Annuals 2016 Annual Book | Page 48

ACTS 1:8 Missionaries But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Act 1:8 Children's Day Camp (annually in July) for Children grades K-5 Kenya Kids - House of Mercy Children's Home - Nairobi Kenya Supporting approximately 80 children/orphans Ocoee Outreach (Students 6-12 and Adults participate) providing basic necessities and help for school fees. We are in our eleventh year of providing support. "Bags of Blessings" Kenya mission trips are taken to serve in this ministry Provide bags of non-perishable foods to children who as well as various feeding programs in Kissi and are food insecure in two local elementary schools on a Naivasha. weekly basis during the school year. Approximately 40 Haiti and Feeding Children Everywhere bags distributed weekly. Annual mission trip in December to hold Christmas Kids for Christ (Children K-5) Mission Projects party and deliver gifts (clothing, shoes and toys). - Walk/Run for Life benefiting Choices Pregnancy Resource Center (Children & Adults participate in event and raise funds) Michigan Avenue Baptist Church - Visit senior care facilities on a quarterly basis. - Spring and fall flower plantings for senior adults and Jerusalem (local) convalescents. -Jail Ministry: Dec. 2015-69 cards, 32 women's socks, - Awana missions offering to support local ministries 34 men's socks (Choices Pregnancy Resource Center, Chattanooga -Helping Hands: $50 given by WMU to buy Christmas Community Kitchen, Chattanooga Rescue Mission) gifts. - Military care packages and School Supply Drives -Helping Hands: Church-wide food and gifts for 2 Judea (State) Disaster Relief volunteers as needs arise Samaria (National) Disaster Relief volunteers as needs arise Uttermost Parts of the Earth (International) Ameca and Guzman Mexico - Vacation Bible Schools Provide crafts, supplies and curriculum as directed by Pastor Hector Lopez. Adults and Youth serve alongside Primera Iglesia Bautista (Ameca) and 1st Iglesia Bautista (Guzman) members. Approximately 100 children attend. Ameca Mexico - Men's Construction Mission Trips (usually July and November) Provide construction materials and labor to build home for Pastor Hector Lopez and wife Maria. It's been almost a decade of progress in making their home become a reality. For more than 30 years, they have lived in the compound of the church. families. -Helping Hands: November (Church-wide) food for Thanksgiving -April & June 2015: Food and magazines for cancer patients. -March: Baby bottles for Ne Hope Pregnancy Center ($583.00) -May (2015): Ocoee Outreach $100 Judea (State) -Mt. Juliet - $40 (July, 2015) -Golden State Offering - $471.00 Samaria (National) -Greeting cards to St. Jude's Ranch for Children -Annie Armstrong Easter Offering - $1845.00 -St. Joseph Indian School - Sept. 2015 - Sent soup labels Uttermost Parts of the Earth (International) -Shoe Box Ministry-Nov 2015-206 boxes -Shoes for Orphan Souls-Aug 2015-61 Pairs of shoes; 46