Mobile Baptist Association

Please include the news and opportunities presented here in your bulletins, church newsletters, or on your bulletin boards.

MBA NEWS ALERTS

• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

• GARDEN TOMB OF JESUS EVENT SEPTEMBER 13-18, 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

• ANNUAL MISSIONS CELEBRATION OCTOBER 6, 2019

• PASTOR APPRECIATION BREAKFAST OCTOBER 22, 2019

• CWP DIRECTOR PRESS RELEASE

• BI-VOCATIONAL YOUTH PASTOR NEEDED

Executive Committee Meeting September 9, 2019

Executive Committee Meeting

Monday, 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 budgets for study

• 2020-2022 Enlistment Committee report

• Report on pending sale of the International Ministries Center/building

• Report from the Evangelistic Ministries/Missions Committee on Saturate Mobile

• 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.

Garden Tomb of Jesus Event September 13-18, 2019

This fall, you have the unique opportunity to experience the Garden Tomb of Jesus, here in Mobile, September 13-18, 2019. Dr. Stephen Bridge, Director of the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, Israel will speak at both Cottage Hill Baptist Church and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and you are invited! Please click this link and experience the powerful message coming soon, to the Gulf Coast. Linked here is a video (https://youtu.be/R3kCJnZu7Mw) you can share with your congregation. We look forward to seeing you in September. Proceeds benefit Cornerstone Garden. For information, please visit: www.cornerstonegarden.org. 

Thumb drives containing Dr. Bridge’s Easter video are available at the MBA office or through Cornerstone Gardens (251-377-2577).

Preparing for Retirement September 16, 2019

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 September 19, 2019

Annual Missions Celebration October 6, 2019

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.

Pastor Appreciation Breakfast October 22, 2019

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

RESERVE YOUR FREE SPOT

Camp Whispering Pines - Book Your Fall Retreat Now

CWP Director Press Release

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.

Bi-vocational Youth Pastor Needed

First Baptist Church of Dawes in Mobile, Alabama has a Bi-vocational (Part-Time) job opening for a Youth Pastor. The applicant will be focused on Student Ministry for 6th thru 12th Grades. 

Contact Harold Rester at haroldrester@att.net or send your resume to First Baptist Church of Dawes, 3941 Dawes Road, Mobile, AL  36695