Potter´s House Association

Mailing Address: 29 calle 7-42, Zona 3 Ciudad de Guatemala. 01003 Main Website: http://www.pottershouse.org.gt

Phone Numbers: Toll-free: 888-742-4828 Phone: 502-2475-5252 x312 Fax: — Email Address for General Inquiries: volunteers@pottershouse.org.gt

Vision

One day not even one Treasure will scavenge in all of beautiful Guatemala.


Mission

To provide holistic opportunities for scavenger families by equipping them to be able to develop and transform their lives, families, and community.


Objectives

Assist: To offer humanitarian aid and assistance to those who cannot help themselves, especially the children and the elderly

Develop: To equip the Treasures to develop and become confident, competent, and self-sustaining

Empower: To provide resources for the Treasures to participate in the solution to their personal, familial, communal, and national problems Potter's House Association adheres to the statement of faith established by the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE):

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.


**Compatibility Criteria


1. The Church, leader and volunteers that form the team share the Potters’ House philosophy and doctrinal statements. (listed above).

2. The volunteers’ team and Potters’ House wish to serve in a way that glorifies God’s name, testifying and letting the Holy Spirit impact the lives of the Treasures and as well as our own lives.

3. The short term mission trip obeys God’s command to His church to extend the Kingdom’s values in this world.

4. The senders, goers and receivers all participate in the task to execute the Great Commission, and all work to realize that the Great Commission is not fulfilled by a one-time event, but rather is a process.

5. Based on the previous statement, it is expected that as time goes on friendship bounds will strengthen and a partnership between Potter’s House and the visiting group will develop and grow to have a long-term impact on the Treasures and the communities surrounding the garbage dumb.

6. The volunteer team and its Leadership agree to follow the guidelines established by Potter’s House, keeping in mind that it will to the benefit of both parties.

7. Both parties, volunteers and the receivers at Potter’s House, are conscious, sensible and willing to learn about the cultural differences.

8. Both parties are willing to assume shared responsibility in respect to the risks implied when visiting other countries.

	Standards of Excellence in Short-term Mission http://www.stmstandards.org/
	Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability http://www.ecfa.org/

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The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest fields.
~ Matthew 9:37-38