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PRESCHOOL
+CHILDREN
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2015 PRESCHOOL + CHILDREN EVENT CALENDAR
JANUARY
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LifeWay VBS Preview Travis Avenue BC, Fort Worth
Family Ministry Networking Lunch SBTC, Grapevine
PC Network Southcrest BC, Lubbock
MEGA Southcrest BC, Lubbock
TODAY Conference FBC Childress
FEBRUARY
22-25
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Empower Conference First Euless
Houston MEGA Champion Forest BC, Houston
PC Network Champion Forest BC, Houston
MARCH
1-8
7
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26
28
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Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
VBS Convention Spring Baptist Church, Spring
VBS Convention Church at Quail Creek, Amarillo
Webinar Family Ministry
VBS Convention Friendly BC, Tyler
VBS Convention University BC, San Antonio
APRIL
10-11
12
17-18
17-18
21-23
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24-25
Regional Bible Drill FBC, Euless
Cooperative Program Sunday
Regional Bible Drill Redbud BC, Lubbock
Regional Bible Drill Spring Baptist Church, Spring
Texas Mega Retreat Great Hills BC, Austin
PC/Family Conference Bannockburn BC, Austin
Marriage & Parent Conference Bannockburn BC, Austin
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14-15
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Children’s Music Leadership Conference Ft. Worth
Children’s Music Leadership Conference Austin
EQUIP Mega Conference Fallbrook Church, Houston
East Texas MEGA Harmony Hill BC, Lufkin
PC Network Harmony Hill BC, Lufkin
East Texas Christian Leaders Conference Lufkin
SEPTEMBER
MAY
2
7
28
20-27
Bible Drill State Finals SBTC, Grapevine
National Day of Prayer
Webinar Children's Ministry
JUNE
14-17
JULY
See sbtexas.com for a full calendar of events
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AUGUST
SBC Annual Meeting Columbus, OH
Reach Texas Week of Prayer
OCTOBER
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DFW MEGA MacArthur Blvd BC, Irving
PC Network MacArthur Blvd BC, Irving
SBTC Day of Prayer for Annual Meeting
NOVEMBER
8-9
9-10
29- Dec. 6
SBTC Bible Conference Champion Forest BC, Houston
SBTC Annual Meeting Champion Forest BC, Houston
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
Questions? 1.877.953.SBTC (7282)
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PRESCHOOL
+CHILDREN
1 Preschool /Children Network
17 SBACS
2 Preschool /Children Minister's Conference
18 Empower Conference
3 Texas One Day
19 2016 Heart of the Child
4 Marriage + Parent Conference
20 Annual Meeting
6 Family Ministry
7 Family App
8 EQUIP Conference
10 Vacation Bible School
11 Bible Drill + Speakers Tournament
12 Children's Music Leadership Conference
13 Texas Missions for Kids
14 Online Training
15 Webinars
16 Apps
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Preschool Children NETWORK
Designed for preschool and children’s ministers seeking to expand
their ministries. This network will provide you with access to recognized
leaders in the field of childhood and family ministries.
January 29 10 am – 3 pm
August 20 10 am – 3 pm
February 26 10 am – 3 pm
October 1 10 am – 3 pm
Southcrest Baptist Church, Lubbock
Champion Forest Baptist Church, Houston
Harmony Hill Baptist Church, Lufkin
MacArthur Blvd Baptist Church, Irving
sbtexas.com/children
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Children
Preschool Children
M I N I ST E R ’ S CO N F E R E N C E
April 23-24
Bannockburn Baptist Church, Austin
Cost: $49 or $59 after April 1
Bonus
This is a two-day professional development
training conference designed for preschool and
children’s ministers/directors. Come hear from
recognized leaders in the field of childhood
and family ministries.
Includes a free registration to the
@home Family Game Changers
Conference April 24-25th
For more information visit
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Featured Speakers
Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller
National Center for Biblical Parenting
sbtexas.com/children
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Saturday, January 31
9:00 am-3:00 pm First Baptist Church, Childress
Saturday, August 15
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Fallbrook Church, Houston
Saturday, August 22
8:30 am-3:00pm East Texas Christian Leaders
Conference Denman Ave Baptist, Lufkin
Cost: $10
sbtexas.com/today
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Texas One Day is designed to:
Texas One Day
Sunday School Conferences
EQUIP you to serve effectively in all areas
of Sunday School/Small Group ministry
DELIVER practical tools useful in all
aspects of your ministry.
FACILITATE opportunities to network with
others from churches similar to yours
BUILD team cohesiveness among your
church’s leaders.
Offers training for:
Preschool Sunday School Leaders • Children Sunday School Leaders
Youth Sunday School Leaders • Young Adult Sunday School Leaders
Sr. Adult Sunday School Leaders • Discipleship
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Family Conference
What if a strategic weekend in Austin
could change the spiritual path of families
in your church?
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Bannockburn Baptist Church, Austin
$15 individual – $25 couple
Keynotes:
Family Conference
April 24-25
Scott Turansky + Joanne Miller
National Center for Biblical Parenting
Game Changers
2015 Marriage + Parent Conference
Steve + Debbie Wilson
Marriage Matters Now
sbtexas.com/family
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Family
FAMILY MINISTRY
NETWORKING LUNCH
DATE: January 27
Homes are in spiritual chaos!
How is your church helping families?
What tools/resources can the church provide?
COST: FREE
TIME: 11am - 2pm
LOCATION: SBTC Offices, Grapevine
sbtexas.com/family
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Family
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Equip
LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR
ALL ASPECTS OF MINISTRY
SATURDAY
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sbtexas.com/equip
+ Administration/Stewardship
+ Preschool/Children
+ Men
9am-3pm
+ Children’s Music
+ Family
Training opportunities
for staff, volunteers &
lay leaders in these
areas of ministry:
+ Preteen
+ Discipleship
+ Library
+ Pastoral
+ Adult Home Groups
+ Facilities
+ Spanish
+ Missions
+ Adult Sunday School
+ Communication Technology
+ Students
+ Women
+ Worship
+ Black Equipping Churches
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LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE
DINNER
DANTE WRIGHT Pastor
Sweet Home Baptist Church,
Round Rock
See separate registration
on Equip website
August 14-15
Fallbrook church houston
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SATURDAY AUG. 15
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Equip
FRIDAY AUG. 14 6PM-8:30PM
ALLAN TAYLOR
Allan Taylor is Minister of Education at First
Baptist Church Woodstock, Georgia. Under
his leadership, the Sunday School attendance
has grown from 2,500 to 5,000. Allan is the
author of three books, “The Six Core Values of
Sunday School,” “Disciplining and Restoring
the Fallen,” and “Sunday School in HD.” He
and his wife, Linda, have three children and
three grandchildren.
For more information
or to register, visit
sbtexas.com/equip
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Vacation Bible School
Take the journey! LifeWay’s VBS takes your
kids to uncharted territory where they will begin to
understand that obedience to God can lead them
beyond the expected. So toss the map, stick close to
your guide and prepare to listen for God’s direction
in this journey that is unknown to us, but known
by him.
January 16-17 LifeWay VBS Preview
Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Ft. Worth
March 7
Spring Baptist Church, Spring
The Church at Quail Creek, Amarillo
March 28
Friendly Baptist Church, Tyler
University Baptist Church, San Antonio
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
SBTC State VBS
Training, Conferences & Conventions
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NEW tracks offered: Advanced Director’s Training
and Hispanic Track. Check the website for complete
list of tracks offered at each location.
sbtexas.com/vbs
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Bible Drill
CHILDREN’S BIBLE DRILL
Designed for children in grades 4-6. Churches use Lifeway’s
Bible Drill Curriculum: Bible Skills, Drills and Thrills (Red Cycle
for 2015). Children are taught through games, music, Bible
stories and Scripture memory.
YOUTH BIBLE DRILL
Designed for students in grades 7-9. For 2015, churches will
use the Red cycle. Youth Bible Drill curriculum is provided
free from the SBTC or downloadable on our website.
Bible Drill is a Southern Baptist Convention
program involving older children, youth and high
school students in systematic memorization and
location of selected scriptures.
April 10-11 Regional
First Baptist Church, Euless
April 17-18 Regional
Spring Baptist Church, Spring
Redbud Baptist Church, Lubbock
May 2 State Finals
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SBTC office, Grapevine
HIGH SCHOOL BIBLE DRILL
Designed for students in grades 10-12. For 2015, students
will use Cycle One. High School curriculum is provided free
from the SBTC or downloadable on our website.
YOUTH SPEAKERS’ TOURNAMENT
Provides 10th-12th grade students the opportunity to
improve overall communication skills and orally present
a four-to-six minute speech which expresses their biblical
convictions. Speaker topics, National Speakers’ Tournament
guidelines and an SBTC “how to” instructional guide are
downloadable on our website.
sbtexas.com/bibledrill
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Children’s Music
children
Children’s Music
L EADERSHIP CO NF E R E N C E
August 1
Fort Worth
August 8
Austin
August 15
Houston
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Children’s Music Leadership is a training conference
for those who work in the children’s music ministry. It
is important to train children in the areas of music and
worship so they can participate fully in one of the most
important activities of the church, worship. There are
three regional training opportunities during the year to
help you grow as a leader, music educator and in the
knowledge of available curriculum for your ministry.
For more information visit
sbtexas.com/worship
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• A new resource for educating kids
on missions happening in Texas!
• Features videos and stories that
highlight missions in Texas.
Texas Missions for Kids
Resource
for Educating Kids
on Missions in Texas
• Great component for summer VBS,
mission moments, Wednesday night
or Sunday programs.
Download the curriculum and videos at
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sbtexas.com/missions4kids
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Online Training
ONLINE
TRAINING
& RESOURCES
“Almost 100 percent of pastors agree that their role is
to train and equip members. But almost three-fourths
of these pastors have no plans on how they will train
them” -Thom Rainer
• 350+ ministry training videos
• New content added monthly
• Cost: All FREE!
Who is this for?
Volunteers, church staff and pastors.
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Stop by for a look sbtexas.com/online
To get on our monthly mailing email
[email protected]
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January 22 – Pastor to Pastor
February 26 – Worship Ministry
March 26 – Family Ministry
April 23 – Game Plan for Churches (Evangelism Tool)
May 28 – Children’s Ministry
June 25 – Church Planting
July 23 – Sunday School
August 27 – Revitalization
September 24 – Leadership
October 22 – Women’s Ministry
November 19 – Discipleship
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Webinars
In what area does your
leadership need help?
NEW! 2015 WEBINARS WILL BE A Q&A FORMAT.
Give us your questions. We might be able to answer
them during the webinar. Each session is archived so
if you can’t catch it live, you can watch it later.
COST: FREE
TIME: 11:00 AM
If you want a reminder on each month’s topic, info on
a particular webinar or to submit a question go to...
sbtexas.com/webinars
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Apps
SBTC APPS
FREE
DOWNLOADS
SBTC
SBTC events calendar, live
streaming of events/ previously
recorded events, TEXAN
Digital/TEXAN Online, staff
directory
iLEAD
Providing educational resources and training
• Previous and live leadership webinars,
leadership conversations, events videos,
leadership tips, leadership events calendar
COLLEGIATE MINISTRY
Events calendar, webinars/training videos
STUDENT MINISTRY
Events calendar, blog, artist/speaker
info from events
DISASTER RELIEF (DR)
Calendar of DR trainings, updates from
disaster relief, video testimonials/updates
1CROSS
● Share the gospel in multiple languages
(3-minute video for each language)
● Resources for sharing your faith
@ home FAMILY MINISTRY
To find include “SBTC” in the search.
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Helping churches and families minister @ home
Weekly marriage + family devotionals, age graded
life applications, along with other resources and tools.
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SBACS
SBACS is a national alliance of schools from preschool through
university and includes churches, foundations, corporations,
educators and families who want to advance a nationwide system
of Christian schools to reach and disciple America’s children
for Christ.
The SBTC supports and encourages Christian schooling and
homeschool families by partnering with SBACS to:
• Help pastors and congregations start new Christian schools
• Strengthen existing Christian schools by providing information,
training, consulting services and resources
SOUTHERN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
OF CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Workshops & Seminars
Check out www.sbacs.org for more dates
and locations or call (407) 808-9100.
• Promote kingdom education and Christian schooling as a powerful
emerging model for reaching and discipling lost children and
families, equipping them for service in the body of Christ
• Advance a biblical worldview and understanding of education
• Assist Christian colleges and universities in finding and recruiting
Christian school and homeschool students
sbacs.org
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Empower Conference
sbtexas.com/ec15
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April 22-23, 2016
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Heart of the Child
Save the Date
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Annual Meeting
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION
2015 BIBLE CONFERENCE
& ANNUAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 8-10 CHAMPION FOREST BC, HOUSTON
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SOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION
2015 EVENT + RESOURCE GUIDES
MISSIONS +
EVANGELISM
STUDENT +
COLLEGIATE
SENT Regionals
Empower Conference
Confident Christianity
+ more
M3 Camps
Student Evangelism Conference
Lead Camp
Surrender Retreat
+ more
HISPANIC
Spanish Rallies
Men’s Conference
Women’s Conference
Regional Conferences
Student Camp
+ more
ADULT
LEADERSHIP
CHILDREN
Collegiate
Men
Women
Senior Adults
+ more
Worship
Online Training (Webinars)
Discipleship
Equip Mega Conference
Church Revitalization
+ more
Bible Drill
Vacation Bible School
Conferences
Training
+ more
To order more of these resources visit sbtexas.com or call 1.877.953.SBTC (7282)
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With 7 billion people worldwide, sharing
the gospel can be an intimidating mission.
By working together, the possibilities
are endless.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS OF TEXAS CONVENTION
Toll free 877.953.SBTC (7282) ● www.sbtexas.com
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