Ministries

Sunday School/Youth Ministry

We are all very interested in children and their families knowing God and his awesome love. Please take a few minutes to check out our Sunday School. Children in grades K through 6 are encouraged to gather downstairs in our fellowship hall with our Sunday school staff during greeting. Teens in grade 7-12 are invited to the parsonage across the road (33 School Street). On the fourth Sunday of every month we also feature a fun, creative children’s services that teach the life-changing message of Jesus Christ!

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Ministry

The world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, Operation Christmas Child, uses gift-filled shoeboxes to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world.

Since 1993, the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child, has collected and delivered more than 135 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 150 countries and territories.

We here at Richford First Baptist Church have participated in this fantastic ministry for over 10 years. In addition to many of our members packing individual and group boxes and the church packing over 500 boxes at its annual packing party, our church is also an official Drop Off Location for other churches in our region. We would love to tell you more about this ministry.

Men of Purpose Ministry

Every Friday morning, men from the church gather at the Dairy Center Restaurant at 7:00am for breakfast and a time of prayer. All men are welcome!

Missions Ministry

Missions in our church takes on a number of forms. We support through projects such as our Operation Christmas Child boxes. Some are called to go to Africa, to the Middle East, or to another state, etc. Some are called to serve in their immediate community with inner city youth, the homeless, or sex trafficking victims. Others are called to support monetarily and through prayer. Everyone is used to serve the Kingdom in a different way, yet we are all called.

Women of Faith Ministry

Our Women of Faith ministry provides an environment where women come together to find encouragement, connect with other women, and grow in their relationship with Jesus. Through crafting with "Angel Wings Crafters" , women’s events, and other activities our women love well, learn and bring glory to God.

Media Ministry

The Richford First Baptist Media Ministry works on such projects as recording the audio of our services for duplication on CDs; recording video of our messages for editing into our television program “Life in Christ” on Northwest Access Television and for sharing on our YouTube Channel. The media ministry also creates and manages the video and PowerPoints® we use in our services; develops the graphics that show up in our bulletins and other places; publishes the church newsletter and with the support of Guardian Angel Ministries, maintains this website.

Faith Based Film Ministry

One of our ministries here at First Baptist is the promotion and presentation of faith based family films.

Faith-Based films don't have the mega-bucks promtional budgets that major Hollywood pictures do and many of them rely on churches and parachurch ministries to get the word out.

Whenever there is a film showing here in Vermont or around the area we try our best to get that information out to as many people as we can through this website, our Facebook page, our church, e-mail, and any other way we can think of.

In addition, through our partnership with Guardian Angel Ministries, we present showings of many of the films that don't make it to the big screen anywhere in Vermont. Oh and we also present some that do for those that aren't able to get to the theatre when the film is playing.

Be sure to check our Faith Based Film Page and our Facebook page often as we provide links and updates on a continual basis.