The ABC of the CBA - Clarksville

The ABC of the CBA
VBS Director’s
Preview Brunch
The monthly newsletter of the Cumberla nd Ba ptist Associa tion
Rick Stevens, Associa tiona l Missiona ry
Saturday • February 7 • 2015
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Hillcrest Baptist Church
Cumb e rla nd Ba ptist Asso ciation
November 2014
Register before February 1 online at www.cumberlandba.org or by
calling 931.358.9036
Childcare will NOT be provided for this event
P.O. Box 3837
Clarksville, TN 37043-0837
850 Highway 76
Clarksville, TN 37043-5391
Our Web site Ad d ress:
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Phone: 931.358.9036
Fax: 931.358.9094
[email protected]
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Cumberland Baptist Association
931.358.9036 or fax to 931.358.9094, write
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Schedule of Events
DATE
EVENT
November 17-21
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Collection
November 27-28
Office Closed for Thanksgiving
LOCATION
Nov 30-Dec 7
Week of Prayer for International Missions
Dec. 4,11,18
Prayer Ministry
CBA Shoulder’s Building
December 8
CBA Minister/Wife Banquet
BCM Building @ APSU
December 13
Copper Basin Gifts Due
Dec. 23 -J an 6
CBA Office closed for Christmas and New Year
January 8
Jan 8,15,22,29
7:30 a.m.
In 2013 Southern Baptists celebrated 125 years of annual giving to support international missionaries. More than 3.5 billion has been given to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, whose namesake inspired the first collection of gifts in 1888 so the
world might know Christ. Then, as now, every penny you give to Lottie Moon supports missionaries as they share the Gospel overseas. For graphics and information
go to: www.imb.org
Inside this issue:
From the Missionary
2
Church News
2
CBA Minister and
Wives’ Christmas
Dinner
2
Copper Basin
Christmas Ministry
2
Southeast Conclave
3
Seminary Extension
3
Churches Without
Pastors
3
Christmas Sign
Ministry
3
January’s CBA
Executive Board
Meeting
3
Bi-Vocational/ SmallChurch Minister and
Wives Retreat
3
VBS Directors’
Preview Brunch
4
Schedule of Events
4
Merry Christmas!
Minister Conference
Prayer Ministry
TIME
Our m ission is to p rom ote c oop era tive King d om
w ork a m ong her c hurc hes, a nd to help resourc e
those c hurc hes to fulfill the Grea t Com m ission
Noon
CBA Shoulder’s Buidling
7:30 a.m.
DiscipleNow 2015
January 19
Office Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 26
Executive Board Meeting
Memorial Baptist
6:30 p.m.
January 28
D-Now Kickoff Rally
Hilldale Baptist’s FLC
6:30 p.m.
January 30 –February 1
CBA Offices will be
closed for Christmas
Holidays
Kick off Rally January 28 • 6:30 p.m. • Hilldale’s FLC
December 23-January 6
From the Missionary
As we move into the Christmas
season and to the end of the year, I
look around and see many signs of a
broken world. There is constant
threat of wars and of national
conflicts. There is fear of the future
and regret about yesterday. There
are political, economic, and social
Rick Stevens puzzles that seem to have no
solution. Yet, Immanuel came. If you had asked a
resident of Jerusalem or Bethlehem some questions
back about 2000 years ago, you might have gotten
similar responses. The uncertainty of life and the
brokenness of the world would have been all too real.
Yet, Immanuel came. Immanuel…God With Us! He did
not come immediately correcting every vestige of
wrong in our world, but He came with the answer to all
those issues. He came to walk with us and to show a
glimpse of God’s amazing grace and hope to us. He
came to usher in a time when we might benefit from
the patience of God and find that He is with us. This
Christmas season, remember that He is With Us!
Looking toward this season, enjoy the fellowship.
Celebrate the hope. Share Jesus with someone. Invite
someone into your home or to your church. Worship
Him. Point your family to the meaning of Christmas.
Give to the causes beyond your family that God puts on
your hearts. As an association of churches, we know
that He is with us and we can do nothing without Him.
But, with Him, all things are possible. We are stronger
together. Let’s share His Hope this season and beyond,
despite the many challenges of our world. This is a
season that we can make a difference. I read a blog by
a former Clarksville pastor, who said that Christmas is
the New Easter. By that he is referring to the fact that
our world is more open to hear the gospel at Christmas
than at Easter. Most of our secular world recognizes
that something took place at Christmas, but may have
no idea that Easter has a significant meaning. Let’s
share that hope this season!
Rick Stevens
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Church News
Churches Without Pastors
ALVA is seeking a volunteer Student Ministry Leader.
Pleasant View • Spring Creek
Contact Pastor Dan Richard at 931.362.4784.
EXCELL is seeking a part time Associate Pastor/Student
Pastor. Send resumes to: Attention Associate Pastor
Search Committee 328 Excell Rd Clarksville, TN 37043
or email [email protected].
ONE HEART BAPTIST CHURCH is seeking a Senior
Pastor. He must be bilingual and expected to minister
to the whole congregation, Korean and English speaking
members, on a full time basis . Please submit resumes
to: One Heart Baptist Church, 3350 Royster Lane
Clarksville, TN 37042 or email to
[email protected]
Click here to go Conclave’s website for more information concerning: schedule, program personalities, registration information and pricing. If you can only invest in one training event for your student ministry
team this year, invest in this conference.
CBA Minister’s Christmas
Dinner
All ministers and their wives are invited to come and
celebrate the birth of our Savior together. Come and
be a part of Christian fellowship and encouragement.
Copper Basin Ministry
Again this year, it is our privilege to partner with the
Crisis Center Ministry of the Copper Basin Baptist
Association. Associational missionary Al Patterson and
his wife, Margaret, are doing an outstanding job
ministering to hundreds of needy families each month.
Each year they seek to provide Christmas to these
families.
This year the CBA will be
receiving multiple letters
from families needing
help. Please drop off your
wrapped gifts to the CBA
office no later than
December 13, 2014.
Books
Registration
TOTAL
Suggested Donation
$3.00
Large Sign
Suggested Donation
$89.00
Monday • January 26 • 2015
Memorial Baptist Church
$26.00
$70.00
$96.00
A study of the family from a Christian perspective, focusing on human sexuality, dating and courtship, marriage, childrearing, financial matters and various developmental stages of family life.
How to Understand the Bible
Dr. Jeff Burris, Teacher
Thursday evenings starting
January 8, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
CBA SHOULDERS BUILDING
Books
Registration
TOTAL
Small Yard Sign
CBA Executive Board Meeting
Wally Vinson, Teacher
Tuesday evenings starting
January 20, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
CBA SHOULDERS BUILDING
Monday • December 8 • 6:00 p.m.
High Road will be the Musical Guest
Pastor Jimmy Terry, of Tabernacle Baptist Church, is
spearheading a ministry to place signs stating, “Jesus is
the Reason for the Season” all around the Cumberland
Baptist Association.
If you are interested as a church or as an individual contact ,Pastor Terry, at 931.552.3944. The suggested donations for the signs are:
Marriage and Family
BAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRIES CENTER
Christmas Signs Emphasis
The meal will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to
start at 7:15 p.m. Please bring a covered dish. The CBA
will provide the meat.
Bi-Vocational/ Small Church
Ministers and Wives Retreat
March 27-28 • 2015
PARIS LANDING STATE PARK
Cost: $100.00 per couple
Theme: Keys to Renewal
$18.00
$70.00
$88.00
Program Personalities:
Larry Robertson, Pastor Hilldale Baptist Church
Bob and Linnie Brown and Paul Clark
An introduction to the doctrinal, historical and literary
nature of the Bible and other general questions involved in reading the Bible with understanding. The
course also deals with the authority, purpose, and message of the Bible, the history reflected in the Old Testament, and principles of interpretation.
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