Antioch Backpacks

"Taught many people, and in Antioch,
the disciples were first called Christians..."
~ Acts 11:26 (ESV)

"There was not a needy person among them."
Acts 4:34 (ESV)


🟤 Brown – Rodeo Outreach Pack

  • Purpose: For rodeo folk, wanderers, and wildland souls—offering balm, presence, and quiet dignity.  Mostly given out in partnership with Rodeo Ministry outreaches.

  • Blessing: May these bags ride with grace, offering warmth to the weathered and welcome to the wary.

🟢 Green – Herbal/Gardening Outreach Packs

  • Purpose: For herbalists, homesteaders, and churches—carrying teas, tinctures, seeds, community garden outreach aids, and sovereign wisdom.

  • Blessing: May these packs carry healing like moss, and restore what the world forgot.

⚪️ Gray – New Believer Packs

  • Purpose: For those crossing thresholds of faith—gentle, sovereign, and unpressured aids to starting a walk with Jesus.

  • Blessing: May these bundles offer clarity without demand, and warmth without weight.

⚫️ Black – Ministry Aid Packs

  • Purpose: For pastors, missionaries, and ministry partners—tools of care, presence, outreach, and quiet strength.

  • Blessing: May these packs serve the servants, and offer balm to those who carry others. 

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