Missions Programs

Missions Team

The purpose of this team is to help people of all ages find a place of service in the name of Christ. Activities include local, state, national and global ministry initiatives including one mission trip per year outside the Durham area. The team manages both church budgeted money and special mission offerings.

 Congregational Mission Activities

• Preparing and serving meals at Urban Ministries regularly during each month
• Collecting food for the pantry at Urban Ministries and the Durham Food Pantry
• Participate in Crop Walk to raise money for food for the hungry
• Hosting homeless families overnight through Inter-Faith Hospitality Network
• Assisting women returning to the community by collecting clothes for distribution through Dress for Success
• Providing rent-free housing for long term outpatients at Duke Medical Center whose homes are outside the Durham area
• Making layette items and burial buntings for families in crisis through Newbornsin Need
• Participating with Yates Baptist Association to provide Christmas gifts for low income families through Toy Store
• Preparing gift boxes for children through Operation Christmas Child
• Helping women in Kenya support their families through Bead for Life
• Traveling to other countries to share God’s love most recently to Belize and Chateauguay, Quebec
• Supporting mission activities by children and youth

Contact Henry Broadway for additional information about the Missions Team and Temple mission activities.