Missions
Our Missions Team assists the FBC family in determining needs, and we actively participate in both monthly and annual projects to benefit the local Hopewell community, as well as projects which reach out to the state, nation, and around the world. There are mission opportunities for children, youth, and adults.
Hopewell Food Pantry
We provide ongoing food collections to the Hopewell Food Pantry throughout the year. At Christmastime, attendees to our Walk Through Bethlehem program are encouraged to donate a canned good item as entry into the program. This provides hundreds of canned food items to the Pantry.
Items that are always needed:
canned meats, canned fruits & vegetables, peanut butter,
hot & cold cereals, and pasta & rice.
Place donations in the designated boxes in the Family Life Center or Education Building hallways.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
The ladies in our prayer shawl ministry knit and crochet beautiful items while enjoying fellowshipping together. They create pieces such as prayer shawls, laps robes, and other items to give to anyone in our church family who is ill or shut in. They also make baby blankets and caps to share the joy of new births and also donate some of them to the VCU/MCV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for use with “preemies.” Church members are asked to leave in the church office the name, address, and phone number of anyone who might need the blessing of a gift from this ministry.
Anyone interested is invited to join the group, which meets on Thursday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. in the church parlor. No previous experience is needed—they will teach you the craft.
Other FBC mission projects include:
