Current Missions @ New Bethesda...
(To be updated soon...)
Ongoing Missions @ New Bethesda...
Standing projects...click here...
One of the largest projects
that New Bethesda undertakes each year is Operation
Christmas Child. We also participate in Prayer Weeks for
the following state, national and international emphases:
| EMPHASIS |
PRAYER WEEK
|
| Local/Dover Association Missions |
May 17-24, 2009 |
| Alma Hunt: Virginia Missions |
September 6-13, 2009
|
| Annie Armstrong: North American Missions |
March 8-15, 2009
|
| Lottie Moon: International Missions |
December 6-13, 2009
|
Each
summer, a team from New Bethesda travels to Lake Placid to support
the triathlon athletes. Individuals and groups also
participate as needed with Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief, a part
of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. That organization is the third-largest
in the nation in disaster relief efforts [behind the American Red
Cross and Salvation Army]. And twice each year, the church hosts
a blood drive with Virginia Blood Services.
PAST PROJECTS
In 2006, New Bethesda coordinated its first-ever churchwide mission project. Two-thirds of active members, ranging in age from 8 to nearly 80, participated in roofing, cooking, leading devotions and encouraging. The story of the project was featured on the frontpage of the Religious Herald, the Virginia Baptist newsjournal.
BLUEFIELD COLLEGE PROJECT - Summer 2009
Updating several 50+-year-old houses for married students was a huge project which involved many members of New Bethesa. Led by our own Bluefield alumni Leroy Williams, it lasted over 4 weeks. See article from the Bluefield College Alumni magazine. |