//MISSIONS//
We are challenged daily to GEAUX and make disciples of all nations. At First Zachary, we provide opportunities to serve in several areas around the United States and abroad.
Mission Trip 2025
Pray Fervently for our team!
South Texas Mission Trip, October 18-25
This is a family friendly mission trip with many parts. Contact Debbi Mashaw with questions.
Oct/Nov Mission Focus
Let's bless the Zachary community with some of what God has blessed us with.
We will collect the following foods for our local food pantry. There are several barrels on campus to drop donations into.
Please bring items by
Sunday, November 23
Coed 1 (Batarseh) - Cake Mix, Frosting
Coed 1B (Gould) - Cake Mix, Frosting
Coed 2 (Fannin) - Chips, small bags
Coed 3 (Willson) - Canned Fruit
Coed 4 (Horn) - Jiffy Cornbread Mix
Coed 5 (Boyd) - Quick Grits
Coed 6 (Rabalais) - Sugar, 2lb bag
Coed 7 (McElroy) - Corn Meal, 2lb bag
Coed 8 (Gould/Smith) - All Purpose Flour, 2lb bag
Coed 9 (Mashaw) - Peanut Butter, creamy, 18oz
Coed 10 (Wooden) - Jelly 12-18oz
Coed 11 (Baudouin) - Spaghetti Noodles
College - Salt/Pepper
Ladies (Tillman/Fletcher) - Hamburger Helper
Men (Peroyea) - Jambalaya Mix
Masters/Adult 1 (Blount, McKenzie, Davis, Massey, Thomas) - Mustard, Mayo, Ketchup
Adult 2 (Hayman, McDaniel, Patrick) - Spaghetti Sauce
Adult 3 (Kiper, Vincent, Russell) - Baby Food or Diapers
Nursery & Preschool - Microwave Popcorn
Grades 1, 2, 3 - Snack size cookies
Grades 4, 5, 6 - Fruit Snacks [bagged]
Students [Gr 7-12] - Brownie Mix
General Officers - Canned Soup
Each year we serve as a local Shoebox Gift Collection Site. If you would like to help with box collection, volunteer by contacting Sandy Stromeyer via the church office [654-2755].
If you would like to participate by making a gift box, details will be located at the OCC display near our Missions Center.
National Collection Week | Nov. 17–24, 2025
Geaux Everyday
Drop by an Invite Station!
Pick a card to help you invite people to come to church with you on Sundays. Maybe consider challenging yourself to hand out at least one card per week. Everyone needs Jesus like we do. GeauxFBCZ!
Local & State Mission Opportunities
Connect 1:27
Connect 1:27 Ministries is a Louisiana Foster/Adoption Ministry. They recruit and support foster families statewide. Connect 1:27 completes home studies for foster parent applicants; sponsors no-cost professional training for DCFS staff and foster parents; provides community activities for foster families; works with churches throughout LA to establish foster care support ministries for foster families in the church’s communities; offers free ministry kits to churches interested in establishing foster/adoption support ministries; hosts foster family fun days each fall.
Heritage Ranch
Heritage Ranch is a ministry organization that serves Louisiana communities by fortifying families and counseling them through crisis. They reach families where they are, providing the intervention they need to develop healthy family cultures. They do that through the provision of educational materials and events, outpatient coaching and counseling and intensive residential care.
LSU BCM
The Baptist Collegiate Ministry at LSU is a ministry of the Louisiana Baptist Association. Throughout the year, First Baptist takes opportunities to feed and minister to the students of Louisiana State University through the BCM. We also partner with other SBC churches by praying for specific incoming freshmen during their first year.
Caring to Love Ministries
Caring to Love Ministries is a pro-life ministry for expectant mothers who are in a crisis situation. Ministry, counseling, and preparation for birth are provided.
FBCZ supports this ministry through our annual "Bottles for Change" giving between Mother's Day and Father's Day each year, our "Save a Baby" emphasis, and periodic special hands-on assistance at the center.
National Mission Opportunities
South Texas Mission Efforts
Construction, Christmas Stockings, and Book Fair are just a few of the mission activities we do during the annual South Texas Mission Trip. Our teams work throughout the year sewing/filling Christmas stockings, collecting gently used books, and building beds and bookshelves as they prepare to travel in the Fall of each year.
For more information about how you can be involved with this opportunity, contact:
Debbi Mashaw or call the church office (225) 654-2755
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a body of like-minded local churches cooperating together to reach the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. There are currently more than than fifty thousand Southern Baptist cooperating churches and church-type missions. Though as many as two hundred could be counted as “mega-churches,” the vast majority run less than two hundred in weekly worship. No two churches are alike; but there are certain commonalities that bind Southern Baptists together, regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, language, size, or location.
Global Mission Opportunities
Cookie Project Honduras, Inc
Cookie Project was developed by Rinda Davis of Slaughter, LA after a trip to Honduras for a medical mission. In partnership with Dr Brenner of Pennsylvania, they developed a "super cookie" to help combat the rampant childhood malnutrition they found there.
Church contact: Denise Burdette [WMU]
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is part of the mission and evangelism Samaritans Purse ministry of Dr. Franklin Graham. Shoeboxes of toys, toiletries, and basic needs are collected and send to children around the world. Each year we serve as a regional collection site. Volunteers are needed during collection week to help accept, pack, and load boxes before being sent to the distribution center.
Church Contact: Sandy Stromeyer