Get
Involved
With
Missions
Be part of the SENT 150 this year at First West
NELA
MISSIONS
Are you, your LIFE Group, your D-Group, or your family looking for opportunities in and around our community? Whether it’s helping at the First West Thrift Store or meeting a need for the elderly, we would like to help connect you with our partners and engage with people that live nearby.
First West
Thrift Store
The First West Thrift Store is the engine that allows for local ministry efforts to take place. The store sells gently used items and invests the proceeds back into multiple local ministries. To date, the store has invested over $1 million back to local ministries.
Broaden horizons
Broaden Horizons is our afterschool program for kids at local elementary and middle schools. Broaden Horizons’ goal is to love, educate, and transform. The ministry also runs a summer camp program for students.
Teach one
2 lead one
Teach One Lead One impacts the lives of at-risk kids by team-teachinging. A curriculum is used in the classroom setting to build character and integrity and share skills for business and life success. The video above explains the impact of the ministry in a neighboring community.
PRISON MINISTRY
We work with local correctional facilities to share the love of Jesus. Each year, people in our church work to give Christmas cheer by writing over 10,000 Christmas cards. We also work with specific prisons to visit and share the Gospel with prisoners.
SEW HAPPY LADIES
The Sew Happy Ladies work to use their giftedness in sewing to offer hope. The ladies work to make different items that are given out internationally. Even if you can not sew, there’s a place and job for you.
NOLA
MISSIONS
We regularly send teams to join in with church plant partners in New Orleans. Help is always needed around the city and around the churches. Won’t you consider being part of these groups?
Refuge Church
Led by Pastor Justin Haynes, Refuge meets in the Bywater neighborhood in New Orleans. The church aims to grow Christ-followers through relationship development and discipleship.
Faith Baptist
Led by Dr. Greg Woodward, Faith sits on one of the busiest streets in New Orleans. The church is working to grow disciples in an affluent area of the city.
GLOBAL
MISSIONS
Going on a mission trip will change your life. We have trips planned in eight strategic locations. You’ll share the Gospel in places that have little evangelical footprint. It’ll be challenging, but so worth it.
mission partners
Josh & Jacqueline Elliff
Loveland, CO
Rob Burns
Missional Link Wales
Owen & Caitlin Hughes
Wales, UK
Vance & Theresa Russell
International
Abby Smith
Texas
Jim & Angie Grimes
International
David & Lynn Jones
International
Gregory & Michelle Woodward
New Orleans, LA
Justin & Brittany Haynes
New Orleans, LA
Courtney Anding
Greece
Keith & Steph Smith
International