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Mobile Baptist Association
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Please include the news and opportunities presented here in your bulletins, church newsletters, or on your bulletin boards. MBA NEWS ALERTS
• ACPs DUE SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
• COLLEGIATE MINISTRY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
• RETIREMENT RECEPTION HONORING MACK MORRIS AUGUST 25, 2019
• BIG BLESSIN' IN CONCERT AUGUST 25, 2019
• WALK FOR BIBLES AND INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES CAPTAIN'S DINNER AUGUST 29, 2019
• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEEMBER 9, 2019
• PREPARING FOR RETIREMENT SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
• CAMP WHISPERING PINES - BOYS CAMP OUT AND GIRLS WINTER WEEKEND NOVEMBER 1-2, 2019
• DISASTER RELIEF CLEANUP AND RECOVERY TRAINING SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
• CWP DIRECTOR PRESS RELEASE
• WORSHIP LEADER/CHOIR DIRECTOR AND STUDENT MINISTER NEEDED
• ANNUAL MISSIONS CELEBRATION OCTOBER 6, 2019
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Annual Church Profiles/Reports (ACPs) were mailed to church addresses Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Please look for your church's ACP and make sure the Church Clerk gets the packet. Completed ACPs are due September 4. This profile of your church is a very important task for your church statistics and leadership personnel to be properly documented for the Association, Alabama Baptist State Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. If you have any questions, please contact the MBA office. Watch this video from Dr. Rick Lance about the importance of the ACP and why we do it. https://ricklance.com/2019/07/30/time-to-think-about-the-annual-church-profile/ |
The fall semester is quickly approaching on our college campuses in Mobile County. Baptist Campus Ministries exists as a missionary extension of our Baptist Churches to reach, grow and send collegians and to help our churches do the same. We believe that every Mobile Baptist Association Church can have a ministry to collegians, whether that is 1 or 100 students. We have several opportunities coming up in the next month to help your church connect to collegians and the college campus. Baptist Campus Ministries invites you all to participate in these connection events, send representatives if possible, and strategically plan how you will engage collegians this year. I would like to highlight a few events that I think will be beneficial to you. Make sure to click on the link below to see a complete list of opportunities and to RSVP to the connection opportunities you all will be able to participate in. Our Annual Church & Campus Connection Cookout is on Tuesday, September 3 at 7 p.m. Our various local churches will send representatives, setting up displays, meeting new students, and sharing about their congregations. You are invited to send a team. We will provide the dinner, the space and the tables; you just bring some church information for a tabletop display. You may also RSVP quickly at the link provided below. You can connect many other ways with collegians in the next month through our BCM ministry. We have ministry opportunities to students from multiple campuses planned and would love to have your involvement. PLEASE check out the link provided to find a comprehensive link of all the opportunities and to RSVP for the things your congregation would like to help with in the next month. We need to hear from you! We can serve you better and help you be connected to collegians more strategically if we know you all would like to participate in these various opportunities. This survey is short and you will be able to complete it in just a few minutes. Let us partner with you to reach collegians. LINK UP: https://forms.gle/rhxouGA3fZ1J6Jc2A Baptist Campus Ministries exists to reach, grow and send collegians and to help our churches do the same. We are here to help you, support you, consult with you, strategize with you and partner with you. Let's take the Gospel to the campus together! Jerrod Brown
Metro Mobile Baptist Campus Ministries
www.southalabama.edu/bcm |
In 2018, Mack Morris, pastor of Woodridge Baptist Church, Mobile, celebrated 50 years in ministry. During that time he served as pastor of seven churches, with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, on the executive board of the Alabama Baptist State Convention, as moderator of the Mobile Baptist Association, as the first president of the board of regents at the University of Mobile and as a trustee at the University of Mobile for eleven years. Now it is time for him to retire. On August 25, 2019 after serving at Woodridge Baptist for 19 years, Morris will finish his ministry there. He will continue in ministry by assisting other churches with building programs and serving as a transitional pastor. He and his wife, Kathy, also plan to do some traveling and spend time together and with their three children and two grandchildren. Morris has been a leader among Southern Baptists in growing churches, reaching people for Christ, missions giving and building church facilities. He has led church building conferences across the southeast and has led churches where he served to complete 18 building programs. In his spare time, he also is an author, poet and history buff. Woodridge is hosting a retirement reception in honor of Morris on Sunday, August 25, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (TAB) |
The WFBIM Captains Dinner will take place at the Hangar located just next door to West Mobile Baptist Church.
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Executive Committee MeetingMonday, September 9, 2019
11:30 a.m.
Government Street Baptist Church
Lunch will be available for $5 p/person.
Every MBA church member is welcome. Every senior pastor is a member of the Executive Committee. Join us to help communicate why churches support Associational Missions.
• Camp Whispering Pines update
• International Ministries update
• Church Development update
• Disaster Relief deployments, training and preparation updates
• Metro Mobile Baptist Campus Ministries update
• Proposed 2020 budget for study
• 2020-2022 Enlistment Committee report
• Report on pending sale of the International Ministries Center/building
• TO BE VOTED ON: Update on Camp Whispering Pines Director Job Description
***Our Executive Committee has overall responsibility for the directions, strategy, and processes of the MBA. It is composed of the general officers of the Association, the Executive Officer of each of the several Associational programs, the Chair of each standing committee, the pastors of the churches, and one lay member of each church in the Association having a membership of up to and including 1,000, and one additional member for each additional 1,000 members or fraction thereof, providing that no church shall have more than a total of four members. |
Preparing for Retirement
Monday, September 16, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon
MBA office (616 Azalea Road)
FREE
Questions that will be answered:
• How far ahead should I begin to prepare for retirement?
• What steps do I take to help me be ready to retire?
• How will Social Security affect my retirement?
This conference is open to anyone but is especially for those age 50 and over. For more information and to register visit https://alsbom.org/event/preparing-for-retirement-mobile/ Please note: if not enough participants are pre-registered, the event is subject to cancellation. |
Disaster Relief Cleanup and Recovery Training will be offered at Grove Hill Baptist Church in Grove Hill, AL on September 19, 2019. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. with supper and last until approximately 9:30 p.m. Registration is available online at sbdr.org. Everyone is welcome to attend this training; current volunteers and new volunteers, but as always, you must be 18 years old and a member of a Southern Baptist Church. |
Come home to YOUR
Camp Whispering Pines!
(251)866-7868
campwhisperingpines.com Serving Christ by Serving Others,
Serving Others by Sharing Christ Book your Fall Retreat Now!
Boys Camp Out and Girls Winter Weekend November 1-2, 2019 for all boys and girls in grades 1-6
These events are open to anyone.Visit campwhisperingpines.com or call 251-866-7868. |
The MBA Personnel Committee (JT Wright, chair) has released the CWP Director press release and job description. Please be in fervent prayer and share with your contacts. Note the release sends people to the CWP site for information. It is also posted on the MBA site. Send resumes to Mike Bedford, CWP Committee chair, by October 15, 2019, mrbedford@bellsouth.net. Let us see what the Lord has in mind Camp Director Job Description CWP Director Search Press Release
Seeking Full-Time Camp Director Camp Whispering Pines, a 265-bed ministry of Mobile Baptist Association in Citronelle, AL is accepting resumes for Camp Director. Seeking a gifted administrator who is committed to evangelistic ministry preferably with SBC seminary degree and minimum three years camp management experience. Visit campwhisperingpines.com for job description, candidate requirements and additional information. Email resumes before October 15 to mrbedford@bellsouth.net. |
MBA Annual Missions Celebration
(164th Annual Session)
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Woodridge Baptist Church
Meat Boss supper, displays, registration and childcare opens at 4:45 p.m.
Pre-session music begins at 5:45 p.m.
Missions Celebration from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Meal tickets (Meat Boss) are $10 and will be sold at the MBA office until Noon on Monday, September 30. Please relocate your evening service to join us. The two hour program will provide an overview of missions work across the county. It can help church leaders understand why cooperative missions is important. It provides clear testimony for churches to continue to financially support the work of the MBA. Sunday night provides an opportunity for Mobile Baptists to cooperatively celebrate missions and worship together with a myriad of languages and cultures. Please join us. |
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