First Leesburg Missions

Happy Independence Day!

Come reach out to people in a place where the Bible was once alive and vibrant but is now mostly lost and forgotten. Engage, build relationships with, and then invite interested people to join us at outreach events as we share with them the Good News. We will spend time in tourist areas and local parks where engaging the locals and tourists is natural and expected. At the end of the week, we will be leading a team retreat for our missionary partners. Lastly, we will take a 4-day trip to historical places like Istanbul, Ephesus, Hierapolis, Laodicea, Sardis, and Pergamum. During this time, we will have the opportunity to visit and walk along the ruins where Paul and John preached and built the early church.
First meeting is June 16. For more info https://firstleesburg.org/international-mission-trips

Ladies, come and join us as we partner with missionary church planters, Eduardo and Gloria Buldain. The Buldains serve in an area known as La Matanza, home to over 1.7 million people where most don't know the truth of Jesus. They are working to plant a Bible-believing church in every neighborhood in La Matanza, and are asking for our help.

Our team of women will work alongside other believes in Argentina, doing door-to-door evangelism, engaging the community, directing children's activities and leading gatherings of women's Bible studies throughout the city as we encourage them in the work that they do. Won't you join us and be a blessing in the name of Jesus?

Our Hispanic Ministry is collecting backpacks for children as they prepare for school next year. If you would like to participate, please purchase a backpack for a child to use for school and bring to the Church Office at your campus by Monday, April 22.

With the expansion of the Thrift Store, additional volunteers are needed. See https://fbcthriftstore.com/volunteer/ for more information and the application form.

Attention all High School Students and Parents: We are excited to share that Pastor Garrett and our high school ministry are going to El Valle, Panama to work with communities who are desperate to know the truth of the Gospel. Would you join us? The first interest meeting will be Sunday, February 18 at 12:15pm in the Downtown Campus Student Loft. Lunch will be served! https://firstleesburg.org/international-mission-trips for full details and brochure

Join Pastor Will spring break 2024 in Panama City, Panama, to partner with Local Churches by sharing the love and good news of Jesus. Adults, Young Adults and Families are encouraged to learn more at our second Interest Meeting on Nov 26th at 3pm at South Campus.

For Spring Break this year, load up the kids, a few groceries, and meet us in Helen, Georgia for 4 nights and 5 days of serving and making memories together. We will be partnering with a local ministry in Helen, GA to serve hikers, residents, and downtown Helen merchants. Come out to the first interest meeting on Wednesday, December 6th in the Downtown Fellowship Hall at 5pm. Dinner will be provided!

Our Middle Schoolers are going to Miami to partner with local church planters by reaching out in their community and serving through backyard Bible Clubs, sports outreach, and community service projects. Please come to the first Miami meeting on August 27th at 12:15 in the Student Loft. Lunch will be served.

Come with us to Argentina where we will be doing door to door Evangelism leading children’s activities and assisting with small group discipleship. Our first team meeting will be on Sunday May 21st at 12:15 in the Christian Care Center Conference Room. Lunch will be provided. More info: https://firstleesburg.org/international-mission-trips

Please come attend our Taiwan Meeting on Sunday, April 16th at 3pm at South Campus.

Join us this weekend to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We have 9 services this weekend:
Saturday, April 8
- 5:00 pm Downtown Leesburg Campus
- 6:30 pm Village Park Campus
Sunday, April 9
- 8:30, 9:45 & 11 am Village Park Campus
- 9:45 am South Leesburg Campus
- 8:30, 9:45, & 11 am Downtown Leesburg Campus

Panama Youth Trip- Attention High School Youth and Parents- Join Pastor Garrett Haywood as we go to Panama this July to reach out to a village with Community Service and Gospel Engagement. The dates of this trip are July 22-29 and our first informational meeting is February 12th at 12:15 in the Student Center at the Downtown Campus.

"What has the church here in Tanguat been learning from God’s Word lately? Paul has been teaching through a series of lessons on the family. He started by reviewing the character of God and the Gospel and then taught through some passages for husbands and wives, fathers, mothers, and children over several weeks. These passages touched on some biblical concepts that run counter to the culture, so it brought up many good questions from the church. It was the first time they heard many of those things and people are still thinking through them.

One example is that of marrying off their children.Young people here are usually pushed into a marriage that is advantageous for the clan. They are encouraged to marry someone with a lot of education or from a clan with a lot of land. We’ve observed that some young men have been fought over by the clans. There are also a lot of exchange marriages which means young people are expected to marry someone from a certain clan because their sibling or cousin of the opposite gender already married someone from that clan and the clans want population numbers to stay even. It is hard to explain, but that is the basic idea.

So now, parents and children are thinking about how to work within the culture, but also allow the young person to marry a Christian. And a bigger question in this young church, are there enough Christian young people to marry? And how can the families evaluate if the young men and women who go to church are most likely believers or are just church goers? Should they look to a church in a neighboring language group so that their son or daughter can marry a believer? These are all questions that families are beginning to wrestle through. This series laid a good foundation for us to be able to build off as we continue to teach through these topics in the coming years. People were very engaged with this series and asked a lot of good questions." The Swensons, Tanguat

The recently posted this article and we wanted to share it with you. Every penny you give to the IMB goes directly to the field so that our missionaries can give their full attention to the work of spreading the Gospel among those who have never heard of Jesus!

Lottie Moon offering reaches historic high, proves commitment to Revelation 7:9 vision - IMB The International Mission Board is rejoicing at God’s work through the generosity of Southern Baptists, who gave $203.7 million to the 2021-22 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®. This is the largest offering in the 177-year history of the IMB. Missionaries serving on the field are aware of the signi...

Due to Hurricane Ian, there will be no church activities Wednesday at any campus and the church office will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday.

Click the link below to read an encouraging story of how the Lord works in the midst of persecution. Let's remember to pray for our partners around the world who are serving in so many difficult situations!

Missions amidst persecution - IMB Alexander Traverston followed someone he thought was a friend into a building. He sat down and was offered water. Then eight men entered the room with angry faces. They deadbolted the door behind them. Alarmed, Traverston asked why the door was locked. “Because we are about to beat you,” the men...

We are pleased to announce that you can now stream "No Vacancy" at home.
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In Matthew 4:19 we read, “Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” A few weeks back our Men’s Residence had its 2nd Fishing Trip experience. We had over 30 men on a private deep sea fishing charter. Over 30 men in recovery spending a day fishing and fellowship alcohol and drug free.

Read about their trip and the exciting things that happened after they left the boat!
https://www.christiancarecenter.org/post/becoming-fishers-of-men

Love Them Like Jesus One of the greatest privileges of serving at the Men’s Residence is not just seeing the power of God in the transformation of our clients, but it is also seeing the love of Christ being manifested in our own lives.

Youth, join Pastor Kevin as we go to Panama to reach out to a village! The dates of this trip are July 15-22. Our first informational meeting is Sun., April 24 at 12:15 PM in the sanctuary of the Village Park Campus. The address is 1000 Village Park Dr. Fruitland Park, FL 34731.

More info: https://firstleesburg.org/international-mission-trips

Panama Youth Trip – Attention High School Youth & Parents – Join Pastor Kevin Buynak as we go to Panama this July to reach out to a village with Community Service & Gospel Engagement! The dates of this trip are July 15-22, and our first informational meeting is Sunday, April 24 at 12:15 PM in the sanctuary of the Village Park Campus. The address is 1000 Village Park Drive Fruitland Park, FL 34731.

More info: https://firstleesburg.org/international-mission-trips

Son & Father Reuniting The Pregnancy & Family Care Center offers Christian parenting classes once a week to parents who are working towards reuniting with their children.

Thinking of our dear friends, Keith-Angie Copley, as they recently said some hard goodbyes to their friends in the Hewa tribe! The Copleys have spent more than 20 years serving on the field in Papua New Guinea! Please join us in praying for these friends as they transition back to serving in the States. Copley family, we praise Jesus for you and your faithful service!

Read this article for an amazing story of how God is using people just like us to declare His glory among the nations!

‘Good things happen when God says go’ - IMB Neither John nor Serena Tail grew up as believers. “We routinely just lived for ourselves,” John explained. As a young person Serena often heard that church was full of hypocrites. But one day, as a married couple, a neighbor invited them to church. On the same day, they both made professions of...