Live Sent isn’t simply a week of missions activities. It’s a picture of the life every disciple of Jesus is called to live.
Down the hall. Across the street. Into the world.
Following Jesus means more than gathering together on Sundays. Jesus sends His people into the places where we live, work, learn, play, and build relationships to make His gospel known. Live Sent Week is an opportunity for us to put that calling into practice. Throughout the week, we’ll hear from missions partners serving beyond Cullman, serve our neighbors throughout our community, pray for the advance of the gospel, give generously to fuel the mission, and consider where God may be calling each of us to take our next faithful step. Because missions isn’t just something we do on a trip or during a special week.
We are called to live sent every day.
Live Sent Missions Week
September 20-27
Sunday, September 20
Live Sent Sunday
We’ll begin Live Sent Week together in worship as Joseph Gibbons, one of Northbrook’s Acts 1:8 partners serving with Favor City Church in Las Vegas, brings God’s Word.
We’ll hear how God is at work through our missions partnerships and be challenged to consider what it means to live as disciples who make disciples wherever God has placed us.
We’ll also turn our attention toward our Global Missions Offering and the part each of us can play in fueling gospel work beyond Northbrook.
Unite Night
A gathering of students united around one purpose: exalting the name of Jesus in Cullman and beyond for the glory of God. Join students from across our community for a night of connection, worship, and time in God’s Word with special guest Joseph Gibbons from Favor City Church in Las Vegas.
UNITE Night is September 20 at 5pm at Northbrook Baptist Church on Hwy 157 in Cullman. [ Map It ]
Tuesday, September 22
MOVE RALLY DINNER for Life Group Leaders
6:00pm | Fireside Room
Wednesday, September 23
Missions Expo + Celebration
Come spend the evening with missionaries, church planters, ministry partners, and your Northbrook family as we celebrate what God is doing through the gospel here and around the world.
You’ll have opportunities to meet ministry partners, hear stories from the field, learn more about how Northbrook is partnering in gospel work, worship and pray together, and discover ways you can become personally involved.
Schedule
5:00pm - Dinner + Missions Expos
6:00pm - Panel with Acts 1:8 Partners
6:30pm - Live Sent Celebration with special guest, Luke Hembree with Campus Outreach
This is more than hearing about missions. We want every person to begin asking:
Where has God placed me?
Who has He placed around me?
How can I live sent right where I am?
Sunday, September 27
Live Sent Challenge
We’ll close Live Sent Week together by turning the question toward each of us:
What is my next faithful step?
For some, that may mean becoming more intentional about living on mission at work, school, or in your neighborhood. For others, it may mean serving, giving, praying faithfully for a missionary, beginning a gospel conversation, or taking the first step toward going on a mission trip.
Living sent involves far more than one part of our lives. It means offering our time, relationships, resources, gifts, and everyday influence to Jesus for the sake of His Kingdom.
PRAY. GIVE. SERVE. GO. LIVE SENT.
Live Sent Serve Week
September 19-27
Live Sent begins right here in Cullman.
For Serve Week, Northbrook is partnering with organizations, schools, first responders, foster families, and others throughout our community to demonstrate the love of Christ in practical ways. There are opportunities for different ages, schedules, and abilities. Choose one or more projects and take a simple step toward serving the people God has placed around us.
Saturday, September 19
Curt's Closet
9:00 am
Students will serve alongside Curt's Closet through hands-on service projects.
Sunday, September 20
Unite Night
5:00 pm
Help Northbrook Students welcome and serve more than 500 students from across Cullman County for a night of worship.
Monday, September 21
The Link
5:00-7:00 pm
Preteens will serve our community through The Link.
Monday, September 21
Foster Family Night
5:30-8:00 pm
Provide childcare for foster families while parents participate in a training meeting.
Tuesday, September 22
Cullman Fire Department
Time TBD
Help provide lunch for Cullman firefighters and spend time encouraging and praying for those who serve our community.
Wednesday, September 23
Welti Elementary School
10:00 am
Provide lunch for teachers and administrators and spend time encouraging and praying for those who invest in students every day.
Thursday, September 24
Margaret Jean Jones Center
10:00 am
Spend time with our special needs friends through games, crafts, songs, and meaningful connection.
Thursday, September 24
Nursing Home Staff Care Packages
10:00 am
Help assemble care packages to encourage nursing home staff members who faithfully care for others.
Thursday, September 24
Heritage Park
5:30 pm
Students will serve at Heritage Park by distributing water, prayer walking, and looking for opportunities to have gospel conversations.
Friday, September 25
Cullman Police Department
Time TBD
Help provide lunch for Cullman police officers and spend time encouraging and praying for those who serve our community.
Fuel the Mission
Global Missions Offering
Generosity is one of the ways we participate personally in the advance of the gospel.
Through Northbrook’s Global Missions Offering, we help support missionaries, church planters, missions partnerships, and gospel work beyond our own community. Giving to missions is not simply making a donation. It is investing resources God has entrusted to us in work that has eternal significance. During Live Sent Week, pray about how God may be calling you and your family to give generously toward the advance of the gospel.
Our Acts 1:8 Partners
Jesus promised that His people would be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. At Northbrook, we express that calling by seeking to make the gospel known down the hall, across the street, and around the world. One of the primary ways we do that is through ongoing relationships with missionaries and church planters serving in strategic places beyond Cullman.
Our Acts 1:8 partnerships currently include ministry in:
Toronto, Canada
Brett & Kathryn Porter
Atlanta, Georgia
Ryan & Tricia McCammack
Las Vegas, Nevada
Joseph & Kristen Gibbons
Central Asia
Will & Kelly
We don't simply want to know the names of our missions partners. We want to pray for them, encourage them, give toward their work, and serve alongside them.
Mission Trip Interest Meeting
Sunday, November 1 | 12-12:30pm | Fireside Room
Maybe your next faithful step is to get outside your normal surroundings and experience what it looks like to serve alongside one of our Acts 1:8 partners.
Northbrook's mission trips give you an opportunity to serve cross-culturally alongside your church family, encourage our missions partners, participate in gospel work, and allow God to deepen your own understanding of what it means to live sent.
Join us immediately following worship on November 1 to hear about upcoming mission trip opportunities and learn how you can take your next step.