On Mission 2014

Remember, missions is not something we go on, it is His mission that we are on!

Please prayerfully consider how God might lead you. Contact the individual trip Team leaders for more details related to each specific trip.

Acts 1:8 makes it clear that we are to be on mission wherever we are.

From Sulphur Springs to wherever we go, First Baptist is sharing the Hope of The Good News of Jesus! We have a variety of missions experiences utilizing a wide assortment of giftings and passions ...Simply put, there is a place for YOU to be involved.

Offering & Sharing hope....

First Baptist on Mission 2014

When: July 27- August 1 Cost: Adults $400.00 base price, private room requests will have a surcharge due to number in the room.

College age and under, $300.00 Jessica Owens partial scholarships are available for coll

Our mission begins at home! We will have opportunities to reach our own neighborhoods...Backyard Bible Clubs, Neighborhood Outreach & more! Look for more info coming soon!

Purpose: Encouraging the pastors (some whom are from Texas) the Milwaukee churches. Teaching, building and repairing their buildings and grounds for growth. Two VBS teams conducting four VBS’s Construction teams repairing and building new church space, and a possible landscape project for a new church parking lot.Trip is great for singles, teens, college, married couples, and families. Preferred age of kids participating with a parent is grades 5-10, upper High School grades can participate without a parent.

Team Leader: Brit Fisher britfisher@ssfbc.org

What/Where: MS & HS Student Austin Mission Trip When: June 22 – June 28 Cost: $50 Who: Students that have completed 6th grade through 12th grade. Risk: much of our afternoons are spend OUTSIDE in the Texas heat!

Purpose: To serve in various areas within the city of Austin through VBS and community projects.

We partner with the Austin Baptist Association, Crestview Baptist Church, Gateway Baptist Church and the Baptist Community Center Mission. We lead Vacation Bible School at multiple locations and undertake projects that include landscaping, yard work, limited construction and maintenance, painting, cleaning, and other similar projects/work.

Requirements: Participation in SSFBC VBS, including 6th graders attending VBX. ACTIVE participation in undignified and next student ministries, as well as Youth on Mission (YOM), and willingness to work hard, sleep little, and have a blast!

Team Leader: Heath Anderson heathanderson@ssfbc.org

Where: Texas/Mexico Border Region. We will not cross into Mexico. When: June 22 - 28 Cost: $150 Cost for non-FBC church attenders: $200 Focus of the trip: Construction and building repairs Physical Limitations: Able to perform manual labor in high temperatures for 7 hours per day Deposit Requirements: none Who: Open to anyone 15 and older or 12 - 14 with parent.

When: June 8-14 Cost: $75 for College Age Adults, $150 for other adults Cost for non-FBC church attenders: $150 for college age adults, $200 for other adults Purpose: Assist Mosaic Church with Prayer Walks, Prayer Stations & VBS Physical limitaions: Able to walk relatively long distances Who: Open to college age adults. Also open to limited number of other age adults.

Team Leaders: Mark Bryant & Bruce Welch brucewelch@ssfbc.org

What: High School RISE Choir/Mission Tour When: July 4 – July 11 Cost: $600 (Sponsors will be selected) We will be partnering with Pastor Dave Falconer and Jamaica Link Ministries to facilitate our time there. We will be staying at the Fairhaven Ministry Center right on the strip in Montego Bay. Each day we will either be presenting music or doing ministry work at various non-profit organizations in the area. These include a Community Food Kitchen, children’s schools, orphanages, a school for the deaf, and a home for special needs children and adults.

Team Leader: Neal Terwilliger nealterwilliger@ssfbc.org

Team Leader: Bruce Welch brucewelch@ssfbc.org

Where: New Orleans When: April 6-11 Cost: $125.00 Who: Open to all adults (men and women). Basic construction skills helpful.

This is a construction based trip; however, we look for opportunities to share our faith as we come in contact with individuals each day. It has been more than 8 years since Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans area and there is still much work to be done in parts of the city. We will travel to New Orleans in our church vehicles and will be housed at Celebration Church.

We will be working at All Nations Fellowship. This church was started post-Katrina and many of the start-up core group was young people who came to New Orleans as volunteers to help with the cleanup work in the early days. This will be our fifth year to work at All Nations. We have seen the church grow from a very small group (less that 20) to a congregation of more than 130. Being able to connect with old friends is one of the blessings of the trip.

Team Leader: Tommy Johnston tommyjohnston@ssfbc.org

When: July 5 - 12 Cost: $900.00 This is a rigorous trip requiring a lot of participation.

This mission trip goes to the extreme northern mountains of Nicaragua. We stay in schools, sleep on floors, and eat what the native Nicaraguans eat. On this trip, we have VBS, medical clinics, dental clinics, pharmacy, sewing ministry, eye glass ministry, garden ministry, sports ministry, and lots of personal witnessing.

Team Leader: Greg Adams 903-243-2147 gregnadams@hotmail.com