First Baptist Church (FBC) is nurturing a long-term covenant partnership with AMOS Health and Hope in their mission to “reduce health inequities in Nicaragua by empowering local leadership to prevent disease and save lives.” Read on to learn more about this opportunity to humbly serve and learn from God’s beloved in Nicaragua. If you would like to become involved, please let us know.
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New Video from AMOS Just Released
AMOS Health + Hope just released a new video that explains well the many facets of their work with communities in Nicaragua! Give it a watch, and keep FBC’s Nicaragua team in prayer that will be traveling later in June to work with and learn from AMOS and people in the communities they serve.
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AMOS Virtual Mission Trips
Can’t go with us to Nicaragua next June, but interested in learning more about the work of AMOS Health & Hope there? Join us for a virtual mission trip! We’ll have 5 weekly short video sessions with discussion, in person and on Zoom, with a choice of Sunday (9:30a) or Wednesday (6:30p) times for each…
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Find Your Role in the FBC/AMOS Partnership-Journey Meeting
This meeting described various ways in which individuals might become involved in this partnership. While travelling to Nicaragua and participating in an AMOS led mission trip is the most obvious way to become involved, there are many other opportunities such as leading communication efforts with the congregation, learning (and sharing those learnings) about AMOS and…
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Core Values of AMOS
Last week we talked about the vision that AMOS Health and Hope has – health for all people, no child dies from a preventable disease and effective and empowering health care. So how do they operationalize this vision? A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the programs that AMOS has developed. These are based…
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FBC Lawrence’s Journey with AMOS Health and Hope
During the next few weeks and months, we will be submitting small pieces of information for you to learn about AMOS Health and Hope. Most of us understand the food pantry, our ministry with Family Promise, our responsibilities to LINK and to Bethel Neighborhood Center. AMOS Health and Hope is a new ministry for us…
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Dava Cooper Travels to Nicaragua
Dava Cooper, a member of FBC’s Missions Team, was in Nicaragua July 28 through August 6 to serve with AMOS’s Missions Experience Team. She represented FBC on this exploratory visit.
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Preparing for an Exploratory Visit to Nicaragua
A month ago the Missions Team introduced the AMOS partnership to our church family at the quarterly business meeting. Three Sundays later, the congregation was invited to help the Team define this partnership and support Dava Cooper’s exploratory visit to AMOS in Nicaragua through a free will offering at lunch. Since that time, the Missions Team has…
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Vision Casting Meeting
The Mission Ministry explains the partnership envisioned with AMOS Health and Hope, provides some details of what those opportunities might be, and listens to the counsel and concerns of the congregation. Watch and listen …
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The Missions Ministry recommends that FBC partner with AMOS Health and Hope
The following is an excerpt from the Missions Ministry report to the congregation at the first quarter 2023 Business Meeting … After significant discussion and discernment, the Missions Ministry made a recommendation to the Spiritual Leadership Team (SLT) regarding how the congregation should tithe the recent large gift from David Wise. (The tithe amount is…