We have a church that loves to 'GO' in to all the world...Charleston, New Orleans, and El Salvador have all been destinations of FCC. We now have FCCers in China and Korea! It's awesome to be a 'sending' church...but part of being a missional church is also being a 'receiving' church. These past couple of weeks we have had teams come to us to do work in our Jerusalem.
Last week we had 6 students come to do a Sports Crusaders Soccer Camp. They did a great job and kids from our community heard about Jesus through the vehicle of soccer. We had two kids give their heart to Jesus at soccer camp!! A big thank you to all who housed them, fed them, and prayed for them!
This week we have seen two youth groups come to our church for a mission experience. Grace Community Church, Smythville, MO and Chattam Baptist Church, Illinois have brought 45 people to work in the Fruitland area! Wow! They have made some 'Kingdom Ripples.' They have done some landscaping at the church, worked in Abby Williams yard, painted at Crosstown Baptist Church, did a free car wash, gave away 240 free sodas, and deliverered around 700 bags of information about our church to homes in our area. Having groups like this come in to work is hard work! I love hosting them, because they do make a splash for the Kingdom and I am so eager to have young folks have a good missions' experience. The youth ministers from these groups are both my former students from BSU days at Southeast (Mark Oberhauser and Neil Sanders). It has been rewarding to see how God has shaped them for ministry.
By the way, we have another group coming July 28-30 from Concord Baptist Church. We will share more about this group in our church newsletter.
It is awesome to be a 'sending' and 'receiving' missional church.
For the Kingdom!
Pastor Mike
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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