Fee Fee Baptist Church

Category: Pastor Andrew Yakel

All of Andrew Yakel’s Forerunner articles.

  • Community Connection – Vol. 60, No. 06

    How to be missional and isolated

    I know that in all the chaos and strangeness of the Coronavirus effects, many people are stuck inside on their own. It’s easy in that situation to feel very limited including in our ability to reach people with the Gospel. As I thought about this, I thought about Paul being isolated in prison. But in that state he didn’t say “woe is me” and do nothing. He realized he is still called to proclaim the Gospel and writes letters to churches to encourage them, challenge them, and let them know he was praying for them. He spoke with the guards around him about the Gospel. He still reached people with the Gospel during his isolation. Amid our own isolation we are still called to reach people with the Gospel – we just have to think creatively about how to do it. Here are some ideas: 

    • Pray. No matter what your situation or limitations you can pray. Pray for our world, healing, wisdom for leaders, the lost, healthcare workers, your neighbors…the list could go on forever. Take quality time to pray.
    • Contact those in your life that are on their own or may battle with loneliness. Call them, send a text or an email, Skype them, or write a letter. Let them know you were thinking about them. Continue to check in with the people in your life.
    • If you are younger and physically healthy, provide for your neighbors who aren’t. Ask them if you could go grocery shopping for them or pick up medication. Ask parents who are working if you could watch their kids for a day. Order a dinner to be delivered to the family with the parent whose hours have been cut back at work.

    These are just some quick ideas, but I encourage you to think creatively and find ways to show the love of God to those in our world who are hurting and afraid today. Church, just like Paul, our isolation doesn’t have to keep us from declaring the love of God by loving the people around us.

    Week of Prayer for North American Missions – March 29 – April 4

    During these coming weeks there will be plenty of North American Missionaries that are working extra hard to try and reach people in new ways. They could definitely use our prayers. March 29 through April 4 is a Week of Prayer for North American Missions. You can download the prayer guide on the “Downloads” section of our website. Then Sunday, April 5 we are taking a special offering for the Annie Armstrong Offering – all the money given to this offering goes towards North American Missionaries. Please be praying for our missionaries!

  • Community Connection – Vol. 60, No. 05

    Week of Prayer for North American Missions – March 29-April 5

    We have the opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus, taking love throughout the continent and shining light into dark places! We can do this by praying for the lost, giving to Gospel ministries, witnessing to those around us, and reaching out in compassion. March 29-April 5 is a Week of Prayer for North American Missions. You can pick up a prayer guide at the church to help direct you as you pray. These missionaries in the prayer guide represent thousands more who benefit from your prayers and sacrificial giving. Then on Sunday, April 5 we will be taking a special offering for the Annie Armstrong Offering – all the money given to this offering goes towards North American Missionaries.

    Loaves and Fishes – April 21

    Every month different groups from our church act as the hands and feet of Christ by providing dinner one night for Loaves and Fishes Homeless Ministry. We are in need of a group to bring dinner on Tuesday, April 21. Would your Bible study group be willing to serve that night?  Contact Gloria or Andrew or call the church office if you’d like to sign up for that night or if you have questions.

  • Community Connection – Vol. 60, No. 04

    Windermere Mission Trip

    If you missed our Windermere Mission Trip info meeting but are still interested in the trip, we’d still love to have you serve alongside us! The trip will be July 12-17, 2020.  We will be serving during mealtime for their campers – serving food, cleaning dishes, cleaning the tables, etc. All ages are welcome to go on the trip (children must be accompanied by a parent). There is no cost for the trip. If you have questions or if you want to be a part of the trip, contact Deb Alcorn (qmeryen@yahoo.com or 314-952-3061). The deadline to sign up for the trip is Sunday, April 5.

     Wheels for the World Trivia Night

    Join us on Saturday, March 14, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. for a night of trivia, prizes, a silent auction, and lots of fun and food! The cost is only $80 for a table of 8. Sign up for a table at the church or by contacting Brenda Moutray (314-322-0244). Proceeds benefit the Wheels for the World Mexico Mission trip.  Wheels for the World is a branch of Joni & Friends which strives to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the disabled around the world by providing wheelchairs and sharing the love of Jesus Christ. Childcare is available by reservation. We hope to see you there!

  • Community Connection – Vol. 60, No. 03

    Windermere Mission Trip Info Meeting

    Our church is going to serve at Windermere Baptist Conference Center again this year. Each year, Windermere hosts hundreds of people on their campus to allow them the opportunity to hear the Gospel. They need a lot of help to make this happen. We will be taking a team the week of July 12-17, 2020 to faithfully serve in this endeavor. This is a trip for any age person. If you are interested in this trip or have questions you can come to an informational meeting on Sunday, February 23, at noon in the Coffee Café. We hope you will pray for this trip and pray about being a part of it.

    Tom and Lela Warner Short Term Missions Offering

    On Sunday, February 23, we will have a special offering for our Tom and Lela Warner Short Term Missions Fund. In both morning worship services we will take a special collection for this fund which supports our members going on mission trips each year.  Over the years these funds have been used to send our people all over the country and world to share the Gospel message. This year the fund will be helping our members share God’s love in North Carolina, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Missouri. If you feel led to give towards this fund just write on your envelope or on the memo line of your check “Short Term Missions.” Thank you for your continued support of missions both locally and internationally!

     

  • Community Connection – Vol. 60, No. 02

    New Ministry: Room at the Inn

    Fee Fee has a new partnership in 2020 with Room at the Inn Homeless Shelter! This is an incredible organization that has been serving women and families in need in St. Louis County since 1988. You can read more about them on their website: roomstl.org. Our partnership with Room at the Inn will include housing some of their guests for a night, every other month, starting in February. We will pick them up on that Friday night, bring them to our church, give them dinner, host some fun games and entertainment, and provide them a warm, clean bed to sleep in for the night. In the morning we will bless them with breakfast and take them back to the Room at the Inn facility. This is going to be an incredible chance for us to “pursue the good of our community,” (our new mission statement). Please be praying for Room at the Inn Shelter, this new ministry partnership, and that the Gospel would be seen through our loving interaction with our guests!

    Tom and Lela Warner Short Term Missions Offering

    On Sunday, February 23, we will have a special offering for our Tom and Lela Warner Short Term Missions Fund. In both worship services that morning we will take a special collection for this fund which supports our members going on mission trips each year. Over the years these funds have been used to send our people all over the country and world to share the Gospel message. This year the fund will be helping our members share God’s love in North Carolina, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Missouri.  If you feel led to give towards this fund, simply write on your offering envelope or on the memo line of your check, “Short Term Missions.” Thank you for your continued support of missions both locally and internationally!

     

  • Community Connection – Vol. 60, No. 01

    Have you set resolutions for 2020? In the midst of making resolutions to lose weight or cancel debt or travel the world, can I encourage you to make a different kind of resolution: Get more involved in missions! There are thousands in our neighborhood, and billions around the world, that have not experienced the salvation of the Gospel message of Jesus. What can you do in 2020 to help them hear?  You could give money to several different places – the Annie Armstrong offering, the Lottie Moon offering, the Tom and Lela Warner fund at Fee Fee, or many other organizations that declare the Gospel near and far. You could go on a mission trip to Windermere with Fee Fee, to Mexico with Wheels for the World, or on your own. You can also find a local ministry here at Fee Fee or in our community that “pursues the good of our community for the glory of God,” like Meals on Wheels or Loaves and Fishes. One thing all of you could do is commit to pray every day for missions: local organizations, the work at Fee Fee, missionaries around the world, other countries like the Dominican Republic and Ukraine, and the lost in the world.  How are you going to be more involved in missions in 2020?

  • Community Connection – Vol. 59, No. 26

    I am always impressed with Fee Fee’s willingness to support the Gospel being spread near and far! 2019 has been no exception to that. We continued in some great, loving, established partnerships and also explored some new exciting opportunities. Let me go over some quick stats for you of how you supported missions:

    • You raised over $3,000 to provide clean drinking water for our partner church in the Dominican Republic. In 2019, we made progress with the project: the initial hole was dug, the pipe was installed, the water was tested, and the first round of pump equipment was bought. Please continue to pray towards the completion of this project in 2020.
    • We sent 60 people on mission trips to Dominican Republic, Houston, Ukraine, Missouri, Mexico, and Windermere.
    • We sent over $12,000 to the North American Missions through Annie Armstrong giving and over $16,000 to International Missions through Lottie Moon giving.
    • Once a month we provided dinner to Loaves and Fishes Homeless Shelter and built relationships with the clients there.
    • We did our first Impact Week where we gave 455 volunteer hours to our surrounding community.

    This is not an exhaustive list but gives you a picture of some of the ways God used us in this past year for His glory. Thank you for lovingly caring that the Gospel message is shown and told to those in our neighborhoods and around the world. I can’t wait to see how God uses us to continue to share the Good News in 2020!