Fostering Together
Filling Needs for Foster Families
Community Missions
Every Person • Every Family • Every Group
“You are the LIGHT of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light SHINE before others, so that they may see your good works and give GLORY to your Father who is in heaven.” - MATTHEW 5:14-16
Looking for opportunities to serve in our community?
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Witnessing Training
Sunday, February 19
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Kokernot 309
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15
We will learn how to pray, care for your neighbors, and share your testimony.
Childcare available for birth - 5th grade by reservation. Deadline to sign up for childcare is Tuesday, February 14.
Missions Mondays
3rd Monday of the month
10:00am - 11:30am
Blanchard Lounge
February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15
Sign up now for Missions Mondays! Community Missions always has a few projects that need some extra hands. Maybe filling hygiene bags for the homeless, or filling Easter eggs with candy for an egg hunt with the Afghan children. Many hands make light work!
Afghan ESL Class Volunteers
Thursdays • 9:00 AM - noon
Beginning January 12
Ladies are needed to serve as mentors and childcare workers for our new ESL class for Afghan women. We need one mentor for every 2 Afghan women. We will need 6 childcare workers each week, for children, birth through 4 years old. A Bible lesson will be provided and all materials and toys will be provided. You may volunteer once a month, twice a month or every week. Please click on the button below to sign up. Or click here for the needs list.
Elementary Mentoring
Become An Elementary Mentor!
What’s expected?
• Provide 1-on-1 time with a student, age 1st – 6th grade.
• Commit to a weekly 30-45 minute block of time.
• Desire to make a difference in the life of a child.
• No teaching experience required.
“Every kid is ONE caring adult away from being a success story.”
– Josh Shipp
Background check through the school system is required.
In 2022 we are continuing to:
• Help needy families through visitation and food deliveries.
• Join a delivery team today. We also could use someone to oversee logistics.
• Pack food boxes for families all over San Antonio and the World.
• Have sports outreaches for kids and teens living in inner city neighborhoods. We need people willing to help with small groups and play games.
• Cook dinner and feed the homeless on Friday evenings. We need people to witness and pray with the homeless and join the kitchen team.
• Join the evangelism and prayer walking team.
• Resume ESL classes. Teaching experience required. We have classes for beginners and for those seeking US citizenship.
• Briscoe Buddies will continue to minister to food insecure children in elementary schools and pray for the children, faculty, and staff. Join the work today!
• Other work going on in the city too!
Click Here For Volunteer Opportunities!
If you have any questions or comments, contact us via email.
The FBCSA family mobilized to live out the Gospel in this city through rhythms of everyday life, bringing healing and hope through the power of the Gospel in tangible ways.
Projects and programs are not the mission; making disciples of a PEOPLE who live in a particular PLACE is the mission.
IT IS INTENTIONAL. IT IS LONG TERM. IT IS INVESTED.
REGULAR PEOPLE LIVING ORDINARY LIVES WITH GREAT GOSPEL INTENTIONALITY.
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
- “What would Gospel Intentionality look like for my family?”
- “How do I choose a people and a place?”
- “How do I get my small group engaged with this mission?”
- “How do I live out my Gospel identity as Jesus commands?”
Contact us via email to schedule a conversation with us.
“You are the LIGHT of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light SHINE before others, so that they may see your good works and give GLORY to your Father who is in heaven.” - MATTHEW 5:14-16
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Check out the following ways to connect with us:
Filling Needs for Foster Families
Fostering Together is a ministry of First Baptist Church San Antonio that supports foster and adoptive families and educates the community about fostering opportunities.There are 3,700 children in foster care in Bexar County at any given time. There are not enough homes to care for every child and many of the foster parents that can take in a child are not being supported. Nationally ½ of all foster parents drop out every year because they are overwhelmed. At FBCSA we believe the answer to solving this foster care crisis is the church. In James 1:27, we are given a biblical mandate to love and care for orphans.
Our desire is to educate every individual in our church on the current foster care crisis and provide pathways of engagement into the lives of struggling families and children. Some want to make a difference but are not able to be a foster parent. We need people who can love and serve families who have been called to foster.
At FBCSA we will work to build communities of care around families that will act as extended families, providing babysitting, mentoring, prayer and other assistance. We will also work alongside other organizations that are caring for struggling teens, kindship families and youth who have aged out of the system. Everyone can do something.
If you would like to get involved or need some more information, click here.
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Disaster Relief Team
Responds to local and state disaster needs through chainsaw tree and brush removal, and housing for evacuees.
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For the refugees and immigrants in our city, everyday activities are a challenge because of language.+ Military
For those on military assignment in our city, life can be uncertain and lonely.+ Restoring Dignity
For those who are homeless or living in poverty in our city, the future holds little hope, the present is a confusing challenge, and dignity is lost.+ Restoring Youth
For many children and youth in our city, hunger, fear, and misunderstanding are everyday expectations.