Missions

We are very excited about the Mission work that God has entrusted us with at Crossroads.  We have a variety of projects and trips that go on throughout the year.  Below you will find a description of our main Mission events planned for 2011

LOCAL

• Food Pantry
  • Receive orders from the East Texas Food Bank  (Tyler) and deliver to the United Churches of Marshall Food Pantry (every four weeks)
  • Staff the food pantry with volunteers to pack and distribute food to those in need  (one week every three months)
  • Support the food pantry with monetary and canned good donations (ongoing)

• Clothes Closet – Sort clothes on an as needed basis
• Lakeview building project – as needed and scheduled
• Harvest Fest (October)
• Community Food Baskets (November)
• Christmas gifts for identified children
• Budgeted gifts for community missions, Soda Lake Hispanic ministry, Lakeview Baptist Assembly, university missionary support, Soda Lake Association, Cooperative Program, Mission Carthage, and Bridge of Compassion

TEXAS

• Mission Arlington – Youth Spring Break Trip (March 13 – 17) that needs about ten adult sponsors
• Mary Hill Davis State Missions Offering

NORTH AMERICA

• Durango, Colorado – Adult and Youth Mission Trip (July 17 -23)
  • Work with First Southern Baptist Church, Durango to provide a Bible School for young families
  • Work on church facilities

• Mexico clothes sorting – Flexible scheduling with First Baptist, Clayton, TX
• Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – NAMB

INTERNATIONAL

• Ethiopia
  • Supplement Bro. David’s travel to train pastors (spring)
  • Support ten children for school in Bantu – $3,000 for uniforms, school supplies, nutritious meals

• Operation Christmas Child – November
• Lottie Moon Christmas Offering – IMB

Our 2010 Spring Break trip to Galveston, TX. We helped repair a hurricane damaged church