FBC Matthews
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Missions & Evangelism at FBC Matthews
Our Jerusalem-Local Missions
Director: Rex Bolden
 

Car Care Ministry (download brochure here)
Director: Larry Ciacci
Team members reach out to widows, single moms and ladies who cannot afford to have regular maintenance and minor repairs on their cars.  You don't have to be a mechanic to help.
Needs:
  • We need Support people(preferably women) to talk and to share Jesus with people while they are waiting.
  • People to do minor repairs and help clean up after the work is done.
 

The Charlotte Rescue Mission (learn more here)
Director: Sharon Buckner
Charlotte Rescue Mission provides shelter to people who find themselves homeless while recovering from addictions.  This team serves once a month providing and serving meals to residents at the Charlotte Rescue Mission.


Room in the Inn(learn more here)
Directors: Ray Sawyer
The Urban Ministry Center has been working with churches to open their facilities one night a week to provide shelter, food (two meals), fellowship, and a witness to the homeless during the winter months.
Needs:
  •  Men to spend the night with the homeless.
  •  People to provide meals & fellowship during dinner.
  •  People to provide breakfast & sack lunches.
 
 Handy Man Ministry
Director: Larry Ciacci
Providing ministry to FBCM members by doing simple labor and minor repairs to their homes.


Feeding the Multitude (view pictures here)
Director: Chip Chalker, Don Arant
Dozens of churches in the Metrolina Baptist Association are coming together to "Feed the Multitudes" and to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. FBCM is the distribution center of Matthews/East Charlotte. Members are asked to make donations throughout the month of October. In November we assemble the items. pack the bags, and hold a worship service. All who attend will hear the good news of Jesus Christ.

 
Christian Motorcycle Association(learn more here)
Director: Bob Cope
The basic purpose of a CMA Chapter is to support the National CMA effort of sharing and showing the love of Jesus Christ to motorcyclists, and supporting the overall ministry of CMA. In this, there is a three- fold purpose:

  • Provide and encourage members to be active in testimony and Christian witnessing to all motorcyclists.

  • Provide a Christian fellowship ride group.

  • Provide an evangelistic association for motorcycling.



Changed Choices (learn more here)
Director: Ann Noonan
Changed Choices is a faith-based non-profit organization that invests in the lives of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. Our aim is to provide mental, emotional, physical and spiritual assistance to highly motivated women during their incarceration and as they transition into society, thus enabling them to make positive changes in their lives and to achieve self-sufficiency. Changed Choices is adding a new program called "Family Not Forgotten" to help family members during mom's incarceration.  Shepherd Groups can adopt a family and provide transportation for visits to their mom, school supplies & clothing for children in need, and serve as mentor for the entire family.


Serving Strangers (Vietnamese Refugee Project)
Directors: Charlie & Jane Pickeral
This ministry to the Vietnamese people in east Charlotte is led by Scarlett and Byron Sellers. Basic items such as soap, toothpaste, & laundry detergent are collected for these refugees, but more importantly they are provided a Bible study where they learn the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You can get involved with this ministry by giving, supporting a family, teaching, or just spending time with these Vietnamese people who live nearby.


Salvation Army Center of Hope (learn more here)
Directors: Nancy Hunt & Ray Sawyer
Women & Children's Homeless Shelter seeks to provide daily stability and a permanent way out of homelessness. It is Charlotte's only 24/7 year around emergency shelter that has 224 beds and rountinely operates at capacity. Center of Hope is the largest shelter in the Southeast that offers a comprehensive program of on site services. FBCM serves a meal monthly and ministers to the women.


Weekly Outreach Ministry: G.R.O.W. (Go Reach Our World)
Outreach to those who have visited our church and to those living within a five mile radius of our church.  Scheduled  Shepherd Groups.  
Needs:
  • People to make home visits to those who visited our church.
  • People to make phone calls to church visitors.
  • People to write letters to new neighbors.
 
Additional Strategic Partners:
With Love From Jesus, Joy McGuire, 704-882-6389