Our church believes in putting what Acts 1:8 says
into action today locally, in the states, and
throughout the world, "... be my witnesses in
Jerusalem, and in Judea and Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth."

Mission Projects

Local Mission Projects:

1. “The Mission Weekend”- First Baptist Church members go out in our community and perform various actions. Last year we:

1) We helped the “Spirit Horse” (a non-profit organization that provides therapy for disabled children using horses) by reroofing a building, fixing fences, clearing brush, planting shrubs, and several other location needs.

2) We helped “Friends of the Family” (a shelter for abused women and their children) by painting rooms, general internal and external repairs, home maintenance and cleaning, and installing new kitchen appliances.

3) We worked with the City of Lewisville in picking up trash in a large neighborhood.

4) We provided a backyard bible club for the Village North Mobile Home Park.

* This project takes 3-4 months of design, preparation and enlistment.

* The volunteer commitment is for 2-8 hours on this Saturday.

* March 29, 2008 is the date for our Mission Weekend this year

2. Christian Community Action Projects – CCA is a non-profit organization that serves families in crisis by providing food, housing, medical care, vocational training, along with spiritual and personal support. First Baptist Church members are highly involved in numerous ministries that are coordinated through the Minister of Missions and the Christian Life and Ministry Committee of CCA. Some of these ministries are:

1) Periodic Food Drives.

2) Feed the Children program – Providing a lunch to children at the Village North Mobile Home Park and Vista Ridge Apartments every week day during the summer months.

3) Back to School Program – Providing the children served by CCA the necessary school supplies and clothes to go back to school.

4) Thanksgiving and Christmas Food drive – Usually it would be one food item like canned corn. Last year we collected over 4000 cans of corn.

5) The Christmas Giving Tree – We provide Christmas gifts to the underprivileged children in our community.

6) We help man the Giving Tree at the Grapevine Mall.

7) Enlisting volunteers for the Food Pantry at CCA.

* Continual volunteer opportunities throughout the year

3. English as a Second Language program – We teach English to those in our community who are not native English speakers. We have 2 locations: one here at the church on Wednesday night with 4 classes and also at the Lilly Jackson Early Childhood Learning Center. We presently have 125 parents signed up with 12 teachers enlisted. The program coincides with the LISD schedule for both the fall and spring semesters.

* Growing ministry – workers needed (Spanish is not required)

* No special skills needed – various service options available

4. Advocacy and Pregnancy Center – The Advocacy and Pregnancy Center is committed to empowering women by providing confidential, valuable, and complete information regarding her options during a pregnancy. We help support and fund the Advocacy and Pregnancy Center.

5. Hispanic Church Plant – The missions committee is planning to sponsor a new Hispanic church start that will build off our efforts at the Village North and our ESL programs.

* Winter 2008 – target launch date

6. Evergreen Senior Adult Apartment ministry – Providing a worship experience for senior adults at local apartments.

* Afternoon services each Sunday

* Various locations and opportunities available for expansion

State and National Mission Projects:

1. B.H. Carroll Theological Institute – We fund the B.H. Carroll Seminary. There are thousands of students across the globe currently receiving theology educations via the web.

* Classes available locally for credit or audit

2. Disaster Relief Team – We have multiple opportunities for you to serve on a feeding unit, chainsaw crew, clean out / up crew during a disaster locally and throughout our region. We work in conjunction with Texas Baptist Men.

* Spring 2008 – chainsaw, feeding, clean out and clean up unit training

3. Emergency Response – In the past we have organized groups and churches to respond to emergency needs.

* We will respond to catastrophic events in our area

4. Mexico School Supplies – Each summer we work with another church to collect left over school supplies from area schools. Our church is responsible for transporting the supplies to the Mexico border. The churches in Mexico come across and take supplies back to their communities as an outreach project.

* July 2008 – next scheduled trip

International Projects:

1. Guatemala Orphanage – coordinating teams to go and share the gospel with the children and to help make their lives easier.

* 2008 trips scheduled – February, August & November

2. North Africa Refugee Support – Working with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in relief efforts of refugees in North Africa.

* 2009 – trip in planning stage

3. England Missionary Support – Support of the Kittlitz family in England and their mission work in Europe.

* Winter 2008 – trip in planning stage

4. France Missionary Support – Helping to start a new church in Leon, France by partnering with Trinity Valley Baptist Church in Carrollton.

*Summer 2008 – finalizing trip plans

Please contact the church office @ 972-436-5502.

We can help you with questions, comments, ideas and service opportunities in any of our mission areas.