Missions Ministry

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Crossroads Southern Baptist Church
 2001 South Starr Road
Apache Junction, Arizona 85278-5757Pastor: Randy Hale
Office Phone: (480) 982-9120
e-mail: randy.hale@crossroadsbaptistaz.org

 15When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?"
      "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you."
      Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."

 16Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?"
      He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
      Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."
                                                                                                           John 21: 15-16

Message Form Missions Committee Chair:

We, like Peter, have an opportunity every day to show God how much  we love him. The way we can accomplish this is through Missions Support. It is truly a blessing for us to be able to spread God's word around the world, but at the same time, we show our love by meeting other's needs, both spiritual and physical.

At Crossroads Southern Baptist Church, we "feed the Lord's sheep" in a three pronged effort of financial support of Southern Baptist Missions programs, local church sponsored missions work, and hands on assistance of the needy (both of physical support and salvation) in our immediate community and through missions trips elsewhere.

 

Supported Foreign Missionary, Courtney Hail: www.godlymelody.com

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Courtney Hail (on right) and fellow Missionaries

Crossroads SBC is currently helping to support a young missionary in France named Courtney Hail. We will post here information regarding Courtney as it becomes available. The following is her latest correspondence.

Hello Friends!


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! I'm sad that I didn't get a post out to say these seperately, but I hope both holidays were a blessing for all of you as they were for me. I pray that you were able to spend time with family and friends and most importantly remembered to thank God for the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ, and for the gift of a New Year in which we can honor Him.

I felt it was time to update you on my status. Not because you couldn't know before, but because I have been neglecting communicating with you through the blog. Thank you for all of your prayers and responses. I have had several of you email, call, or talk to me just to see how I am doing and where I am in the process. In fact...most of your comments have been "What are you still doing HERE?" Haha I love it!

Well, easy question to answer. "NO VISA!" Yes I am still waiting on my visa. I wrote to you last asking for your prayers in that direction. There were several bumps in the road, but my application has been IN the official process for about a month now. We are waiting on a positive response from Paris, and at that point the LA consulate will give me the all precious stamp in my passport. Once I have my visa in hand, the IMB can most likely book me a ticket for about a week to 2 weeks out.

  • This is my most crucial request. I ask that you join me in praying for a quick delivery.
  • I am asking that God please bring my visa in the first part of this week. I have faith that He can move mountains. In fact, I have believe that if I truly have faith, and ask God for his power, that I can move mountains.
  • Ask that God would deliever the visa within the first part of this week.

Katie, one of my partners, has made it to Marseille safetly and is currently doing some apartment hunting for us.

  • Please pray that they will be able to find a landlord that is willing to rent to two American girls for the next two years.
  • Also pray that Katie is able to adjust well to her new surroundings. She is living with one of the career missionary families there in Marseille, so she does have some American contact.

Del, the final member of our team, is going to the Atlanta consulate on Wednesday to pick up his visa.

  • Pray for safe travel from South Carolina to Atlanta
  • Pray that once he recieves this visa, the IMB can find a quick flight for him so he can get to France as soon as possible.

I thank you for your prayers during these waiting times. They truly are very important. During my time at home I am focusing on packing, learning some more French, playing a little guitar, and speaking at churches. If you would like me to speak at your church or to your Sunday School, please let me know. I don't know how many weeks I have left in the states but if I can, I 'd love to come speak. So far God has blessed me with some great opportunities to speak and I have been very blessed by that.

I love you all and I hope that you are all enjoying this New Year. I included the pictures above so that you can put some faces to the names you will hear so many times in my blogs. I want to leave you with a verse. This verse was sent to me in an email from one of you and it has SO greatly encouraged me, I have shared it with others who are in the same position.

Proverb 16:9-A man’s heart deviseth his way;
But Jehovah directeth his steps

Remember that although we have a direction we would like our lives to go, God always is there to guide us and his plan is supreme!

Thanking God for all of You,

Courtney

 

Crossroads Baptist Church Designated Missions Programs

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  • Casa De Amor
    Casa De Amor is an inner city food, clothing, and training ministry. The quality of ministry and service to the community has been written in the city newspaper and recognized as a recipient of the Spirit of Mesa award for community service for 2003.

    Those wishing to volunteer (long or short term), make donations, or seek assistance may contact our Director (contact information below). Hours of operation are Monday-Wednesday, 9:00 AM to Noon. Senior adult activities are also held on Wednesday mornings followed by a meal at noon.

Casa De Amor
819 S MacDonald
Mesa, AZ 85210
480.464.2877
Barbara Sauerman, Director

 

Southern Baptist Convention Designated Missions Programs
  • Cooperative Program (CP) Missions: Churches in your state work together through your state convention to support a wide array of ministries and missions including: evangelism efforts, children’s homes, volunteer missions, missions education, new churches, colleges and universities, collegiate ministries, camps, and much more. For additional information concerning your state convention, log on to www.sbc.net and click on state conventions.
  • Through the International Mission Board (www.imb.org), Southern Baptists support approximately 5,036 missionaries who are engaging more than 1,193 different people groups around the world.
  • New churches numbering over 1,725 are planted through the efforts of more than 5,364 North American Missionaries, whose efforts are coordinated through your North American Mission Board (www.namb.net) and individual state conventions.
  • Working together, Southern Baptists saw 831,725 new believers baptized in 2005!
  • Six Southern Baptist seminaries (Southern, Southeastern, Midwestern, Southwestern, Golden Gate, and New Orleans) educate in excess of 16,000 pastors, missionaries, and future church leaders each year.*
  • The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is dedicated to addressing social, moral, and ethical concerns, with particular attention to their impact on American families and their faith. They also provide print resources that offer scriptural responses to the moral and ethical problems of our culture.
  • Founded in 1888, Woman's Missionary Union is an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention that seeks to equip adults, youth, children and preschoolers with missions education to become radically involved in the mission of God. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., WMU is a nonprofit organization that offers an array of missions resources including conferences, ministry ideas and models, volunteer opportunities, curriculum for age-level organizations, leadership training, books and more.
  • Philosophy of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief

The motivation behind Southern Baptist Disaster Relief efforts is summed up in the phrase: “A cup of cold water in Jesus ’ name.”  We are following the example of Jesus of Nazareth when He fed the 5,000 and the 4,000, His teachings in the parable of the Good Samaritan and Matthew 25:32-46, as well as other instances of His teaching and healing.  NAMB disaster relief is Christian love in action, meeting urgent needs of hurting humanity in crisis situations. It is meeting those needs with loving care and timely response as James 2:15-16 instructs us to do. There is neither hidden agenda nor ulterior motive.  

Jesus often used teaching sessions to heal, or healing to teach. He once ended a teaching session by feeding 5,000 listeners. When He sent out the 12 disciples, He instructed them to teach and heal, giving first priority to teaching. However, when He sent forth the 70, He reversed the order: healing and teaching. In His wisdom, our Lord knew when to use one ministry to accomplish the purposes of another and vice versa. Our SBC disaster relief logo incorporates both kinds of ministry exemplified by Christ :   
 
·        The wheat is a symbol of physical help.
·        The fish is a symbol of spiritual help.     Azdisasterrelieflogo.jpg