By Diana Chandler
FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) – Lottie Mooon, pastor Bart Barber’s choice red Santa Gertrudis cow, stars in the music video “Lotta Lottie,” an original jingle by Barber and James Cheesman promoting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO).
Lottie Mooon doesn’t utter a moo, but stands in all her glory eating grass with special tidbits of corn and such as Barber, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Farmersville, and the church’s Worship Pastor Cheesman sing and literally kick up their heels on Barber’s cattle ranch.
In Brandenburg, Ky., New Brandenburg Southern Baptist Church Pastor Tim Harris is selling prints of his original drawing of a female cardinal for the LMCO, leveraging for missions a talent he revived as an empty nester. Harris drew the cardinal in pencil and pastels.
“It’s something that I really enjoy personally,” Harris told Baptist Press, “and the idea that I can take a talent and a hobby that I enjoy and do something to advance the kingdom to support missions and evangelism is just a huge bonus.”
Back on the farm, some of Barber’s friends requested such a feature with Lottie Mooon, Barber told Baptist Press, before he even considered the project. Student Pastor Cameron Crow served as videographer.
“Some of my friends have met Lottie on the farm. They were reaching out to me and saying can you make some kind of a cow video with Lottie that we can show at our church to promote the offering,” Barber told Baptist Press. “And I was just replying and saying just be patient.”
International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood appreciates the enthusiastic support for missions.
“From overseas missionary auctions where a can of Dr. Pepper goes for hundreds of dollars, to bake sales and Christmas card mailboxes at church,” Chitwood told Baptist Press, “the enthusiasm that Southern Baptists have for supporting Gospel work around the world through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is incredible.”
The 2024-2025 LMCO campaign drew $207.2 million, surpassing the $205 million goal, IMB announced at the end of the fiscal year. The 2025-2026 campaign runs through Oct. 31, 2026.
First Baptist Farmersville and New Brandenburg both are active in international missions. First Farmersville has adopted the Bayot people of Senegal for international outreach, evidenced in a T-shirt Cheesman dons among many clothing changes in the Lotta Lottie video.
Churches will support this offering if they want to reach the harvest for Christ, Barber said.
“That’s what motivates us here at FBC Farmersville,” Barber said, “and I don’t know how you could care about that and not care about this offering if you’re a Southern Baptist church.”
New Brandenburg established a partnership in 2024 with Iglesia Evangelica Bautista Los Andes, or Los Andes Baptist Church, in Los Andes, Chili, through an outreach of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Harris and his wife Becky plan to make their third trip to Los Andes in 2026.
“At New Brandenburg, we’re strongly mission-focused,” Harris said.
Harris enjoyed drawing in his pre-teen years, but only revived the pastime in recent years.
“I did a lot of drawing and sketching when I was very young. When I was in middle school I remember my math teacher coming along and rebuking me because I was doodling and drawing instead of paying attention to math,” Harris told Baptist Press. “You know, I’ll be honest with you. I haven’t used algebra in years, but now my drawing is helping missions. So who’s the winner here?”
Prints of Harris’ sketch of the female cardinal are $20 each, 8-by-10 inches mounted on 9-by-12-inch paper, with all proceeds benefitting the LMCO. Also available are prints of a 2024 drawing of a male cardinal, also in pencil and pastels. Order prints through the church’s Facebook page or on the church’s website.
Free downloads of Lotta Lottie are available on YouTube.
“We’ve publicly made that video available,” Barber said.
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