2nd Mile Ministries is a Christian community development organization working in the Brentwood neighborhood north of downtown Jacksonville, FL. In partnership with them we are seeking to see the Gospel renew lives and communities so that they are transformed in every way. Our church partnership includes _____?

Several of our adult Sunday Scholl classes partner with this organization which plays a vital role in feeding children in need at Jullington Creek Elementary. This ministry aims to build a strong relationship and our church with the purpose of fulfilling needs that may arise. Every week BIB provides breakfast, dinner and a snack on Saturday and Sunday to fill the gap when weekday school lunches are not available to students. Our church partnership includes ________?

The Car Show is a huge growing mission for members of FCBC to come together to provide a non-threatening opportunity to serve our community. We can us things like cars, free food and entertainment to minister to the people of Jacksonville and lead to gospel conversations.

There are 25 ministry sites throughout Florida, including six campuses that include residential care facilities children in Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Ft. Myers and Miami, which provide care for abandoned, neglected and abused. They exist to change the lives of children and families through Christ-centered services. One More Child services also include foster care, single mom support, anti-trafficking, family support services and feeding programs. Our church partnership includes ________?

First Coast Women’s Services seeks to empower women to make informed decisions about their pregnancy. Their purpose is to prevent the tragedy of an abortion by offering truthful information, emotional support, and practical assistance to women facing an unplanned pregnancy. They present sexual abstinence as a positive lifestyle for singles and provide healing and restoration to those who have been hurt by abortion. Our church partnership includes ________?

Our church wants to stand with and for foster care and adoptive families. This ministry helps create an awareness of local needs and ways our church members can support foster care and adoption.

• • Contact Karen Roy for further information
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The International Learning Center exists to help our neighbors from other nations learn the English language and gain understanding of American culture in a warm and caring environment. The ILC provides ladies’ and men’s English classes, nursery, Pre-K, after school homework help, youth tutoring, and citizenship classes. Our church partnership includes ________?

Fruit Cove Baptist Church is a part of this network of over 200 ? Southern Baptist churches in the greater Jacksonville area. JBA exists to engage the mission force with the mission field both here in Jacksonville and beyond.

Our church partnership includes ________?

Mission Jax is a local mission ministry that mobilizes students to share the gospel with their local community. Students are trained, encouraged and sent out to various parts of metro Jacksonville and through serving, cleaning, sharing, street evangelism, camps and other ways, initiate gospel conversations with people in the community.

A group of men from our church frequently visit Tomoka Prison in Daytona as an outreach by leading Bible studies and forming relationships with inmates. This is a much needed bridge of hope and learning for men in prison trying to find and strengthen their knowledge about Jesus.

Each of our Adult Sunday School Classes is partnered with a local school to pray for and serve. These partnerships have allowed us to love our community by feeding staff on teacher workdays, serving as mentors, participating in prayer walks and meeting other needs as they arise.

Dining with Dignity is a ministry that responds to the repetitive thread throughout the Gospels, a call to serve the hungry and impoverished.  It is a program of Home Again St Johns, Inc and provides a hot, balanced and nutritious meal to the homeless and many other in our community living on the edge, a step away from homelessness.  The meal is served nightly at 6 pm on the corner of Bridge and Granada St, 365 days a year, rain or shine, in an outdoor parking lot to between 60 and 100 hungry men, women and children. Our church partnership includes ________?

Through OPC, gift boxes are packed and sent to children in need around the world, promoting the gospel of Jesus Christ. Fruit Cove members provide several hundred packed boxes annually. Our church serves as a local collection center and our singles ministry coordinates the collections and transport of shoe boxes to a regional collection center.

When disaster strikes, Florida Baptists are ready to lend help and a message of hope. With hot meals, a tarped roof, a consoling hug, and words of faith, FBDR is a ministry of urgency and availability. More than 6000 Florida Baptist volunteered have been trained and equipment is ready to deploy. Several of our men are trained and on standby to answer the call to serve in disaster relief.

The Women’s Refuge of St. Johns County is a sanctuary where women can start over with a new understanding of God’s plan for their lives. It is a home-like environment where trained Christians, using Scripture-based solutions, help women develop long-term goals and heal from spiritual and emotional wounds. They seek to reconcile women to Jesus Christ and to develop with them a challenging life plan. We offer support through our Monday ladies Bible study group working with our Mom to Mom ministry.

• • Our church contact is Peggy Weeks.

Each year we accept donations of grocery gift cards, canned goods (cranberry sauces, green beans, corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie filling, cream of mushroom soup, cream cheese frosting, etc.) and dry goods (instant mashed potatoes, French fried onions, pie crust, boxed stuffing, cornbread mix and carrot cake - just add water variety, etc.). Boxes are put together with love and a gospel message along with a turkey and distributed to families in our community who may otherwise do without during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Collections are taken up at each Sunday night service which is usually held the last Sunday of the month. These are distributed to area food banks.

Items are collected and distributed to the homeless in our surrounding area.

Our “Connecting Parents” Bible Study group regularly puts together frozen meals and provides them to families though our Fostering Hope ministry.

Several of our adult Sunday Scholl classes partner with this organization which plays a vital role in feeding children in need at Jullington Creek Elementary. This ministry aims to build a strong relationship and our church with the purpose of fulfilling needs that may arise. Every week BIB provides breakfast, dinner and a snack on Saturday and Sunday to fill the gap when weekday school lunches are not available to students.

Partnering with OCC we pack and send gift boxes for children in need around the world, promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Fruit Cove Baptist Church also serves as a local collection center each year for shoeboxes.

Craft items are always needed for Vacation Bible School each summer. Specific lists of supplies needed are usually published in our weekly bulletin, The Vine, in advance of VBS. We also request donations of snack items for VBS.

Food and snacks are in high demand during this week where our middle and high school students partner with local churches and ministries to do missions activities in our community and surrounding areas.

In the next 12 months we already have well over a dozen mission trips scheduled. We often collect materials to bring with us to use or give away on the mission field. Specific lists of supplies needed are usually published in our weekly bulletin, The Vine, in advance of trips. Collection sites are located in various locations on campus but always in the missions display area on the second floor of the ROC building.