Local Missions and Ministries
Acts of Random Kindness (ARKS)
As we serve our community, we want them to know Jesus loves them and the OBBC family loves them. Past projects have included construction, feeding and singing to residents of adult and nursing homes, washing windshields, taking lunch to police officers, sewing projects, and much more.
Thanksgiving Luncheon
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, OBBC invites residents of our local adult homes to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal and live Christmas music in our CLC.
Genesis Ministry Lunch Buddies
Since 2010, OBBC Lunch Buddies have joined the classrooms of LaCrosse Elementary each Wednesday to have lunch with the students and spend time in the classroom, bringing joy and support to the students and teachers, and receiving abundant joy from the love that we give!
Ways you can help:
- Volunteer as a lunch buddy
- Volunteer as a substitute lunch buddy
- Volunteer to help with special planned events
- Donate towards gifts for the teachers, staff & students
Questions? Contact Dale Bradley: (434) 636-3785
CD Ministry
The CD Ministry makes copies of the weekly sermons and distributes them to various businesses in the area.
Ways you can help:
- Establish a distribution point in a local business, and maintain supply to that location
- Help mass copy the CDs for distribution.
- Help with editing the master copy.
Questions? Contact Patti Smith: pattismith_123@yahoo.com or the OBBC Office: (434) 636-2228
Impact Mission Camps
A week-long youth mission and construction trip in the state of Virginia each summer, where youth repair homes in under privileged neighborhoods while worshiping and studying the Bible. OBBC has traveled to Bluefield, Danville, Chester, Alexandria, Culpeper, and the Eastern Shore.
Questions? Contact the Concord Baptist Association Office: (434) 447-7240.
Women on Mission
A women's group that learns about missionaries and the work they are doing all around the world. WOM projects have included making dolls for pediatric surgical patients in Kenya, blankets for dialysis patients, sewing clothing for children, collecting items for local ministries, and overseeing a local food pantry. WOM meets every 2nd Sunday afternoon.
Selah Center
We support the Selah Center, a non-profit pregnancy help organization serving areas including Clarksville, South Boston, and South Hill, VA. They provide free and confidential pregnancy services.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
This ministry creates and donates handmade shawls and lap/shoulder blankets along with crocheted crosses and other gifts for those in need of comfort and prayer. We pray for the recipients as we make these gifts.
Ways you can help:
- Crochet or knit shawls, blankets, crosses, or other gifts
- Donate to the cost of supplies for the gifts we make
- Deliver a gift to someone who is going through a difficult time
- Join us in fellowship once a quarter. We meet on the third Monday in March, June, September, and December at 2:30 PM in the church fellowship hall.
Questions? Contact Dale Bradley: (434) 636-3785
Global Missions
Go
Olive Branch is committed to supporting full-time missionaries in the field and sending volunteers on short-term trips.
Give
Each May we collect an offering for our local Baptist association, the Concord Baptist Association. This offering supports local outreach efforts in our local community.
The Lottie Moon offering is collected to support Southern Baptist missionaries who serve in countries around the world. It is collected each Christmas.
The Gideons are a group of professional business men who place Bibles in many places around the world. OBBC emphasizes giving to them at Christmas and on Gideon speaker Sunday.
The Annie Armstrong offering is collected to support Southern Baptist missionaries who serve in North American. It is collected each Easter.
The Alma Hunt offering is collected to support many ministries of the BGAV in Virginia. The WMU of Virginia is the sponsor of this offering. It is collected each September.
Pray
"The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
Luke 10:2
Operation World gives information about each country of the world so you can pray specifically for the nations. Read about how you can better pray for missionaries.
Luke 10:2
Operation World gives information about each country of the world so you can pray specifically for the nations. Read about how you can better pray for missionaries.