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- REPORT YOUR VBS
- EMPOWER LEADER LEARN AND LUNCH JULY 17 & 24, 2023
- MBA ENLISTMENT COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR HELP
- REVIVAL AT UNION BAPTIST JULY 23-26, 2023
- CHURCH FINANCIAL ISSUES JULY 25, 2023
- 2023 CHURCH ACP & CLERK/SECRETARIES TRAINING JULY 27
- MOBILE BAPTIST STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE
- MOFFETT ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH LITERACY CENTER DEDICATION AND OPEN HOUSE AUGUST 6, 2023
- GROUPLIFE EQUIPPING WORKSHOP AUGUST 19, 2023
- THE DISCIPLE LEADER MAKING WORKSHOP AUGUST 21, 2023
- CAMP WHISPERING PINES RELIEF FUND
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE MOBILE
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This year we there is an Alabama VBS Report! This has been created in hopes of making reporting easier for your churches, plus the information will go directly to the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. The report is an editable WORD doc that can be printed as a hard copy or filled in and returned by email.
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Also linked below is the Lifeway Research Church Report form. When this form is completed and submitted the information goes to Lifeway Research for compiling the national VBS stats.
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It would be wonderful for churches to complete and submit both! (But if only submitting one, please submit the new Alabama report. )
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The Alabama VBS Report and the Lifeway Research report are for ALL VBS publishers and themes.
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Whether you used a Lifeway Curriculum, Group, AIG, or other publisher, you are asked to report so we can get an accurate look at what is happening throughout Alabama VBS!
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This is the Lifeway Research Report link:
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|  | | |  | | | The Associational Enlistment Committee is at work filling the positions vacant for 2024-2026. If you feel led to serve in any of the open positions, or if you could recommend someone to serve, it would be of great help to this Committee and the Association.
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Please pray and let us know by July 21, 2023 of any suggestions that you might have. The desire is to involve as many people from the Association as possible. It would be best to have all of the active churches represented in some way in the Association. The MBA Committees’ job descriptions are located here.
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Pray for the Enlistment Committee as they meet, make contacts, and accomplish the task. There is a lot to do and these committees are so vital to the success of the Mobile Baptist Association, and to the Kingdom of God.
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| | Revival at Union Baptist July 23-26, 2023 |  | | Church Financial Issues July 25, 2023 | Tuesday, July 25, 2023
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Silverhill First Baptist Church
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This year the series of Financial Issues Events will feature:
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- Doing benevolence right
- Internal controls for electronic transactions
- What forms are needed when hiring a new employee.
As always we will also discuss What’s new concerning tax and payroll, Minister compensation and housing allowance and IRS contribution rules. The cost of this event is $15 per person and included lunch & materials.
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| | 2023 Church ACP & Clerk/Secretaries Training July 27 |  | | | At this time of year, the Association accepts applications for the Mobile Baptist Student Scholarship and the Addine Maynard Scholarship. These two scholarships are available to undergraduate students from Mobile Baptist Association churches, preparing for a Christian vocation and attending the University of Mobile, Samford University, or another Southern Baptist institution. The Addine Maynard Scholarship was established to assist African-American students. The Lillie Mae Dean International Scholarship is to assist a Baptist student from a ministerial or missionary family working in the area of language missions.
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The deadline for returning applications to the Association is Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The application must be postmarked by August 1. Completed applications can be emailed to the MBA office.
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| Interest from the Association’s Student Scholarship Trust, held by the Alabama Baptist Foundation, provides the funding for these scholarships. As you find opportunity, please inform your members of this trust. Someone in your congregation may wish to contribute to this trust through gifts, memorials, or other means to provide future students the resources to receive an education. |
| | Moffett Road Baptist Church Literacy Center Dedication and Open House August 6, 2023
|  | | | |  | GroupLife Equipping WorkshopSaturday, August 19, 2023
8:30 a.m. - noon
West Mobile Baptist Church GroupLife Equipping Workshops will encourage and equip Sunday School and Group Leaders to Love Well and Focus on God’s Word. There is no cost to attend the event. Registration is required.
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| | |  |  | | __________________________________If your church has not yet participated in the Covid related Relief Fund, please do so now.THANK YOU to all who have given thus far. |  |
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| | |  | Mobile Baptists have a unique opportunity to partner with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions in March 2024. The MBA will host the inauguration of local simultaneous outreach events we are calling “Making a Difference Mobile.” That title reflects a connection to the 2024 State Convention Annual Meeting theme, DifferenceMakers.
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The partnership will allow the MBA to receive a limited number of grants for churches to provide outreach events any weekend (or weekday) during March 2024. The events will lead to your harvest events on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024.
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This Making a Difference Mobile page provides the application form, resources and information to help your congregation join other MBA churches to plan, conduct and follow up on an outreach event. Make plans now to be a part of Making a Difference Mobile!
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