Missions Sunday – March 9

The Bridge Bible Fellowship is working on a Missions Sunday mini-conference to help renew an understanding and love for what God is doing around the world as he builds his Church. The Missions Team is planning this special Missions Sunday for March 9, 2025. Please put it on your calendar and plan to attend!

Massimo and Susanna Mollica from Italy will be joining us. I’m also working to get a couple of other church-supported missionaries to lead sessions during the second hour – Bridge Kids included.

First Hour (9:00-10:30) – Massimo to preach on biblical missions and the role of the local church in missions.

Second Hour (11:00-12:30) – Massimo and family to talk more informally about how God has used them in Italy, the state of the church in Italy, and what Massimo’s role will now be with Grace Mission International (GMI). A couple more sessions/groups will have missionaries speaking about God’s work where they are serving around the world. I’m still confirming with missionaries – details TBD.

We would love all groups to participate and be involved in learning from our missionaries.

Lunch (12:30-2:00) – Join together for an International-themed meal and prayer time for missions with a focus on The Bridge-supported missionaries. Our missionaries will greet the congregation during this time and interact in an informal way.

Potluck Sign-up Sheet – in process, but feel free to sign up or suggest more items.

Our Goal

The goal of our missions ministry is to make disciples of all nations. Our first priority is to reach unreached people groups with the Good News of Jesus Christ in order to make disciples and plant churches.

Our Purpose & Philosophy

Our purpose is to send and support disciple-making and church-planting missionaries to all nations, regardless of culture, distance, or language. Our motivation is love for and obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. To fulfill our purpose, the Missions Team is appointed, approved, and formed under the oversight of the Board of Elders. The Missions Team assists the Board of Elders in preparing missionary candidates and then sending missionaries who are gifted, trained, experienced, and proven leaders. These leaders will plant churches, support and assist church planters, and mobilize trained indigenous leaders and pastors to be church planters. The Bridge supports many missionaries both in the United States and around the world. If you would like more information on a particular missionary, please contact the church office.

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20

Our Missions Team: Rich Weitzel (chairman), Jan Kolstad, Marlene VanAlstine, Toni McCurdy, Sami Dahdal, Jeanna Williams, Joanne Woodruff, Amber Boeker, and Pastor Marc Boeker