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PRAYER REQUESTS/PASTORAL CARE

Updates & Pics

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."
Matthew 18:20

Updates Below - Herd Pics HERE

FBC is currently in the process of seeing it's new "Sheep Barn" become a reality. The newest addition to our facility has been our largest project to date. This building will be such a blessing to FBC and the entire Burden community. It will be able to hold very large gatherings, and will be properly equipped to feed large numbers of folks. Being handicap accessible and easy for folks of all ages to get around in was very important. Our church family will use this new facility to spread the gospel, help those in need, and we pray God leads us through every step of this process. The work continues on...we ask that you keep FBC in your prayers as we forge ahead toward completion and finally open the doors to welcome the community.

FBC New Construction

The '24 Christmas Season at FBC is always full of joyful events. Our Christmas ministries started with our annual Operation Christmas Child shoebox drop-off in mid-November. After Thanksgiving, we immersed into the season with a Christmas Concert & Chili Feed. The Angel Tree program, organized in partnership with Joseph's Storehouse and area churches, had another successful year of blessing area families with gifts. Our nursery kids are always excited to participate in Christmas crafting, projects, and gifting. On December 22nd, our Annual Christmas Celebration took place. Caroling around Burden, cookies, photos, and of course all the wonderful soups and desserts. The church was packed full of laughter, visiting, and gratitude for another year of fellowship. This special evening always concludes with The Reason we gather. Everyone moves upstairs for our special Christmas Service in the Sanctuary. Our Music Team sang beautifully, leading us with words that praise our Savior's Birth. The evening's message from Pastor Mike is followed by Communion and singing by candlelight. An amazing evening that was the perfect start to Christmas Week. A big THANK YOU to everyone that decorated the church and provided supplies/food for all our events this season!

Christmas '24

FBC has been partnering with
Dr. Vincent Enyioke in assisting him to bring the Word of God to the homeless population in Fort Worth, Tx. Oakcrest Family Church is dedicated to serving the community in Jesus' name. FBC provides financial support and delivers donated items when called upon. In December, folks in our community stepped up and donated clothes, blankets, hygiene products, and items for food distributions - all to bless those in need. Our partnership will continue on with Oakcrest Family Church, as we serve together for the Glory of God. If you would like to get involved with our next donation drive, reach out to us!

Texas Homeless Aid

Each December our ladies gather for fellowship and a gift exchange. The gift exchange is optional, and consists of a wide range of items each participant is blessed with. Showing love, giving heartfelt gifts, sharing in wonderful food, and spending quality time together celebrating the joyous season. Life can be very busy, making time for special moments with your church family is important. See you next year!

Ladies Christmas

In Fall of '24, a horrific hurricane brought devastation to many states. A member of our church family had relatives residing near Asheville, NC. Tim asked that FBC move to do something, without hesitation a supply drive was launched. The initial plea to our local area took off...we soon had volunteers, donations, and drop-offs springing up all over southeast Kansas. Josh Dobbs (Harvest Church & Flint Ridge Services) offered to drive an additional truck and trailer if needed. In less than a week, two trucks/trailers were loaded with supplies and heading to North Carolina. Donations arrived from various churches, individual donors, businesses, and organizations. The churches on the receiving end of these items took care of distributing supplies to those in need. Those volunteers could not believe that these donations arrived, hand delivered from Kansas! It was an absolute blessing for FBC to be used in this manner. All for His glory, forever and ever. Amen.

NC Hurricane Aid

Two weekends of TLC was poured into many different areas of our church buildings. Many hands showed up to tackle these projects, so a tremendous difference was made. Thank You to everyone that volunteered their time to come work on these projects.

Church Work Days

A 4-day camp focusing on encouraging our special needs campers in several areas: 1. Equine interaction- petting, leading, riding (if able), and wagon rides. 2. Recreation, movies, crafts, and pool time. 3. Opportunities throughout the camp to build self-worth and confidence by reminding campers that each one of us has worth, value, and beauty because we were each created that way, with purpose and promise. First and foremost, we are loved from above. The Bible will be our reference and source, as we share the Love of Jesus with all those attending through love and encouragement.
Each year we need volunteers to help us make HHHC memorable for every camper. We need adult volunteers to help with horses, cooking, crafts, cleaning, all the areas encompassing HHHC activities. Each camper has a "helper" that is assigned to them throughout the entire camp. Area teens with servant hearts volunteer to fill these roles. If you know of a teen that would be a great fit for our special campers, please reach out to us.
If you have questions or would just like to visit about HHHC please contact:
Mike Marker - 620-441-3657 ~ pastormike019@gmail.com
Lorie Godfrey - 620-441-7500 ~ lorie_godfrey123@hotmail.com

Hopeful Hearts Horse Camp

FBC volunteers have been traveling to Alpha Christian Children's Home outside Perry, Kansas to assist with large projects for a few years now.
Our most recent effort took place in July.
This crew tackled painting the exterior of a residence (not pictured) and painting the exterior of the largest building on their site, the school. Many obstacles arose, quickly met with solutions. A tremendous task, a skeleton crew of volunteers, and only having three days to complete the job. We prayed, worked, ate, laughed, and collapsed from exhaustion each night. God saw us through until the job was complete. This work, this serving, this experience...is something that stays with you. You will be changed. The children love the new color and couldn't have been more gracious. If YOU are interested in volunteering on our next work trip to Alpha, please reach out to our fearless organizer, Bob Beltz.
email: beltz_robert@yahoo.com
https://www.alphachristianchildrenshome.com/

Alpha Work Trip

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