2008 Mission Projects

Water Bottle Distribution – Homewood, AL                        Saturday’s – All Year

      This ongoing mission project is perfect for Sunday School classes and small groups. Hand out water bottles with information about SMBC to people using the Lakeshore running trail and at the Homewood soccer fields.

Team size: 2-15 people                                                 Approximate cost: no cost

St. Croix – U.S. Virgin Islands                                                              Jan. 18-26

This project is being led by the SMBC Men’s Businessman’s Sunday School class and will work with 2007 GIC missionary Ed & Debbie Cullen. Activities include light construction and landscaping, helping prepare and serve meals for the homeless, and helping with music and devotionals during community outreach events.

Team size: 8-14 people                                                   Approximate cost: $1,500

Middle East                                                                                           Feb. 5-18

This project is a vision trip designed to allow the participants to explore business and ministry opportunities in this region. Our hope is that foundations will be established through this project that we can build upon with future teams.  

Team size: 2-6 people                                                     Approximate cost: $2,500

Cuba                                                                                                     Feb. 20-26

God is doing great things in Cuba. Can believers freely exercise their faith? Are they free to assemble and to evangelize? Are they growing? Are new churches being established? The answer to all of these is a resounding yes and we have the chance to be a part of this incredible work! This team will gain a vision for this nation, breaking down barriers of understanding, encouraging local believers and, most significantly, praying to the Lord of the harvest. 

Team size: 4-8 people                                                     Approximate cost: $2,000

First Love Choir Tour – Tennessee                                          Mar. 14-18

      This junior high choir team will be working with Jay & Chantell Watson and Life Community Church. Activities include performing daily at a variety of venues as they share the love of Christ through music and dance and work on several community service projects.

Team size: 75-100 people                                                   Approximate cost: $250 

Thailand                                                                                             Mar. 14-22

      This team will partner with a team from Hunter Street Baptist Church as we work with an SMBC member and his family who are planting a church in this region. The team will help lead a daily English as a Second Language club with university students and will also help with light construction work. The team will also use this opportunity to work with and encourage local believers in this new church plant.

Team size: 4-20 people                                                 Approximate cost: $1,800        

Panama                                                                                              Mar. 14-22

      This high school team is open to juniors and seniors who have previously participated on the Mexico Mission Project. Activities include children’s programs, ministry to native Panamanians, and beach ministry to national vacationers.

Team size: 8-12 people                                                 Approximate cost: $1,000

Mexico                                                                                                Mar. 15-22

      Our high school students will go to Matamoros, Mexico, to work with Adventures In Missions as part of a ministry with the goal of building up the local church or a local ministry so that through the ministry of the local church, Matamoros will be changed for Christ. Much of the ministry of AIM is in serving the local church, it’s pastors and laity, and working side by side with our Mexican brothers and sisters in Christ. Ministry opportunities include: Vacation Bible School; construction on churches or homes of the poor (all materials will be on site and supervision will be provided); door-to-door evangelism; prayer ministry; discipleship visits; orphanage visits and service; and sports evangelism.

Team size: 60-100 people                                                  Approximate cost: $800

University Ministry – New York                                                          Mar. 15-22
City Uprising is a unique opportunity for God’s people to unite in New York City. It is a movement born out of the Gallery Church of Manhattan to propel the local church and prosper the city. Through an intensive four-day worship and service experience City Uprising hopes to inspire resolute commitment to the local church, raise awareness of the need to reach the world’s major cities with the Gospel through new churches, and build a bridge into the heart of New York City through love and service.  Work includes citywide HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, an artistic initiative raising funds for freshwater wells in Africa, and urban tutoring in NYC high schools.

Team size: 10-40 people                                                   Approximate cost: $700

Chinese VBS, Shocco Springs – Alabama        DATE CHANGE               April 4-6

      This team will help facilitate a three-day Vacation Bible School camp and teach Chinese children from all over the Southeast about the love of Jesus Christ. This is a great opportunity to help reach China for Christ right here in Alabama.

Team size: 5-25 people                                                 Approximate cost: no cost

Birmingham, AL                                                                    April 5, 12, 19, & 26

This church-wide mission project will focus on doing inside painting at local elementary, middle, and high schools.  The project will take place over the 4 Saturdays in April, and will conclude with a block party/open house utilizing the Student Choirs on April 26. Sunday School classes will have the opportunity to sign up for work at one of the schools. The SMBC Women’s Ministry will coordinate lunch each Saturday.

Team size: unlimited                                                     Approximate cost: no cost

Jordan                                                                                                    May 8-18

This team will work in partnership with many other churches from around the Southeast as we help renovate a camp and conference facility. Activities include light construction and clean-up, painting, and groundskeeping clean-up and beautification. No prior construction experience is required. This project will also include 3 full days of touring the Holy Land. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to not only serve but also experience the people and land of Jordan and Israel!

Team size: 5-10 people                                                 Approximate cost: $1,800

Single’s Mission Project – (location TBD)                                              May 23-27

      Join this team of SMBC single adults as they minister through prayer walking, block parties, water bottle distribution, and community outreach events.

Team size: 10-30 people                                                    Approximate cost: $750

Russia                          CANCELLED                                                      May 23-31

      This team will work with a Russian Baptist church we are partnering with to help plant a new church in an unreached region of southwestern Russia. Activities will include ministering to children and teenagers at a local orphanage, much like a week of Vacation Bible School here in the United States. Sports evangelism and one-on-one discipleship will also take place. This is a great opportunity to help a new church plant reach out and grow!

Team size: 4-6 people                                                     Approximate cost: $1,800

Norther Ireland/England Choir Tour                            May 23 – June 1

      The SMBC Choir and Orchestra will travel to Ireland and England for a week of concerts and musical outreach ministry in churches and schools.

Team size: 40-80                                                              Approximate cost: $2,400

University Ministry China Project                                                June (4 weeks)

      This University Ministry student team will teach English to elementary and middle school students and help teach conversational English to university students while building relationships as they minister to this unreached people group.

Team size: 2-4 people                                                      Approximate cost: $2,000

Builders For Christ – Columbus, Ohio                                                 June 7-14

      This SMBC Builders for Christ team will join other construction teams from around the South in the construction of a new church building. Experience in building and construction is not required to be a part of this exciting ministry opportunity. Along with construction, this team will also minister to children and their families through Vacation Bible School and backyard Bible clubs. There will be jobs available for people of all ages and skill levels. You and your family can plan on working for a few days or stay the whole week. This is a great family ministry opportunity.

Team size: 30-50 people                                                    Approximate cost: $300

Thailand                                                                                             June 12-21

      This team will partner with a team from Hunter Street Baptist Church as we work with an SMBC member and his family who are planting a church in this region. The team will help lead a daily English as a Second Language club with university students and will also help with light construction work. The team will also use this opportunity to work with and encourage local believers in this new church plant.

Team size: 4-20 people                                                 Approximate cost: $1,900

New Wind Choir Tour – Idaho                                                            June 18-25

      This high school choir team will work with GIC missionaries from Northstar Baptist Church in Coeur d’Alene. Activities include performing daily at a variety of venues as they share the love of Christ through music and dance. This team will also work on several community service projects.

Team size: 80-125 people                                                 Approximate cost: $500

Israel                                                                                                  June 20-28

This team will work with SMBC 2010 missionaries. Activities include light construction and landscaping, food distribution, and volunteer help with Israeli Olympic Team baseball games and practices. This project will also include 3 full days of touring the Holy Land. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to not only serve but also experience the people and land of Israel!

Team size: 6-16 people                                                 Approximate cost: $1,900

Turkey                                                                                               June 20-29

      This team will work with SMBC members serving in this country. The team will be teaching children’s ministry curriculum and will be serving the children of Iranian refugees living in Istanbul by offering Vacation Bible School as well as other classes as most of these children do not have access to formal education. Opportunities to help teach vocational skills such as computer training and English classes are also available. This is an incredible opportunity for serving God that is not to be missed!

Team size: 4-10 people                                                 Approximate cost: $1,900

Peru                                                                                         June 29 – July 8

      This medical and church planting mission team will work with E3 Ministries on this Go to Grow Mission Project. The team will be working on two fronts: first, there will be daily medical clinics meeting basic physical needs by treating hundreds of patients per day; and second, there will be daily door-to-door evangelism ministry and sharing of the love of Jesus Christ, along with discipleship follow-up. The goal of this mission project is to glorify God by partnering with local churches to help them plant new churches by doing evangelism and discipleship in neighborhoods without churches.

Team size: 6-20 people                                                 Approximate cost: $2,200

Chinese VBS, Shocco Springs – Alabama                                            July 4-6

      This team will help facilitate a three-day Vacation Bible School camp and teach Chinese children from all over the Southeast about the love of Jesus Christ. This is a great opportunity to help reach China for Christ right here in Alabama.

Team size: 5-25 people                                                 Approximate cost: no cost

6^th Grade Mission Project – Louisiana                                                 July 21-25

This team of sixth graders and leaders will serve in a variety of ministries, including conducting a children’s day camp, working on several community service projects, and helping with a community-wide project.

Team size: 30-50 people                                                   Approximate cost: $225

Alberta, Canada                                                                                July 24-28

      This team will work with A Place Called Hope, a new church plant in Lethbridge that is part of our 2010 Vision. Ministry activities for this mission project include: park ministry including games and activities for children, teenagers, and adults; coffee house ministry; getting-to-know-you ministry events; and visiting local points of interest where Canadians gather socially with the goal of developing friendships.

Team size: 4-10 people                                                 Approximate cost: $1,100

Westport Church – Portland, Oregon                                             July 31 – Aug. 4

      This project is in support of our SMBC church plant Westport Church in Portland. This team will help provide hospitality services at a city-wide music and craft festival, and activities will include helping with parking, food services, water bottle distribution, and information distribution about Westport.

Team size: 5-15 people                                                 Approximate cost: $800

Minneapolis, MN                                                                        Aug. 29 – Sept. 1

This mission project is SMBC’s first to Minnesota. Activities include helping lead worship at a local church, offering outdoor concerts for people attending the Minnesota State Fair and the Republican National Convention, and helping host a Fun Run, a health expo, and family-based ministry events.

Team size: 10-25                                                              Approximate cost: $800

South Africa                                                                             Aug. 29 – Sept. 6

      This team will work with GIC missionary Pastor John Thomas and Living Hope Community Centre in Cape Town in helping to minister to those impacted by the AIDS pandemic in Africa,. Living Hope is a project with three objectives: one, to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ in a life changing way and to encourage people to follow Christ; two, to play a vital role in the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS; and three, to undertake community development through educational and health related programs. Come be a part of this exciting lead project that will lay the groundwork for future involvement.

Team size: 6-20 people                                                 Approximate cost: $2,200

Romania                                                                                             Sept. 4-14

      This medical and church planting mission team will work with E3 Ministries on this Go to Grow Mission Project. The team will be working on two fronts: first, there will be daily medical clinics meeting basic physical needs by treating hundreds of patients per day; and second, there will be daily door-to-door evangelism ministry and sharing of the love of Jesus Christ, along with discipleship follow-up. The goal of this mission project is to glorify God by partnering with local Romanian churches to help them plant new churches by doing evangelism and discipleship in neighborhoods without churches.

Team size: 6-20 people                                                 Approximate cost: $2,400

China                                                                                           Oct. 31 – Nov. 8

      This team will have a unique opportunity to work with and minister to believers in mainland China. Activities include meeting with local believers for fellowship and discipleship, leading conversational English gatherings, and prayer walking through the city.

Team size: 2-10 people                                                 Approximate cost: $2,000

Note:

      Dates and costs of mission projects may be subject to revision. Costs of passports, visas (where required) and immunizations (as required) are not included in costs shown above. Deposits will be required. All volunteers must complete an SMBC Volunteer Application form and adhere to the rules therein. Some mission projects are subject to a minimum enrollment number in order to occur.