For 22 years the Blue Stem Truckers Chapel has ministered to truckers and travelers at the TA Travel Center at Beto Junction on Interstate 35 in Kansas.
Beto Junction is located at the junction of I-35 and U.S. Highway 75. It is centrally located between Burlington, Emporia, Topeka and Ottawa and draws its name from the first letters of those communities.
Lonnie Davis took over the ministry, which is sponsored by Flint Hills Baptist Association, in March 2020 after long-time director Bruce Johnson stepped down. His ministry team comprises his wife, Cindy, their family and other volunteers.
On a recent Sunday, Blue Stem Truckers Chapel and the TA Travel Center sponsored a Truckers Appreciation Day.
One changed life at a time
Professional drivers had the opportunity to enjoy games, such as ladder ball, corn-hole toss and ax throwing, plus free food. The TA Travel Center provided hamburgers and hot dogs along with breakfast burritos from Wendy’s and distributed 92 gift bags with gospel tracts.
“That’s 92 tracts that we pray at least one person will be saved through all this,” Lonnie Davis said.
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Thousands of professional drivers travel the interstates and highways in Kansas-Nebraska every day. How can your church reach out to them?
EDITOR’S NOTE — This article was originally published by the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists.
