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Mission Programs
ANGEL TREE
Each year at Christmas church members and members of the community
support the Johnson County Angel Tree Program. Families in
need sign up for assistance with Christmas gifts for their children.
The children's wish list is placed on an angel card and those cards
are distributed through out Angel Tree locations in Johnson County.
FBC Grandview is a host site for an Angel Tree. Presents are
purchased, and brought back to the Angel Tree location for pickup
before the holidays. This program is for new items
specifically for the child that is chosen from the Angel Tree.
If you are led to support a child through the Angel Tree program,
please visit an Angel Tree host site and select your angel.
You can choose a boy or girl, and you can also choose a child in a
certain age range.
Please remember! It is very important to purchase and return the
gifts to the Angel Tree before the deadline.
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Each year we honor the life and
work of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938), when we give to the
annual offering for North American missions named after her. As a
tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of
mission efforts throughout the world, Annie Armstrong led women to
unite in mission endeavors that ultimately led to the formation of
Woman's Missionary Union, for which she served as the first
corresponding secretary.
Annie believed in Christ with all
her heart, but it was her hands that expressed that belief in
tangible ways. She spent a great amount of time typing and
handwriting letters in support of missions. Many of these letters
were quite lengthy and all were filled with conviction that more
could and should be done in our mission efforts. In 1893
alone, she wrote almost 18,000 letters! Annie also never hesitated
to use her hands to reach out to hug a child or distribute food and
clothing and the Word of God to those in need. Her hands held her
own Bible as she studied to know how best to share God's love with
others. And, most important, Annie was a woman of prayer, folding
her hands in prayer to intercede for the missionaries and for those
they were helping discover Christ.
Annie rallied churches to give
more, pray more, and do more for reaching people for Christ. As we
continue to unite to make her vision a reality in North America
today, we can be confident that her legacy will also be ours
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Providing a home and schooling for abused, neglected and abandoned children is the 7000 acre Big Spring Ranch near Leakey, Texas. The children live in family settings in homes with house parents, maximum of 6 – 8 children per homestead. The
state provides basic funds for their school expenses and $1.25 per
meal per day and helps with their medical expenses. The
Foundation raises money to pay for the other needs of the kids.
Prior to this last October, grades 5 through 12 were provided.
In October, to meet the needs of four siblings in need of a safe
place to stay together, the administrator opened the school to all
grades,
1 thru 12.
Because many of the
kids did not have tennis shoes for their PE activities and the Ranch
not being able to purchase them FBC became involved in this ministry. For the last six years
the church has been providing a new pair of tennis shoes for each
child at the beginning of the school year. The program has now
been
expanded to provide a new pair of tennis shoes at the beginning of
the school year and to each new student who arrives after the start
of school.
The varied reasons the children are at the
Ranch will break your heart. The objective is to show these
kids that they are loveable and worthy. While the Ranch
disciplines, it is done with patience and kindness. No
yelling, no hitting . . . none of the things they experienced in the
past. But most importantly, God is in the curriculum.
They learn about Jesus, what He did for them, and how He loves them.
Other ways to help the Ranch provide for the
needs of the children are:
Donate any gently used clothing or household
items to the Resale Shop. All funds from the Resale Shop are
used to help the kids. New items for the General Store where the kids go to spend their
“reward points”. Examples: deodorant
cologne, hairbrushes, combs, jewelry, journals, socks, etc.
(things your kids might buy)
musical instruments,
prom dresses (used are fine),
prom suits for a guy (used are fine),
birthday presents.
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| Samaritan's Purse Operation
Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate
situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the
Good News of God’s love. Since 1993, more than 61 million shoe boxes
have been packed, shipped, and delivered across the globe. People of
all ages can be involved in this simple, hands-on missions project
while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ. |
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Lottie volunteered for missionary service in
February, 1873, in response to a sermon on the text, "Lift up your eyes,
and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest," and
she was appointed to China, July 7, 1873, by the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1888 she wrote to the Baptist
women of the South, pleading for reinforcements. The first Christmas
offering in 1888 provided three additional missionaries. She spent
14 years in China before taking her first regular furlough. Toward
the end of her days, she suffered with her Chinese people in the
terrible famine. She gave all she had. In the time of deepest trials
she wrote, "I hope no missionary will be as lonely as I have been."
Literally starving, she grew steadily weaker. Before Christmas,
1912, Cynthia Miller, faithful nurse, started back to America with
Lottie Moon; death came to the frail missionary, Christmas Eve,
while the ship was at harbor in Kobe, Japan. The present Christmas
offering for foreign missions, sponsored by the W.M.U., is named for
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Since 1910, Texas
Baptists have collected an offering for missions needs in Texas. In
1935, the Texas Offering was named for Mary Hill Davis, president of
WMU of Texas and a tireless supporter of Texas missions. Her
leadership in various positions spanned the years from 1898 until
her death in 1934.
Born in Greenville, Georgia, Mary Hill came to Texas in 1870 as a
small child. Her parents joined First Baptist Church of Dallas when
it was only two years old and she later became a member. She married
Dr. F.S. Davis when she was twenty and they had one son, Raymond.
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Mission Outdoors operates monthly shoots for girls and boys of all
ages along with other outdoor activities such as hunts, fishing
trips and camping. The staff includes volunteers and members of
Mission Outdoors. Events include skeet shooting, fishing, sport shooting,
camping, archery and Christian fellowship. Members have been trained
in all areas to provide the safety and skills needed. Workshops which will provide any of today's youth or adult with the
skills needed to become an avid outdoors-person with Christian values are offered.
Sponsorships allow kids to come out, enjoy the
outdoors, and learn about: respect, the Love of Christ and the joy
of fellowship in the great outdoors. Each year many kids who cannot
get to the outdoors or to church will have the opportunity to enjoy
Christ and learn respect from individuals who love Christ and the
outdoors.
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The first Saturday of each month men from the community meet at the
Grandview Community Center for breakfast and fellowship. After
breakfast they work together on a community project or projects for people
needing assistance.
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Each
year during the last week of July, members from FBC Grandview go help to build or assist in
building a church or fellowship hall in a community in need
of help.
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Attention children ages 4 through 5th grade! Join us on June
20th, through Thursday, June 24th, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm for a time filled with Bible stories, crafts, music, recreation and food. So mark your calendars and make plans now to attend!
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