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FBCN Missions Connection

Missions ministry of the First Baptist Church of Naples, Florida

  • The Lightforce Student Praise Choir ... - The Lightforce Student Praise Choir is a dynamic group of students from 6th through 12th grade who have a passion to serve the Lord through music. Lightforce is going on a mission trip to Immokalee June 8-12. Their emphasis will be geared towards missions. They will be involved in children’s ministry and backyard Bible clubs, as well as service projects for the homeless and needy. Come and visit Lightforce this weekend at the Missions Kiosk in the Commons, or check them out at http://www.fbcn.org/home/ministry/ministry-pages/worship-and-music-ministry/lightforce.
  • Missions Spotlight Bill & Ginny Hanson Association of Baptist ... - Missions Spotlight Bill & Ginny Hanson Association of Baptist for World Evangelism We started our mission’s ministry with ABWE in 1999. It all started when Bill went on a mission’s trip to Gambia West Africa. It was during that trip that God revealed to Bill that he could use his gifts and talents to serve Him. Since 1999, God has led us to South Africa where we assisted with the building of four churches in Durban, Richards Bay, Amanzimtoti and Cape Town. We further assisted around the world on various construction projects such as schools, hospitals, missionary housing, camps and various other Christian related facilities. These travels took us to West Africa, Ghana, Togo and the Gambia. Then, we traveled to Bangladesh, South America, the Philippines and Katrina relief in Mississippi. Ginny has used her gifts and talents in teaching ladies bible studies, kids Sunday schools, hosting and feeding volunteers, visiting people in hospitals, and assisting the missionaries where we are with what ever tasks they desire her to do. Come by the Missions Kiosk in the Commons to find out more about this Missions Ministry!
  • Protected Harbor construction update - Protected Harbor proudly announces that it broke ground on it’s new ‘home” on March 14 with Dr. Hayes Wicker of FBCN and Dr. Richard Powell of McGregor Baptist Church. Protected Harbor’s first group home for developmentally disabled adults will be home to six residents along with licensed staff by the end of 2009. Please visit their website at http://godsprotectedharbor.com/ to see what God is doing in providing for “His Special People.” What can YOU do? You can order a personalized foundation stone! Engraved prayers can be purchased that will form the residence courtyard. Have a paver inscribed with your name, the name of a loved one, the date of a special occasion, or a meaningful Scripture reference. This will be an ongoing gift that benefits Developmentally Disabled Adults.
  • Word of Life - Word of Life short term missions is filled with opportunities for you. We will take people from 13 years of age and up. Our trips are designed to share the Gospel of Christ around the world. Our programs in a glimpse: Youth Reachout: Participants who are 15 years old are teamed up with college-aged young adults...volunteers come from all over to share the Gospel overseas through drama, choir, etc. Nehemiah Network Medical Teams: This program will use your medical skills to help others overseas. Even if you don’t have any medical training, there are other opportunities on the trip for you to join in. Nehemiah Network Work Teams: Help us help others by using your talents in construction, painting, etc. on one of the Word of Life properties around the world. Reachout Launch: Launch is a program designed for individuals 17 years or older. You tell us where you want to go, and we set it up. Stop by and visit us in the Missions Kiosk for more information. You can also view our website at http://www.wol.org/.
  • OMS Missionaries David and Kiki Walp - OMS is a global mission partner reaching the nations for Christ. They have implemented strategies of evangelism, church planting, leadership training/development, and partnerships with national churches and training institutions around the world since 1901. Opportunities for you to service with OMS: 7-10 day work projects, medical, or evangelism teams Prayer walking in a variety of countries English/TESL teachers Children and youth workers Mission school teachers and administrators Bible college/seminary professors (3 months +) International headquarters staff in Indianapolis, Indiana Administrative Assistants Finance and Communications Church planters working alongside nationals sharing Jesus Extreme walk (11 months=3 months language/8 months service) Long-term (2 years + ministry in more than 20 countries) Special assignments arranged to use your gifts and abilities Learn more about OMS at http://www.omsinternational.org/about
  • Good News Clubs - Our church hosts 3 Good News Clubs that meet weekly after school. Sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship, a Good News Club (GNC) is a fun and exciting way for school children to gather to learn about God. We host clubs at Pelican Marsh on Tuesday afternoons and at Osceola and Lake Park Elementary on Thursdays. Presenting Bible stories, teaching Bible Memory verses, singing songs, reading missionary stories, playing Bible review games, praying and sharing snacks are just some of the ways our dedicated volunteers share God’s love with the children each week. Through studying the lives of Elijah, Elisha, Esther, and Daniel this year, the children have learned Biblical principles, moral values, character qualities, and respect for authority. Central to the Club is the sharing of the “Good News” of Jesus Christ. Several children have prayed to receive Jesus as their Savior and as a result of receiving an invitation at GNC, they and their families have begun to attend our church. We look forward to inviting the children from GNC to our VBS and other children’s ministries that take place on our campus. Specific prayer requests for the clubs would be: • to continue to meet on school campuses next year • volunteers to share God’s love with the children • for salvation for the children and their families • and for the children to invite their friends at school. Please come by and visit the representatives from the Good News Clubs in the mission kiosk in the commons this week-end. Come discover how YOU can help reach the "least of these". Or, for more information, you can visit http://www.cefonline.com/content/category/4/13/27/.
  • Miracle Limbs - More than 1.9 million Americans are living without at least one arm or leg. Every week, disease or accident forces another 3,000 individuals, including many children, to undergo amputation surgery. The vision of Miracle Limbs, a new charity founded by Bob Ayers, is to inspire hope, courage, confidence, and strength that release all amputees in Southwest Florida from the bonds of despair and fear, so that they may move forward to experience a renewal of life, energy, purpose, empowerment, and joy. Deacon Lee Norton, who lost his leg in Vietnam, is a Miracle Limbs Board Member. When he met Bob Ayers (Founder of Miracle Limbs) he realized how fortunate he was to rehabilitate in Valley Forge Army Hospital with a hundred other amputees and receive financial assistance from the Veteran’s Administration. Most amputees have to deal with amputation on their own. Our goal is to be there for them and their families through the entire process. Starting from North Naples Regional Park on Livingston Road, there will be five different rides: 2 mile family fun ride inside the park, a 10 mile ride, a 28 mile ride, a 42 mile ride, and a 62 mile ride. Norton said, “My goal is to ride 62 miles for a fellow amputee.” The entry fee (including breakfast and lunch) is $35 for riders and $5 for non-riders. Children under 10 are free. Registration can be done online at http://www.miraclelimbs.com/. Riders are encouraged to find sponsors on a per mile basis. A few corporate sponsorship opportunities are still available. Come by the missions kiosk in the Commons this weekend and visit us!
  • Answered prayer for Judy* in India - We rejoice with Judy* in the goodness of our Lord! The report from our leaders in India is below: "Judy* praises God for letting her stay in the village. In the time of persecution, she had to stand before the villagers. She stood and testified about our Lord Jesus. She shared with the villagers that ever since she received Jesus in her life she has peace which she never experienced before and that is why she decided to throw those idols into the river. God answered our prayers by softening the heart of the villagers. They allowed her to stay. We were recently informed that Judy* and her husband had been staying separately for more than three months due to unknown personal problems. Now God is using the same villagers to bring Judy's* husband back to their home. Pray for him to come back home soon. Pray that he will accept Jesus into his life as well. And also pray that this house would be the lighthouse for the entire village." Thanks for your prayers for this situation. They made a difference! Yours for the nations, Big Life * Name changed for security
  • An Evening with Governor Mike Huckabee - Big Life Ministries is pleased to welcome Mike Huckabee as our featured guest speaker for the Third Annual Big Life Fundraising Event. Governor Huckabee is also host of the syndicated radio show, “The Huckabee Report,” Fox News Channel’s weekly “Huckabee” show, and author of the New York Times best seller Do the Right Thing. There is no charge to attend; however, seating is limited and reservations are required (now taking reservations for the overflow in the Chapel). Please register online at http://www.biglifeonline.org/, or visit the Missions Kiosk in the Commons following all three services this weekend. What is Big Life? Big Life is a Church Planting Ministry that empowers, equips, and encourages believers overseas, to reach their own people for Jesus Christ. Our people don’t build buildings, they establish churches. As a result, 30,000 former Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists have come to faith in Christ since 2003 and now attend weekly worship. With the Lord leading the way, we expect to expand to 5,000 churches with over 100,000 believers worshipping weekly in 2009! Come prepared to hear a powerful message from Governor Huckabee, and find out how you can partner with this dynamic church planting ministry. Thursday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m. Worship Center http://www.biglifeonline.org/ or 247-5602 Tickets will be mailed in the weeks preceding the event. We regret that we will not be able to accommodate children or students under the age of 16. Come visit us at the Missions Kiosk in the Commons this weekend!
  • Can you handle the truth? - We, as Christians, believe in truth...actually THE Truth; however, we live in a society and culture where truth is not held in as high of esteem. Nevertheless, truth is still needed and demanded in our society (i.e. when testifying in court, you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth). With a Christian belief system built so strongly on truth, I wonder...can we really handle the truth? Or, in other words, do we want to know the truth? Please allow me to explain. Excerpts from a recent prayer request from Big Life Ministries is below: "On Wednesday, we are going to the home of a recently converted family. They have decided to destroy their idols that have been in the family for generations. Keith* has told them that the idols need to be totally destroyed rather than sold (some of them are valuable since they are antiques). We are going to pray over the home (to bind the strongman), then the Westerners will leave so that it does not come across to others that this is taking place due to coercion. Later Wednesday evening they will be throwing them into the nearby river. " This is great news! To see a recent convert ready to destroy their idols and take a stand for Christ is an exciting event in any missionaries life. However, the truth is there is another part to this prayer request that came the following day. "We received word from India that prayer is urgently needed for the family who bagged up their Hindu idols and cast them into the local river a couple of days ago (as previously reported). The village is now in an absolute uproar and is trying to throw them out of their home and village as we are composing this email. We have learned that the family consists of 36 year old Judy* along with her 9 year old son. Judy* came to the Lord a few days ago and was immediately obedient to forsake her previous Hindu idols. We are told that her home contained so many idols that it resembled a Hindu temple. Please begin lifting Judy* and her son up in prayer to the Lord. Pray for their protection and peace that only our Lord can supply during these kinds of trials. Pray for the Lord to subdue the anger living in the hearts of these villagers and ultimately for the Lord to use Judy's* testimony to bring these lost people into a personal relationship with their Creator. " The truth is that many believers, all over the world, are suffering immensely for their faith. This is something that the majority of us have never experienced and probably never will experience! Please be in prayer for this request and be attentive to how God may be opening your eyes and ears to the truth of suffering Christians all over the world. To find out more on *Judy and other ministry opportunities, please visit Big Life representatives in the Mission Kiosk this weekend or go to their website at http://biglifeonline.org/home. Or, to learn more about this topic, visit The Voice of the Martyrs at http://www.persecution.com/ * Names changed for protection

IMB News

Headline News for the International Mission Board

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IMB - Todays Prayer

Todays Prayer Needs for the International Mission Board

  • Prayer Request: - WORLD LEADERS. "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence" (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Secretary of State Antonella Mularoni of San Marino (southern Europe, an enclave in Central Italy).
  • Prayer Request: - MIXTECS OF GUERRERO, MEXICO (MEEKS-teks, geh-REH-roh). "Poco a poco," he said, which means "a little at a time." That's what E said when a Baptist representative recently asked him if he was ready to believe in Jesus. E went on to say that when he does decide to follow Christ, he wants his decision to be a lasting one. He doesn't want to play games with God. Baptist representatives have been sharing the gospel with E and his wife, M. They are a young couple who speak the Mixtec language. They are working hard in a small clothing business in town. Please pray for E and M to trust in Jesus as their Lord. They are the key to an entire family that seems to be interested in learning more about God.

NAMB News

News

  • NAMB’s World Changers celebrates work on 20,000th home - Each year when the City of Savannah Department of Housing notifies Savannah homeowners they have been approved to receive government-funded improvements on their homes, several respond with a special request: “Please put me on the list of homes to be worked on by the World Changers students.”
  • More volunteers needed for ‘Operation NOAH’ in New Orleans - Almost four years after deadly Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees on Aug. 29, 2005, Southern Baptists continue to spend a week or so in the Big Easy, volunteering their time and skills to re-build or refurbish homes devastated by the historic storm. But unfortunately, the number of Baptists who are volunteering is no longer enough.
  • NAMB honors top Annie-giving churches - More than 350 representatives of small to large Southern Baptist churches were honored for their 2008 gifts to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions during a June 23 luncheon at the SBC annual meeting in Louisville, Ky.
  • Hammond celebrates missionaries, shares GPS potential for SBC - In a night that featured God’s transforming work in the lives of people ministered to by North American Mission Board missionaries and chaplains, NAMB president Geoff Hammond called upon Southern Baptists to see North America as a mission field in dire need of a savior.
  • Hammond shares GPS at Hispanic gathering - Several hundred Hispanic pastors, missionaries and leaders gathered at the annual National Hispanic Celebration June 21 to celebrate church planting and evangelization -- and chart new directions.
  • Army’s top chaplain address annual SBC chaplain luncheon - Gen. Douglas Carver, chief of chaplains for the U.S. Army, thanked Southern Baptists for the 1,300 SBC military chaplains who minister to some three million American troops in service around the world during the annual chaplain luncheon on June 22, preceding the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Louisville.
  • Crossover draws 3,000 volunteers for 95 projects - The Good News raced across Louisville like a thoroughbred at Churchill Downs June 20 when 3,000 Southern Baptist volunteers braved 95-degree temperatures for Crossover '09, an evangelistic effort prior to each year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.
  • NAMB Great Commission re-focus task force named - Twenty-four Southern Baptists from a broad cross-section of the denomination -- theologians, missiologists, practitioners, denominational leaders and pastors of churches of varying sizes and ethnicities -- comprise the new North American Great Commission Task Force set to meet for the first time on Tuesday, June 23, prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Louisville, Ky.
  • NAMB hunger ministry part of Louisville food drop - As part of Crossover '09 in Louisville, local Southern Baptists will distribute three truckloads of food and personal care items to some 1,200 families in the greater Louisville area on Saturday, June 20.
  • Hike becomes spiritual journey on Appalachian Trail - Hikers tired from their journey on the Appalachian Trail enjoy a rest and at First Baptist Church Damascus, Virginia. Church members share services like Internet access and foot-washing with the hikers and tell them about Jesus in the process.