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Blue Christmas Service 2026

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For many, the Christmas season is a time of joy and celebration—but for others, it can also be a time of grief, loneliness, or difficult memories. Our Blue Christmas Service is a quiet, reflective gathering designed to offer comfort and hope to those who are hurting during the holidays. Through Scripture, prayer, and music, we’ll remember God’s promise to be near to the brokenhearted and to bring light into our darkness.

Stephen Ministry Page
Grief Share Page

Questions?

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Dave Hentschel

Lead Pastor: Preaching, Spiritual Formation, and Care

Contact Pastor Dave with any questions

Questions?

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Rachel Rickershauser

Director of Children's Ministries

Contact Rachel with any questions

Operation Christmas Child 2026

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Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. Their mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. They ship these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease.

At MBC, we love to participate in OCC! Boxes and brochures are available in the foyer. Drop off boxes at MBC by November 15, and be sure to enclose a $10 donation for each box. You can write 1 check to cover all the boxes you submit, or donate online and check Follow Your Box to track it to its recipient(s). For more info or ideas on packing a shoe box, check out their website here

Collection date is Sunday, November 15.

Contact Lenore Tosi with any questions.

Click here to Email Lenore

Disability Training Event

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Disability Training Event
Saturday, October 17th 8:30am – 11:30am
Location: Fellowship Hall at MBC

This regional training event, hosted in partnership with Joni and Friends, is designed to help participants grow in confidence, awareness, and practical skill as they minister to individuals and families affected by disability.

The morning will be led by Sarah Bush, Regional Coordinator with Joni and Friends. Sarah will guide attendees through helpful training that strengthens both understanding and ministry practice, equipping people to interact with greater care, confidence, and gospel-centered compassion.

The gospel-centered truth behind including the disability community in church and why we need to be intentional about making disciples of all nations, including those affected by disabilities.

  • WHY: What does God say about people affected by disability? And how did Jesus model how we should treat people affected by disability?
  • WHAT does that look like for the church?
  • Supporting a person affected by disability actually supports the entire family
  • WHO is qualified to support people affected by disability at church? (hint: you don’t need to be an expert at anything!)
  • Etiquette tips: using the appropriate language and action steps to welcoming people affected by disability into your church
  • HOW do we support people affected by disability?
Register

Time
8:30am – 11:30am

Cost
Free

Breakfast
Included

Leader
Sarah Bush, Regional Coordinator with Joni and Friends

Audience
MBC attendees and churches throughout the surrounding region

Purpose

The goal of this event is to equip participants to serve people with disabilities and their families with greater understanding, dignity, and confidence. The training will help attendees develop a more thoughtful awareness of disability ministry and offer practical ways to build welcoming, accessible, and meaningful ministry environments.

Schedule

8:30am Breakfast and welcome

9:00am Training session with Sarah Bush

10:30am Discussion, questions, and practical application

11:15am Closing encouragement and next steps

11:30am Event concludes

Invitation Scope

This event will be shared with MBC attendees as well as churches throughout the surrounding area. The intent is to make the training accessible not only to those already serving in disability ministry, but also to those who are exploring how they can better understand, welcome, and minister to people with disabilities.

Who Should Attend

  • Current volunteers and leaders serving within disability ministry
  • Church members who want to grow in their ability to care well for people with disabilities
  • Anyone who wants a greater awareness of how to interact with, welcome, and minister to individuals and families affected by disability
  • Ministry leaders from MBC and other churches in the area who want to strengthen their church’s approach to disability ministry

Questions?

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Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

Questions?

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Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

-2 Timothy 4:1-5, ESV-
Resilient Life
Teens
MBC Communion / Lords Table
Kids
Family Ministries
Disability Ministry
Disability Training Event
Women

Garden Workday October 31st

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Calling all gardeners (and gardener wannabes)! The Men’s Ministry is hosting a campus workday, Saturday, October 31st from 8am to 12pm. Come help us beautify our church property. Tasks include cleaning up our garden beds and minor facility repairs. Come for as little or as long as you’re able—we’d love your help!
Register Here

Questions?

MBC Office

Millington Baptist Church

Contact MBC with any questions

Disability Ministry

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Our Vision
Weakness Is Not the Exception. It’s the Canvas.

Throughout Scripture, God consistently reveals His glory not through strength, achievement, or perfection—but through limitation, suffering, and dependence. From Jacob’s limp to Moses’ stammering tongue, from Mephibosheth welcomed at the king’s table to the man born blind, the biblical witness is clear: disability is not an exception to the image of God, but an expression of it. At Millington Baptist Church, Upside Down Glory is our commitment to live out this conviction together—building a church family where every person, of every ability, is welcomed, discipled, and empowered as an essential member of the Body of Christ.

This ministry is more than a program—it is a culture. Through our partnership with Joni and Friends, our Disability Leadership Team (DsLT), and a growing network of care, hospitality, and outreach, we are working toward a church that looks like the Kingdom: a table with room for everyone. Whether you are personally navigating disability, loving someone who is, or simply answering a call to serve the overlooked, there is a place for you here. Explore the resources below, join our team, and help us become a church known for the upside-down, glory-revealing love of Jesus Christ.

Intake Form

“Dignity before ability. Belonging before healing.”

Christ-Centered
Every act of service reflects the compassion and truth of Jesus.

Collaboration
We partner across ministries with unity, humility, and shared purpose.

Learning Posture
We pursue continual growth in understanding and practice.

Hospitality
We create environments of belonging for every individual and family.

Outreach
We engage our community as ambassadors of Christ’s inclusive love.

First Step
Help Us Serve You Well

Every person’s story is different. Our Disability Intake Form helps us understand the unique needs of individuals and families in our congregation and community—so we can walk alongside you with care that is personal, not generic.

Takes about 5 minutes

Confidential and reviewed by our Care Team

Helps us connect you with the right people and resources

No obligation—just a conversation starter

Intake Form
Serving Form

Resources
Grow Deeper. Serve Better.
Whether you’re new to disability ministry or looking to deepen your theological foundations, these resources will equip and inspire you.

Sermon Series

Upside Down Glory — 8 Week Series.
This series walks through Scripture to redefine ability, confront suffering with hope, and build a truly welcoming church family.

Sermon Series

Ministry Partner

Joni and Friends
MBC has partnered with Joni and Friends to develop training, coaching, and resources for disability ministry in our local church and community.

Website
Youtube Training Resources

Recommended Reading

Books on Disability & the Church
MBC has partnered with Joni and Friends to develop training, coaching, and resources for disability ministry in our local church and community. Check out these resources:

Podcast

Joni and Friends Podcast
Hosted by Joni Eareckson Tada, this podcast explores faith, disability, and the love of Christ for every person.

Listen Now

Church Resource

Key Ministry
Practical tools and training for churches seeking to include children and adults with disabilities in every area of congregational life.

Visit Key Ministry

Disability Support Team

Support Team
The Disability Support Team is the hands-and-feet engine behind MBC’s disability ministry. While the Disability Leadership Team sets the vision and strategy, the Support Team makes it real—showing up week in and week out to welcome families, assist individuals, and ensure that no one navigates church life alone. No specialized credentials required, just a willing heart and a belief that every person belongs at the table.

Learn More

Get Involved

Tell us about yourself or your family member. Every form is reviewed by our Care Team so we can learn how to serve you better—personally and practically. Click HERE for intake form

We’re looking for members from Kids, Student, Care, Hospitality, and Outreach Ministries to serve on the DsLT.

Equip yourself through Joni and Friends partnership training to serve families impacted by disability.

Our Parent’s Night Out Respite Program is launching soon. Volunteers needed to give caregivers a meaningful rest.

Disability Ministry Internship
MBC is excited to announce a BRAND NEW internship opportunity in our disability ministry! Interested in learning more? Check out the information packet and fill out an application today!

Disability Ministry Intern Packet
Internship Application

Questions?

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Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

Questions?

Picture of Bob Erbig

Bob Erbig

Lead Pastor: Preaching,
Family Life & Mission

Contact Bob with any questions

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

-2 Timothy 4:1-5, ESV-
Resilient Life
Ezekiel
Young Adults
MBC Finance Team
Communion
Pastor's Table Blog
Grief Share
MBC Safety & Security Team

City Relief Packing Party 2026

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We’re excited for our 2026 Christmas outreach with the return of our City Relief Packing Party!

This annual event brings our church family together to pack hygiene kits that will be distributed by our strategic partner, City Relief—a faith-driven nonprofit providing compassionate, street-level care to people experiencing homelessness through meals, resources, and meaningful relationships.

This year, MBC is providing 1,000 kits, but we’re hoping to go even further. If you feel led, you can help expand our impact by sponsoring additional kits or giving a general donation. Every donation received before December 1st will go directly toward purchasing more supplies.

Save the date: December 19th from 9:00–11:00 AM.

We’ll enjoy a continental breakfast, coffee from Barrister Coffee House, hot cocoa, and plenty of Christmas cheer as we pack kits together. Wear your favorite Christmas sweater and come ready to serve!

We’ll also share a brief presentation on additional ways you can partner with City Relief throughout the year.

 
Click Here to Register

Questions?

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Tim Youtkus

Production & Outreach Manager

Contact Tim with any questions

Garden Workday August 20th

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Calling all gardeners (and gardener wannabes)! Help us prepare work on our church garden grounds. Join us Thursday, August 20th, 6pm – 8pm. Come for as little or as long as you’re able—we’d love your help!
Register Here

Questions?

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Kristie Gall

Administrative & Financial Manager

Contact Kristie with any questions

Operation Christmas Child 2025

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Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. Their mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. They ship these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease.

At MBC, we love to participate in OCC! Boxes and brochures are available in the foyer. Drop off boxes at MBC by November 16, and be sure to enclose a $10 donation for each box. You can write 1 check to cover all the boxes you submit, or donate online and check Follow Your Box to track it to its recipient(s). For more info or ideas on packing a shoe box, check out their website here

Collection date is Sunday, November 16.

Contact Lenore Tosi with any questions.

Click here to Email Lenore

Be a part of the MBC Kids Team

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Building our MBC Kids Team

There are opportunities to serve in the nursery, in elementary as a teacher or assistant, and as a buddy for kids with special needs (preschool or elementary). We love helping people find a role that fits their gifts and passions, and we’ll provide training so you feel confident and prepared.

If you’d like to learn more about serving on the MBC Kids Team, please reach out to to Lenore Tosi or Rachel Rickershauser.
 * Nursery/Preschool & K (Lenore Tosi) 
* Elementary (1-6th) & Check-In (Rachel Rickershauser)  

Building our Summer & Fall Teams

If you are interested in serving in the Children’s Ministry in the Summer or Fall, please reach out to Lenore Tosi or Rachel Rickershauser.

Nursery/Preschool & K
Lenore Tosi 
 
Elementary (1-6th)
Rachel Rickershauser  

Luke-Act IV: Stories with Jesus

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Luke ACT 4, Stories from Jesus

In Luke 14-19, Jesus is still walking … but he starts telling more stories. Story is the language of the heart. Jesus uses his stories to teach and meet us where we are. He always points us back to him. Some of Jesus most famous parables are in this section, but the key theme remains: Jesus came to seek and save the lost. Have you ever felt lost? Jesus tell us all of heaven rejoices when someone come home to him. Come hear his stories and can rediscover the Savior.


Luke Series Overview
Have you ever lost something … something that was precious to you? It could be a family member, a wedding ring, a career, or, today, even you phone. Parts of our lives are precious to us. The question is: how far would you go? If someone or something is lost, how far would you go to seek and save them? We live in a world fill with lost people. People are searching, seeking, something bigger and better—something to fill the gap we sense in our hearts. People are longing for salvation but finding it in the wrong places. We need a savior.

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The Gospel of Luke is the story of God himself, Jesus Christ, coming to earth to seek and save the lost. Luke is a long book, but it shows us many dimensions of Jesus. In every section we see Jesus seeking us. He comes as a baby through the incarnation … seeking us. He performs miracles to show his power .. as he seeks us. He walks along the road with us as we ask questions. He dies for us … but then he rises again. And now, he sends his followers out into the world to seek the lost.  

It’s the call of Jesus. How far would you go … to seek the lost?  

What is the point? These books begin with hope, but end in disappointment. The spiritual state of the people are unchanged. The political and social reforms don’t address the core concerns of the heart. The book points us forward to the need for the new covenant which would renovate the human heart as prophesied by Jeremiah (ch 31) and Ezekiel (ch 36).  

 

Act I Sermon Schedule:
12/3 Luke 1:1-4 Intro: Letter to Theophilus & Overview
12/10 Luke 1:5-38 Prediction of John and Jesus’ Birth
12/7 Luke 1:39-80 Mary’s Prayer and Zechariah’s Prophecy
12/24 Luke 2:1-52 The Birth of Jesus
Christmas Eve Morning at 10am
Christmas Eve 4pm & 5:30pm

Don't miss ACT II - Introduction of Jesus, Luke 3-9. Beginning December 31

Commentaries:
David E. Garland, Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, Volume 3 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011).
Robert H. Stein, The New American Commentary, Vol 24 (Nashville: B&H, 1992).
Darrell Bock, Luke: NIVAC
Darrell Bock, Luke: Baker Exegetical Commentary
Mike McKinley, Luke For You found HERE.  
Green, The Gospel of Luke (NICNT).  
Craig Blomberg, Jesus and the Gospels 
Craig Blomberg, Interpreting The Parables.  
Philip Ryken, Luke (Reformed Expository Commentary). 

Books and Articles: 
Preaching on Luke by Scott Gibson
Four Reasons You Should Preach Through Luke by Philip Howell (9 Marks). Find article HERE.  
A Meal With Jesus. by Tim Chester Find book HERE.  
Preaching on Luke by Des Smith (TGC). Find article HERE.
To Change The World.  James Davidson Hunter. 
The Prodigal God by Tim Keller (Luke 15). 

Sermons

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