Missions & Evangelism

Randy Perkins - Missions/Evangelism - rperkins@pdbc.org

Brooke Brown - Missions Secretary - missasst@pdbc.org

Karen Smith - Director of Achieve - achieve@pdbc.org

Ima Gene Hurst - Care Force Director -imanurse@integrity.com

 

Care Force

Care Force is a benevolence outreach ministry that partners with the social ministries coordinator to perform charity projects that bring Christ's love to the non-Christian or unchurched. Duties range from collecting food to finding resources. Responsible for helping to recruit and organize "White Christmas" Community Store.

Our Care Force Benevolence programs could use persons who would be interested in volunteering  4 hours or 8 hours at the  Food Bank.  This involves helping to sort foods by category, donated to the Food Bank.  Credit is applied to our Food Bank Account for the number of volunteer hours  worked.  This would reduce the cost of food that we secure from the  Food  Bank and allow us to purchase more food and serve more families.

We have multiple opportunities for Volunteers to minister through serving those in need.  Time requirements varies from two to four hours.  Our scheduling is flexible. Please call us if you feel led to become actively involved in our ministry programs.

Time requirements: Based on projects, clients, and availability of members.

For more information contact Imo Gene Hurst (325) 437- 1337

 

 

Church Builders

Providing volunteer labor and guidance in order to build churches for smaller membership congregations so that God will be glorified and His Kingdom extended.

Building Together for the Lord

God has given the place. . . Are you Ready

July 16-20, 2007. . . "The Church in Galloway"

Galloway, Ohio

Each year we will have over 100 people from PDBC go on the Church Builders mission trip.  We have University, Singles, Senior Adults and Families join together for this trip.  It is a great experience in ministry.  For more information contact the mission office 325-437-1337.

 

 

Greeter Ministry

If you have an interest in being a greeter at one of the interior doors on Sunday this is your ministry.  We have had people join the church because of the impression our greeters made upon them.  If you would like to help with this ministry, please call our greeter ministry leader, Kerry Williams at 692-0606 or Sherri Pope at 690-1787.

 

King David's Kids

A ministry to autistic, mentally and physically challenged children with significant special needs and their families.  The group is a faith based ministry that began at Pioneer Drive's mission church, New Haven Community Church, in 2001. 

Along with many activities during the year, this ministry offers a summer camp.  Summer camp provides an opportunity for special needs children to experience the Camp Life that they often do not have the opportunity to enjoy.

 

 Click for more information

 

 

 

 

 

Live Long and Love it: annual senior adult day at the Abilene Civic Center providing educational information and seminars concerning retirement, medical assistance, prescription assistance, long term care, housing, diet, home health delivery, with entertainment and lunch.  1400 attended this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Mission Trips to New York. Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.  Ministering with Christian schools, Graffiti Church, Urban Impact (ministry to multiple of the many immigrant people groups by providing ESL classes and recreation).

 

 

Brazil Annual Mission trip to La Efrata orpahanage. Check here for more information on Team Brazil.

South Texas Mission trip to provide food, clothing, sports camps, and colonias neighborhood parties.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Nehemiah Ministry

Helping Hands to Heaven.  The Nehemiah Ministry began in 1997 when a group of men at Pioneer Drive got together to help re-roof a house.  Since that time, countless projects have been undertaken, including painting, installing sheet rock, building fences, etc.

 This Ministry is for all men and women who enjoy working with their hands, but more importantly, enjoy serving God by helping others.

For more information contact Edwin Broesche at 692-2932.  Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at 8:30 am in the Fellowship Hall.  Projects are as needed.

New Haven Community Church

A Mission of Pioneer Drive, pastored by Steve Hamm, located at the corner of Corsicana  and 7th Street.

 

• Purpose: To create an environment of love and friendship by embracing guest and visitors from the time they enter the parking lot to the time they leave.

• Goal: To have each quest feel welcomed and special leaving with a "wow" experience desiring to join with our family of believers.

• Ministry Mission: To lead the congregation of PDBC to an excellent and effective on campus outreach ministry.  For more information call the missions office 437-1337 are click here for more information
  
  

A Unique Approach... While there are a number of wonderful organizations and entities that organize and execute mission trips, Re.generation is intentionally unique in that from our foundation we emphasize the basis for missions as an outflow of who we are -- not as just something we do.

 

Re.generation is a holistic ministry that believes the message of the Gospel is best shared by allowing God to use the entirety of a believer's character to develop relationships that seek to meet the needs of others.  This concept of developing missional lifestyles is a key component of all programming -- believers are affirmed as missionaries, sent to be vessels of love and grace to their culture through a lifestyle that incarnates God's love through both verbal evangelism, physical sacrifice and social change.

 

Our ministry also embraces an inclusive approach to missions, building a community of believers from various Christian traditions rooted in serving others through the redemptive love of Christ.  In addition, participants are purposefully engaged by multi-cultural interaction during their mission camps.  This deliberate interaction provides participants an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of issues such as poverty, ethnicity, and societal discrimination so that they may have a greater understanding of the issues involved in missions.

 

What ministries are possible?

Service activities range from minor construction to social service ministries.  While each camp is different, Re.generation staff works to customize each group's experience so as to balance their giftedness and strengths with a proper amount of new experiences.  Previous service activities have included: working with people in homeless shelters, food banks, senior citizen's centers, nursing homes, church VBS, apartment ministries and work with the mentally disabled.

For more information call the missions office 437-1337 or www.regenrationcamps.org

Senior Adult Partnership

Ministry to neighborhoods, providing a nutritional meal and using guest speakers to inform seniors as to their options for assistance, housing, safely, Social security, Medi Care, affordable prescription drugs and/or free prescriptions.

Shining Star Fellowship

Shining Star Fellowship is a mission of PDBC. The mission began in December 2000, Richard Darden is pastor.  They are in the business of building relationships through Christ centered ministry and outreach.

Sunday Schedule

10:00 am      Bible Study and Worship

Wednesday

6:25 pm       Prayer and Discipleship

301 Palm, Abilene, Texas

672-7265

Shiningstarfc@sbcglobal.net

We are the Sermon Sunday

Annual Sunday of service, in April, to the community.  More than 300 Pioneer Drive members participated and served 23 families with home repair, painting, yard work, tree triming, and relationship building with the people being served.

West Texas Fair Feed

Annual ministry of food and fellowship with the 130 employees of the carnival and side shows.  This year we will be providing a worship service for them on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mission Trips

 

 

 

 

Live Long and Love it