ABOUT SHAREFEST

ShareFest is an annual two-day event created to highlight and celebrate the ways our faith community touches the needs of our city. It is an opportunity for the Church to inspire real hope, offer real help, and to "Let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven," as Jesus encourages in Matthew 5:16.

April 17th, 2010: THE WORKDAY

On Saturday, April 17, 2010 churches like yours across the OKC Metro are invited to take part in a one-day blitz of service. Each church is encouraged to select a project that will be of significance to the community—one act of kindness that blesses families, neighborhoods, or schools.

Workday Project ideas include:

1) Home renovations.
2) Public school projects.
3) Community beautification projects.
4) Honoring public servants, such as police officers and firefighters, with a meal.
5) Hosting an event for special needs children, adults, or seniors.
6) A service project of your own.

Projects will be going on all over the metro on Saurday, April 17, 2010. We provide the resources to help you organize an event, or to discover how you can partner with other inspired churches on an existing project. Please feel free to contact us for more information.

PROJECTS

By clicking this link you can submit an idea for a project or choose from the list of projects that others have submitted from all across the metro.

April 18th, 2010: THE CELEBRATION

Churches are invited to participate in a city-wide worship gathering to celebrate the work done, remember those they served, and lift up the needs of our city in prayer.

LOCATION, DIRECTIONS & DETAILS

On April 18th, 2010 at 5:30 - 7:00pm
Sandridge Auditorium, 123 Robert S. Kerr (Launch google maps.)
Childcare will be provided.

PARTICIPATE

By clicking here you can send us information about how you would like to be involved and in what way.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

We hope that the following answers help you in your efforts to understand better what ShareFest is and how it works. If not you can also contact us.

What are the advantages of being a ShareFest Partner?

Your congregation will be energized and catch a greater vision for reaching out to their community. You will experience the joy of visibly uniting with other congregations. Your service activity will build bridges of spiritual influence in your community. God will be glorified. Your church will be recognized as a participant in ShareFest 2008.

We have our own projects. Why join with ShareFest?

The activities of most churches involved in community service are relatively unknown outside of their own congregations. ShareFest can be an opportunity to highlight your ministry and give glory to God. Your joy in serving can be a powerful example to influence and encourage others in the Body of Christ.

Does we have to be involved in all of ShareFest?

While we hope you will choose to be involved in all components of ShareFest, each organization should decide the level of involvement appropriate for them. You can choose to participate in any one, or all aspects.

What kind of projects are done, and how are they chosen?

Projects are intended to benefit those most in need in the community. Special emphasis should be directed to benefit youth, those with limited incomes, those who are jobless or homeless, the elderly, and those who are sick. A church can select projects on their own or choose from a variety of worthy projects provided by ShareFest. Projects are limited only by the creativity of each church. But typical projects could include painting, fixing, cleaning, or beautifying schools, nursing homes, public housing apartment buildings, or perhaps sprucing up playgrounds in public parks or schools.

How should we organize for ShareFest participation?

We recommend each church identify a minimum of one person as their ShareFest Project Coordinator. Churches taking on more than one project, or partnering with another church may need to have several project coordinators.

Your partnering sheet mentions a financial contribution.

This money supports the staff and activities necessary for making ShareFest a reality. An itemized budget is available upon request.