Church Family,
Here at Fee Fee, we want to make sure that we are taking the Gospel to both our local neighborhoods and to the nations. We try to ensure that we have a missional impact in our local community and also that we are part of global missions as well. In the next few weeks, we have opportunities to participate in both local and global missions.
First, globally, we are about to start our Operation Christmas Child initiative. This global missions project is pretty simple: pick up a shoe box from our church and then pack it with toys and Christmas presents for a child who lives in an under-resourced country overseas. You can pick up your box starting on October 20. The deadline to bring back your box so it can get shipped overseas in time for Christmas is November 17.
I love OCC because it is a great way to make connections with children and their families and get opportunities to share the Gospel with them. I want to encourage you to pray about filling up a box and then praying for the child who is receiving it to be open to receiving the greatest gift of all this Christmas: salvation through faith in Christ!
Locally, I want to share with you about an incredible outreach opportunity we will have on October 31. After a one-year hiatus because of the pandemic, we are going to have our Trunk or Treat again! This is a huge outreach event to our local community. We had close to a thousand people walk through our church parking lot two years ago. I want to encourage you to sign up to volunteer in some way.
I want to challenge each person in our church to do three things as we prepare for this event:
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Pray – Pray that God will bless this outreach event and that many people in our community would come and be exposed to the Gospel.
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Invite – Personally extend an invitation to a few different people in your circle of influence.
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Serve – From buying (LOTS OF) candy, to setting up your car as a trunk, to running a game, to greeting, to helping set up or tear down, there are so many different ways to volunteer. Would you be willing to serve and help make this event a success?
Join me in praying that we have both a local and global impact for the Gospel. We want to make much of Jesus from our neighborhoods to the nations! Let’s pray that both Operation Christmas Child and Trunk or Treat open up avenues for Gospel conversations.
In Him,
Pastor Zach