Oahu, Hawaii
Date: Jun 21-30, 2012
Team Leader: Ben Pritchett
Cost: $2000
Focus: Evangelism & Construction
The team will work with International Baptist Church for a third year and focused primarily with the West Oahu Community Church which launched last year. They held their first services February 5th. The team will be doing VBS, neighborhood surveys, prayer walks and evangelism currently. For more information contact Ben.Pritchett@HoustonsFirst.org.
Houston Project
Date: Jul 8-12, 2012 (Registration will open May 2012)
Team Leader: Charlotte Nease
Focus:Evangelism, sports outreach, refugee ministry, VBS & more
The Houston Project is our missionary journey to OUR city. During the evenings of July 8-12, Houston’s First Baptist Church members will share the love of Christ in multiple locations across Houston. Ministry includes Vacation Bible School, Youth Events, Adult Ministry, Food Distribution, Sports Ministry, Evangelism, Refugee Ministry and Prayer. For more information, contact Charlotte.Nease@houstonsfirst.org or visit Houston Project.
Rush Week (Students 6th-12th)
Date: Jul 21-28, 2012
For more information, visit the HUB Missions page.
Family Mission Trip
Date: Fri, Jul 27, 2012
Cost: $30 per person, max of $120 per family.
Team Leader: Amanda Westberry
Focus: Family Trip & Evangelism
A one-day mission trip; the team will help rebuild a local church as well as homes in the local community. Activities range from painting & landscaping to ministering to those in need. $30.00 per person, maximum amount any one family pays will be $120.00 per family. Scholarships are available. For more information contact Amanda.Westberry@HoustonsFirst.org.
Montana Indian Reservation Trip
Date: Aug 14-21, 2012
Cost: $750
Team Leader: Paul Ragsdale
Focus: Church Planting & Evangelism
The trip will be an opportunity to assist Pastor Bruce Plummer (Montana Indian Ministries) as he serves Native Americans at the Montana Crow Powwow. The team will give away water and coffee, as well as pick up trash around the dance arbor. Team members will share the Gospel via Evangecubes and tracts. The Crow Fair is the largest powwow in Montana, with approximately 30,000 attendees. The team will sleep in teepees and tents on the Reservation. One night will be spent in a Billings hotel. Food is cooked on-site.
Where We've Gone
Date: Jul 10-14, 2011
The Houston Project is our missionary journey to OUR city. During the evenings of July 10-14, Houston’s First Baptist Church members shared the love of Christ in multiple locations across Houston. Ministry included Vacation Bible School, Youth Events, Adult Ministry, Food Distribution, Sports Ministry, Evangelism, and Prayer.
RUSH Week
Date: Jul 22-30, 2011
Focus: Evangelism & Construction
This trip was for HUB students. Visit the HUB website for more information.
Houston’s First Family Mission Trip to Galveston
Date: Fri, Jul 29, 2011
Families head to Galveston for a one-day mission trip. The focus this year was helping rebuild a local church as well as homes in the local community. Activities range from painting & landscaping to ministering to those in need.
Passion
Date: Mar 31-Apr 3, 2011
Passion exists to make the name of Jesus famous on the university campuses of the world by changing the hearts and minds of college students. More than a conference. More than a concert. Challenging teaching. Inspiring worship. A call to Do Something Now. The wave is growing. Into a global awakening.
Boston, MA Trip
Date: Jul 26-Aug 2, 2010
The team will connect with Redeemer Fellowship Church with Pastor Chris Bass. There will be light construction, but primarily Bible studies, outreach, and evangelism. The trip will be in June but exact dates will be confirmed mid-January.
New Orleans, LA Trip
Date: Jul 16-18, 2010
The trip is designed with the purpose of attracting first-time & reluctant mission goers, looking for an inexpensive (only costs are meals, possibly transport, also on the way or near to tourist destinations they might want to go to already anyway), family-friendly (geared specifically to bring your kids), and weekend long trip. The team will connect with Pastor Ed of Temple of New Life Church in NOLA and Houston's First Sunday School class, The Breakfast Club. We will partner and offer a “Share Your Faith Workshop” to the congregation, which is comprised mostly of new Christians. The focus will be the strengthening of their faith & equipping them to share the Good News. Should God’s will lead us, this will be a great way to build a bridge between Pastor Ed, his congregation and Houston's First Baptist for future ideas & support for the unreached areas of New Orleans.
Nashville Mission Trip
Date: Mar 13-19, 2010
Focus: Homeless ministries and evangelism
The trip was geared for college students only. They worked with two homeless ministries called Tent City and Homeless Rescue Mission. The team was also involved in evangelism and prayer walking not only at the homeless ministries but also serve in Vanderbilt University reaching out to the students on campus. The trip included a R&R day in downtown Nashville.
Mexico Trip (Acuña)
Date: Mar 11-14, 2010
Focus: Construction & evangelism
A four (4) day mission trip to Acuña, Mexico located right across the border from Del Rio, Texas, focused on construction projects and served as a platform for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, through on site evangelism, daily devotionals and street witnessing.
Acuña, Mexico Mission Trip
Date: Dec 3-6, 2009
On this trip, we installed security cameras and lights at an orphanage, moved 5 portable living quarters to the rear of the facility, and cleaned/organized 3 buildings—tool shed, storage shed, and living quarters. We also spent time with orphanage children—crafts, bible studies.
Acuña, Mexico Deacon Trip
Date: Oct 15-18, 2009
This missionary journey was for the Deacons of Houston’s First Baptist Church to serve using construction as a platform for sharing the Gospel with the people of Acuna, Mexico.
Hawaii Mission Trip
Date: Oct 13-20, 2009
During this trip, we worked with International Baptist Church in Hawaii (internationalchurch.us). The mission trip was geared towards adults 40 and above and included, setting up a library, reviewing donated books for appropriateness, teaching others how to run and maintain the library, evangelistic opportunities, and light construction and maintenance.
Acuña, Mexico Construction Trip
Date: Sep 17-20, 2009
Leader: Ron Obenhaus
This four day mission trip to Acuña, Mexico focused on light construction work at an orphanage including painting, clean up, yard work and loving on the children at this home. The team stayed at Wide Ministries, a facility in Acuña Houston's First supports (www.wideministries.net).
Houston Project
Date: Jul 12-16, 2009
The Houston Project was a church-wide mission endeavor to love our city in multiple locations through Vacation Bible School, Food Distribution, Adult Ministry Activities, Prayer, Evangelism, and Youth Events. Thank you to those of you you volunteered, making this event possible.
College LA Trip
Date: Mar 14-20, 2009
Working with a local church in missions of inner-city L.A., the college ministry connected with Colleges and Universities in the area as well as doing related campus ministry. This trip involved intense discipleship