"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8
OUR JUDEA
Each year we connect with the Virginia Baptist Children's Home. Through a special offering in May, we can help those who are providing a Christian environment, to children who have been displaced.
Bob and Sandra Jackson, were Adult Sunday School teachers in our church, when God called them to start NorthStar Blacksburg. As they minister to the students at Virginia Tech, we have a great opportunity to help Bob and Sandra, through prayer support and the International Student Dinner each fall. We can help Bob and Sandra welcome the international students to the campus with this dinner. A door is then opened for them to share the love of Christ.
OUR SAMARIA
Seth & Kim Hartsock
Seth & Kim Hartsock live in Kansas City, MO, where Seth is a student at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. They are praying and speaking with the IMB about their missionary service.
Charlotte & Mitchell Mask
Mitchell and Charlotte Mask work with Campus Crusade at Western Kentucky University.
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is a special offering to support North American missionaires.
Mission Trips
The past two years we have gone to help the First Bapist Church of Cameron, Louisiana. It was destroyed by Hurricane Rita in 2005. This is the only evangelical church in Cameron.
This year we have been invited to partner with the Wisconsin Minnesota Baptist Convention.
THE WORLD
Gerri Helton
Along with the over 5,000 IMB missionaries we support through the Cooperative Program we are privileged at NorthStar to have one of our own serving as an IMB missionary in Zambia. Our own Gerri Helton serves as an IMB missionary in Zambia. Each September we celebrate "Christmas in September", where we collect Christmas gifts and send to Gerri in Zambia. In addition to Gerri, we support all our international missionairies through "The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering." This past year our church collected $6,000.00 to send to the IMB. "Praise The Lord !!! "
World Mission Conference
Each Septemeber, we hold a world Missions Conference. Our theme is "Around the World and Around The Block." Our special speaker on September 21, 2008, will be Alan Duncan, an IMB missionary over Africa. Our special speaker on September 28, 2008 will be Charles Hardie, an IMB missionary over Western Europe.
In November, we collect shoe boxes for Samaritan's Purse, located in Boone, NC. Our youth group has taken the shoe boxes to Boone for the last two years, Our youth, worked to prepare the cartons, for shipping around the world. In 2007, our church set a record number of 134 boxes collected.
Jerusalem Assembly
This year our Bridge Team is adding Jerusalem Assembly. They are a group of Evangelical Christians sharing the Gospel of Christ in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Assembly was started by our friend, Zvi Kalisher, a survivor of the Holocaust.
