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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 12
• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
• BATH SHOWER FOR THE ALABAMA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME (MOBILE BRANCH) SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
• STRESS MANAGEMENT SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
• TIME MANAGEMENT SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
• GIRLS WINTER WEEKEND AT CWP NOVEMBER 4-5, 2016
• MEN'S CONFERENCE AT CWP DECEMBER 9-10, 2016
• CHURCH REVITALIZATION AND CHURCH PLANTING TRAINING SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2016
• ANNUAL MISSIONS CELEBRATION OCTOBER 6, 2016
• WALK FOR BIBLES AND INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES OCTOBER 15, 2016
• #PRAYERWALKMOBILE
• MAY 15-25 TEAM TO HOLY LAND
• PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE BOOKS SOUGHT
• CHORAL ANTHEMS AVAILABLE AT NO COST
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Annual Church Profiles/Reports (ACPs) are due September 12. Each church should have received their copy, mailed to the church mailing address the 2nd week of August. 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.
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Join us Monday, September 12, 2016
11:30 a.m.
Government Street Baptist Church for the Executive Committee meeting. 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. ***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. |
Stress Management September 19, 2016
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Stress Management
Monday, September 19, 2016
10:00 a.m.
Government Street Baptist ChurchThis conference is designed to help pastors and other ministerial staff deal with stress in the home and local church ministries. The effects of unmanaged stress will be considered. The main focus is on 8 proven stress management techniques. Retired state missionary and current consultant, Dale Huff, will lead this conference. Please pre-register at mobilebaptists.org or by contacting the MBA office by Thursday, September 15. Please note: if not enough participants are pre-registered, the event is subject to cancellation. This, and other like events, are made possible by donations to Associational Missions and the Cooperative Program. |
Time Management September 19, 2016
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Camp Whispering Pines
Come home to YOUR
Camp Whispering Pines!
(251) 866-7868 campwhisperingpines.com Serving Christ by Serving Others,
Serving Others by Sharing Christ Girls Winter Weekend
For ALL girls, grades 1-6
November 4-5, 2016Cost: $50 |
Featuring speakers Dwight Singleton and Jim Mather and worship leader Steven Stewart. 3 meals at $8 each All meals included with all housing options.
• Dorm style - $38 p/person
• Hotel style with double occupancy - $45 p/person
• Hotel style with single occupancy - $61 p/person
There is no conference fee, but a love offering will be taken.
Deadline to register is November 28, 2016. Click here for more information/flyer. |
Alabama Church Planting Basics
September 22-24, 2016
West Mobile Baptist Church
(7501 Airport Boulevard)
This Church Revitalization/Planter Training is very practical and provides pastors and lay leaders with information about starting and revitalizing churches. Taught by experienced church planters with application to any congregation wanting to prevent or reverse decline. The principles for new work apply to existing churches. The event begins with lunch at noon Thursday, September 22, and ends Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The $25 cost includes a binder of practical materials, snacks and meals. ($100 for non-Alabama Baptist Churches). Please join us!
Registration is required. Register at alsbom.org/event/alabama-church-planting-basics.
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Annual Missions Celebration
(161st Annual Session) Thursday, October 6, 2016
Woodridge Baptist ChurchABBREVIATED FORMAT: 4:45 p.m. - Dinner, Displays, & Registration Meal Tickets:
Roast, Cole slaw, Potato salad, Baked beans, Rolls and Dessert
Cost $10 p/person – Tickets must be purchased at the MBA office by NOON on Thursday, September 29. 5:45 p.m. - Pre-session music, childcare opens 6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. - Business, reports & presentations celebrating the results of your cooperative support of Associational Missions Purchase Meal Tickets at the MBA Office
Tickets are $10 p/person
Deadline: NOON on Thursday, September 29 **Please NOTE: NO Meal Tickets available day of the event ***Childcare available for babies - 2nd grade upon making reservations with the MBA by Thursday, September 29. How many messengers can my church bring? Read More |
Walk for Bibles and International Ministries
A Sponsored 5k Walk for all Ages
Saturday, October 15, 2016
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Register between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. to begin the walk.
5 locations to choose from:
• Citronelle Depot Museum
• Dauphin Island Baptist Church
• Highpoint Baptist Church
• International Ministries Center
• University of Mobile
Click here for more information.
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The MBA Executive, Evangelism and Biblical Prayer Committees invite our church members to prayer walk every street in Mobile County between October 2016 and October 2017. We will launch this effort at the Annual Missions Celebration October 6, 2016. The first simultaneous weekend will be January 14-15, 2017. Additional simultaneous dates will be added as needed to cover the County. This is a great opportunity for the entire family. Click here for more information and watch the hashtag and news alerts.
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The second mission team will go to Israel May 15-25, 2017. The team will serve at the IMB facility jerusalemprayercenter.com. The team will help local workers with guests, complete some repair projects, prayer walk and see the sites. Anticipated cost is $3,000 per person including airfare, hotel, meals, local transportation and four days of guided tours. Tour days will include peering into the empty tomb, strolling along the Sea of Galilee, standing in Capernaum and reading the Sermon on the Mount while seated on that mount. Team members will visit the Old City of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, the Dead Sea and many other biblical sites. A deposit of $1,000 is due by January 3, 2017. Final payment is due by February 10, 2017. Contact Bro. Thomas if you wish to expand your understanding of scripture and help the workers there.
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Purpose Driven Life Books Sought
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If any church has some Purpose Driven Life books leftover from their church wide program (bought for $5 each from Saddleback Church) that would like to make available, please contact Carlton Berry, carlton@dwbc.org at Dauphin Way Baptist Church, 342-3456. |
There are a number of choral anthems in a former church music library that are available at no cost to any church that could use them. Most are of the traditional anthem style. Contact Bill Roberts at broberts@asdd.com. |
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