Mission Moment
The Parlor 300 Willits St, Birmingham, MI, United StatesFor more than 150 years, American Baptist Home Mission Societies has answered God’s call to meet the needs of those living on the margins across the United States and Puerto Rico. Their work transforms and heals communities dealing with poverty, disaster, and crisis. A network of volunteers, donors, churches, and Christian leaders bring hope to children and families struggling with addiction, incarceration, mental illness, and societal injustice. Programs, publications, and resources encourage, educate, develop, and strengthen Christian leaders. Their home missions include planting churches, schools, children’s homes, hospitals, and nursing homes. Ministries are divided into three sections: cultivating leaders, equipping disciples, and sponsoring healing communities. Community Outreach Ministries support a network of Christian Centers to address the specific needs of their respective communities. Onsite mission staff work in partnership with local congregations and regional ministries to provide practical assistance that helps people identify and overcome barriers preventing them from becoming all that God intended them to be. The Outreach Team has chosen the ABHMS outreach ministry, JOYA Scholars in Fullerton, California, for February’s Mission Offering. It prepares low-income junior high, high school and college students to succeed through higher education. Students are primarily from Latinx and immigrant families living in Fullerton, a marginalized community. They participate in mentoring, tutoring, and a Leadership Academy that gives them the resources they need to succeed in high school, graduate from college, build a path to a fulfilling career, and become a community leader. Parents enroll in a Parent Academy. In these troubled times, there is great need for transforming hope and healing which you can provide with your offering for JOYA Scholars.
Bible Study
The Parlor 300 Willits St, Birmingham, MI, United StatesThe Tuesday morning Bible Study is continuing as regularly scheduled at 10:00 am under new leadership. Joan Trusty will be teaching the group, with a renewed emphasis on learning the background and context of the text to be discussed. We are working through the book of John, with the the February 14th class focusing on Mary and Martha, and then moving into the events leading up to Easter. Come join us!
Discipleship Class
Fellowship Hall 300 Willits St, Birmingham, MI, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday, May 9th for our next Discipleship class. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall for dinner at 6:30pm, and the class will begin at 7pm. Will Lobb, our Creative Arts Director, will give a presentation on church music: Why do we sing in church? What types of music have been used in worship throughout the centuries? How has sacred music influenced Western classical and American folk music, and vice versa? What does the Christian music industry look like today, and how did we get here? All are welcome to attend. After this meeting, the Discipleship class will pause for the summer and resume in September.
