcome – Thousands of believers & non-believers will have the ability to connect, educate & engage with what God is doing in our region & raising up the greater Portland Metro Area to be a city of refuge, a standard & a model, so that the nations will see what a Kingdom City really looks like.
 
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