Mobile Baptist Association

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MBA NEWS ALERTS

• HAPPY 4TH OF JULY - MBA OFFICE CLOSED TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2017

• REPORT YOUR VBS

• ALABAMA LITERACY MISSIONS CONFERENCE JULY 27-28, 2017

• CHURCH CLERK'S/SECRETARIES TRAINING AUGUST 8, 2017

• ASSOCIATIONAL FREE TRAINING EVENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL (ESL CLASSES) AUGUST 18 AND 26, 2017

• #PRAYERWALKMOBILE

• VBS MATERIALS AVAILABLE

• BOOTCAMP DISCIPLE MAKER TRAINING AUGUST 27, 2017

Happy 4th of July! MBA Office Closed Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Report Your VBS

Many of you have already completed your 2017 VBS. Don't forget to send in your VBS report. The report can be done online via the same site and means of entering the church's ACP. You can also find the report form here. If you cannot do the report online, please fill out the linked form and send it to the MBA office. Thank you in advance for submitting this vital information.

Alabama Baptist Literacy Missions Conference July 27-28, 2017

Alabama Baptist Literacy Missions Conference
July 27 - 28, 2017
State Board of Missions, Montgomery

Purpose

• train individuals in one of the following literacy missions tracks: English as a Second Language, Adult Reading and Writing, Tutoring Children and Youth, or Bible Storytelling

• prepare individuals to start ministries in their churches or communities in their specific area of ESL, ARW or TCY

• provide current resources to promote and support Literacy Missions Ministries

• allow volunteers to build relationships and strengthen their commitment to follow God’s call

• train experienced leaders on various topics related to their area of ministry

Each basic workshop is 11 hours. Breakout sessions for experienced leaders are 1 hour each.

Click here for more information (including costs and schedule) and to register.

For more information click here or contact Kristy Kennedy at 334-613-2311 or kkennedy@alsbom.org.

Associational Training Events for the International Language School (ESL classes)

Friday, August 18, 2017
5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

OR
Saturday, August 26, 2017
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
both at Airport Boulevard Baptist Church

FREE training events

Training is required for all volunteers in the International Language School (ILS). Participants need only attend one day; however, due to the variety of training offered, they are welcome to attend both days.

Light meals will be offered at the beginning of both days of training.

For more information contact Kim Wilson, (251) 533-2911.

prayerwalk.mobilebaptists.org October 6, 2016 - October 1, 2017

We have completed 9 months of our one year emphasis to cooperatively pray for every one of the 415,000 people in Mobile County by prayer walking every one of the 13,000 streets at least once before annual session on Sunday October 1, 2017.

Reports from participating churches continue to reflect church members looking outward. Even introverts are experiencing divine encounters and positive responses. Thirty MBA churches have registered so far and committed to pray for 50 pages out of the Keith Maps Street Atlas of Mobile County. There are another 45 pages that need to be claimed.

We are hearing from churches that have completed their area once, twice and many times. Keep up the good work. Keep plowing. Matthew 18:19 shows that cooperative prayer (“if two of you agree…”) brings devastating defeat to the enemy.

It is not too late to bring this blessing to church members and impact Mobile. Please visit prayerwalk.mobilebaptists.org to register and download training materials.

VBS Materials Available

Bayou La Batre FBC has VBS (LifeWay, Galactic Starveyors) materials available to any church that can use them. Contact pastor Jeremy Smalley, fbcbayoulabatre@gmail.com.

Pine Springs Baptist Church also has VBS (LifeWay, Galactic Starveyors) materials available to any church that can use them. Contact pastor Terry Castleberry, 251-709-6846.