Build-a-Bed Celebration Video

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Build-a-Bed on WFIE

Thank you to all the volunteers and donations to Build-a-Bed. Over 1,000 volunteer hours were invested in serving our community and 53 kids received new beds and bedtime baskets. Praise God for the work that He is doing. 14 News, WFIE, Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro

First Baptist Church participating in Build-a-Bed Day | Community Spirit | Owensboro-Daviess County News

First Baptist Church participating in Build-a-Bed Day | Community Spirit | Owensboro-Daviess County News

October - World Hunger Fund

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Support the World Hunger Fund. 80% of what is collected will go overseas to our mission partners and 20% will feed the hungry in the U.S. Bread banks for collecting coins and bills can be picked up at the church. Banks should be returned on October 28 during one of our morning worship services. Also, can food and non-perishable food for the local help office can be dropped off at the church.

       

Build A Bed - (Build Date is October 27)

Photos from AWANA decorating some of the slats for the beds.

Clips from the wood cutting day held on Saturday. Thanks to all who came out and helped with this area of the ministry.

September - First on Mission - State Offering

6% of giving to First on Mission goes to the Eliza Broadus Offering to support Kentucky Baptist missionaries and ministries in the commonwealth. If we reach our $210,000 for 2012, then $12,600 will go directly to Kentucky missions.

More information about this offering: http://fbcowb.org/give-to-missions/

   http://kywmu.org/ebo/

Boston Team Report: Sunday, August 19, at 6:00 P.M.

Come and hear a report from our team that went to help with the "Serve Medford" ministry with Redemption Hill Church.

Last Day in Boston

Our time in Boston has been wonderful. It has been an honor to serve God by serving Medford, Redemption Hill Church, and the Willis Avenue Community kids. It has also been an honor to serve God with our team: Mattie and Gerald Jones, Pam and Chip Brown, Dustin Brown, Robert L. Wilson, Susan Wilson, David Bivins, Leigh Ann, Paul, Anna, and Katherine Strahan. A special thanks to David for driving us all over the Medford area and for driving us to and from home. David is an awesome driver! (Thanks also for GPS!)  We also want to thank our church family for their support and prayers.


Leigh Ann




This past night at Playstead Park in Medford, Redemption Hill Church held a Comminuty Fun Night. Each church group was assigned an area of service. Our church was in a couple different areas. Leigh Ann, Katherine, and Anna Strahan were assigned to story time. When the children would come to story time we would show them visual aids of The Story and break down verses that connected to Creation, The Fall, The Rescue, and The Restoration. One little boy Peter that we had in kids camp the past few days came to the fun night and Katherine was telling him the story and he would just sit and listen and ask  questions about the pictures and the story. We thought that by just telling them this story we could be planting a little seed that could grow  in a matter of time and we would watch it grow as God worked his wonders!


Katherine

Seattle Team Heading Home Today

We are on our way home today. Wow, what a great trip. God's strength and favor was so apparent. LifePoint is already asking for a repeat for next year. The block party was a really big success with over 200 people attending. Inflatables, hotdogs, cotton candy, balloon hats and animals, tattoos, and nine tired missionaries characterized the evening. There were lots of hugs, a few tears as we said farewell. We look forward to how the Lord will bless the efforts of everyone involved to further his Kingdom and strengthen LifePoint Church. Thank you FBC family for your prayers and support. We look forward to sharing our experience with you all this Sunday evening.

Mark

Boston Kids Camp Group Photo

Boston News

Thursday we continued leading our kids camp at Willis Avenue Community Center. We had around 25 kids today. We start the day playing with the parachute, which the kids always love. In recreation, the kids participated in relay races and baseball. The kids made necklaces in crafts, and tie-dye butterflies in art. They always seem to have a great time coloring and creating their "masterpiece"! The character trait we taught on was patience. The puppets introduced our story. To demonstrate this, Leigh Ann, Paul, & Dustin told and acted out the story of the prodigal son. In my opinion, this was one of the top highlights of the week, and it served as a prime opportunity to share God's love. We told the kids that the father waited patiently everyday for his son, even though his son had done wrong. When the son finally came home, the father gladly embraced him and gave him a feast and the best clothes! In our story, Dustin (the son) left his father (Paul) and went to Kentucky, but after running out of money and living with the pigs, he decided to return to "Pops". When Dustin got home, he was given a Harvard sweatshirt, Boston Red Sox cap, and pizza from his father! Then Paul told the kids that this is how God treats us, He is always patient with us, always waiting for us to come to Him, and always loves us!! The son was lost but now has been found! After the character trait story, the kids sung Bible songs and fun camp songs, complete with help from the puppets and hand motions!

    Thursday night we attended a de-brief meeting with all the Serve Medford teams. The teams shared how God has been working in the lives of others this week. It was truly an encouragement to hear about what the Lord is doing through each of us. We may never see all the results, but seeds have been planted.

The second half of the meeting was a briefing on what is to come Friday night. Friday night is our big night, as we assistRedemption Hill Church and the other mission teams host a Community Fun Night. This is a BIG prayer request, that we need you to pray about! This is a huge outreach event for kids and adults. Pray that the Spirit will move and work through us (that we would be flexible and God will prepare us for what His will is for us to do), and please pray for the Spirit to move in the hearts of the people that are coming (pray that God would send the people He wants there). Pray for the Redemption Hill Church and staff and that connections and relationships will be made with the members of this community. Pray that the lost may be saved, and that seeds will be planted. Pray for opportunities for the Gospel to be shared and displayed. Members of our team will be face painting, "tattooing", making animal balloons, sharing the Gospel story with kids, helping kids with Gospel crafts, helping set up and take down, as well as meeting any other needs that may arise. We need you to partner with us in praying over this event. Our God answers prayer!

    We are trusting that God is at work within us and through us, and within the people of Medford. We are deeply thankful to be able to share and spread God's love with these people, and are grateful for your continued support. We will be traveling back toOwensboro on Saturday and Sunday, your prayers for traveling mercies are appreciated as well.

Dustin Brown

Thursday in Boston

Pray for the Last Day in Seattle

Today is our last day here in Seattle before returning home tomorrow morning. There is a lot to do as we prepare for our block party tonight. We have rented three large inflatables for the kids to enjoy and will serve hotdogs and cotton candy...nice combination!

Yesterday we spent time in downtown Seattle at the city market and pier. What an incredible display of fruit, vegetables, flowers and flying fish! The weather was beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed our time in this beautiful city. We had another great night at the soccer clinic as relationships with the kids and parents deepen and our opportunities to share the love of Christ continue.

Please pray for tonight's event and for our team to have the energy necessary to demonstrate Christ' love for the kids, and that the members of LifePoint will be able to partner with us to build sustaining relationships with all the families who will attend.

Mark...

Boston Update

Sunday- we enjoyed a wonderful worship time with Redemption Hill and there are at least three other churches here to assist them in "Serving " Medford". Two churches are from North Carolina and our neighbors at FBC Henderson! After worship we dined on pizza and had an orientation meeting by the leadership of Redemption Hill. We met the team from North Carolina who will work with us at the kids camp this week!

Monday- we got started early Monday with breakfast at Tuft's then picked up the other team and headed to Willis Ave., the site of our Kids Camp! We were greeted by many of the children who attended last year. We started out by knocking on doors and others picked up trash around the center. We then gathered the kids together for group parachute games. We had lunch with the kids, an introduction of the day, arts, recreation, crafts, character lessons, music, snacks, and free time. The character trait today was JOY!

The evening was spent on the subway going to downtown Boston. We enjoyed visiting the campuses of Harvard and MIT!

Tuesday- much the same with the highlight for the children being water balloons incorporated into the rec time! We taught the character trait PEACE!

Pam Brown, Susan Wilson, Anna Leigh and Katherine Strahan spent Tuesday baby-sitting for Jon and Leigh Chasteen!

Wednesday- a day off for everyone! It was filled with Duck boat tours, Freedom Trail walks, shopping, more sight seeing and for a few a ball game at the 100 year old Fenway Park! What a week so far! The last two days will be great! More to come!!!

Seattle: Microsoft and Soccer

Tuesday was another BIG night at the soccer clinic with over 70 children. Our team was well prepared and the soccer clinic was once again was a huge success. We are really seeing the hand of God working through our team and LifePoint church to impact this community. Parents are elated by the quality of the clinic and how much fun their kids are having. LifePoint has done a tremendous job organizing and supporting the clinic each night. We also spent time yesterday touring Microsoft, which employs over 40,000 people. We saw only a small portion of he Microsoft city, but were overwhelmed by the sheer scope of this corporation.

Today we will begin with a morning devotional and prayer time followed by planning for tonight. Then we are heading into the city today for some sightseeing. It is an absolutely beautiful day here in Seattle. The team is sleeping really well and everyone is doing a great job. David Moore did manage to meet the local sheriff and discovered you can't talk on your cell phone and drive...lucky for him he was lost and was only using his GPS...fun memories!


Mark

Seattle Report for Monday, July 30

The first day of our soccer clinic was a HUGE success. We are so thankful for God's tremendous favor on this event. There were 62 children who participated in the first ever soccer clinic for LifePoint church. Our team was well prepared, but it was still a bit overwhelming. We persevered with love and grace for these precious children. Today we are touring Microsoft thanks to one of the church members from LifePoint. This afternoon we will spend time preparing for tonight's soccer clinic and the return of Soccer Man! Please continue to pray for our team and the LifePoint church members who are investing in the lives of families here in Seattle.

Photos from Boston Kids Camp: Day 2

Community Fun Night in Boston

From Tanner: Pray for this place. Site of our Community Fun Night outreach to Medford on Friday.

Boston Kids Camp - Day 1

Update out of Seattle

The "Go Seattle" team is having a great trip thus far. We arrived at 1:30 a.m. PST on Sunday morning followed by a short night of sleep and a full day of ministry. Sunday morning the team assisted the set-up at LifePoint church. They meet in a awesome location with a great space for worship and children's ministry. There worship leader was away on vacation so I was able to step in and lead the Sunday morning worship. After worship we assisted the LifePoint volunteers with tearing everything down and putting their supplies in their storage area. After lunch, we headed back to the hotel for a little nap. Sunday evening we provided childcare for the LifePont staff members so they could have a night out. There were 13 kids at two different households...very active kids! We had a great time with the kids and the staff members were very appreciative. Today we are preparing for our first night of the soccer clinic. There are 52 kids pre-registered and we are sure more will show up. This is the largest event they've ever hosted and the first time to do a sports clinic. Keep praying for our team and our impact on the children and families we encounter today.