2023 Missions Opportunities

Unless noted, the following short-term trips are open for any adults. For more information about an upcoming mission trip, to register for a trip, to suggest a missions activity, or to join a local group project contact missions pastor Brandon Kiesling at bkiesling@firstofallon.com.

TBD = Date(s) to be determined.  

Butler, IL Day Trip to Love Packages: January 21. (Completed) The 8am Adult 5 LIFE group supplied this trip. Join FBCO on a future quarterly day trip to Love Packages and help it recycle new and used Bible study resources to ministries outside the U.S. Trips are suitable for all ages, all abilities. Learn more about Love Packages here.

Mexico Mission Trip: Feb. 11-18. (Completed) FBCO returned to southern Mexico to work with IMB contacts in establishing a new church.

GROW Outreach runs each Tuesday through Oct. 17. FBCO touches our community and provides needs through door-to-door contacts, letter writing, and prayer for visitors to our church and new and current residents. Need: open.

Netherlands Missions Trip: Mar. 25-Apr. 2. (Completed)  Our FBCO team assisted a new church plant in Rotterdam. Read about the trip here.

Cincinnati, OH: Inspiring Hope Church. Mar. 27-Apr. 2. (Completed) This week-long trip to suburban Hamilton, OH focuses on door-to-door neighborhood canvassing to introduce the church and its new location to the community in preparation for IHC’s anniversary and Easter programming. Read about our partnership with IHC here.

Mexico Mission Trip: Apr. 4-11. (Completed) FBCO returns to southern Mexico to work with IMB contacts in establishing a new church. Learn more about the work in Mexico here.

Butler, IL Day Trip to Love Packages: Apr. 17 (Completed) Join FBCO on a one-day trip to help Love Packages recycle new and used Bible study resources for ministries outside the U.S. that lack access to Christian teaching literature. This trip is suitable for all ages and all abilities. It consists of light warehouse work of unboxing, sorting, packaging, and boxing literature.

Kansas City, MO Mission Trip: May 4-7. (Completed) This weekend trip is suitable for families. It opens our work with new ministry partner and church plant, Overflow Church, in southern Kansas City, MO. Activities include representing Overflow at community events, prayer walking neighborhoods, and performing door-to-door canvassing.

Israel Mission Trip: Baptist Village: May 17-27. (Completed) Focuses focuses on facility improvement at Baptist Village. We will work alongside IMB missionaries who serve Jewish and Arab neighbors. Need: open.

Butler, IL Day Trip to Love Packages: July 24 (Registering). This trip for middle schoolers is a one-day trip to help Love Packages recycle new and used Bible study resources for ministries outside the U.S. that lack access to Christian teaching literature. It consists of light warehouse work of unboxing, sorting, packaging, and boxing literature. Need: 10-20.

Cincinnati, OH: Inspiring Hope Church: Jun. 19-24. (FULL) Our second trip of the year to IHC hosts a Vacation Bible School in the community. Need: 8-10.

Mexico Mission Trip: Jul. 8-16. (Registration open) FBCO returns to southern Mexico to work with IMB contacts in establishing a new church. This may be a VBS focused trip. Need: 4. Read about the blanket ministry to support the trip here.

Little Rock, AR High School Mission Trip: Jul. 17-22. (Registration open) High school students, grades 9-12, will partner with World Changers in light construction projects in the community. Need: open.

O’Fallon: Engage O’Fallon: Aug 7-12. Ministry opportunity details to come for this local, community focused missions work. Activities are available for all ages. Need: open.

Butler, IL Day Trip to Love Packages: Fall TBD. Join FBCO on a one-day trip to help Love Packages recycle new and used Bible study resources for ministries outside the U.S. that lack access to Christian teaching literature. This trip is suitable for all ages and all abilities. It consists of light warehouse work of unboxing, sorting, packaging, and boxing literature. Need: 10-20.

Global Missions Celebration: Oct. 5-8. An annual highlight on the church calendar, GMC provides multiple opportunities for members to meet and learn about our local, national, and international ministry partners. One popular event, Taste & See, offers an introduction to the unique local foods of our partners’ communities, and provides members one-to-one discussion opportunities with missionaries. LIFE groups and FBC Academy classes host missionaries to hear their stories. Ministry partners display missions information in our church lobby to explain their work. and available volunteer opportunities. FBCO also announces its missions opportunities for the new year. (All ages)

Mexico Mission Trip: Nov. 2-9. (FULL) FBCO returns to southern Mexico to work with IMB missionaries in establishing a new church.

Lottie Moon International Missions Focus and Christmas Offering: Through December. 100% of funds given to the Lottie Moon Christmas offering go to the work of the Southern Baptist Convention’s international missions work though the International Mission Board (IMB).

FBCO Giving Tree: Nov./Dec. Partnering with HOPE Food Pantry and its Giving Tree program, FBCO groups and individuals provide family gifts and household items to the city’s families who need extra help during this season. (All ages.) Need: open.

FBCO, Celebration of Lights Stroll Through the Park: Dec. 4 and 5. FBCO volunteers provide hot chocolate to visitors parking on our lot and catching shuttles to Ft. Zumwalt Park for the city’s annual winter lights display. Suitable for all ages. Need: open.

Past Missions Opportunities

Love Packages Day Mission Trip: Feb. 7, May 23, and July 18, 2022. This ministry project involved sorting, processing, and packing recycled Bible literature and other resources for overseas ministries. Read about a previous Love Packages trip here. See the May trip photos here. In July 18 our sixth and seventh graders students sorted, packed and banded used and new Bibles, study resources, and other materials. Read the story here.

Scotland Mission Trip: Mar. 18-26, 2022. FBCO volunteers participated in public school classes with art and music projects, hosted other youth programs, and supported the local ministry of our church partner, Milestone Christian Fellowship, in Girvan. Read the trip report, here.

Cincinnati Mission Trip: Apr. 4-10, 2022. The FBCO team supported the community outreach of Inspiring Hope Church, a new work that launched on Easter 2021 in suburban Hamilton, OH. Activities included completing community projects from earlier outreach activities, meeting residents in door-to-door neighborhood visits, updating a mission house, and working with an IHC local ministry partner. Read about the trip here.

Mexico Mission Trips: Apr. 14-21, May 24-31, and July 8-16, 2022. FBCO returned to southern Mexico to work with IMB missionaries Clay and Tammy Richardson. The trip focused on re-establishing a presence in the village of Chiapas following 2021’s absence due to COVID restrictions. Our second trip of the year to Chiapas, Mexico included visiting homes and prepping for VBS in July, which our college students ran. Read the story here.

Israel Mission Trip: June 1-11, 2022.  Two teams aided two ministry organizations–the Jerusalem Prayer Center and Baptist Village–by doing light construction and painting at their facilities. Read the story soon.

Denver Mission Trip: Jun. 11-18, 2022. This trip for high school students included hosting a five-day soccer camp for the community and touching neighborhoods through door-to-door canvassing with our Parker, CO partner—Cross Family Church. Read the story here.

O’Fallon Heritage and Freedom Festival: Jul. 2-4, 2022. During the community’s annual Fourth of July festival FBCO operated an on-site facility where young mothers comfortably cared for their babies’ needs.

Missions Week: Aug. 1-5, 2022. FBCO performed multiple projects simultaneously at the Christian Activity Center in East St. Louis, IL; Hannibal LaGrange University in Hannibal, MO; and, Love Packages in Butler, IL. Teams to the Christian Activity Center improved the facilities. At Hannibal LaGrange University volunteers did a deep clean of student dorms. Teams to Love Packages prepped Bible and study materials for distribution to overseas ministries.

Global Missions Celebration: Sep. 18-25, 2022. GMC provided opportunities for members to meet and learn about our local, national, and international ministry partners in multiple meetings and venues: The Taste & See evening provided an enjoyable (and tasty) introduction to the unique local foods of our partners’ communities, and one-to-one discussions with missionaries. LIFE groups and Academy classes hosted missionaries to hear their stories. Ministry partners set up displays in our church lobby to inform our members about volunteer opportunities and ministry results FBCO also announced its missions opportunities for 2023.

Mexico Mission Trip: Oct. 28-Nov. 5, 2022. The fourth and last Mexico trip of the year includesd home visits and Bible studies.

O’Fallon Ft. Zumwalt Holiday Stroll Through the Park: Dec. 5 and 6. Each December our volunteers serve the community during the annual seasonal light festival at nearby Ft. Zumwalt Park. During the event’s two walk-through nights in 2022, FBCO volunteers helped visitors with parking, directed them to shuttle buses, and offered them complementary hot chocolate before and after their visits.

HOPE Pantry Giving Tree Again this past December FBCO partnered with HOPE Food Pantry in O’Fallon to provide the needs of local families. Individuals, groups, and LIFE groups provided basic household supply needs and gift requests to 62 families.

Page updated June 13, 2023.