Mobile Baptist Association

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

MBA NEWS ALERTS

• ANNUAL MISSIONS CELEBRATION OCTOBER 6, 2019

• MBA OFFICE CLOSED MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019

• PROTECTING PLACES OF WORSHIP OCTOBER 16, 2019

• WALK FOR BIBLES AND INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES OCTOBER 19, 2019

• PASTOR APPRECIATION BREAKFAST OCTOBER 22, 2019

• SENIOR ADULT FALL FISH FRY FELLOWSHIP OCTOBER 31, 2019

• CHRISTMAS BACKPACKS

• CAMP WHISPERING PINES - BOYS CAMP OUT AND GIRLS WINTER WEEKEND NOVEMBER 1-2, 2019

• BAPTIST WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NOVEMBER 5, 2019

• SECRETARIES/MINISTRY ASSISTANTS LUNCHEON NOVEMBER 7, 2019

• CWP DIRECTOR PRESS RELEASE

• WORSHIP LEADER/CHOIR DIRECTOR AND STUDENT MINISTER NEEDED
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Annual Missions Celebration October 6, 2019

MBA Annual Missions Celebration
(164th Annual Session)
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Woodridge Baptist Church

Dsplays, 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.

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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MBA Office Closed Monday, October 7, 2019

The MBA office will be closed on Monday, October 7, 2019 due to the Annual Missions Celebration taking place on October 6.

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Protecting Places of Worship October 16, 2019

 Richard W. Moore, the
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, invites you to
attend a forum and panel discussion focused on

 

Protecting Places of Worship

 

This event, co-hosted with Department of Sociology and Criminology at Spring Hill College, will be Wednesday, October 16, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in the Great Hall, located in the Byrne Hall building at Spring Hill College (4000 Dauphin Street, Mobile, 36608). Admission is free and open to interfaith communities and houses of worship leadership, as well as designated security team directors or points of contact.

Two dynamic and informational speakers are slated for the event, including Eric Treene, Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination, United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. He will provide an overview of religious hate crimes and relevant civil rights statutes. Chad Yarbrough, Federal Bureau of Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge, who was on the scene and directly involved in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in October 2018 will also speak. Additional presentations will include comments from the Department of Homeland Security, a Faith Leaders Discussion Panel, and a Law Enforcement Q&A Session.

Seating is limited. Please register your attendance through EventBrite at the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting-places-of-worship-2019-conference-tickets-70014287619

If you have additional questions, please contact the United States Attorney’s
Office at 251-415-7199.
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Walk for Bibles and International Ministries October 19, 2019

im.mobilebaptists.org

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Pastor Appreciation Breakfast October 22, 2019

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

RESERVE YOUR FREE SPOT

Senior Adult Fall Fish Fry Fellowship October 31, 2019
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Christmas Backpacks

You and your church can make Christmas brighter for children living along the Mississippi River who are among some of the poorest in the U.S. Generation after generation in the region live without basic human necessities.

Review the information at alabamawmu.org/christmasbackpack
for the guidelines and basic information. Then register your participation at alabamawmu.org/christmasbackpacks.

The Alabama WMU has a goal of collecting 9,500 backpacks! Our Associational WMU Leadership Team has a goal of collecting 100. Bring completed and labeled/banded backpacks to the MBA office by Thursday, October 24.
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Camp Whispering Pines - Book Your Fall Retreat Now

Come home to YOUR
Camp Whispering Pines!
(251)866-7868
campwhisperingpines.com 

 

Serving Christ by Serving Others,
Serving Others by Sharing Christ

 

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.
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Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer November 5, 2019
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Secretaries/Ministry Assistants Luncheon November 7, 2019

Sign up here
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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.
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Worship Leader/Choir Director and Student Minister Needed

Full Time Position Open - Worship Leader/Choir Director, Youth/Children’s Minister First Baptist Church of Theodore is seeking a Full Time Worship Leader that will also serve as Youth/Children’s Minister. It will be helpful for the candidate to have a musical background to teach music reading to choir members, Bible Skills for teaching Children and Youth, and a Servant Spirit to serve as needed.
Send resume to theodorefbc@bellsouth.net

http://mobilebaptists.org/business-directory/351/theodore-first-baptist-church/