We are a Family of Faith Passionately Connecting to Christ, His Church, His Word, and His Mission for His Glory!
QUESTIONS? MORE INFORMATION?
Jonatan Miles, Mercy Ministry Pastor
405-726-9764, jmiles@fbcedmond.org
Join us as we leave from the Church Office at 8:30 AM to head for the Oklahoma City Abortion Clinic. Come with a willingness to listen to and visit with people in tough situations and cover the area in prayer. Then, be ready to step into uncomfortable situations and share your testimony with raw honesty as we minister to the homeless on Oklahoma City. Bring hand sanitizer. We will return around 12:30 PM.
Can't come in person? Make donations for individual items through Sign Up Genius below and turn in to the Church Office by Wednesday, April 21.
Meet twice a month on Mondays beginning at 9:30 AM in Room 231 on the second floor of the Children's Wing. Follow the calendar for dates. Open to everyone, we are working on walker totes for the nursing home on 33rd street, positive bags for the Hope Pregnancy Center, lap quilts, baby quilts, and tote bags for foster care. For questions and more information, contact Barbara Dooley, 405-620-6903, jbldooley@cox.net.
CALENDARSundays, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM. Meet at home #257. For more information contact Jonatan Miles, 405-726-9764 or Kayla Craig, 405-640-9485.
Write encouraging cards or notes to our first responders! These will need to be generally written. You may turn them in to Ashton Arnold, 405-726-9759, aarnold@fbcedmond.org, to send out and distributed by staff or personally send them out to the local police and fire stations or hospitals
Offer to mow a yard, baby sit, house sit, rake leaves or fix a shared fence. Help someone move in or work on a vehicle. Be there for single parents who may need help taking kids to different communities. Pick up tree limbs, debris or trash. Take someone a meal or dessert. Plan a park day for kids. Learn more:
NEIGHBORING
CAMP SEND OFF
We will have three opportunities for Connection Groups to write cards and put together goody bags to send with our kids or students as they go to camp over the summer. After you sign up, we will send your group a list of names allowing you to personally address your cards. You will be able to pray for the kids or students by name while they are away.
CROSSTIMBERS and SUPER SUMMER
May 30 - sign Up
June 13 - cards and goody bags due
FALLS CREEK
June 20 - sign up
July 4 - cards and goody bags due
COAT DRIVE
Sunday, September 12 - Sunday, October 10
We will be collecting new or gently used coats to distribute at Oak Ridge Estates and within our church. If you or someone in your Connection Group knows of a family or child in need, contact Jonatan Miles, 405-726-9764, jmiles@fbcedmond.org.
CHRISTMAS HOPE
Sunday, November 7 - Sunday, December 5
We will be collecting $25 gift cards to distribute to families in need during the holiday season. These gift cards will go to families who need help buying gifts for their children allowing us to minister to the parents and show Christ's love.
Location: Bronx, New York
Price: $900
Dates: October 10-15
Church Planter: Jordan Sauceda, Everlasting Church
Age Group: Emerging Adults
Trip Type: Service and Evangelism
Description: Our New York City mission trip is for college students and young professionals (18–30). We will be helping Everlasting Church in the Bronx connect with their community by engaging in survey evangelism, handing out flyers, and cleaning local parks.
Location: India
Price: $3,500
Dates: October and January
Age Group: Adult Men (18+)
Trip Type: Doctrinal Training and Teaching, Evangelism
Description: This trip consists of flying into a remote part of India and traveling even further into the Jungle. Traveling with a back pack and embracing the culture is necessary for this trip.
Location: Louisville Kentucky
Price: $150 per person
Dates: July 11-17
Church Planter: Sean Corser, First Baptist Church Eastwood
Age Group: Family Trip
Trip Type: Evangelism and Service
Description: This will be a family trip. We will be canvassing the surrounding neighborhood leading up to a family block party near the end of the week. We will also be helping with minor work around the church grounds.
Interest Meeting: Sunday, April 11, after the 11:00 AM Worship Service. Meet in Rooms 236-238 on the second floor of the Children's Wing.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23
Greeters and ushers serve visitors, guests, and church family alike, helping each person to find a place that meets their needs, offering a program, and a warm welcome. Our purpose is to serve those in attendance and to exemplify the fruit of the Spirit to everyone that enters our doors. From assisting with golf carts in the parking lot, entry doors, and welcome desks, become a part of this vital ministry.
Questions? More information?
Contact Chris Evans, 405-726-9766, cevans@fbcedmond.org.
Oak Ridge Estates, Project 66, Baptist Mission Center, Oklahoma Baptist Home for Children, Boys Ranch Town, Homebound Ministry, Spring and Fall Blood Drives, and others.
Working with church planters in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Ohio, and growing.
Brazil, India, and growing.
