White Hall Baptist Church

Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth… 2 Timothy 2:15

3401 Colonel Rd.
Richmond, KY 40475
859-623-5965

Missions

Our purpose in participating in all mission endeavors is to follow the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 as we witness and teach the nations, and with the heart of Proverbs 3:27 as well:
“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.”
Let us open our minds and hearts to minister to others, for in knowing Christ comes our desire to give to others.

AUGUST - SEPTEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Good Shepherd ministries

christmas bags

Good Shepherd Ministries

 
Jwaye Nwel!
Merry Christmas!
They hope, they smile, and they thank you for the food and basic needs that you provide each year in the Haiti bags you prepare.  It’s a hug from them that one never forgets!
 
 
Deadline:  Sunday, September 28th.
All bags can be returned by placing them in the designated “GIRL” or “BOY” area in the room to the left of the piano. On the bag, indicate with a marker if it is for a girl or boy.
Shipping:  $8.00 per bag. Place cash or check in an envelope in each bag, marked “Haiti bag shipping”.
Haiti Children
Contents:
– Fill the bags with any of the specified items on the list in the bag, but food and hygiene are the main concerns.
– Please do not include anything that might melt (like chocolate), break, or spill (like liquids),
– No soap, no toothpaste, and no temporary tattoos.
– You do not have to get every item on the list!
  • Meat in foil pouches  
  • Dried Beans
  • Rice
  • Wrapped hard candy
  • Socks, underwear
  • Toothbrush, Comb
  • Pencils, Crayons
  • Notebooks, Notebook Paper
  • Flashlight + batteries
  • Watch
  • Sunglasses
  • Mirror
  • Baseball, baseball cap
  • Small toys such as Matchbox Cars, Marbles, Yo-Yo, Slinky, Beanie Baby, Jump Rope
  • Games such as Checkers, Dominos, Jacks & balls
 

COMMUNITY NEEDS BASKET

Some things present themselves suddenly as a need or crisis arises. To help address these needs, the Missions Committee has placed a small, marked basket to the right as you enter the church through the foyer.
If you know of a church member or someone in our community who has a need, please place a note with the name and phone number of the person as well as details about the person’s need.
The missions committee will look over each one and see if and how we can help. Some needs may require a small group of us to help.
We hope this will assist in identifying how we can serve the community.

ANNUAL EVENTS

Affirm Women's Health
Annually May – June
Baby Bottle Blessings will be our focus throughout the month of May. You can pick up a baby bottle in the church foyer, and then fill it with a contribution for Affirm Women’s Health (formerly Pregnancy Help Center). Your contribution provides some much needed things to help women, such as counseling and encouragement, as well as supplies of basic needs for their new life. Let’s help these new moms and these precious little babies.

Locally

We never forget our very own people in Kentucky and in this community.  From donating a basement full of items to help the people in Eastern Kentucky as they struggled with flooding, high winds, tremendous damage, and total loss everywhere to taking many Christmas gifts to a particular locale in that area a few months later.
In December we place Christmas stars on a tree, each one representing a needy child’s Christmas wish for a special toy or shirt that he otherwise could never hope to have. Or a mother who needs a pan or skillet, or a package of sheets. The members choose stars and lovingly place each gift under the tree to be delivered to the families.
Some of our men have helped Richmond families with clean-up and mild construction in damaged areas.
Whatever touches the heart, the talent, the skill, or the mind, there is a project that lends itself to it.

lottie moon foundation

During the Christmas season, the church always contributes to this special offering for foreign missions.
Our Royal Ambassadors (a teen group of young men) also participate by setting up a “postal service” for the church members to send cards to each other.  When the cards are put into the boxes designated by the last name’s first initial, the sender puts the calculated postage amount in a box to collect for the Lottie Moon Offering.  These boys pass out the intended cards to every recipient, and the postage amount is added to the church’s overall contribution.
Learn more about the Lottie Moon Foundation.

AROUND THE WORLD

White Hall Baptist Church has a heart for missions of every kind when the need is deep-seated in God’s Great Commission.
Our church supports Good Shepherd Ministries in Haiti and sends teams who give tremendous effort meeting construction needs there as well as meeting spiritual needs. We support three schools there, in Cap-Haitien, Savanne Carre and Bi-Claire. Before Christmas our members gather urgent items in designated plastic bags that are shipped to Haiti… full of rice, beans, packaged meat, wash cloths, school supplies for those who can attend school, and a tiny toy that fits in the bag. These over-stuffed bags contain lots of necessities and surprises!
Additionally, our financial support travels across the Atlantic to our missionary friends, Steven Shaddox and his wife, Kelli, and their team efforts in the Czech Republic. Their missionary work is part of “Team: The Evangelical Alliance Mission”. Learn more…

mission trips

We also have had teams from our church that traveled to El Salvador to assist in an eyeglass clinic as well as spend time with newly organized churches that are still meeting within a concrete structure as they seek funding for building supplies.
Other mission teams have traveled to Cluj, Romania, to conduct services, conferences, and to assist in many additional ministries, some of which will always tug at our hearts.