2012 BUMP Locations
Baltimore | Detroit | Los Angeles | New York| Philadelphia
St. Louis | Twin Cities
Baltimore: June 24-30 & July 8-14
Stillmeadow EFC is located in the Westgate community of Baltimore City, now over 70% African American. The community transitioning, becoming more of an urban/inner city. Stillmeadow EFC has multiple outreach ministries; for youth and children, a weekly food pantry and clothing drop off site, a monthly evangelistic outreach and a financial aid ministry to the community for those in need.
BUMP students will serve two additional Baltimore area churches during the week:
A Better Life Fellowship seeks to be a spiritual "hospital" where people can come as they are and find truth, grace and meaningful fellowship with other believers. Christ Power Church & Ministries (formerly New Christ Sent Fellowship Church) is a life-saving and life-changing ministry seeking to provide biblical truths to everyday conditions.
Participants prayer walk, complete service projects, host a block party and VBS. Accomodations for the week are on site in the church.
Register for BUMP Baltimore Week 1: June 24-30
BUMP Baltimore Week 2: July 8-14 (full)
Detroit: July 28-August 4
Restore Church is a gospel-centered missional church plant in Detroit. They have an exciting vision to "Show and tell Jesus to every boy & girl, man & woman of the 48296 zip code of central Detroit multiple times in multiple expressions."
To register for BUMP Detroit contact Rosanne Wood: rosanne.wood@efca.org
Los Angeles: July 15-21
First EFC of Los Angeles has been in the Pico Union community of L.A. for more than a century. As the community shifted to a majority Latino population, the church now has a dual thrust toward English speaking Anglos and 2nd generation Latinos, and among Spanish speaking Latinos that have come to this community from all over the Spanish-speaking world.
The neighborhood is on the other side of the freeway and a full world away from the L.A. Convention Center and the Staples Center.
The church has a ministry to children and youth, including a S.A.Y Yes! Center after school. There is also an ESL (English as a Second Language) program and Bible studies. An internship program is run out of a home in the community that was recently purchased by the church.
Participants prayer walk, complete service projects and host a VBS. Accomodations are on-site in the church.
BUMP Los Angeles (full)
New York: July 21-28
First EFC has gone through many transitions over its decades of existence in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn. In a changing and increasingly diverse area of Brooklyn, the English congregation has significantly decreased in number. First EFC is home to new language-group churches that speak Chinese, Arabic, Albanian and Russian. First EFC has English-speaking ministries to children and youth from the churches that meet in their building.
Second EFC is a multicultural church located in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. About 60% of its congregation is Gujarati Indian, (from India). Sunset Park has changed and is now a haven for Chinese immigrants new to the United States. Second EFC offers an ESL ministry, Bible study, parenting classes and Thai Chi classes for Chinese speakers. The English congregation ministers to children and youth through an outreach Sunday School (about 40-50 children), and outreach Jr. High, the S.A.Y. Yes after school program and youth/college groups.
Vroom St. Church began 118 years ago as a place of worship for those emigrating from Norway to America. Today the church represents a very diverse body of believers committed to a wholistic ministry. Current ministries include ESL, an after-school program, basketball team, health outreach, prayer walking, outreach services, a Bible Training Center and a month-long summer program for children called the "July Jamboree."
Participants prayer walk, complete service projects, host block parties, day camps and VBS programs. Participants stay in the church or at the Dorcas Center, depending on church assignment.
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Philadelphia: July 8-14 (new in 2012)
Grace Church of Philly , is a two-year-old church plant in the University City section of Philadelphia. New to the EFCA, Grace Church is also involved in replanting a church in another area of the city. They seek to engage an ethnically diverse and densely populated area that has a mix of poverty and affluence. Their presence helps to develop relationships within the community and show the community Christ’s love by serving them. The church has people in both locations to assist and encourage those who come to serve.
Participants will be engaged in community service projects, community festivals, work projects at a church in a poorer neighborhood, VBC and/or backyard clubs and literature distribution. Accomodations to be determined.
Register for BUMP Philadelphia
St. Louis: July 14-21 & July 21-28
Jubilee Community Church thrives in a low-income area of St. Louis. The neighborhood around the church is predominantly African-American. Jubilee is active in community development in the neighborhood. Led by staff member Andy Krumsieg, the church is buying and refurbishing houses and buildings in the area. Jubilee is fixing 
up an old grocery store to use as the church building. Rehabbed houses are sold to neighborhood families at affordable prices.
Jubilee also works to develop people in their community. With the help of the church’s associate pastor, Jubilee ministers to those suffering from chemical dependency. Kid’s Track - VBS
Participants assist with community service projects, prayer walk, and host a block party and VBS. Accomodations for the week are on site at the church.
Register for BUMP St. Louis Week 1:
July 14-21
BUMP St. Louis Week 2: July 21-28 (full)
Twin Cities: July 14-22
Payne Ave EFC is located on the East Side of St. Paul - Minnesota’s capitol city - on a relatively busy commercial street. The community is largely residential, with a strong mix of Southeast Asian, Latino, African-American and European people. The community is generally low income to blue collar. Its ministry to children has been fed for over 15 years by the yearly infusion of enthusiastic BUMP staff who come to pray, serve, present a Vacation Bible School, and build relationships. BUMP Week is something the community remembers and looks forward to each year. BUMP serves as a bridge to get families connected to the church.
New Salem Church/Iglesia Nueva Salem (formerly called Salem Evangelical Free Church) is a church in South Minneapolis. Home of the first BUMP, the church has transitioned many times since its beginnings as a Norwegian congregation over 100 years ago. New Salem Church/Iglesia Nueva Salem became a bilingual church in 2008 aiming to reach the growing Latino population in their community. The church holds their Sunday morning worship service in both English and Spanish. Their Pastor, Vidal Quevedo, preaches in Spanish while the pastoral assistant stands beside him and translates the sermon into English. New Salem also hold weekly Bible studies and discipleship groups in both languages, weekly English classes to Spanish speakers, kid’s club, youth group and homework help. New Salem Church/Iglesia Nueva Salem is a vibrant and welcoming church serving the Lord in South Minneapolis.
An exciting addition to the Twin Cities ministry is an opportunity for a team of 10 senior high students, ages 16 and over, and 2-3 adults, to update the mural on the outside of the New Salem Church building. In addition to having a heart to serve an urban community, team members should enjoy painting and artwork, have some type of painting experience and be comfortable on tall scaffolding.
For more information or to register to be a part of or bring an art team to the Twin Cities, contact Rosanne Wood: rosanne.wood@efca.org
Since 1993, Living Hope Ministries (LHM) has been serving a specific area of Northeast Minneapolis we call the “Miracle Mile.” Within this small area of 156 square blocks, about 20,000 people reside; 5,000 are under the age of 19. Many live below the poverty line and many come from single-parent families. Most importantly, many do not know Jesus.
A faith-based organization, LHM strategically focuses on the families of this community, desiring to see them grow in a thriving relationship with Christ, providing for their needs, and breaking cycles of poverty. During the school year, elementary-aged children attend a tutoring program to receive one-on-one tutoring and Bible learning. LHM also has two groups for girls in middle school and high school in which they study the Bible, receive mentoring, and live out their faith through service. On Sunday evenings, LHM hosts family nights, beginning with a meal and followed by an adult Bible study and simultaneous kids Bible club. LHM has been in its current location in the heart of the Miracle Mile since the spring of 2011.
Faith EFC is a congregation that has been in existence since 1925. It moved to its curent location in Robbinsdale in 1966. After serving for two years, in 2009, Tom Olson was called to pastor Faith EFC to help restart the ministry. Some of the ministries launched to reach the community since then include BUMP (including a carnival), classic car show, women’s tea, marriage enrichment, family fun nights and children’s church. During the summer of 2010, Faith EFC moved their Sunday morning worship outdoors to increase their presence in the community. The church building is also shared by a Liberian EFCA congregation and a hispanic congregation.
Antioch Community Church is a three-year-old church plant that meets in Northeast Minneapolis near the Mississippi River. The neighborhood is made up of a mix of college students, young urban artists and older Polish/Ukrianians. As a church plant, BUMP teams will come alongside ACC to help them serve the community and thereby increasing their presence and ministry. ACC is a church committed to both serving neighbors and training young leaders. BUMPers will serve neighborhood organizations and homeowners in a number of ways and help care for the rented facility where the church meets.
Riverside EFC is a church re-plant in the southern portion of Minneapolis. As the existing congregation aged and the neighborhood changed, the church now seeks to reach the community to share the gospel message in new ways. They open their doors to their neighbors through musicals, basketball, bread for those in need and youth programs.
Cross Cultural EFC meets at the Hayden Heights Baptist Church in St. Paul and is an intentionally intercultural church seeking to have the congregation reflect the diversity of their community. The Upper East Side is an area of growing cultural and ethnic diversity and the church’s congregation is comprised of more than 40% Hmong and 10% African Americans. The vision God has laid on the hearts of those leading Cross Cultural is to bring together the cultures of the community under the cross of Christ, transform them through the power of Christ, and conform them to the image of Christ.
Twin Cities BUMP participants complete service projects, prayer walk and evangelize, host block parties, car washes, VBS programs and sports camps. All teams stay in the dorms at North Central University in downtown Minneapolis.
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