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With a desire to share the gospel in words and deeds, a group of 40 adults, teenagers and children from eight different Swedish churches set off for Ukraine during the Easter holidays.  Working alongside OM Ukraine and local churches the teams worked at orphanages and Rehab centres and through sport in the city of Rivne.

Team members cleared up rubbish in the backyard of one of the Rehab centres while others painted walls in another part of the building. Some went to an orphanage, overcoming language and cultural barriers through different games and activities. Another group went to a Rehab centre for men with alcohol problems. After working practically during the morning they shared a simple lunch together. A third team took the old local trolley bus from the 60s through the town to meet a teenagers at a sports ground. The teams took advantage of different opportunities to share the Gospel through drama and personal contact. 

A TV producer expressed his gratitude that the team had come all the way from Sweden. He said: “By the way you serve and meet the very least you provide an important example”.


ENVIADOS A SERVIR

Con el deseo de compartir el evangelio con palabras y hechos, un grupo de 40 adultos, adolescentes y niños de ocho iglesias suecas se dirigieron a Ucrania durante la pascua. Trabajaron junto a OM en ese país e iglesias locales visitando orfanatos, y centros de rehabilitación en la ciudad de Rivne, donde también realizaron programas deportivos.

Algunos miembros del equipo limpiaron los patios de uno de los centros de rehabilitación, mientas otros pintaban las paredes del edificio. Otros fueron a un orfanato, traspasando barreras de idioma y cultura a través de diferentes juegos y actividades. Otro grupo fue a un centro de rehabilitación para hombres con problemas de alcohol. Luego de algunos trabajos prácticos durante la mañana, compartieron un almuerzo.

Un tercer equipo manejó un viejo trolebús de la década de los ’60 a través del pueblo para encontrarse con adolescentes en un campo deportivo. Los equipos pudieron aprovechar diferentes oportunidades para compartir el Evangelio a través de dramas y contactos personales.

Un productor de TV expresó su gratitud al equipo por haber venido desde Suecia, diciendo: “Por la manera en que sirven a los más pequeños nos dan un ejemplo importante.”

Credit: OM International
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  • World Partner Co-ordinator
    We are looking for two persons (one older and one younger) who has been out with OM, long-term or short-term, and who enjoys building relationships and involve people in different ways. We need your help to engage ex-OM:ers in recruiting for missions in different ways, and to organize meetings for ex-OM:ers, helping them to find ways in implementing their vision for world missions.
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    The job of Personnel Officer within OM Swedens personnel department involves the following:
    * handling applications
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    * welcoming Swedes back to Sweden who are leaving their fields abroad

    The Personnel Officer will be based 75% in the office, working with the tasks above. The remaining 25% we would like to see the person helping out with one2one recruiting in the aftermath of a meetings in churches or Bible schools.

    OM Sweden is situated in an immigrant populated suburb and there are plenty of opportunities to minister to the community together with the local church.

    OM Sweden is mainly focused towards motivating, training and mobilising people for missions.
    For this to be done efficiently we need enough people who have a passion for people and administrative gifts.
  • Recruiter/Inspirator
    The job of being recruiter/inspirator with OM Sweden is absolutely key to the expansion of missions mobilisation of Swedes to world mission.

    Sweden has a long history of sending out missionaries to other countries - mostly to africa. Unfortunately this is no longer true. Sweden is a highly secularised country and most churches in Sweden are declining. It is not an overstatement to say that Sweden needs to be re-evangelised and re-mobilised for world mission.

    The role of Recruiter/Inspirator is based 75% of the time outside of the office, taking meetings in churches and Bible schools. The remaining 25% is spent in the office, helping to follow up the results and keeping in touch with churches.

    OM Sweden is situated in an immigrant populated suburb and there are plenty of opportunities to minister to the community together with the local church.

Recent Stories from Sweden

Sent to Serve
22 Apr, 2008
Teenagers and children from eight different Swedish churches served in Ukrainian orphanages during the Easter holidays.

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9 Oct, 2007
This autumn OM Sweden has launched a new team reaching out to immigrant teens.

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16 Apr, 2007
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The team told them that 10 Swedish kronor could pay for four of these books to be printed. After the meeting, the Sunday school shared that they had been saving up money for months, so that they could all do something together during the summer (a Sunday school treat). But they had decided that the money should go to "The greatest story ever told" project instead, so that children around the world could hear about Jesus. They gave us the equivalent of over 50 Euro - all that they had saved! That's over 200 books!