GLOBAL HUNGER and DBA "Serve Together"
Issues related to hunger affect many people around our world. Approximately 645 million people (7.8%) face undernourishment and experience chronic hunger. Roughly 2.1 billion people face moderate to severe food insecurity. Child stunting and wasting affect tens of millions of children worldwide. Southern Baptists
engage in many efforts together to meet the hunger needs of people around the world. One of those projects is very local. Each year the churches of Denton Baptist Association participate in "Serve Together". During the event this coming Sunday afternoon believers from many different churches will gather at Camp Copass to pack food boxes containing rice, soy, vitamins and spices. Those boxes will be sent to some of the most impoverished countries in the world, providing thousands of meals. Your tithes and offerings helped to pay for some of these boxes. Let's pray generally for the hunger needs that exist in our world, and pray
specifically that God will use the boxes packed this Sunday to provide the opportunity for many to hear about and believe in the Bread of Life, Jesus.
“Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” -- James 2:15-17 (NIV)
“For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’” -- Deuteronomy 15:11 (ESV)
“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.” -- Isaiah 58:10 (NLT)
“The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” -- Proverbs 22:9 (NIV)
WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE – September 30, 2026
Missions:
Juan Pablo and Sol Herrera – Hispanic ministry in Ponder
Senator Barnes & family – East Asia Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative for World Ventures
Stephen & Sabrina Marshall – church planting in France
Capstone Church, Helena, Montana – Caleb Groteluschen, pastor; Ben Quigg, worship leader
Lauren Cartwright, Caleb Bowman – BSM staffers at UNT and TWU
Denton Baptist Association's "Serve Together" – October 4 – packing food for distribution to some of the neediest countries in the world
Church:
Registration for women's retreat, Oct. 16-17
Preparation for Trunk or Treat, Oct. 25
Long-Range Planning Committee
Staff search for worship leader
New ministry -- Mother's Day Out
Needing several more volunteers for the preschool area on Sundays
Training and start-up for Meals on Wheels
This week’s worship service, BodyBuilder groups and all Bible studies
Personal Needs:
Spiritual awakening in our community, in our nation
Salvation -- Those on your "Who's Your One?" list
Grief: Cheryl Spann & family – death of her husband, Joel
Grief: Paula Haddix (former member) – death of her husband, Lloyd; her kidney cancer
Shelly Keshler – recoving in rehab from knee replacement and broken ankle
Grief: Shelly Keshler & family – death of her stepfather
Darrell Pope -- death of wife, Shelly
Steve Simpson's mother, Vel – recovering from broken hip; is angry, desiring to die
Martha Wyatt
Pat Potter -- diagnosed with lung cancer
Gene & Judy Vaughan – dealing with many ongoing issues, including Gene's broken arm
Guy Stagner: at home recovering after hospitalization for pancreatitis, gallstones, breathing difficulty, and pneumonia, as well as installation of a pacemaker
Those in assisted living/nursing homes: Barbara Nofziger, Carolyn Gillespie, Bud Smith, Mary Alice Benton
Our government leaders
First responders
engage in many efforts together to meet the hunger needs of people around the world. One of those projects is very local. Each year the churches of Denton Baptist Association participate in "Serve Together". During the event this coming Sunday afternoon believers from many different churches will gather at Camp Copass to pack food boxes containing rice, soy, vitamins and spices. Those boxes will be sent to some of the most impoverished countries in the world, providing thousands of meals. Your tithes and offerings helped to pay for some of these boxes. Let's pray generally for the hunger needs that exist in our world, and pray
specifically that God will use the boxes packed this Sunday to provide the opportunity for many to hear about and believe in the Bread of Life, Jesus.
“Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” -- James 2:15-17 (NIV)
“For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’” -- Deuteronomy 15:11 (ESV)
“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.” -- Isaiah 58:10 (NLT)
“The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” -- Proverbs 22:9 (NIV)
WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE – September 30, 2026
Missions:
Juan Pablo and Sol Herrera – Hispanic ministry in Ponder
Senator Barnes & family – East Asia Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative for World Ventures
Stephen & Sabrina Marshall – church planting in France
Capstone Church, Helena, Montana – Caleb Groteluschen, pastor; Ben Quigg, worship leader
Lauren Cartwright, Caleb Bowman – BSM staffers at UNT and TWU
Denton Baptist Association's "Serve Together" – October 4 – packing food for distribution to some of the neediest countries in the world
Church:
Registration for women's retreat, Oct. 16-17
Preparation for Trunk or Treat, Oct. 25
Long-Range Planning Committee
Staff search for worship leader
New ministry -- Mother's Day Out
Needing several more volunteers for the preschool area on Sundays
Training and start-up for Meals on Wheels
This week’s worship service, BodyBuilder groups and all Bible studies
Personal Needs:
Spiritual awakening in our community, in our nation
Salvation -- Those on your "Who's Your One?" list
Grief: Cheryl Spann & family – death of her husband, Joel
Grief: Paula Haddix (former member) – death of her husband, Lloyd; her kidney cancer
Shelly Keshler – recoving in rehab from knee replacement and broken ankle
Grief: Shelly Keshler & family – death of her stepfather
Darrell Pope -- death of wife, Shelly
Steve Simpson's mother, Vel – recovering from broken hip; is angry, desiring to die
Martha Wyatt
Pat Potter -- diagnosed with lung cancer
Gene & Judy Vaughan – dealing with many ongoing issues, including Gene's broken arm
Guy Stagner: at home recovering after hospitalization for pancreatitis, gallstones, breathing difficulty, and pneumonia, as well as installation of a pacemaker
Those in assisted living/nursing homes: Barbara Nofziger, Carolyn Gillespie, Bud Smith, Mary Alice Benton
Our government leaders
First responders