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Written by SRBC Staff | 20 July 2010

 

2010 Scheduled Events:

Mar-Apr – Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, Week of Prayer for NAMB - $5,000.00 Goal

Apr 6 – BaptistBuildersForChrist trip interest meeting 7:00 PM at FBC Springfield

May 7 – Africa New Life Ministries (ANLM) fund-raising banquet

Jul – Food Drive for ECHO

Aug 2 – 6 – Family Mission Trip to Coastal Virginia

Sep – SRBC Fall Festival

Oct – Alma Hunt Virginia Missions Offering

Nov – Thanksgiving Baskets (ECHO)

Dec – Lottie Moon Offering

Dec – Angel Tree (registration begins in Oct)

 

 

Got an idea for a local mission or a mission abroad?  
Talk to Don, Randy, or Jack

 

http://www.BaptistBuildersForChrist.org:  "...A network of Baptist Laypersons with a vision in their hearts to build churches for Congregations who are actively leading others to know Christ as a Savior"

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alt   This year, Africa New Life is hosting an evening unlike any other.  You're invited 
to be a part of the experience:  Kageyo: Relief for the Weary.  

Invite your friends, family, and co-workers to experience Kageyo, the newest 
ministry opportunity through Africa New Life, at a fundraising dinner on Friday, 
May 7, 2009 at 7:00 pm at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church.  

Kageyo is home to more than 3,000 people who live in starvation with inadequate 
medical resources.  

SRBC is sponsoring a table.  It's about full.  Let's sponsor another one!
 
Mission News, Notes, and Resources:

Second Annual SRBC Family Mission Trip, Aug 2-6, 10 – Make plans to be a part of the Youth Works Family Mission Trip.  The trips are designed as an opportunity for churches to engage families in service and missions together.  This year we will go to Coastal Virginia.   Our group will be able to serve residents through Kids Club, partnering with local ministries and home improvement projects.  See Randy Cornell for details. 

Ecumenical Community Helping Others (ECHO) – Thanks so much for numerous successful food drives.  The “drive” is over, but the need is not.  Please consider donating food throughout the year to help those less fortunate than us.  Please contact ECHO if you feel led to volunteer or donate at http://www.echo-inc.org/ or 703-569-9169.

 

NorthStar’s Annual Ministry Conference 2010

Equipping Believers for Ministry in Today’s World!

Saturday, September 12, First Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA

9 a.m.—noon - More than 40 workshops!

$20.00 per person from NorthStar congregations

 

NorthStar Awarded Scholarships to Leland Seminary Students!

 

Virginia Baptist Mission Board - http://www.vbmb.org/about.htm

North American Mission Board - http://www.namb.net

International Mission Board – http://www.imb.org

Navigators – http://www.navigators.org 

NorthStar – www.northstarchurchnetwork.org

 

Virginia Baptist Mission Board:   The purpose of the VBMB is to mobilize, train, and equip individuals and churches, in cooperation with other ministry partners, to carry the witness and ministry of Virginia and to the ends of the earth. 

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Go to the Virginia Baptist website, http://www.vbmb.org, and find out about missions, ministries, resources, spiritual needs, and news & coming events.  Pray for God to reveal a mission in your life.

  

Prayer List: 

SRBC Missions team in Haiti (with AIM)

BaptistBuildersForChrist

Africa New Life Ministries (ANLM)

SRBC, M&E ministry and events

Missionaries all over the world

Lost people everywhere

 

Did you know there are over 250 million unsaved people in North America?
Invite your neighbors to church!

 

 

Acts 1:8 - but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be MY witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all of Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest parts of the earth. 

The Missions and Evangelism (M&E) Ministry at SRBC strives to motivate and enable members to reach outside of themselves and take the love of Jesus, and the light of the Gospel to the world, and so “bear much fruit” for the Lord (John 15:5).  The “world” starts in our neighborhoods and reaches to the ends of the earth.  M&E are done by disciples of Jesus.  There are many ways to “do” missions, based on culture and available relationships, but they all start with disciples living lives that reflect the love and joy in the Lord.  So, let’s all start there, evangelizing for Him, and asking Him to open doors.  Let’s show our love for people, the way Christ loves them, and tell them about Jesus!

 

Good Works He has Prepared (Eph 2:10):

Currently active projects:
 
-   Annie Armstrong Missions Offering.  Goal is $5,000.  Formal close is April 3!  Needs: sacrificial giving and prayer for missionaries of Norh America.
 
-   April 6 is meeting to ascertain interest for participation in a missions trip with BaptistBuildersForChrist at 7:00 PM at First Baptist Chirch Springfield. Needs:  Prayer and attendees

-   May 7, SRBC is sponsoring a table at Africa New Life Ministries (ANLM) fund-raising banquet. Needs:  attendees ready to pray and give.
 
-   Food drive for ECHO (Ecumenical Community Helping Others).  Planned for July.  Needs:  Food
  
-   Second Annual SRBC Family Mission Trip, Aug 2-6.  This Program is through Youth Works. These trips are designed as an opportunity for churches to engage  families in service and missions together. This year we will go to Coastal Virginia.  Our group will be able to serve residents through Kids Club, partnering with local ministries and home improvement projects. Needs: we have slots for a couple more families!  See Randy Cornell for details.
 
-   Fall Festival.  This will be in September.  We had a great time last year with barbecue and a Gospel band.  We’ll do at LEAST that much this year.  Needs: detailed plans, volunteers, and PRAYER.  We want to reach the neighborhood more effectively this year, and communicate the Gospel.

 -   Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions.  Benefits missionaries local to Virginia.  Needs:  money and PRAYER for missionaries                    

 -   Thanksgiving Baskets for ECHO.  Sunday School classes Sign up to prepare meals for families.  Needs: volunteer classes POC:  M & E Team

 
-  Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Missions.  Benefits International Missionaries (IMB).  Needs:  money and PRAYER for missionaries.
 
-Throughout the year, SRBC provides Missions education programs for children through the Royal Ambassadors (boys 1st through 6th grade), Girls in Action (girls 1st through 6th grade), and Mission Friends (pre-schoolers)
 
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“Love the community until they ask why”
– George Russ, Baptist Association of New York

Open Doors (Col 4:3)

Opportunities the Lord has shown us, but which currently lack some resource or  schedule.  Please consider where the Lord has gifted you to help with Missions.
 
-   “Way of the Master” Study. The M&E team has purchased this excellent study for evangelism.  It goes beyond "how to" and covers "why."  Is informative and encouraging.  Plan is to offer this study in the Spring.  Needs: schedule time

-   Angel Tree.  Great program from Focus On the Family. SRBC provides gifts to children of prisoners. Needs: POC, by October.

-   September of ’08 SRBC made a special effort to establish friendly relationships with Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims in our area.  We visited each place of worship, and met some very nice people.  We need to keep in contact with our new friends.  The M&E Team plans to stay in touch by:
·      Visiting the Durga Temple for some of their “open-to-all dinners on Sunday night.
·      Participating in a joint community project with the Sikhs, and maybe sharing a meal with them.
·      Meeting with some of our Muslim friends for tea, or invite them to our homes.  When we visited them for a Ramadan meal, our ladies could not come (due to a sick baby).  This was very disappointing to the  Muslim ladies.  Perhaps we can  have our ladies try another visit!
·      Invite them all to our church.
Needs:  helpers for projects, and PRAYER
 
-   Direct-mail contact with local residents. These missive would invite people to the church and to various activities, and present the Gospel. Needs:  POC, composition, schedule
 
Please contact ECHO if you feel led to volunteer or donate at 
http://www.echo-inc.org/ or 703-569-9169
Dreams and Visions (Joel 2:28):
Ideas still in the “formative stage”.  Perhaps one of these projects is a way you can serve and please the Lord.
 
-   ESL (English as a Second Language)
     classes for people of our neighborhood.
 
-   Assist the Lamb Center
 
-   Church Planting
 
-   Community Assistance (local needy people)
 
-   Regular visits to SRBC of Missionaries
 
-   Volunteers for “journeyman” projects – extended
       “mission trips” for up to two years.
 
-   A dedicated team of “prayer warriors” to focus on Missions.
 
-   Helping neighbors share the Gospel with neighbors – holding
  events like barbecues and basically helping believers “get out
  into the World” with the Gospel
 

Praises (Col 1:29):

Recently-completed projects for which we praise God

-   47 Buckets O’ Hope for Haiti!  Many people came together
    to bring supplies.  Thanks to the Youth and some Girl
    Scouts for filling the buckets.  Thanks to Bruce Bunch for
    the buckets and Hank and Henry Dodge for delivering them.
 
-   Over $10,000 given to Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for
    International Missions, 2009/2010.

 

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