Awana Leaders in Training
Wednesdays @ 6pm
Awana LIT’s learn to serve as the helpers with the Awana Clubs.
Contact Mrs. Chrystal Pritchett HERE.

APEX Small Group
Sunday Mornings @ 9:15am
Studying: Locked In Series – What does it look like to follow Jesus?
Contact Mr. Luis Manos Jr. HERE.

APEX Youth Night
Friday Evenings @ 6pm – 8pm
Studying: New Genesis Series – New beginnings as New Creations.
Contact Mr. Luis Manos Jr. HERE.

We want to minister to people in need and so one of the functions which our Deacons oversee is a benevolence ministry to help people in the Foothills area who are in need of gas for their vehicles or food to help them from going hungry.

If you have a financial need in either of these two areas, please stop by the office during business hours, and fill out a Benevolence Request form.  A deacon will contact you the same day to help you with what you need.

We love our church campus, and we have a dedicated group of volunteers who work hard to keep our campus looking beautiful!

Our Cleaning Team meets on Thursday mornings at 8am to clean and organize the church for Sunday.  They usually eat breakfast at a local restaurant after the job is done.

If you’d like to help with this ministry, contact our Buildings and Grounds manager, Glenn Carter by email HERE.  Or just come by on Thursday mornings and we’ll put you to work.

The Caring ministry is a voluntary team of committed people from Foothills Southern Baptist Church.   We desire to demonstrate our love for Jesus, and for others by coming alongside people, to lend our support and help to those in need through a tangible hands-on ministry.  From taking home-bound people to the doctor or to the grocery store; from providing meals to doing chores, our ministry team members want to make an impact in the lives of people in need, fulfilling Jesus’ command to love one another.

Our Mission Statement:  The Caring Ministry of Foothills Southern Baptist Church exists to reach out with God’s Love to make a positive impact upon the lives of those within our community.

Our Inspiration:  “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.”  – Galatians 6:2

Extent of the Ministry:  The Caring Ministry is targeted for those within our church family, and those outside of our church body who reside within the Foothills Area of Yuma.

There are six ministry tracks that our Caring team can provide you or your family.  Each is designed to help carry your burdens, depending upon the need.

The Visitation Track of the Caring Ministry will be focused upon visitors, regular attenders, and members of FSBC to get acquainted and become aware of needs.  This includes the homebound, the sick or hospitalized; those suffering a recent loss or tragedy, or those needing encouragement.

The Sitting Track is a ministry designed to give a break to care-givers of home-bound or long-term care patients.

The Chores Track is a ministry intent on helping people in need with occasional household chores who are struggling after some traumatic event.

The Shopping Track exists to help families in need who are unable to do periodic shopping for essential needs.

The Transportation Track provides periodic rides to and from medical appointments or necessary transportation situations.

The Prayer Track aims to pray for the needs of those both inside and outside the church body who have made their needs known.

Are you a person in need?  There are several ways to contact the Caring team…

• Email the FSBC office HERE.

Please include your name, phone, email and address so that we might contact you.  Also, include a brief description of what you need.

• You may call the office at 928-342-3557 during the hours of 9:00am-2:00pm Monday – Thursday
• If in attendance on Sundays, you may also drop by the Caring Ministry display and fill out a Referral Card and drop it in one of the brown offering boxes.

If you have a prayer need, please email or call the church office or fill out a FSBC Prayer Request Card and drop it in a brown offering box in the Worship Center.

How Can I join the Caring Minstries Team?

1. Visit the Caring Ministry Display in the church foyer and sign up!
2. Or you may contact our Ministry Director, Mrs. Celeste Mollenhauer HERE:

At Foothills, we want not only to disciples of Jesus, but we want to become disciple-makers, people who come alongside each other to fulfill the Scriptural command of 2 Timothy 2:2.

To this end, we have several who act as mentors to new believers in a one-on-one teaching ministry.  We also have discipleship groups that meet weekly in the homes to help one another go deeper in their commitment level to Jesus Christ.

Join us at the following small groups:

Islam Discipleship Group:  Meeting on Thursday Nights at 7pm at the home of Bertie and Luis Lerma.  For exact location of where this group meets, call the office during business hours at 928-342-3557 or send an inquiry to us by email HERE.

Summit – Young Adult Discipleship
Every other Monday @ 3:00 PM at Pastor Chris Whitney’s House
Contact Pastor Chris HERE if interested in when the next meeting time is.

The 4.19 Expedition is an evangelism strategy and outreach team of people from Foothills Southern Baptist Church, committed to intentional outreach ministry to reach the lost within its community for Jesus and fulfill God’s Great Commission given to the local church.  It is based upon one simple and well-known idea: “Let’s go Fishing!”, drawn from Matthew 4:19.

We commit ourselves to going beyond the walls of our church into the community to present the gospel to the Foothills Community.

Each year we have 2 Evangelistic campaigns, one in the Fall and one in the Spring, where we intentionally reach out into the Foothills community with the gospel.

And the Lord said to his servant, ‘Go into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house might be filled.”  Luke 14:23

Homeless ministry is unique in that to minister to the homeless, one has to intentionally go into the highways and hedges around town to find them. For typically, they move from one place to another. Where they sleep is a different place than where they hang out during the day. Homeless ministry is a purely compassionate ministry since these people will never be able to repay the kindness one shares with them. Some may be repulsed by what they find in the life of these hopeless people. Drug addiction, violence, mental illness, and disease are just some of the things that one is apt to find when you minister to such people. And yet Jesus told us that if we show kindness unto the least of these, you show kindness unto me.

How to get involved

The road that leads to involvement in the Highways and Hedges ministry is a simple one. There are 5 destinations where you can jump on board:

See the Need

“And the Lord said to his servant, ‘Go into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in so that my house might be filled.” – Luke 14:23
Remember, often God has chosen the lowly things of this world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are.

Donate

Pick up a needs list at the display table and donate breakfast foods, gently used clothing, or blankets, etc. You can also donate financially to the “Foothills On Mission” Designated Funds Account.

Pray

Set some time aside each week to pray for those who need Jesus and for those who serve them.

Make a Mat

Join the ladies of FSBC every 2nd Saturday of the Month @ 8am in Building A and learn how to make a sleeping mat for the homeless. You can also donate any empty grocery bags you have for this on-going project.

Serve

Join the outreach team every 2nd Saturday of the Month @ 7:30am at Heritage Library and help serve a hot breakfast to those who come. Learn to share the gospel with those who need to hear it.

For more information or questions please contact Pastor Chris HERE.

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.^”  Genesis 2:18

God knew that long-term, prolonged loneliness is not a healthy thing for any person to endure throughout their lifetime.  It is often most keenly felt during the holidays, anniversary’s, and other occasions that remind Senior Singles that they live as a single in a world of double beds.  To combat this; and to foster a good healthy Christian support system in our church for Senior Singles that would lead to natural organic discipleship between friends, we introduce this new encouragement ministry called House-to-House Gatherings (aka H2H).

H2H is a fun opportunity where 55+ senior single adults, both widowed and divorced, come together for either a brunch or a lunch on the first Saturday every other month for social connection and for the development of friendships with others who just happen to be in the same life situation.  We hope that this ministry of encouragement will be an outgrowth of our oneness as the Body of Christ; that we might demonstrate that we are as such by fulfilling the command of Scripture, in Romans 12:15 by “Rejoicing with those who rejoice and weeping with those who weep.”

H2H is basically a house party with a fun component that has as its ultimate goal to move disconnected singles into a healthy Christian community of friends that enables them to feel loved, cared for and supported by their brothers and sisters of FSBC in a friendly, and meaningful way.

Call the office @ 928-342-3557  to find out about the next H2H Gathering.

At Foothills, we believe that Jesus’ Great Commission to the church means three things:

Praying for Missions:  Each year during Christmas time we have a week of prayer for Southern Baptist Missionaries around the world.

Giving to Missions:  Each year, once during Christmas time and once during Easter our church gives over and above what we normally do to missions.  We give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Going to Missions:  We also believe that we must personally invest our time to go to the mission field on short-term missions opportunities to serve and to share.

The Women of Worth (WOW) Ministry holds monthly get togethers for women who attend the church (visitors welcome). Ranging from brunch, bowling, parties, and so much more!

Contact Yvette HERE if you have any questions about their upcoming events or the cause they are currently getting behind!

Women’s Bible Study meets every Tuesday evening at 6 PM in Bldg D.
Currently on break.

There are several ways you can get involved in the worship ministries at Foothills from being on stage to behind the scenes.

List of available ministries:  Audio-Visual Team; Sound Team; Praise Team; Decoration Team;  Instrumentalist;    Special Music.

If you would like to get involved and serve email Luis Manos Jr. HERE for more information.