May God Give Us His Heart for the World!

What a week H4W 2010 was!  

The folks of FBC have been spending themselves throughout Williamsburg and Paducah—showing the love of Christ and ministering to others.

Check out the many photos from the week by viewing the posts below.

We’ve sought to make a difference in others through our actions, but God is the One who has made the difference in us.  Indeed, God is creating a Heart for the World in us!  Heart for the World has been a week of intensive efforts, but we realize that Heart for the World is not just a special emphasis to be observed at particular times throughout the year.  On the contrary, a heart for the world is something we want to live with on a 24/7 basis—at home, at church, at Walmart, at the baseball field…literally everywhere!

My prayer is that the faith family called First Baptist Church would indeed be a people who live everyday with a heart for the world.  I pray that we would be a people who truly live out the words that are emblazoned on the glass doors around the church—“loving God, loving people.” 

H4W 2011 will take place at Orphanage Emmanuel in Guaimaca, Honduras—the place where over 50 people served last year.  

Again, we will work hard serving the people of the orphanage, and we will worship our great God together.  H4W 2011 will take place April 2-8.  In days to come you will hear more about how you can get involved.

In the meantime, may God continue to grant us all his Heart for the World—and may that heart be evident in the way we live our everyday lives!

“And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your would and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself’” (Matthew 22:37-39).

Pastor Todd

Morningside Assisted Living - Singing, Scripture & Children's Cards

Thursday in Williamsburg

Today we had two groups working on Jean's house.  This morning the men layed laminate wood floors in the bedroom and this afternoon they layed flooring in the kitchen and living room.  Things are finally starting to come together!  We built a set of bunk beds for Jean and her daughter and men are currently putting in baseboards.  We can see the light at the end of the tunnel!  A big group of youth and adults are about to head out to set up for the block party.  We are planning to have three big inflatables, hot dogs, and hamburgers!  God's face has been evident throughout the past four days.  We will come home more blessed than the people we were able to serve.

Wednesday Williamsburg Report

Wednesday morning our 3 groups went out to their designated areas of ministry.  The warehouse group continued to work on Jean's house, the mountain house crew finished their project on Vera's house, and the group working in town came close to finishing the Shupe's house.  Another group finished putting food boxes together and delivered them across the county.  It was a very productful day but there is still a lot to be done!

Yesterday around 3 pm Melanie (the director of the warehouse) called us to the sanctuary to pray.  A church bus had been in a wreck and she just knew it had to be the group staying at the warehouse and working alongside us.  Upon arrival at the scene, we found out that it was indeed Belmont Baptist Church out of Georgia.  The group was returning to the warehouse from mission work at a local middle school when a semi truck hit them on a curvy road.  Of the 13 passengers, only two were critically injured--the pastor and his wife.  When Cathy Hancock arrived at the scene she said that all the youth were gathered on the side of the road praying and singing praise and worship, lead by the two daughters of the pastor and his wife--what a witness!

Last night Terry and Lois (the pastor and his wife) were airlifted to UK.  Terry's legs were crushed and he went into surgery this morning.  Lois may have broken her hip and is currently waiting to have surgery.

It was neat to see the churches and community bond together and lift this group up in prayer!

Please pray for Terry and Lois Taphouse and their children!  Pray for the kids who are understandably tramautized from this accident.

Paducah Day Nursery - Craft Projects