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At SOS our goal is for you to grow in celebrating God and loving the world. To grow in these areas, we have to GET OUT there where the people are! By taking our love for and celebration of God and turning it outward to love others, we will change the world around us!
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OUTREACH
We’ve customized outreach into three flight options to fit the make up of students that you will bring this summer. For some of you, servant evangelism and outreach of this kind is new territory for your group. We strongly recommend (1) Outreach Classic. Your group is going to have an awesome experience with our very best, tried and true, outreaches at the hottest locations around town. For those groups who have been coming to SOS for years, we’ve created (2) E2 and partner projects. Your group will be E2 all the time. Each day will be determined from times listening to God and responding to His leading. We will also wrap several unique, new-to-SOS outreaches into this package. The third option, Outreach Freestyle, is for groups who want a taste of both experiences…the best of both worlds, so to speak. Classic, guaranteed outreaches and totally Freestyle, “if God doesn’t show up we’re screwed”, opportunities to love the people of Cincinnati. We affectionately call this (3) Outreach Hybrid.
SOS Classic –
This is the same SOS experience that we all know and love. Students will cycle through four different outreaches with a new experience each day. Outreaches will be completely planned out and queued up for students to “plug and play”. Outreaches for this track include the following:
- Block Party
- Car Wash / Drink Giveaway
- Kindness / Love Lincoln Heights
- Healing Center / World Vision Experience & Outreach Prep
If you are a first timer at SOS we highly recommend this option.
SOS Hybrid –
We realize that there are some groups that have been coming to SOS for several years and are ready to shake things up a little. Your experience will be very similar to that of SOS Classic but with the added twist of a Partner Project. This year SOS will be reaching out to a number of amazing partners who are on the frontlines each day serving those in need. We will be mobilizing students to come along side these amazing partners by serving them at their location on projects that they determine to best advance their ministry. Your week will include the following:
- E2
- Kindness / Love Lincoln Heights
- Healing Center / World Vision Experience & Outreach Prep
- Partner Project
SOS Freestyle –
This flight is ideal for those who thrive in a changing environment. We will leave ample room for the leading of the Holy Spirit, and the group’s response to it. Your week will include two days of E2 and two days of a partner project.
E2 is the “Evangelism Experiment” wherein students will go through prayer training to learn how to hear from God and how to let the Holy Spirit lead them. Students will then be able to respond and shape their outreach based on what they heard from God.
As we mentioned in they Hybrid flight, we will be reaching out to a number of amazing partners who are on the frontlines each day serving those in need. We will be mobilizing students to come along side these amazing partners by serving them at their location on projects that they determine to best advance their ministry. As a part of the Freestyle flight you will be paired with the same partner organization for both days, allowing you to gain real insight into what their ministry is like, and to better identify with those you serve. Our partners will range from organizations that work to equip those in poverty, who fight social injustice, to those who work to empower individuals with special needs.
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