Missions

The Benevolence Caregiver Team works each Monday morning from 8:30-10:00 am accepting applications for assistance from those in need in our community at the First Baptist Church Ministry Center on 116 W. Poplar Street, Griffin.  

Volunteers take in donations. They also help clients requesting assistance from the Caregivers Clothes Closet, provide vouchers to visit Five Loaves and Two Fish Food Pantry, and offer gasoline vouchers for transportation to clinics, hospitals, or doctor appointments. They can offer limited prescription assistance. They make referrals to community support groups within the community in areas related to family parenting, utility assistance, food and hot meal assistance, housing and medical resources, and more.

Contact the church office if you can help with this important ministry to our community.

This ministry team coordinates meals for families of church members who have recently experienced a death. Typically, Sunday school classes and other volunteers serve in a rotation in this ministry. For more information on getting involved, please contact Lisa in the church office at 770-227-5517.

The Caregivers Clothes Closet Ministry organizes and supplies clothing and linens to those in need requesting these items through the Benevolence Caregivers Team.

Donations for this ministry can be brought to the Ministry Center on Poplar Street each Monday and Wednesday morning or to the Clothes Closet boxes in the church Welcome Centers on the Hill Street side and the Family Life Center side of the church.  

Inquiries about donations or about requesting assistance may be directed to the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us.

Each December our church provides a Christmas Toy Shop for those in our community needing some assistance in providing Christmas gifts for their children. Shoppers sign up through the Benevolence Ministry (in November) and may purchase two toys, costing a dollar per toy, for each child. Other items (stocking stuffers, books, stuffed toys, Bibles) are provided free of charge. This unique ministry shares the love of Christ with our community during the Christmas season.

The Christmas Toy Shop planning team meets at intervals throughout the year. Volunteers who staff the Toy Shop may be involved in any of the following:

• signing up clients for the toy shop,
• taking inventory of toys,
• setting up or taking down the shop, or
• assisting clients during their shopping experience.

If you would like to be involved in this ministry, please contact the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us.

Our Emergency Response team works to provide assistance to our community during natural and man-made disasters. This team has also worked to provide supplies and assistance during disasters in other parts of our country. If you would like to be involved in this ministry, please contact the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us.

Grace 127 ministers to foster and adoptive families by developing relationships between members of FBC Griffin and the foster/adoptive community. We provide “gotcha bags” to DFCS for children removed from their homes. We partner with other organizations that minister to foster families (such as Fortify—770-800-9789). We provide social opportunities to support foster/adoptive families. If you would like to be involved in this ministry, please contact the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us.

On the first Saturday of each month, members of First Baptist staff the Five Loaves and Two Fish Food Pantry, located at 118 N. Eighth St., Griffin. We have volunteers who work bagging and distributing food. We serve approximately 50-60 families in a two-hour period. Other First Baptist members also volunteer at various times each week. For hours or more information about the food pantry, please call 770-228-1260.

The food pantry is funded solely on monetary and food donations and is staffed by volunteers. It is open six days a week and is the only source of help for many hungry people. Members of the church family are encouraged to bring pop top food items to the collection box available in the church welcome center on the Hill Street side of the Church.

If you would like to be involved in this ministry, or if you need assistance locating the food pantry, please contact the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us.

The Levite Ministry provides help with small household repair and building projects for members and others in need in our community including churches and other organizations. Inquiries should be directed to the church office. If you would like to be involved in this ministry, please contact the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us.

LifeSong Ministries helps women who want to change their lives but do not have the resources to do so. The ministry is certified by Christian Women’s Job Corps of the Women’s Missionary Union and teaches the Jobs for Life job readiness curriculum. In addition, LifeSong teaches life skills including personal financial management, business English, dressing for success, and basic computing, as well as providing Bible study and personal coaching. Two cycles of classes meet each year one in the fall and one in the spring.  If you or someone you know would like to learn more about participating in LifeSong (as a student, coach, or volunteer), please contact the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us..

First Baptist partners with Spalding Samaritans, a collaborative of many churches and individuals in our community. Spalding Samaritans offers assistance to those needing emergency help with utilities and other needs. Individuals seeking help with utilities can bring a picture ID and a current utility bill to 409 W. Solomon St. on the first or third Tuesday of each month between 12:30 and 2:00 p.m. to request assistance. If you would like to be involved in this ministry, please contact the church office at 770-227-5517 or email us.

WOM meets the second Tuesday of each month (at approximately 1:00 p.m., or following the (XYZ) X’tra Years of Zest Senior Adult Luncheon) in the Hardee Hospitality Room. The group welcomes special speakers and programs, and provides light refreshments.

Among other mission projects, Women on Mission promotes the Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong offerings each year, as well as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Offering for Global Missions, State Mission offerings, and the Church Mission offering. 

WOM also greets ladies who have recently joined the church with a special gift through the Teacup Ministry.

If you would like to be involved in this ministry, you are invited to come to a monthly meeting, or you may contact the church office at 770-227-5517. You may also email us with questions.