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Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Join us in the month April for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) is the primary way we support mission efforts in North America. One hundred percent of gifts given to AAEO are used to support Southern Baptist missionaries serving across the United States and Canada. To give to this offering: You…

Lottie Moon Emphasis

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS Answering Life’s Questions Winters are brutal and days are dark where IMB missionaries Robert and Sharon Pinkston live in Quebec. Hearts are dark too. “There are 8 million Quebecois, or French Canadians,” Robert said. “Before we ever got here, we had heard that only 40,000 of them—0.5 percent—believed in Christ.” But Robert says he believes that if…

Lottie Moon Emphasis

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS Sowing Seeds  Donka knows what it’s like to wonder if life could be better than what she’s experienced. She lived most of her younger years under the stifling rule of communism. She’s lived many of her older years as a widow. And on top of that, she can see that Brian and Mandy Davis have something in their life that she doesn’t. The Davises, IMB…

Lottie Moon Emphasis

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS Gospel on the Move It takes tents, sleeping bags, and a lot of food for Peter Station (name changed) to get out in the remote areas of his East Asian country—the places where the herdsmen live. He throws all his gear in the back of an SUV, drives several days into the wilderness, and camps beside them so he can share the gospel with them. Sometimes…

Lottie Moon Emphasis

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS A SEASON OF CHANGE It’s tough to live where Kristin Luttrell and Rachel Sebastian serve as IMB missionaries in Mexico—there’s not much they can change, practically speaking. They can’t change the fact that people there do back-breaking work in the fields. They can’t change the fact that after that, the people work night shifts at the packaging plant,…

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Emphasis

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS Here to Serve IMB President Dr. Paul Chitwood knew missionaries faced challenges in taking the gospel to the unreached. But on a recent trip to East Africa, every ride down a dusty road and every walk down a city street was a reminder that every single missionary faces unique struggles. And every single prayer for a missionary matters. So Paul offered…

Missions Evening Nov. 10th (Please RSVP)

Dear Grand, As you may recall, every Christmas we as a church have participated in Operation Christmas Child’s shoebox program, as a way to bring the good news of Jesus’ incarnation to needy children around the world. This year we are planning a variation on that theme, one that will allow us to participate with a ministry supported by our church. Instead of sending…

Harvest Party

It was a great afternoon and evening at the Harvest Party that Duane and Danelle Jensen hosted. Games were played, hayrides were taken, hot dogs were roasted, and many fall desserts were served. Thank you to Duane and Danelle for hosting the party and to Julie Sulc and her social events team for all of their work in preparation and carrying out the event. Some photos from…

Iowa Missions Offering

HYDE IOWA MISSION OFFERING The Hyde Iowa Mission Offering (IMO) takes place this Sunday, September 22. One hundred percent of the offering is dedicated to ministry in the state of Iowa through the Iowa Ministry Fund. The Iowa Mission Offering supports ministries such as adoption and foster care, ministry to homeless, ministry to poverty-impacted neighborhoods, ministry to…

Iowa Missions Offering

HYDE IOWA MISSION OFFERING The Hyde Iowa Mission Offering (IMO) takes place the Sundays of September 15 and September 22. One hundred percent of the offering is dedicated to ministry in the state of Iowa through the Iowa Ministry Fund. The Iowa Mission Offering supports ministries such as adoption and foster care, ministry to homeless, ministry to poverty-impacted…