Click the links below to navigate through the different avenues of

Calvary's Missions involvement:

Fusion Week

Mission Lubbock

Simplicity Ministries

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Operation Christmas Child

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

World Hunger Offering

Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions

Mission Lubbock is located at 1711 Upland in Lubbock. They minister in a variety of ways to those in need throughout the South Plains area, especially focusing on those who desire a "new beginning." In Christ they have that "new beginning" and will find a place of encouragement and support through their journey.

The mission has experienced a huge growth of families and individuals who need help. In 2012, Mission Lubbock provided assistance to 24,094 people who came for help with their essential needs. This is an increase of 2,961 from the previous year (2011). Unfortunately, these numbers will only increase as economic conditions worsen. In order for the mission to meet the needs of our communities in and around Lubbock we must help. Financial contributions are always needed but there are other ways to be involved. Volunteers can report to the mission on Tuesday and Wednesday each week to help welcome and pray with those who come to the mission, sort clothes, pack backpacks for the weekend food program for school children, or sack food and other items to be given away. For a list of items to donate, log on to the website for Mission Lubbock at www.missionlubbock.org and look under the donation guide.

You may leave your donations on the "Love in Action" table, located near the fish pond, or on the "Mission Lubbock" table near the coffee bar in the mall area.

If you know of someone who might need the services of Mission Lubbock, they are welcome to come during our hours of operation which are Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM.Mission Lubbock also takes donations during the same operation hours. For more information, please refer to www.missionlubbock.org. If you need to contact Mission Lubbock, please call 806-687-8452.

Each November, the Calvary family collects gift-filled shoe boxes for needy children around the world. If you would like to participate, you may link to the Operation Christmas Child website for more information or you may pick up a pamphlet from the OCC table in the CBC mall as the time for collection draws near. Thank you for your help with our annual project and God bless!

The story of Simplicity Ministries is one of many that has been born from the influence and ministries of Calvary Baptist Church. Mike Thibodeaux, the founder of this ministry, moved to Lubbock at the age of 12 following the death of his father.His grandparents were active members of the church and naturally the family found a church home here as well.

Mike was born and raised in Texas. Shortly after his father’s death, Mike realized he needed Jesus to be his Savior and Lord. In June that same year, God called him to the ministry. A few months later he preached his first sermon. Mike was licensed to the Ministry at Calvary Baptist Church and, through the encouragement and support of the church family, grew in his understanding of God’s Word.

Mike attended Hardin Simmons University and following graduation entered Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth where he obtained two Master’s Degrees.

During the four and a half years of seminary, Mike served as Youth Minister at First Baptist Church Venus. It was during this time that he felt God's call to begin a new ministry of evangelism and discipleship. In January 1998, Mike began operating as the sole proprietor of Simplicity Ministries and doing business on a part-time basis. Simplicity Ministries was incorporated as a 501c3 nonprofit on August 10, 1999.

Mike married Debbie Keller in April, 1999 and in 2001 the couple moved to Gresham, Oregon, where they felt God called them to serve. They have three children. In addition to the many opportunities God has given Mike to serve in the Northwest, He has also allowed him to preach in many foreign countries.

Calvary regularly contributes to Mike’s ministry and continues to be an encouragement to him. If you would like to become a prayer partner or learn more about the ministry and how you can be involved, log onto www.simplicityministries.org.

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is collected each year to support mission efforts in North America. It is named after Annie Walker Armstrong who was born on July 11, 1850, in Baltimore, Maryland. As a young girl, Annie went with her mother to meetings of the Woman's Mission to Women. There she learned the importance of prayer and giving to missions.

Annie was baptized at the age of 19 and taught children in her local church for 50 years. She started the Ladies' Bay View Mission, today site of John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

In 1880, she served as the first president of the Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society of Maryland (now the North American Mission Board of the SBC). The first priority of the society was to form an Indian School and to minister to Chinese immigrants. They also supported work in Cuba and New Orleans, LA. In 1888, women from 12 other states met in Richmond, Virginia, to form the Executive Committee of Women's Mission Society as an auxiliary to the SBC. Annie became the first Corresponding Secretary, later known as the Executive Director. In 1890, the group became known as the Woman's Missionary Union. Annie served until 1906. She never accepted a salary for her work.

Annie wrote many letters to churches encouraging them to support mission efforts around the world. In 1893, alone she wrote over 18,000 letters. As a result of her letter writing, she helped send three missionaries to China to help Lottie Moon. The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering was so named at Armstrong's recommendation.

The Home Mission Board had accumulated a $25,000 debt and in 1895 Annie helped raise funds to alleviate the debt and prevent the withdrawal of missionaries from the mission field. In response, the WMU instituted a Week of Self-Denial as a time of praying and giving to home missions. Since that time, a week of prayer and home mission offerings has continued. This offering was named The Annie Armstrong Easter offering in 1934.

Annie Armstrong has been described as a "tall, stately, outspoken,
strong-will leader". She had a passion for helping others and was known as a woman of prayer who regularly interceded for missionaries around the world. Annie died in 1938 at the age of 88.

Lottie Moon, although a legend to us, was like most missionaries today. She was a hard-working, caring individual who worked tirelessly so people could know Jesus.

Lottie was born on December 12, 1840 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Her name was actually Charlotte Diggs, but she was known as "Lottie." She had six brothers and sisters and her parents were very wealthy. Her mother often held church services in their home but Lottie rebelled against Christianity until at the age of 18 she accepted Christ as her Savior. It was always her desire to become a teacher. She attended Virginia Female Seminary and then Albemarle Female Institute, the counterpart of the University of Virginia. In 1861, she became one of the first women in the South to receive a master’s degree.

During the Civil War, she stayed close to home but later she taught children in Kentucky and Georgia; however, missions were always on her mind. She began to think about the people on the other side of the world. Was there anyone telling them about Jesus? In 1872, her sister, Edmonia, was appointed as a missionary to Tengchow, China. The next year, at age 32, Lottie joined her as a missionary there. Lottie served there 39 years, most of that time in China's Shantung province.

When Lottie arrived in China, she found it very difficult to make friends. People were very suspicious of foreigners. Soon she got the idea to make cookies and give them to the children. Before long the children would come to her house to get more cookies and Lottie would share stories about Jesus. She became known as the "Cookie Lady." This simple act gave her many opportunities to share Christ with women and children.

There was a great need for the education of girls in China and Lottie started several schools. The needs were so great that Lottie began to write letters to the United States asking for money and missionaries to help meet the needs of the Chinese people. By 1888, Southern Baptist Women had organized and helped collect $3,315 to send missionaries to China to help with the work there.

In 1912, a famine came to China and people were starving. Lottie frequently gave her food to others and soon became ill. The doctors ordered her back to the states. Cynthia Miller, a faithful nurse, started back to America with her; however, Lottie died aboard the ship in the Japanese harbor of Kobe on December 24, 1913. She was 72 years old.

In 1918, Woman's Missionary Union named the annual Christmas Offering for Foreign Missions (now International Missions) after Lottie Moon.

Since 1981, the International Mission Board, the North American Mission Board, and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, have partnered to raise awareness of World Hunger. As we provide food to meet the physical needs of people around the world, we can present the Gospel to meet their spiritual need. Life Way Christian Resources, the SBC Executive Committee, and the Woman's Missionary Union assist in these efforts.

80% of the funds given to World Hunger are sent overseas for hunger relief and 20% of the funds are used here at home. In 2007, these ministries fed more than 3.5 million meals in North America, resulting in 35,000 professions of faith.

100% of all funds given to the World Hunger Fund are used to feed those in need. None is used for overhead or administrative costs. When possible, the relief projects build independence from food aid.

Internationally, two-thirds of the money sent is used to teach people how to produce food and manage their resources. In many countries it is used to provide drinking water. The remaining third is used to help those who experience a disaster.

In North America the funds are frequently used to help the working poor. Mission Lubbock is one of many ministries who help those in need. Many have come to the mission when they have lost a job and need temporary help. There are times when the mission has had the opportunity to help a family who has experienced a fire and lost everything. As a church, we have the unique opportunity to participate in "hands on" ministry in our own city.

Every 5th Sunday throughout the year, Calvary collects food items for Mission Lubbock which are placed on Mission Lubbock tables and donated monetary donations are collected in Bread Baskets during Sunday School as well as before or after the morning worship service just outside the worship center. The money is sent to World Hunger or to another designated people group that is in need of food.

Pray about what you can do to help minister to those in need right here in our city. Jesus reminds us in Matthew 25:40, “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” NABRE
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” NIV

Mary Hill Davis was born in Greenville, Georgia around 1860 to Waid Hampton and Margaret Hill. In 1870 her parents moved to Dallas and joined First Baptist Church. At the age of 20, she married F.S. Davis, a Dallas physician. The couple had one son, Raymond, who also became a physician and surgeon.

Mary had a heart for missions and people. She continually encouraged women to give and pray for missions. Mary served as recording secretary of the Texas Women's Missionary Union from 1898 to 1906. She was elected president in 1906 and served for the next twenty-five years. In 1907 she organized the Young Women's Auxiliary in order to educate young women about mission work. The following year she organized the Royal Ambassadors and then in 1913 the Girls Auxiliary. She also encouraged the WMU to support Baptist work among students on the college campuses. As the organizations grew she continued to stress missions on a local level.

During her tenure, money was raised to build facilities for the Williford-Miller and Annie Jenkins Sallee schools in China, the Baptist Women's Training School in Ft. Worth (part of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) and The Women's Memorial Dormitory at Baylor University. She also raised money for Buckner Orphans' Home.  Mary started a retirement program to take care of retired pastors because many of these pastors were living in poverty. During the time she served as president, giving to the co-operative program increased 1,000%.

In addition to the work she did with WMU, she served as chairman of the Advisory Board of Women's Missionary Training School from 1911 to 1934 and as Vice president of the Baptist Missionary Union, an auxiliary to the SBC, serving in that capacity for twenty-six years.

Mary saw Texas as a mission field and believed we have a responsibility to reach out to immigrants with the gospel message. In September 1910, a State Missions Week was established. Mary Hill encouraged women to give and pray for the many needs of the people in our state and around the world. In 1935, because of her leadership, the state mission offering was named the Mary Hill Davis Offering.

Mrs. Davis died in Dallas, November 28, 1934.