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EVANGELISM and MISSIONS

"First Baptist Church, Wylie exists to make an iMPACT on our community, our country, and our world through the transforming power of Jesus Christ."

At First Baptist Church, Wylie we believe every follower of Christ has been directed to GO! With this in mind, it is the desire of the mission’s team to provide various opportunities for members of all ages to get their hands dirty for Christ.

Whether you travel to Ecuador to wash the feet of children, drive the Polar Express through neighborhoods passing out free ice cream, or paint the house of a widow in need, we have a place for YOU!

In Acts 1:8, Jesus shares, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witness in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Our vision for missions and evangelism is three-fold. We are involved in Community, Home Land, and World Missions. In order to fulfill the vision that God has placed before us, we need people that are willing to use their God given gifts and abilities to reach the lost with the love of Christ. Are you ready to GO?

ABOUT THE GENERAL MISSIONS OFFERING...

We have been given an incredible mandate to take the Gospel of Christ to every man, woman, and child. This task is impossible on our own, but as a unified body of Christ we can do some amazing things. Our General Mission Offering is distributed locally, within our association, state, nation and around our world. I pray you will be in prayer about what you and your family can do to help us, and our missionaries, take the Gospel of Christ to our community, our county, our state, our nation and our globe.

Chad Womack

LOTTIE MOON:

The Lottie Moon International Mission Board offering is a global offering that uses 100 percent of all funds raised to support global missionaries and their ministries. This allows our church to join in a strategic global effort to reach the entire world with the gospel of Christ. This offering also enables our missionaries to spend their time reaching lost souls instead of raising their own support.

ANNIE ARMSTRONG:

The Annie Armstrong Mission Offering is a national offering. 100 percent of this gift will be transformed into missionary salaries and ministry supplies. The missionaries and their supplies will help others hear the message of Christ and respond in faith to His salvation. Time and again our missionaries relate how this offering is their lifeblood. They know that behind each penny given, there is a Southern Baptist who believes in what they do and are affirming the need to equip them to share the gospel with those who need a Savior right here within our country.

MARY HILL DAVIS:

As a leader, Mary Hill Davis used her influence to lead Texas Baptists to minister to the great number of immigrants coming to our state in the early 1900s. She dedicated her energy and time to womens and childrens issues, education and the care of aging ministers and their wives. Her life and work still challenges us to be willing to give to the cause of sharing the Gospel among the vast mission field of Texas.

GILBERT CALLAWAY:

On the day he was born, doctors told his mother he would not survive his first year due to a serious heart defect. He did, and was pastor of his first church at age 19. Congregations he served as pastor include here at First Church in Wylie and First Church in Lewisville. In 1979, he became director of missions for Collin Association, a position he held until his retirement in 1993. In 2003, Collin Association honored him by establishing the Gilbert Callaway Love Offering to benefit new and existing Baptist ministries.

COMMUNITY MISSIONS

When sharing the love of Christ with a lost world, what better place to start than in our own community? We have family members, neighbors, teammates, and friends in need of Gods touch. We provide many opportunities for members to participate in community missions. In addition, it is our hope that every member of First Baptist Church, Wylie will be trained in evangelism because it is just that important!

•Polar Express

Nothing in life is free… at least that’s what we have been told. How exciting to see the smile on a child’s or adult’s face when they are given ice cream and told it is free – no strings attached. We have an incredible opportunity to share God’s love through this simple gift, and it’s a cool ride! Sign-up this year to take the Polar Express to a neighborhood or community event near you. Please note that each driver must be certified through our church insurance company before taking the truck out. Check with the church office to find out more.

•Mission Wylie

July 22 -24, 2008

Are you ready to make an impact on our community? Are you prepared to get your hands dirty for Christ? First Baptist Church, Wylie is looking for individuals that are willing to give of themselves. June 30th through July 2nd, we will take Wylie by storm as we tend to those in need around us through projects ranging from minor construction, plumbing, yard work, painting, and some landscaping. Will YOU join us?

Cost: None

Team Size: Unlimited

Age: Children, Students and Adults

•Trunk or Treat

October 30, 2008

The last Thursday night in October, members line the street, open their trunks, and hand out candy to children of all ages. This is a great opportunity to meet people from our church as well as meet people from the community. Hundreds will fill the streets of downtown and thousands of pounds of candy will be handed out. As a church we also make sure that every child receives a gospel tract. You can partner with this mission by bringing candy to the church and placing it in one of our metal trash cans. You can open your trunk and distribute candy or tracts, or you can man one of our many inflatables.

•Neighborhood Captains

Welcome newcomers to your neighborhood with a gift from our church and an invitation to join you for worship. Neighborhood captains also help plan block parties for their area and invest in relationships with those around them.

• W2 - Wylie and The World

We know that God’s word is clear that He has commanded us to “GO” and preach the good news to all of the nations, but many do not know how to do this. Our W2 class has been designed to equip every believer with the biblical principles for reaching the world with the Gospel. We establish the biblical mandate for evangelism and work through different methods for sharing your faith. This class is for those who are confident in sharing their faith, those who just are unsure of how to share their faith, and those that want to know more about Christ. This class must be completed before going on any Mission Trip.

•Hawaiian Falls June 29, 2008

Last year we rented out a water park in Garland, Texas. We hoped to see a few hundred people show up on that overcast day, but to our amazement, we had over 1600 people in attendance. We also had several decisions for Christ. This occurred at a water park; who would have dreamed that? This coming year on June 29th, we will return to Hawaiian Falls with a larger goal and a greater prayer fervency for God to do the amazing. Again, we want you to invite the lost within our community to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ presented in a very clear way.

•Samaritan’s Purse

Every year tragedy strikes our church family. An unexpected death occurs, a child or loved one becomes ill, a job is lost, a home is broken by divorce, a vehicle breaks down, and the list goes on. As a result of the needs of our church family, we have established the Samaritan’s Purse. The Samaritan’s Purse is used to help those within our church with financial assistance. If you would like to give toward this very important ministry, then please pick up an offering envelope, and designate your financial gift to the Samaritan’s Purse.

•Christian Care Center

Hundreds of people each year come to the Christian Care center seeking help. First Baptist Church of Wylie and other churches in the community contribute financial resources along with food and clothes to assist those right here in Wylie. If you would like to contribute financially, then you may do so by placing your contribution in an offering envelope and designating it to the Christian Care Center. If you would like to donate food or clothes, those can be taken directly to the Care Center or there is a collection can in the church mall.

•Mobile Feeding Unit

Coming Soon

This coming year we are hoping to purchase a Mobile Feeding Unit. This unit will be used within our community as tragedy strikes. It will also be used as a soup kitchen to feed the homeless and the less fortunate within our surrounding counties. This will be an exciting ministry that you will want to be part of.

HOMELAND MISSIONS

There are areas all over the United States that are in need of help. Whether it is construction work, hosting a Vacation Bible School, or servant evangelism, our desire is to reach people with the love of Christ.

•Mission New York July 12-19

On the surface, New York City is more prosperous than ever. Midtown Manhattan glistens with new development and tourism abounds. Streets once plagued with urban blight now bustle with commerce. Yet in the midst of unparalleled prosperity, the polarization of the city into rich and poor continues to intensify. Consider these statistics: one third of the 1.2 million children in NYC continue to live in poverty; of the 7.5 million people in NYC, 2 million live below poverty level. This summer we will return to the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harlem, and surrounding areas to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We will conduct block parties, participate in street evangelism, conduct prayer stations, and hold Backyard Bible Clubs, Sports Camps, feed the homeless, and do minor construction projects.

Cost: $995

Team Size: 40 - 20 guys and 20 gals

Age: High School Students and Adults

•July 6 - 11, 2008 Family Mission Trip

This coming summer we hope to take our first annual Family Mission Trip. This trip will be a few hours drive from the church. We will engage young adults and children in missions. It will consist of Backyard Bible Clubs, Sports Camps, or Vacation Bible School activities. Other servant opportunities will be available as well.

Cost: Hotel Fee and Meals

Team Size: Not Specified

Age: Children, Students, and Adults

•AWOL Junior High Mission Trip

July 27 - 30

AWOL is “A Work of Love” mission project for our Jr. High Students. Acts 1:8 instructs Christians to be witnesses in “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” AWOL is designed to fulfill the “Judea” aspect by going to serve in our great state. Last summer, AWOL served the Lord in South Dallas. Our 2008 date for AWOL is July 27-30.

Cost: $75

Team Size: 20

Age: Students

•Cross Roads Community Church

Austin, Texas Partnership

Over the course of the year, we will be partnering with a church in Austin, Texas. Our missions will include block parties, prayer walking, community projects, neighborhood Bible clubs, and opportunities to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

First Weekend Project

May 23 - 25, 2008

•Blue Roof Team

We need individuals that at the drop of a hat will be willing to go to an area that has been hit by a catastrophic event and immediately begin to offer aid. We have developed our own disaster relief team, the Blue Roof Team, through the Texas Baptist Men. We are the only team in the state of Texas designated by the Baptist Men to furnish and install tarps in the event of roof damages, so you can imagine the amount of opportunities we will be given.

•Cornerstone Baptist Church

Dallas, Texas

This fall and winter, we are partnering with Cornerstone Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. This partnership will enable us to provide much needed supplies this coming fall to help them as they minister in downtown Dallas. We will help them by providing supplies for their fall festival. They need trinkets, candy, and tracts to help make this fall festival an event that will have an eternal impact on lives. We also have the opportunity to help by providing blankets and coats this coming Thanksgiving. Not only that, but we also can assist them by providing food and servers for their annual community meal.

Cornerstone has a vision of reaching the lost within their community and feeding and clothing the homeless. At Christmas time this year, they will be providing a meal on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning for the homeless in Dallas. We want to be where God is moving and He is clearly moving within this church. I hope and pray you will join Him this fall and winter in this work.

•Cornerstone Prison Ministry

Cornerstone Prison Ministry will provide you with an opportunity to partner with a mission organization that has a passion to see the lost within the prison system come to know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. This organization makes frequent trips to Mexico, surrounding states, and the state of Texas’ prisons. They also meet monthly at the church to assemble Blessing Bags that are distributed to all new inmates at many of our state prisons. Each year they distribute thousands of bags to prisoners. Each bag consists of toothpaste, deodorant, soap, and a gospel tract. You may not be able to journey to the prison, but you can help fill a bag...or decorate them.

•Real Options For Women

Real Options for Women is a ministry First Baptist, Wylie supports. They provide women that may be contemplating abortion biblical counsel to assist them in making a God honoring decision. The Nicklas Sunday School class has adopted this ministry as a class mission project. If you would also like to partner with this ministry, please speak with Pete or Sue.

•Angel Food Ministry

Angel Food is a ministry established to assist those on a fixed income with top quality food. The leadership within Angel Food says this, “Angel Food partners with churches and community organizations throughout the country to help distribute food to those in need. For $25.00 you can receive a box of food containing both fresh and frozen items. Our food items are first quality. No seconds or out-of–date items.” Liz Garrett is our community representative for this ministry. If you would like more information about how you can take advantage of this ministry by being a participant or a partner, please see her at the ministry center.

•Exodus Ministries

Exodus is both a challenging and gratifying ministry that seeks to encourage ex-offenders, to reunite them with their families, and to empower them to become self-sustaining, productive, Christ-centered members of society. Individuals are needed to help in the Exodus offices to serve as Bible Study leaders, computer instructors, and tutors/mentors. Professional experts, such as doctors, dentists and lawyers, are welcome at Exodus to help with both guidance and more immediate needs.