Partnerships and Mission Teams Help out our Good Neighbor Centers

Evangelism: Loren Phippen
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The recent downswing in the economy has launched of flurry of support activities for the Good Neighbor Centers sponsored by our churches. Churches from inside and outside of our association have risen to the challenge of meeting needs in the Wichita community. The intent of this article is to list a few of the blessings given and received and perhaps plant a seed of an idea of how you could also participate.

  • Country Acres Baptist Church, Olivet, and Ballwin Baptist Church from Ballwin, Missouri paid for the materials and replaced the roof on the Westside Good Neighbor Center.
  • Concorde Baptist Church and Webb City Baptist Church from Arkansas collected 3,060 pounds of food for our Good Neighbor Centers.
  • Greene County Baptist Association from Paragould, Arkansas collected an estimated one ton of food.
  • Birdville Baptist Church, Ft. Worth, Texas, replaced one shower at Midtown Good Neighbor Center, requiring plumbing and sheet rock work, completely rebuilt all toilets, replaced all sink facets and shower heads, and did extensive cleaning.
  • First Baptist Church, Lake City, Arkansas, performed maintenance at the Cottage Grove Good Neighbor Center: installed handicap ramps on two entrances, purchased and installed a handicap lift, stripped and repainted the baptistery, purchased and installed a baptistery pump, repainted several rooms, replaced carpet in several rooms, painted an outside shed, installed a handicap lift that had been donated to the Mid Town Good Neighbor Center.
  • Park Place Baptist Church from Pearl, Mississippi installed showers at Victory Baptist Church, Southeast Good Neighbor Center.
  • The Western Kansas Baptist Association donated their VBS collection, $762.52 for the Good Neighbor Centers.
  • Country Acres Baptist Church took a love offering for the Good Neighbor Centers of $3200.
  • As a final note, a church from Searcy, Arkansas called today to report they had taken up a love offering of $1400 for the Good Neighbor Centers..

I probably have not captured all the blessings but isn't it great to serve God and His Kingdom as a Southern Baptist?