Hobble Creek Baptist Church is going to have its first ever Missions Service!

There are four commitment services a year at Hobble Creek Baptist Church: Bible-Reading Commitment Service, Ministry Commitment Service, Prayer Commitment Service, and a Missions Commitment Service. Each of these special services are three months apart. Here’s some information about missions and this particular church service:

What is missions?

A short and simple definition of missions is this: Christians being sent around the world to share the gospel and make disciples for Christ.

What role do we play?

If you are a Christian, you can play multiple roles in missions:

(1) You can financially support missionaries
The reality is that money makes the world go around. You need money to travel and to eat and to give people Bibles and to have a building, etc. Therefore, we need to financially support missionaries (Christians who are doing the full time or part time work of missions).

(2) You can pray for missionaries
More important than financially supporting missionaries is prayerfully supporting missionaries. One of the best ways to be a prayer warrior in missions is to get involved with a specific missionary (or more), learn what they’re doing, receive updates from them, and then to pray for them.

(3) You can physically help a missionary
Many missionaries need help wherever it is that they’re at, and therefore a lot of the times churches organize missions trips with missionaries to travel to the missionary and help somehow, whether that be canvassing, or building something, or teaching the Bible, or doing medical clinics, etc. Therefore, you can join one of these trips and personally go help a missionary for a short period of time.

(4) You can be a missionary
You can actually be a missionary. In fact, every Christian is called to be a missionary. That doesn’t mean you’re necessarily called to go overseas, but it does mean that you are called to share the gospel and make disciples right where you’re at. You can be a missionary just by becoming active in sharing the gospel here in Utah and seeking to grow believers in the Lord. Furthermore though, it may be God’s will for you to actually be a full-time missionary in the States or overseas. Therefore, don’t ever rule that out, and in fact, be open to it and pray about it.

What will happen during this Missions Service?

(1) There will be a message on missions
During this service you will be taught about missions and be encouraged to get involved somehow.

(2) There will be paper slip handed out
This slip may ask some simply questions, such as: (a) Would you like to make a commitment this year to missions? The most common commitment would be a financial one, but obviously it can be anything; (b) If you’re committing to giving to missions this year, how much will you be giving a month; and (c) Would you like Pastor Jory to help keep you accountable to your commitment this year by contacting you once a month and just asking how you’re doing with you’re missions commitment.

(3) There will be an international potluck
Following the service we will have a potluck, but it won’t be just any old potluck, it will be a missions potluck. Therefore, instead of bring western food, everyone will be encouraged to bring food from other countries.

We certainly hope you can make plans to attend this important service and be a part of missions in some way. God bless!