Collection Time Now Through Sunday, February 16
We’re excited to participate once again in First Choice’s Baby Bottle Boomerang. Simply take a bottle home, fill it with your spare change and use it as a reminder to pray for First Choice as they serve women and rescue babies. Return your filled bottle to the Welcome Center or the church office by February 16.
We are very excited to roll out our new MBC app!
The Church isn’t a building – it’s people! We want to make sure that everyone can experience the MBC community and stay connected whenever they want.
Our app will expand the way we connect with both new individuals checking us out and those who call MBC their home. Its primary features keep you connected with information and personalized notifications to our various ministries, Sunday morning Live Stream, sermon archives, our podcast, giving access, and up-to-date information on our community activities and events. As a bonus, we also added the Bible for your convenience during the sermons or whenever you desire to connect with the Word of God.
There are three ways to get our app:
1. From your cell phone, text: “mbcnj app” to (833) 683-6726 and a link for direct download will be immediately sent;
2. Or search for Millington Baptist Church on 
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3. On your computer, you can go here to get the app sent to your phone.
Once you download it, please go to your app store and leave a great review to help others find it easier.
If you have attended our church for any period of time, then you know our mission is to expand the table for the glory of God and to be fully devoted to Christ, our church body and the community around us. This app is merely a small expression of our desire to make those connections and grow the body of Christ.
Stay tuned as new features will be added over time.
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Saturday, February 9
All are invited to an authentic Senegalese Dinner. Come enjoy a delicious chicken dish and get an update on our partnership with the village of Langomak. Please sign up by calling the church office, 908-647-0594, or by clicking on the link below.
Serve with City Relief | City Relief
MBC is very excited to announce that we are serving with City Relief! We are so thrilled to offer the opportunity for you to serve those in our community who are in need.
SIGN UP TO SERVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!
Contact Tim Youtkus with any questions (tim@millingtonbaptist.org).
Are you willing to step in and serve those in need? We hope you’ll consider joining us as we partner with CityRelief in reaching the needs of those in our community.
No prior experience is required. City Relief provides on-site training and guidance for all volunteers at the beginning of each outreach day.
Dress appropriately for the weather, as volunteers will be outside for the duration of the outreach. For winter outreaches, we strongly recommend dressing warmer than you think you’ll need.
We also ask volunteers to dress modestly, wear comfortable closed-toed shoes, and avoid wearing flashy or valuable jewelry.
Volunteers are encouraged to bring a water bottle. Phones, wallets, keys, and other valuables can be stored securely on the City Relief bus, at the Clifton base, or in the MBC van.
Yes. City Relief requires volunteers to be 18 years or older, or 16 years old with a parent or guardian present for the entire outreach.
City Relief outreaches are well-organized and generally safe environments, but—as with any public setting—situations can arise. Volunteers are asked to wear modest clothing, avoid giving out personal information (such as phone numbers or full names), and remain within sight of City Relief leaders at all times.
City Relief staff are trained in de-escalation and are present throughout the outreach to ensure volunteer and guest safety.
City Relief operates in rain or shine. Our neighbors on the street rely on the support provided through these outreaches, and their needs continue regardless of the weather. Volunteers should plan accordingly and dress for the conditions.
Calvary Bible Chapel Ministries
Calvary Bible Chapel Ministries provides resources, discipleship, children’s programs, and love to families and individuals in need in inner city Newark. You can donate non-perishable food items to this ministry. A collection box is located in the hallway near the church office. From time to time, this ministry is in need of clean, good quality in-season clothing.
Contact the Volunteer Ministries Team to learn more or to make a donation.
First Choice Women’s Resource Centers | Founded in 1985, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers’ mission is to protect the unborn by empowering women. The 9,000 women, babies and students who come to us each year come to our centers in Jersey City, Montclair, Morristown, Newark and Plainfield, or participate in our Real Talk sexual risk avoidance presentations in their public high school. With an estimated 13,100 abortions performed each year in our service area, we are called to rescue babies and serve their moms with care and compassion.
Some of the many services First Choice provides include pregnancy tests and individual peer counseling, ultrasound exams to medically confirm pregnancy, screening for sexually transmitted diseases, post-abortion counseling and the Earn While You Learn parenting program. The love, grace and truth of the gospel is shared with our clients as the Lord provides the opportunity.
To learn more about volunteer opportunities at First Choice, please visit www.1stChoiceFriends.org or call 973.538.0967.
RETURN BOTTLES BY FEBRUARY 23rd!
Your spare change can save a life!
We’re trying to save 125 babies through our Baby Bottle Boomerang. Will you help?
Through 5 locations, First Choice provides services that protect the unborn by empowering women. Over 9,000 women, babies and students are served each year, some in their local school through the Real Talk sexual risk avoidance program and others by coming to First Choice centers in Jersey City, Montclair, Morristown, Newark and New Brunswick.
Our ability to provide high-quality, personal care such as one-on-one counseling, medical services, and practical support at no cost is because of you! We receive no government funding.
Your gift today will provide ultrasounds, one-on-one counseling and practical support to women who are considering abortion in New Jersey.
Your donation is tax-deductible. Thank you for helping to save a life today!
For an ONLINE DONATION click www.firstchoicebottles.com .
You’re Invited!
Market Street Mission Life Change Program Summer Graduation
Sunday, July 31, 6pm, on the Morristown Green
Join us for an evening of fellowship as we celebrate the men who will be gradating from our addiction recovery program and hear the testimonies of how their lives have been changed through the healing power Christ.
Serve with the Mission | Market Street Mission (MSM) ministers to the homeless, helpless, and hopeless in northern NJ by meeting their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs through a structured program which enables them to lead responsible, productive lives. MSM provides food, shelter, clothing and other necessities, and meets emotional and spiritual needs with guidance and life change programs.
Volunteers from MBC help with meal service on a monthly basis (5 dinner meals) and Thrift Store merchandising and assistance.
For directions to the mission and to read more about what you can expect when serving, click on the Frequently Asked Questions button below.
MSM proudly presents their Spring 2024 testimonies:
MSM proudly presents their Spring 2022 graduation testimonies:
Eyeglasses Needed at Market Street Mission
Many men who come to the Mission for help have poor eyesight. We are collecting and recycling glasses in an effort to help the men in our recovery program with vision loss. If you no longer need your used glasses, please consider donating them to the Market Street Mission. By donating them you can give a gift of vision to someone in need. You can drop off your used glasses at the front desk of the Mission located at 9 Market Street in Morristown, ship them to MSM or call to arrange for a pick up. Contact Nancy Motley at 973-538-6337.
Dates to serve in 2024:
February 19-23
March 18-22
April 15-19
May 20-24
June 17-24
July 15-19
August 19-23
Sept 16-20
October 21-25
November 18-22
December 16-20
Contact the MBC Volunteer Coordinator: Jim Flood.
World Partners | Contact the Missions Team, if you are interested in learning about any of the World Partners.
Michael & Debbie Bannon
After having served with World Venture in Vilnius, Lithuania in evangelism, church planting, and leadership training for 15 years have moved to a new ministry in Ireland. The team in Galway has asked them to help them in leadership development with a church that is about 10 years old. Their work at Galway is with the WorldVenture team in a co-pastoral capacity as well as discipleship, friendship evangelism, men’s and women’s ministries, and assisting in other aspects of church ministry. Their desire is to see Galway City Baptist Church grow, to someday have its own facility, to see born again believers take on more and more responsibilities at the church and to reach out to the community beyond. Find out more about the Bannons.
Bo and Michele Columbine minister to African families in predominately Muslim Senegal. Bo, who is a mechanic, welder and machinist, serves men through teaching them these vocational skills. Michele ministers to the wives and children so they can reach whole families for God’s glory. Upon their return to Senegal (July, 2013) Bo will be opening a vocational trade school in partnership with a Senegalese Christian business man. This man is an owner of an auto repair shop and will be supplying the class room for the school as well as practical experience within his shop for the students. An essential part of the training will be Bible lessons. These Bible lessons, as well as discipleship are what will make a difference in these young men. Christian business ethics using the Bible will also be incorporated. Bo desires to train young entrepreneurs and small business owners. In a country that has a 48% unemployment rate it is necessary to make job makers and not job seekers. Find out more about the Columbines.
Maceo and Rosalie Hemmingway
Serving in Newark through Calvary Bible Chapel, The Hemmingways offer counseling, help with addiction problems, and assist with those dealing with single-parent homes and unemployment. They also look for opportunities to present the gospel through Bible studies, retreats, support groups, tutoring, and street evangelism.
Kevin & Kaori Laverman
Kevin and Kaori Laverman (WorldVenture) minister in Kawasaki, Japan, where Christians make up 0.6 percent of the population. The church they help lead, Denen Grace Chapel, reaches out to its community and to returnees, Japanese people who became Christians a broad. Find out more about the Lavermans
Mark and Karen Marchak
For over a decade Mark established and facilitated a team of church planters and other urban workers in Metropolitan New York City. Beginning in 1990 he also gave leadership to the Mission’s urban ministries throughout the Eastern United States. Currently Mark is the National Director of City Church Movements (formerly Urban Ministries) for Missions Door. While based in New York, he facilitates a shared vision of city and multicultural ministries throughout the United States and in Montreal, Canada, concentrating on church planting and leadership development.
Rob and Tammy Mittuch with children Ellie, Trey, and MacKenzie
Serving with Cru in the NJ, PA, and MD areas. Rob oversees the Cru Staff on the many college campuses in the tri-state area where Cru has a campus ministry. Tammy assists as a Resource Allocation Coordinator.
Diana Muenzenberger
Diana is a middle school teacher to missionary kids at Faith Academy in the Philippines. She first served at Faith Academy in 1995 on a missions trip. Diana takes great joy in developing relationships with her students while watching them thrive academically. Find out more about Faith Academy.
Mark and Kathy Schaaf
Mark is partnering with World Venture to serve as an international training officer for Walk Thru the Bible International (WTB)focusing on international training, strategic alliances with other ministries, and exploring the implications of oral learning with WTB. Kathy works with the international refugee community in Clarkston, Georgia. The community, located outside of Atlanta, is made up of some 60,000 refugees from 145 countries and 761 ethnic groups.Find out more about the Schaafs.
Bern and Patty Schraut
Bern and Patty live in Austria with their two adult sons. Bern is Deputy Technical Director for Trans World Radio (TWR) in Austria. TWR has been changing their technologies to include internet and smart phones as well as AM, shortwave and satellite radio so they could better cross geographic borders – Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The core content, the message of the gospel, has been repackaged in different lengths and languages and readied for multiple technologies. Their communication platform has changed from radio-program centered to content centered and will allow them to adjust quickly to new technologies in the future. Their vision required a change in the technical backbone of TWR as well as the change in programming. Bern has been working with volunteer project teams where the management of the project is based on biblical principles. Bern is an elder at a German-speaking Baptist church in Vienna where Patty is involved in their music program
Keith & Beverly Sellers
Keith and Beverly serve in Hungary. Their main work has been to learn the challenging Hungarian language and discover ways they can become involved in evangelism and church planting. They have enjoyed teaching a Bible Club as an outreach of a small church plant in their community. They also served twice a month at a church in a small town south of Budapest. Keith regularly preached in Hungarian, and together as a family they encouraged the believers in this small church. They have 3 children – Rachel, Kimberly and Joel.
Joe Violi
Joe Violi (The Navigators) recently moved from Rutgers University in NJ, where he served for many years, to Penn State University. He is excited about being part of a staff team reaching out to large and diverse student body. The Navigators emphasizes discipleship, helping students know Christ and make Him known. Find out more about Joe.
Tom and Alicia Voster With Sons Mason and Camryn
Serving with World Team in Cambodia the Voster’s mission is evangelism and church planting. They arrived in Cambodia in December 2017 and are adjusting to the culture and are in language study.
Clint and Jillian Watkins
Clint and Jillian serve with DiscipleMakers. The Watkins connect with college students through weekly Bible studies and other outreach events during the school year. Clint and Jillian have served on the campus of Gettysburg College since 2013. Now they’ve been called to transition their ministry to the Lancaster, PA area later this year. Find out more about the Watkins.
John and Stella White
John White went to Donetsk, Ukraine in 2000 to learn the Russian language. In 2002, he applied to Donetsk Christian University to work in the Public Relations Department and teach. There he met Stella, a Ukranian national working in that department. They married in 2008 and in 2012, their son Edward was born. John teaches courses in the area of mission, including Introduction to Missiology, Contextualization, History of Mission, and World Religions and Cults. In 2010, John started a part-time Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies at Biola University and is currently writing his dissertation. He and Stella now teach at Kiev Theological Seminary. John is also on the board of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association, which oversees Evangelical higher education in the former Soviet Union. Stella continues working at KTS teaching English. John’s home church is Millington Baptist Church.
Please Pray for our upcoming trip
Passion for the Mission, locally & Globally.
Our missions are intended to motivate one another towards love and good deeds so that it may encourage Renewal, Growth, Connection & Action within community and the world around us.
May 5-13, Senegal, West Africa
We’re pleased to announce our 16th short-term missions trip to our partner village Langomack, where the Christians there look forward to our visits. They pray for us and appreciate that we come and join their lives for a week.
On this trip we will be:
We will be staying in the city of Thies, in a nice dormitory in the large church. A
van will take us back and forth to the village each day. We will spend time in the
capital city Dakar, and visit with some of our World Partners.
The cost is $1800. We hope for a nice mix of “veterans” and “first-timers.” If you’d like to consider joining this trip, contact the church office or Paul Wilford (paul.wilford@nokia-bell-labs.com).
Our partners: Senegal Mission Trip | NYC Relief | Market Street Mission | First Choice | Kingdom Cars | World Partners | Feeding Hands
Teens | The Rush is a place where students are loved, accepted and encouraged to play active roles in each other’s life stories. Together we engage in transformational experiences that broaden and deepen their relationships with God and each other with the goal of emerging as powerful women and men of Christ. Here teens are mentored by godly leaders who encourage the next generation to step into the roles they have been called to play. We share in each other’s struggles and joys; revitalize our communities; and care for the unwanted, unreached, and unengaged.
Game Night
July 9th
7pm – 8:30pm @MBC
Movie Night
August 6th
@MBC
Stirling Fountain
August 20th @7pm
@Stirling Fountain
Band of
Brothers
June 26th –
September 4th
Weekly
Bible Study
July 8th –
August 26th
MBC Teens Summer 2025 Mission Trip
We are so excited to open up applications for our mission trip of 2025. We had a great meeting on Sunday and know we have many of you desiring to serve the Lord with us in North Carolina.
Here is a quick snapshot of what this summer will look like. Some helpful photos below to explain our ministry and facts for this summer.
When – July 26 to August 1
Where – Western NC (Around Asheville, NC) Staying in local church
Who – Current Grades 7-12
Cost – $650 ($100 deposit)
What – Partnering with local ministries to serve in a few aspects. One, hurricane relief from Hurricane Helene. Two, kids ministry with local churches or kids groups. Three, serving with other ministries that need support in serving the community.
How to go – Sign up below and fill out an application that will be reviewed (Please have the student answer the questions in the application, we will send deposit link after application is approved!)
Typical schedule –
Morning -Devo/Breakfast then 1st Serve location
Afternoon – Bag lunch then 2nd serve location
Evening – Head back to site for dinner, clean up, debrief. Prep for tomorrow and lights out.
Any questions please reach out by phone or email (jgraves@millingtonbaptist.org. Thanks and looking forward to what God will do through our team this year!
Our events are intended to encourage Renewal, Growth, Connection & Action within community.
We gather every Sunday @ 9-10:15am in the lower level of the YFMB | This will be open to all students in 7th-12th grade. Our focus on Sunday mornings this year will be growing students stronger in their faith. Throughout the year we challenge our students with in depth biblical lessons that helps strengthen their faith in Christ. If you are a looking for a place to grow, Rush Hour seeks to accomplish just that.
Meetings are every Wednesday from 7-8:45pm | This is a chance, every week, for students to take a break from their weekly routine to hear relevant teaching, engage in small group discussion, and take part in fun, creative activities. Come out and bring your friends every Wednesday night at 7pm for “Rush.”
ALL ARE WELCOME AT 6:30PM FOR A TIME OF PRAYER OVER THE EVENING
2024 MBC Teens Summer Schedule
July 10th: Six Flags
July 17th: OFF
July 24th: OFF (Mission Trip)
July 31st: Pool Party
August 7th: Park Evening
August 14th: Beach Day
August 21st: Gabriel’s Fountain
Annual Winter Retreat
Winter retreat is January 20-22 at River Valley Ranch in Manchester, MD
Arrive at 3pm Jan 20 and arrive back at Jan 22 around 4pm.
Cost is 180 and students will need $$ for dinner on the way down, lunch on the way back and any snacks/gifts at the gift shop.
Click HERE to sign up.
Contact Kamilla Dening with questions (kdening@millingtonbaptist.org).
Schedule a Meeting with Johnny Graves
Schedule a time to meet with Johnny to discuss what is going on in your life! Need help learning how to understand the bible, struggles at school, struggling friendships or walking through decisions, let’s talk it through. Pick a day and time that works for you!
If you’d like to schedule a meeting with Johnny, click the button below.
2026 Winter Retreat
February 27th to March 1st 2026.
When? February 27th to March 1st
Who? Grades 7-12
Where? Refreshing Mountain PA
What? 2026 Winter Retreat for the MBC Teens. Cost $190 (Sign up before February 9th as price increases to $200) Sign Ups Close February 13th)
Band of Brothers
At Band of Brothers, we aim to cultivate an environment where young men can support each other through fellowship, Bible reading, and prayer. Our goal is to grow in the Lord as we tackle various topics and read challenging chapters of Scripture. We will delve into the deepest parts of our existence because the Lord Jesus is coming back, and we must be ready. Each of us has a divine assignment and spiritual gifts that we intend to discover and embrace. In short, we are cultivating spiritual warriors for Jesus.
Our Goals: Cultivate a Biblical Worldview. Bear one another’s burdens. Confess sins to one another. Adopt a Biblical view of masculinity. Establish biblical character. Till soil where seed can be planted, watered and bear fruit. Establish ourselves in the ways of the Lord.
Want to learn more? Contact Tim Youtkus (tim@millingtonbaptist.org)
Circle of Sisters
Circle Of Sisters is a group of teen girls from 7th – 12th grade. All are welcome to come. We enjoy lunch together, studying God’s word and have a special prayer time. Our focus is on God’s Word and how to live our lives in a manner that glorifies the Father.
Want to learn more? Deirdre Rajoppi (973-769-3348) and Gail Loehr (908-612-2096) lead this group.
Circle of Sisters Study Dates for 2025-2026. Sundays following 2nd service – 2pm.
September 21, 2025
October 5, 2025
October 19, 2025
November 2, 2025
November 16, 2025
December 7, 2025
January 11, 2026
January 25, 2026
February 8, 2026
February 22, 2026
March 8, 2026
March 22, 2026
April 12, 2026
April 26, 2026
May 17, 2026
The teenage years can be some of the most exciting and challenging that we ever face. Here at The Rush, we want to be a place where teenagers will be accepted and loved for who they are as they are challenged to grow in their knowledge, love, and passion for Jesus! We accomplish this through fun and compelling environments on Sundays and Wednesdays, through our retreats, service outreaches, and mission trips. Last summer we took an awesome group of teens to serve and share the love of Christ in Chicago. It was amazing to watch the growth, passion and excitement in our teenagers as they were used by God to reach our world. We desire this for everyone who comes in the doors! We invite you to come and check us out… and jump in with the Rush!
