Ministries

American Heritage Girls Cub Scouts/Boy Scouts Children's Ministry Global Missions International Student Ministries

Men's Ministry Prayer Ministry Women's Ministry Youth Ministry

AHG is the premier Christian scouting organization for girls, offering opportunities for social development, community service, positive peer influence, and spiritual growth. Meetings are Monday nights 7:00pm-8:30pm at The Foothills. Contact Mary Schlavin at phschlavin@aol.com if interested in more information. The official AHG website is: www.ahgonline.org

The mission of Troop 6 is to serve God and strive to walk in a Christ-like way.  The Troop Program is planned, organized and conducted by Boy Scout Junior Leaders, with guidance and support from registered adult volunteer leaders: specifically, the Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, and members of the Troop Committee. The Troop Program includes an outdoor activity and/or campout each month, plus District Camporee and a BSA long-term summer camp.

The troop meets every Monday, 7:00pm-8:30pm, at The Foothills, except for Christmas break, and meetings directly following a troop weekend event. Contact Paul Schlavin at phschlavin@aol.com for more information.

The Foothills is committed to children...so much so that we have devoted an entire building for them! Our Noah's Ark children's building is home to our pre-school thru sixth grade Sunday School program.  Our children's curriculum is Children Desiring God developed by John Piper's church and is a God-centered resource for training the next generation.  Contact Rhonda Jones, our Children's Ministry Coordinator, through the church office for more information about our children's ministry or to volunteer.

When it comes to global missions, we are committed to sharing Christ with unreached people living in the 10/40 Window. The 10/40 Window is a rectangle that extends from 10 degrees north to 40 degrees north of the equator, from West Africa to East Asia. Over 100 million of the billion and half people living in this area have never had the opportunity to hear the Gospel and find new life in Christ.  Even at the present time, most missionaries and resources go to countries where there is already a significant Christian witness. These mission efforts are, of course, important, but what about those who have never even had the chance to hear about Christ?  Here's what we are doing about them...

Friends of Angus
In 1992, we adopted an unreached people group in South Asia that we refer to as The Angus People.  They are an oppressed people group of approximately 2.5 million Muslim people.  In 1992, there were no known followers of Jesus among them.  We partnered with other churches and mission agencies in an attempt to reach the Angus and birth an indigenous local church - even sending some of our own people to live in South Asia to work among them.  The breakthrough came in 1995 when two Angus brothers surrendered their lives to the rule and reign of Jesus.  Shortly thereafter, their entire families came to Christ.  These two brothers have become leaders of a Christian movement that have seen thousands of Muslims place their faith in Jesus.  Today, there are some 1000 home churches that have been birthed in this movement all over South Asia and the Middle East.  We continue to be heavily involved in this work through support of a key missionary there and through the development of training materials that are being translated and used to train the leaders of this movement.

Bean Partnership
In 2005, we adopted an unreached people group in North Africa that we refer to as The Bean People.  They are a nomadic people group of between 3 and 3 ½ million living in a large arid area of Northern Africa. They are culturally Muslim. As their government tries to make them stronger Muslims by imposing Arabic culture on them, it has opened the door to take the gospel to them as they seek what truth is. Churches and organizations are now coming together to bring help in literacy, health and education. We are earnestly praying that the Lord will open the door for an indigenous church to be planted among the Bean and have sent some of our own people to North Africa to work to make this happen.

Japan Partnership
Japan is a country that has been engaged with the gospel of Christ for decades but has seen only a very small percentage (2%) of the 127 million people place their faith and trust in Christ. For the past 25 years, our own Leon and Cheryl Hill have been faithfully serving the Japanese church as church planters and supporters. Under their ministry, they have seen hundreds of people come to Christ in a country where Christian conversion is rare. Foothills Fellowship has supported them for years through financial support, prayer support, and field visits.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRIES

Hundreds of international students come to Albuquerque each year to attend UNM.  We can assist our own Jim and Joan Lasche' in ministering to Chinese undergraduate and graduate students who commit to being involved in their Bible study by engaging in this ministry in one of the following three ways:

Low-Level Involvement (Individuals or Small Groups): Prepare and deliver food as needed for occasional parties and/or weekly Bible study luncheons.

Mid-Level Involvement (Individuals or Small Groups): Prepare and deliver food as needed for occasional parties and/or weekly Bible study luncheons and attend the parties and/or luncheons in order to visit with and build relationships with the Chinese students.

High-Level Involvement: Commit to being a friend to one of the students involved in Jim Lasche's Bible study.  This entails connecting with the student at least twice a month for meals and/or social events.  Befriending an undergraduate student will involve a 4-month commitment.  Befriending a graduate student will involve a 1-year commitment.  Training (at Foothills Fellowship) and on-going coaching will be available to those who make this level of commitment.

We recognize that men are called by God to be the heads of their homes, so we will teach them how to adequately handle the word of God and lead their families in it through the following venues...

Smaller Groups. All men are encouraged to be involved in small groups.  They will also be encouraged to commit themselves to being involved with a smaller group (the men of their small group) and meet bi-weekly to study the Word together and be involved in real-life accountability with one another.

Men's Forum. Occasionally, a 4-week forum for men will be held on Sunday mornings to discuss pressing issues related to biblical manhood (marriage, parenting, temptation, work).  All men will be encouraged to attend and engage.

Future Men Retreat.  In the summer, an overnight retreat for men and future men (10 years old and up) will be held, designed to explore biblical manhood and model it for the younger men in our fellowship. 

The Man Conference. All men will be encouraged to attend The Man Conference each year where Christian men from all over Albuquerque gather for worship, discussion, and teaching on biblical manhood.

pRAYER MINISTRY

Seeking guidance from the Lord is at the core of all we do.  All members are be called upon to make prayer for our people, our families, and our ministry a regular practice.  All who lead will be called upon to pray regularly for the ministry.  Members will be encouraged to meet together weekly to pray in one of several venues offered.

Corporate Prayer: A strong focus is placed on corporate prayer during our worship services.  This takes on many different forms like praying in unison, praying in groups, and praying silently, and praying out loud.

Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: All are encouraged to come early to church each Sunday for a time of corporate prayer before the service beginning at 8:15AM.

Foothills Common Book of Prayer: A prayer book has been published that serves as a guide for times of prayer individually, for families, and for small groups.

Quarterly Calls to Prayer and Fasting: The elders will call the congregation to specific prayer and fasting at the start of each calendar season.

Email Prayer List: All are encouraged to sign-up to receive the weekly church prayer list.

Our women's ministry strives to encourage and mentor women in their walk with Lord through Bible Studies, relationships, annual retreats, and fellowship.  Here's a look at the main venues of our ministry:

Smaller Groups. All women are encouraged to be involved in small groups.  They will also be encouraged to commit themselves to being involved with a smaller group (the women of their small group) and meet bi-weekly to study the Word together and be involved in real-life accountability with one another.

Bible Studies. Throughout the year, women gather together to study the Word together.  These Bible studies take place on Monday mornings and Wednesday evenings.

Women's Retreat. Each fall, our women get away for a weekend of fun, study, refreshement, sharing, and worship. 

For more information, contact Michelle Potter at michelle@thefoothills.us.

At The Foothills, we are committed to families...especially to families with teens. We have one full-time pastor on staff, Jesse Harden, who works exclusively with parents of teens and teens themselves as well as several other caring adults who invest their time and care into students.

Our youth ministry is called Element26 because in Proverbs 27:17 we are told that "as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another". We desire facilitating relationships with teens between themselves, caring adults, and parents that sharpen our walk with Jesus.

We love hanging out with teens and having lots of fun. However, we are not your traditional youth and family ministry.  We are dead serious about the spiritual formation of teens, Kingdom service, and equipping parents to become their primary faith trainers.

Everything we do has a thread that runs through the home and community. Whether it's our Sunday morning Bible study or Winter Retreat, we make sure that parents are informed and equipped in order to continue teaching at home what their teens are learning at church concerning Jesus' Kingdom and our identity as agents of it.

In addition to our Wednesday night and Sunday morning activities, we have quarterly retreats that focus on specific topics and issues that are facing our teens today. Most of our retreats include a missional aspect that equips us to not "be hearers of the word only, but doers as well".

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Jesse by phone at 294-0016 or by email at jesseaharden@yahoo.com.