| Ministry
Partnerships
Overcomers Ministries partners with various church groups during the Summer native Family Camp at Camp Dellwater 25 miles north of Bemidji Minnesota. The churches who are currently participating is the St. Cloud Bible Fellowship and Crystal Lake Evangelical Free Church Celebrate Recovery Team.
To assist individuals stablize their lives Overcomers Ministry is launching a partenership with Mentor Corp to develop a Christ Focused mentor training program.
To assist at risk people acquire housing and come out of homelessness Overcomers Ministries works with the Catholic Charities Housing First program in conjunction with the ministry’s On Eagles Wings apartments, a nine unit facility in South Minneapolis.
| Partners For Kids volunteers
This is the second
year of this successful Christmas toy drive that provided quality
toys for 400 kids at the Little Housing Project in Minneapolis and 200 kids on the Mishkeegogamang Reserve. |

Partners
For Kids volunteers
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David
"Guy" Connor helped with the harvest
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Wild
Rice Harvest - Wild rice
is a staple of the Ojibwe people and each year in late August, the
Thayers harvest mahnomen (Ojibwe translation for rice) for
Overcomer's Ministry events. |
In October 2000, Overcomer's
and the American Indian Housing Community Development Corporation
held the first annual Mahnomen
Days Feast. Proceeds
raised for this community event was used for the Partners for Kids
Christmas Toy Campaign.
In December of 2000 Overcomer's Ministry submitted a concept proposal to Oak Hills Christian College in Bemidji Minnesota for a Minneapolis based extension program.
The program will start in September 2001 and will consist of a two year Associate of Arts Degree to be located at the
First
Nations office and classrooms. The curriculum will include Bible
course topics while gaining practical inner city and outreach ministry experience.
In ten years the ministry has developed relationships with several churches and organizations in the region including Oak Hills Christian College, has ministered to hundreds of native people and is seeking support to expand its vision. Overcomer's ministry is
a non-denominational entity and has a nine member Board of Directors who attend various churches around the Twin Cities and includes one member from Ontario Canada. The Thayers are ordained
ministers with International Ministerial Fellowship and attend New Commandment Church in Northeast Minneapolis.
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