Open Arms News

3rd Quarter 2017 News

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Mike Meyers

Open Arms Worldwide News 3rd Quarter – 2017   U-18 Futsal Win – In September our U18 indoor soccer team competed in a regional tournament with teams from several cities participating.  Not only did they win, but the closest match was the final with a score of 7-1.  The tournament was sponsored by a regional University and when the University President presented the trophy he had

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Open Arms News – 2nd Quarter 2017

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Mike Meyers

Open Arms Worldwide News

2nd Quarter – 2017

 

My Open Arms Open House

Share your passion and hold a party with a purpose

 

You may have wondered why you haven’t seen anything from us about a 2017 Open Arms Gala.  The reason is that we are taking a year off from that format in order to bring our story to a broader audience in more intimate settings.  To succeed in this mission we need you.  You are our most enthusiastic supporters and our best ambassadors.  

 

My Open Arms Open House is a way for you to share your passion for Open Arms’ mission with your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues.  Think of it as a party with a purpose.  Coffee & dessert gathering, a backyard BBQ, your birthday party, or formal dinner party; Open Arms will help you shape your event and send a spokesperson to join you and help you share our story with your guests. If you are interested in hosting or finding an Open Arms Open House near you, email us at info@openarmsworldwide.org

Blessed to be a blessing

Aquidauana Parent-Child Mission Success

 

 

This past April, Open Arms’ Founders Mike & Patricia Meyers led a team of eighteen parents and children from Reston Bible Church to serve in an indigenous region of Brazil. Our U.S. team partnered with a team of Brazilian volunteers and missionaries with Open Arms. The teams partnered with a tribal church in the village of Limão Verde in order to serve families and reach children with the gospel of Jesus. Many of you gave and prayed in support of their efforts, and we just want you to know how thankful we are for your generosity. Here’s a quick look at their trip. Click HERE for Video.

 

New soccer field & visit to the firehouse

Thanks to the hard work of Open Arms’ newest Agent of Hope, Bruno Gomes, the children and community where Open Arms’ got its start were blessed with a new soccer field in the 2nd quarter of this year.  Bruno and his team of volunteers have hit the ground running and breathed new life into this our oldest mission outreach!  Among other things they arranged a field trip to the local firehouse for a lesson on safety and the civic responsibility of all who call on Jesus.  Please keep Bruno in your prayers as he leads his team and brings hope to these children.

 

 

 

 

Join Open Arms as a regular financial partner.  You can help us to be the Open Arms of Jesus to more children today.    

 

 

Corrego Seco Village Open Arms gets a facility upgrade!

 

One of our newest outreach mission locations is in the Terena Indian village of Corrego Seco.  This village has been resistant to the gospel for many years, but the work of Open Arms is opening doors and hearts there among the children and now their parents.  The team meets with the children under a mango tree next to a 1 room building that serves as the kitchen.  There is no bathroom and no area for the children to seek shelter from the sun or rain.  That is until a couple of very generous donors stepped up to pay for the purchase of all the material necessary for a bathroom and a covered veranda.  Construction is already underway!  

 
 

 

Join our 2018 Camp Team!

Camp Team forming now

 

You’ve heard about our camps, you’ve seen the pictures, you’ve heard the testimonies, and watched the videos. Now it could be your time to take the next step and go.  We are currently recruiting for our January 10-17 Open Arms Brazil camp in Assis, Sao Paulo.  If you would like to be considered for this multi-church team, apply online today before the roster fills up. Click HERE

 

Open Arms’ Agents of Hope Lead Worship for Reston Bible Kids Camp

 

This June, Open Arms’ missionaries Lucas and Krystin Clemente were invited by Reston Bible Church to lead worship for their annual Kids Camp.  They led 340 children and their leaders in a week of worship and were blessed to see many children come to faith in Jesus as well as visit with friends who have served with them in Brazil on short term teams over the years. Blessings all around!  

 

Other News

The 2nd quarter was a busy one and not everything would fit in this newsletter and still keep it readable.  However, here are some exciting headlines.

  • Our 3rd annual Run the Race afterschool character education program in Sterling, VA was a huge success.  
  • We delivered more than a 1,000 books and needed funds to our Sterling partner school through the Open Arms & Open Books campaign.  
  • Our agents of hope in Brazil were invited to give a seminar to public school children on drug addiction and crime prevention from the Christian perspective and share the gospel. 
  • Yet another youth, Marcos, has turned his back on crime and drug use to join Open Arms as a volunteer.  The love of the children is transforming his life day by day.
  • Our youth detention ministry has welcomed another young man into God’s family.  Fabricio gave his heart to Jesus and is making great strides in his faith during his incarceration.  Pray he would stand firm in his faith upon his release.

For more headlines like these, we encourage you to follow us on Facebook.  

 

Thank you for taking a moment for the children!

Open Arms News – 1st Quarter 2017

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Mike Meyers

Open Arms Camp 2017!! With roughly 375 children in attendance, and 120+ volunteers, our 2nd annual Open Arms Camp in Assis, Brazil was the biggest yet!  The team from the US was exceptional and God blessed us with almost zero logistical problems, which is extraordinary given all the moving parts.  The theme was from 1 John 1 “Amigos em Cristo,” “Friends in Christ.”  Teaching

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Successful Night for Open Arms!

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Mike Meyers

Thank you to all of our guests who came out Friday night to our Gala to celebrate our 10th Anniversary.  It was great night of testimony, of good company, music, and great food at Wolf Trap. Here are just some quick highlights. It was our biggest event yet at 200 guests! Our goal of $30,000 was surpassed! Many of our guests were able to meet

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Let the Bidding Begin! Our First Mobile Auction!

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Mike Meyers

We are so excited to announce that our auction has gone mobile this year! The Silent Auction at the Open Arms 10th Anniversary Gala will be using Handbid – a mobile silent auction platform that allows you to bid from your smartphone.  The best news is, you don’t have to be at the Gala to participate!   The Auction officially opens (insert drum roll

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10 Year Anniversary Party and You’re Invited!

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Mike Meyers

Whether you’ve been a part of the Open Arms family for a long time or you are just checking us out, you are invited to join us at our 10-Year Anniversary Gala! We’ll be joined by three Open Arms missionaries from Brazil to encourage us with their testimonies and be encouraged by our fellowship with them. For 10 years Open Arms has been bringing hope to

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Open Arms News – 2nd Quarter 2016

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Mike Meyers

Open Arms Worldwide News 2nd Quarter – 2016 OAW Opens 3rd Indigenous Children’s Outreach This quarter a team from our headquarters in Assis, Brazil came alongside another OA agent of hope, Sarita Romeiro, to kick-off our 3rd mission outreach in the indigenous area of central-western Brazil.  Please be praying for Sarita as she is now overseeing 4 mission locations in an area that is

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Another Testimony of Hope

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Mike Meyers

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”   John 8:36 Hugo was a young man who was in youth detention in Brazil for murder. The team from Open Arms’ “Project Zadok” ministered the gospel to Hugo some three years ago in prison and he received Jesus as his Savior.  Our team continued to disciple him even after he was

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