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 The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Caldwell Baptist Association, Inc. 

January - March, 2012

 

 

 

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Ministers’ Conference

On the first Wednesday of each month, ministers are invited to the Baptist Center in Lenoir for the Ministers’ Conference at 10:00 a.m.  The January 4 program will be an inspirational message by Rev. Benny Hendrix, pastor of the Great Commission Baptist Church.    The following meetings will be held on February 1 and March 7.

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In January. . .

Baptist Men's Day in the Churches

Sunday, January 22, 2012

 

 

 

 

Operation Inasmuch Planning Meeting

 

Monday, January 23, 2012

7:00 p.m.

Caldwell Baptist Center

The statewide Operation Inasmuch workdays will be April 28 and May 5.  Churches planning to participate are invited to attend this meeting on January 23.

 

 

Winter Quarterly Meeting of the

Caldwell Baptist Association

 

Messengers to the Caldwell Baptist Association will meet at First Baptist Church of Whitnel located at 1201 Connelly Springs Road in Whitnel on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.  The theme for the meeting will be Taking the Gospel to Our Jerusalem (Acts 1:8).   The State of the Association will be presented by Rev. Fisher.  

 

 

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Coming in February. . .

 

Ministers and Wives Retreat

 

The association is sponsoring an overnight retreat for ministers and wives at the LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center on February 10-11, 2012. The retreat will begin with supper on Friday night, February 10 and conclude with lunch on Saturday, February 11.  Watch your mail for further details on this retreat.

 

 

 

Focus on WMU

February 13-19, 2012

 

 

 

Music Leaders Appreciation Banquet

The Meadowbrook Baptist Church will host this event, which will be held on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.  This banquet is for all music leaders in the local churches.  The cost for the banquet, which will be catered by Daniel Boone Inn, is $12.00 per person.  Please send your reservation along with the money to Caldwell Baptist Association, PO Box 1555, Lenoir, NC 28645.  The reservation deadline is Tuesday, February 21.

 

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Looking Ahead to March. . .

 

 

RA Car Competition

 

The 2012 RA Car Competition will be held in the Harris Chapel Gym on Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3.  The competition for Acteens, Challengers and adults will be on Friday, March 2, beginning with registration at 6:00 p.m.  Competition for Lads, Crusaders and Girls-in-Action will be on Saturday, March 3, starting with registration at 8:00 a.m.  Car kits are available at the Baptist Center for $3.25 each.

 

 

 

Caswell Spring Work Weeks

March 4-9 or March 11-16

 

For more information or to register for a week,

please contact Terry Barnes at 758-8888 or email tmbarnes@bellsouth.net.

 
 

 

 
Week of Prayer for North American Missions

and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

 
March 4-11, 2012

National Goal: $70 Million

 

 

 

Media Library Meeting

The March 5 Media Library Meeting will be held at Miller Hill Baptist Church, located at 1230 Virginia Street in Lenoir.  Plan now to join other librarians as they meet for a time of information, fellowship and refreshments.

 

Track and Field Event

 

This annual event for RAs and Challengers will be held on Saturday, March 17 beginning at 9:00 a.m.  Pre-registration is required for this event.  One form for each age division should be at the Baptist Center by Monday, March 12.  If you would like to help as a volunteer worker, please call 758-4081. The location will be announced in the promotional flier.

 

 

Bible Drills and Youth Speakers’ Tournament

The 2012 “Children and Youth Bible Drills” and the “Youth Speakers’ Tournament” will be held on Monday, March 19 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Hudson.  Participants and judges should arrive no later than 6:00 p.m. with the drills beginning at 6:30 p.m.  Registration forms should be completed and faxed to 754-2884 or mailed to the Caldwell Baptist Association, PO Box 1555, Lenoir, NC 28645 by Monday, March 12.  If you have questions, contact Nancy Haigh (728-7340).

All church Bible Drill participants are invited to a Bible Drill Rally on Thursday, March 29, 6:00 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church.  Activities will include preparing for the state drills, supper, and fellowship. Please call the Baptist Center (758-4081) by Monday, March 26 if you plan to attend the Rally.

 

Youth DiscipleNow Lock-in

A Youth DiscipleNow Lock-in is scheduled for Friday, March 23, 10:00 p.m. through Saturday, March 24, 6:00 a.m. at Bo’s Bodacious Family Entertainment. Please watch your mail for further details.

 

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Upcoming Events. . .

 

WMU Annual Meeting

April 17, 2012

6:00 p.m.

Lower Creek Baptist Church

 

 

 

2012 Summer Mission Project

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

June 30-July 7, 2012

A team of volunteers from the Caldwell Baptist Association will conduct a North American Mission Project in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania June 30 – July 7, 2012. This is one of the projects in the Pennsylvania Partnership sponsored by North Carolina Baptist Men.  

The project will involve conducting Backyard Bible Clubs in two parks located in Wilkes-Barre. This will be the beginning stage of starting a Southern Baptist church in this industrial city of over 43,000 people located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Watch your mail for the cost of the trip, where the team will stay, and how the team will travel.

 

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Find It Here: Expanding the Kingdom 2012

 

Find It Here: Expanding the Kingdom 2012 is the third year of a three-year focus on evangelism, discipleship and missions mobilization. During the 2010 Find It Here Easter evangelism emphasis, nearly 700 churches participated in intentionally sharing the Gospel of Christ. Then, in 2011, hundreds of North Carolina Baptist churches committed to a yearlong focus on life-transformational discipleship. Baptist churches all across North Carolina were encouraged to pray for disciples, preach on discipleship, teach discipleship in classrooms and homes, and be disciples in their communities by serving.

Text Box:   Focus on WMU February 13-19, 2012    

 

Now, with the Find It Here: Expanding the Kingdom 2012 emphasis, North Carolina Baptists are  focusing  on the third leg of the Great Commission  tool - missions mobilization. While churches are encouraged to plan for a third Easter evangelism emphasis and to continue to implement ministries focused on life-transformational discipleship, in 2012 we challenge North Carolina Baptists to live missional lives in their community, state, nation and world with the Gospel of Christ.

 

 

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