The Acts 1:8 Challenge
We are discovering a renewed passion for ministry and unprecedented involvement from members of all ages. Pastors and church leaders are embracing God’s heart for the world and transforming their churches into worldwide mission centers. When a church like Summer Grove accepts and leads the Acts 1:8 Challenge, it commits to fulfill Jesus’ last spoken words on earth by taking the gospel to their Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth.
Summer Grove Baptist Church is and will be forever a church that is intentional in areas of mission’s involvement under the leadership and power of the Holy Spirit.
Mission
Summer Grove Baptist Church is and will be forever a church that is intentional in areas of mission’s involvement under the leadership and power of the Holy Spirit.
Missions Training Events
Girl’s In Action
Every Wednesday evening from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, Girls who’ve completed Grades 1-3…It’s time to set sail for a new year of missions in Girls in Action! Girls will learn to take God’s love to all people. Girls will set aside things that weigh them down. They’ll pull up their anchors and sail full speed ahead. GA’s will learn how missionaries use nautical and land-based ministries to share the good news. They’ll be challenged to participate in similar ministries in their communities, following missionaries’ examples.
Woman’s Missionary Union
The first Tuesday of each month at 10 AM, in room 5S, to learn how you can be involved of the Mission of God! The WMU is an organization which strives to challenge Christian believers to understand and be radically involved in the mission of God. Our main purpose is to educate and involve women, girls, and preschoolers in the cause of Christian missions by providing opportunities to learn about, pray for and give to missions, and develop spiritually toward a mission lifestyle.
The WMU has responsibility for providing support for the following mission offerings:
- SBC International Missions (Lottie Moon Christmas Offering)
- SBC North American Missions (Annie Armstrong Easter Offering)
- State Missions (Georgia Barnett Offering in Louisiana)
- SBC World Hunger Offering
- CBF Global Missions
Our Jerusalem
Shreveport/Bossier and a 25 mile radius within the Ark-La-Tex
SGBC is uniquely positioned to fulfill our worldwide mission through an Acts 1:8 vision. Understanding that the local church is at the very center of God’s heart for reaching the world, our church mapped out our Jerusalem, our Judea, our Samaria and the ends of the earth. And we are discovering that we can literally change our world.
There are people in our community who need the gospel, but may never set foot in our church worship center. They are our “Jerusalem” mission field.
We understand the opportunities for ministry and service to reach our “Jerusalem.” We are looking for new community ministries and new church starts even now.
We will continue to partner with our Northwest Baptist Association in expanding our opportunities for ministry in our Jerusalem.
Local Area Missions
Centerpoint Community Services
At Summer Grove, we are committed to helping those in need. To help address those instances when an individual arrives at our facility or contacts the church requesting material assistance, we have chosen to become a monthly supporter of Centerpoint Community Services. Centerpoint Community Services serves as a source of information & referral for human services including; housing and/or shelter, utility assistance, healthcare/prescriptions, food distribution, and crisis intervention (almost 300 different categories of assistance) in Northwest Louisiana. If you are in NEED, or know someone who is, you may call Centerpoint, just DIAL 2-1-1 from a land-line telephone and connect to the local 2-1-1 Call Center. You can call from a cellular phone by dialing 2-1-1, and select option #6 to connect to the regional center. It is FREE, 24/7! You can now be connected statewide to any of the six 2-1-1 centers serving Louisiana residents using your cellular phone and selecting the region you wish to locate a resource or service. Centerpoint offers specialized services to those persons whose lives are in crisis, experiencing potential loss of their ability to be self-sufficient, facing or experiencing homelessness; as they provide the critical link to resources available in our community that offer HELP, even HOPE.
Centerpoint Community Services/2-1-1 Connections
2121 Fairfield Ave, Suite 130
Shreveport, LA 71104
For additional information, please contact (318) 227-2100, tbrock@centerpt.org, or www.centerpt.org
The Maria Lorick Heart of Hope Cancer Foundation
Summer Grove member, Maria Lorick was diagnosed with Stage III C Ovarian Cancer on May 17, 2007 and her battle with cancer ended on February 4, 2010, when she went to her heavenly home. Throughout her journey with cancer she was steadfast in her faith and was an inspiration to others. She wanted to continue to help others by founding Maria Lorick Heart of Hope Cancer Foundation. Each year, thousands of American women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Many of them will lose their lives because they don’t receive a diagnosis until the disease is in an advanced stage. The first objective of the Maria Lorick Heart of Hope Cancer Foundation is to increase awareness about ovarian cancer so that women may have a chance at an earlier diagnosis. The Maria Lorick Heart of Hope Cancer Foundation is located here on our campus! If you would like more information, please visit www.heartofhopecancerfoundation.org
Clothes Closet
In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devasted the gulf coast, many people made their way to Shreveport seeking shelter from the storm. Many arrived in Shreveport with only the clothing on their backs and lost the rest. Summer Grove helped the local shelters with one of their biggest needs, storage, by using our huge amount of space to create almost overnight, a huge Disaster Relief Relay Center (DRRC). Since then, Summer Grove has remained a center for helping those in need by providing clothing, furniture and spiritual guidance through the ministry of the Clothes Closet. All items in the Clothes Closet are donated by members and non-members and in turn are given away at no cost to those who find themselves in need. The Clothes Closet is run by volunteers and is open Monday and Wednesdays by appointment only from 10 AM – 2 PM. Appointments can be made by calling 683.6977.
Northwest Louisiana Baptist Association
Summer Grove Baptist Church is a member of our local Baptist Association which exists to support the needs of its member churches and missions. In doing so, they provide training opportunities, materials, and more as related to the community and the needs of the church.
Shreveport/Bossier Rescue Mission
Summer Grove is a monthly supporter of The Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission which has served as a beacon of hope to the homeless and hurting in the Shreveport-Bossier community since 1955. The Mission exists to pursue the passion of Jesus Christ to lift up the hungry, homeless, abused, and addicted. The Rescue Mission conducts chapel services throughout the week that last approximately one hour and consists of praise and worship, collective prayer and an inspirational message. If you would like to participate in a chapel service or be involved in more events please visit www.sbrescuemission.com for more information.
LifeShare Blood Drive
Once a month, LifeShare comes to Summer Grove’s Center Court to allow our members the opportunity to share the gift of life by giving blood. Sunday, TBA, from 9am – 12pm.
Ark-La-Tex Crisis Pregnancy Center
The Ark-La-Tex Crisis Pregnancy Center has been helping women in crisis since 1994. Many of the staff and peer counselors. Ark-La-Tex Crisis Pregnancy Center empowers individuals to make informed life changing decisions by providing facts, confidentiality, emotional support, and practical assistance. It offers a variety of services at no cost to you in a caring, confidential setting. 318.861.4600.
Summer Grove is a monthly supporter of the Ark-LA-Tex Crisis Center and also offers our Banquet Hall for their Annual Fund Raising banquet held in November.
Heart of Hope – A Sanctuary for Women
Heart of Hope is a non-denominational, non-profit organization that serves pregnant young women between the ages of 11 and 20 years. They focus on providing physical, spiritual, and emotional support; education, life skills education, and decision-making skills while deciding what will be best for their baby and themselves. Heart of Hope Ministries will also hold their annual fund raiser at Summer Grove in 2011. Heart of Hope is located at the old campus of Grawood Christian School off Colquitt Road in Keithville, Louisiana.
Heart of Hope
10420 Heart of Hope Way
Keithville, LA 71047 318-925-4663
Email: info@heartofhopeministry.com
Sew Much More
Sew Much More is a Quilting Mission Ministry of Summer Grove Baptist Church. Ladies meet every Thursday from 8 AM – 2 PM in room 20W to sew quilts to send around the world for missions. Even if you can’t sew, there is a place for you! Please call Carolyn Guess @ 687-5113 for more information! (You’ll enjoy the fellowship as well!)
The Hub Urban Ministries
The Hub exists to connect the local body of Christ to the inner city. This is done through creating events and outreaches to meet the critical and deep needs of those in poverty. When these opportunities are created, they then place people into them to work side by side as a united front to meet needs and to love in the name of Jesus Christ. If you or your Sunday School Class is interested in serving at the Hub, please see their list of opportunities at www.thehubministry.com. Our Student Ministry regularly attends the Hub Ministry Events and would love to have volunteers join them. Please contact our Student Ministry if you would like to serve with Summer Grove @ The Hub!
No One Should Go Hungry – Christmas Food Drive
Each Christmas, Summer Grove receives many requests for help from families in our area who are hurting due to loss of jobs, etc… So, Summer Grove has teamed up with Mount Olive Baptist church to help feed the hungry of Shreveport Bossier during Christmas. Mount Olive Baptist Church helps greatly by receiving and verifying each request. Then, through the sale of very stylish T-shirts, Hoodies and Christmas cards we purchase food and then gather together on the third Saturday in December to box up the food and then deliver to the families requesting help.
Our Judea
Our church reaching our state and the expanded Ark-La-Tex region…
We are in partnership with our Louisiana Baptist Convention to discover and develop new ministry opportunities in our Judea.
Louisiana Missions
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Located in Monroe, Louisiana, The Children’s Home and Family Ministries provides residential childcare for children grades kindergarten through twelfth, foster family care for preschool children and children needing more individual care, professional Christian counseling through the Granberry Counseling Centers, maternity care for young unwed girls and adoption services through Sellers Maternity Ministries.
The Children’s Home learns of children in need of care usually through concerned adults like pastors, social workers, judges, teachers, relatives and friends.
Summer Grove is a monthly supporter of the Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home and also participates in the annual Fall Food Roundup where we collect food, toiletry items and cleaning supplies needed throughout the year.
Our Samaria
Summer Grove Baptist Church reaching our North American continent…
While we often think of North America as “Christian,” the reality is that an estimated 235 million people in our “Samaria” have no personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That is seven of every 10 people! The lostness of North America runs deep, and the gospel often meets a calloused response in this modern-day Samaria.
The North American Mission Board (NAMB). Wherever our interests and strategies focus in North America. The North American Mission Board will partner with us to help channel our energies there.
National Missions
Ends of the Earth
SGBC reaching our world… Thousands of people around the world are coming to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Yet the stark reality remains: 1.7 billion people still have little or no access to the gospel message. And while Southern Baptists are going to international mission fields in unprecedented numbers, many more are needed.
Our church can have global impact through a partnership with the International Mission Board (IMB) and other mission organizations. The challenge is in reaching the more than 6,500 unreached people groups throughout the world.
The IMB is poised to help us understand the needs, overcome the barriers of culture and language, and connect us with the mission opportunities that are providentially matched with our church’s vision and resources. The ends of the earth are well within our grasp!
International Missions
Honduras
Ignite Missions is a 501(c)3 ministry, founded by Sam and Peggy Feazel. Sam grew up in Summer Grove and he and his family serve the people of Honduras through evangelism, construction, children’s, youth, and medical missions. Summer Grove is a monthly supporter of the Ignite Mission.
Mexico
Casa Por Cristo – The Student Ministry of Summer Grove travel each summer to Acuna, Mexico to partner with Casa Por Cristo and build a home for a needy family.
The Mexico Indian Training Center (M.I.T.C.) is located in Cordoba, Veracruz in Central, Mexico. Founded in 1956, the purpose of the M.I.T.C. is to evangelize villages throughout Mexico and they do this by preparing individuals called to serve God through classes, jobs, missions, personal relationships, conferences, and camps. And then they assist the works that develop as a result of this ministry. Summer Grove is a monthly supporter of the M.I.T.C.
Mission Trip Opportunity – Summer Grove travels to the Mexican Indian Training Center each summer to help support this ministry. This is a short term mission opportunity for anyone who would like to help minister to the needs of the training center, ministries they assist and the surrounding community. Any skill that God has equipped you with can be used on this trip: Painting, Welding, Sewing, Working with Children, Yard Work, Teaching, Preaching, Singing, Cooking and Carpentry. The cost is approximately $850 – $900 (the church offers a 20% scholarship if needed.) Please contact Cecil Snider for more information.
Operation Christmas Child
It is amazing what a simple gift can do for a child in need. It can put a smile on a face. It can make a child feel loved. It can even bring lasting joy into difficult circumstances. Each year, Summer Grove collects gift-filled shoeboxes containing toys, school supplies, and toiletries. These boxes are then sent to Samaritan’s Purse who then adds a book of Bible studies and the plan of salvation to each box in their language. These boxes are sent to millions of children in need overseas during Christmas so that these children will experience the joy of a receiving a gift given in love. Please contact Wanda Pardue for more information on collection dates and how you can donate to Operation Christmas Child all year long!