First Baptist Church of Boulder, Colorado - FBC/Boulder Missions & Outreach Highlights

First Baptist of Boulder Missions and Outreach activities include international mission trips in partnership with American Baptist missionaries, funding of American Baptist institutions, and doing local community service projects. Shown below are some of our previous Missions and Outreach activities.

Thanks to a $500 "directed-giving" donation in June, 2007 to Chiang Rai ABC-IM missionary Chuck Fox from the FBC/Boulder Missions & Outreach budget, the northern Thailand Akha village of "Mehter" received a clean water supply for the first time in June 30, 2007. The laying of polyethelene pipe for this clean-water supply was done by a work team of students from Chiang Rai and local Mehter Akha villagers (click here to see photos.of this work project). FBC/Boulder Missions Team member Kerry Hassler visited Mehter village in Feburary, 2008 to receive thanks on behalf of our church members from Mehter village Christian leaders and residents. Mehter villagers are now able to obtain drinking water and to wash their clothes without walking more than a mile to their previous water source.

August 2007 FBC/Boulder Bible Class Project with MIssionary Chuck Fox in Thailand

Thanks to a $500 "directed-giving" donation from 2006-2007 FBC/Boulder M&O funds to Chiang Rai IM-ABC missionary Chuck Fox, Chuck was able to purchase teaching materials and conduct a Bible class in Chiang Rai for Akha hilltribe mostly young adults during the last week of August. These funds will also be used by Chuck to conduct the second part of this same Bible study class in Chiang Rai during November. Through this financial support from our church, Chuck is bringing Akha young people to Jesus Christ that would otherwise have not been possible

Click here to see a video-clip of singing by the above Chiang Rai Akha Bible Class students recorded by missionary Chuck Fox.

June 2007 FBC/Boulder Clean-Water Project with "Mehter" Akha Village in northern Thailand

Thanks to a special $500 "designated project donation" from First Baptist of Boulder to IM-ABC missionary Chuck Fox's ministry in Chiang Rai, Thailand, the northern Thailand tribal village of Mehter was the recipient of a clean-water system installed on June 30, 2007 despite rainy conditions. This project (led by Chuck) involved laying almost a mile of plastic water-pipe through jungle terrain by Akha villagers and a group of 8 students from the Chiang Rai "Family Learning Center". Approximately 250 Akhas in the Mehter village are now getting clean water.

First Baptist of Boulder volunteers make 60 sandwiches every week to contribute to the Monday noon free lunch for the homeless that is funded by our "Sandwiches for Monday Carriage House Lunches" program. Helping Carriage House to provide free lunches is also supported by First Congregational Church, New Day Covenant Church, and other Boulder churches.

The First Baptist of Boulder “2007 Spring Break Whittier School Improvements” community-outreach project helped a local Boulder community school to spruce up their playground and school exterior. On Friday afternoon March 30, Saturday March 31, and Monday April 2, project volunteers Chelsa Roberts, Tyler Setlock, Joshua and Ruth Efe. Debbie Setlock, Polly McDonald and grandniece Shelby, and Kerry Hassler combined to paint the school's "Peace Garden" bench, paint six exterior school doors, spread new wood chips around the school's north-side playground, repaint the lines of a "four-sqaure" playground game, and prepare the big flower plants at the north side of the school for flower-planting starting . Also, $150 of flowers were planted around the Whittier School to complete the project.