Welcome to the December 2022 3BC Missions newsletter.  In this newsletter you will find opportunities to pray, give, and go.  Our mission statement comes from Acts 1:8 where we are told to be witnesses to the entire world.  3BC has used that verse to give us a ministry strategy to be witnesses locally and across the world.  As you read through this newsletter you can begin to pray by name for missions and missionaries that we support.  You can click into websites that will help acquaint you with their ministries.  You will find opportunities for upcoming mission trips that you can become a part of.  Our desire, that through this newsletter, you will become active in the missions of 3BC as we attempt to be witnesses our “Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Each Sunday morning before worship, please pay attention to the announcement slides.  On those slides you will see specific missions and ministries you can pray for each week. 
 
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.  Acts 1:8

Opportunity to Pray (Click on the name to visit their website) 

• Child Evangelism Fellowship 
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes 
• Good Shepherd Children’s Home
• Journey Home
• Last Call for Grace 
• Portico 
• Renewed Life Ministries 
• Stepping Stones Safe Haven Ministry 

 
Opportunity to Go 
3BC is looking for members of our church to be liaisons between these mission groups and Duane, the missions pastor.  If that sounds intriguing to you, please contact Duane.
 
Some of the Senior Citizens of 3BC have been providing meals for Stepping Stones.  Several of the 3BC family have participated with CEF to provide face painting at local events.

Opportunity to Pray 

• Redeemer Church, St. Albans, VT – Michael Badger, Lead Pastor 
• To subscribe to the North American Mission Board prayer letter subscribe here.  https://www.namb.net/pray/connect 
• Go to the 3BC Facebook page to see pictures from the 3BC mission trip in October. 

 
Opportunity to Go 
We are in the process of planning a trip to St. Albans, VT in April to do some church projects and to be involved in outreach at the yearly “Maple Festival.”  The dates will generally be April 24-30, 2023. 

Opportunity to Pray 
Pastor Olivio Vasquez, Primera Iglesia Bautista.
Daniel, Lara, and Family – Mexico
Olivia – Mexico
Pastor César Norberto Badillo Garduño, Iglesia Bautista Mision de Cristo
 
Here is a video from the Koons and Olivia thanking us for giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

Opportunity to Pray 

• Rowan and Eleanor James – Mid East 
• Will, Beth, and Family – SouthEast Asia 
• Ben, Lynsey, and Family – SouthEast Asia 
• Ruel and Tiffany Godbey - Eastern Europe 
•  Here is a website to help you pray for missions around the world.  https://www.imb.org/pray/ 

 
Operation Christmas Child
Each year 3BC is so generous with OCC.  This year 3BC donated 447 boxes to OCC.  This is the fifth year that we have been a distribution center for OCC.  We say a big thank you to April Miller, Joyce Kelley, and the countless others who have volunteered to make the distribution a success.   
 
3BC has recently begun to support Ruel and Tiffany Godbey in their work with Ukrainian refugees.  Ruel and Tiffany were members of 3BC before God called them to work with Greater European Missions.  Watch their video for a special message to 3BC. 
 
Rowan and Eleanor James are children of people who belong to the 3BC Family.  Watch their video here to get a glimpse of what they are doing. 
 
 
Opportunity to Go
Be listening for announcements concerning an upcoming trip to India. 
 
In all of these areas 3BC give you the Opportunity to Give to our World Missions Offering that allows us to use our finances to reach our Jerusalem, our Judea, our Samaria, and the ends of the earth.