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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina
Events E-Newsletter
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Immigration Documentary Screening
Three screenings with panel discussions
10:00am - 12:00pm
CBFNC co-sponsored this documentary from the Baptist Center for Ethics, which features the story of our own CBFNC pastor, Hector Villanueva.
Monday, September 19
First Baptist, Greensboro
Please register by Thursday, Sept. 15
Tuesday, September 20
Providence, Charlotte
Please register by Thursday, Sept. 15
Monday, October 3 at First Baptist, Raleigh
Ministers and laity are welcome, and the event is free! Check out the immigration page on our website for more information on these events, to hear Hector's story, and to get resources for your church.
Immigration Lunchtime Discussion
You're invited! This year, the NC Council of Churches is continuing its successful statewide series of "Clergy Lunches" on immigration in Winston-Salem. These events are geared toward busy religious professionals and faith leaders, and they provide an overview of immigration issues in the context of a great networking event (and free lunch!). Over 450 faith leaders have attended these events to date.
Event Details:
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 11:00-12:30pm
Lower Auditorium at Wake Forest Divinity School, Winston-Salem, NC
Speaker:
Dr. Jill Crainshaw, Wake Forest Divinity School
Click here for more information and to RSVP.
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Adult Sunday School
Teacher Training
CBFNC is happy to partner with the following churches to provide training for teachers of adult classes. Rick Jordan, CBFNC's Church Resources Coordinator, will lead the training, which he promises to be interactive, interesting and insightful. And, maybe entertaining.
The training will be guided by Rick's FIT model (Fellowship, Instruction, Transformation), used in the new curriculum published by Baptists Today, for which Rick writes the adult teacher lessons. However, the training will show how any curriculum can be adapted to reach these key goals for every lesson, so the training will be applicable to any and all teachers.
There will be solid methodology to help new teachers and fresh perspectives to refresh veterans! Visit our website to register.
Tuesday, September 20
First Baptist Church, Monroe
Please register by noon on September 19.
Sunday, September 25
Emerywood Baptist Church, High Point
Please register by September 19.
Thursday, September 29
First Baptist Church, Forest City
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September 11, 2001, from an Immigrant's Point of View
by Pastor Daniel Sostaita, Iglesia Cristiana Sin Fronteras in King The clock ticked to signal that another minute had passed. It was an ordinary morning, just like all the others that passed unnoticed and uneventfully at Stokes Tire, where the outside world seemed like an illusion and the only thing on my mind was the vehicle sitting in front of me. I recall going into the customer's waiting room and discovering a group of people huddled around the television, crying, screaming, and mumbling to themselves. Their facial expressions expressed their inward emotions: terror, desolation, fear. A million questions were floating around in the air. Has God abandoned us? Why was this happening? Is this an omen of what lies in our future? Without an answer in mind, only the silence of the pain and tragedy invading my heart and mind, I could hear Eddy's (my manager) voice like a faint whisper being overshadowed by the images of hatred and violence on the television. I was paralyzed by those frightening images, unable to move, unable to look away, unable to think or fully grasp the immensity of what was happening before my eyes. My world caved in on itself. I, and the millions of others watching, were silenced. ... read more |
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Justice for Hector, but a Long Road Ahead
Friday, September 2, 2011, was over a year in the making for Hector Villanueva, CBFNC pastor and legal resident who faced deportation after applying for citizenship and was arrested for a 15-year-old crime for which he had already served time-cashing a check that wasn't his while homeless. CBFNC staff organized ministers and laity to pack the courtroom in support, and Hector gave compelling testimony about his transformation in serving God through his ministry and his commitment to his wife and children, which includes two adopted daughters. The judge, moved by his testimony and our support, said that he was convinced of Hector's "rehabilitation" and canceled his deportation. The judge carefully reminded him that he could never be a citizen under current U.S. immigration law, though his wife and children all enjoy that privilege.
... Read this post and others on our blog, http://revlaurabarclay.blogspot.com/.
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Upcoming Events for CBFNC
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Youth Fall Retreat
September 16-18, 2011
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Immigration Documentary
September 19, 2011 First Baptist, Greensboro
September 20, 2011 Providence, Charlotte
October 3, 2011 First Baptist, Raleigh
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Adult Sunday School
Teacher Training
September 20, 2011
First Baptist Church in Monroe
September 25, 2011
Emerywood Baptist Church in High Point September 29, 2011
First Baptist Church in Forest City
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Elevating Preaching Conference
September 26, 2011
Campbell Divinity School
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Healing Communities: Conversations Toward Shalom
September 30, 2011
Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Visit this website for more information. This event is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Lily Endowment and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. |
Deacon Training:
Growing Churches in Challenging Times
October 1, 2011
University, Chapel Hill
October 15, 2011
First, Hickory
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Christian Coaching Opportunities
Christian Coaching Certificate Training
501 Class: Building Blocks of Coaching
October 10-11, 2011
502 Class: Dynamic Coaching Relationships
December 5-6, 2011
508 Class: Coach Approach to Evangelism and Discipleship
February 6-7, 2012
506 Class: Personal Coaching
April 2-3, 2012 |
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Creating a Culture of Call
October 17, 2011
Campbell University Divinity School
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| Children's Missions Days
November 5, 2011
Asheville and Raleigh
November 19, 2011
Rockingham
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New Baptist Covenant
(video broadcast)
November 17-19, 2011
locations to be determined
Visit our website for more information.
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| Youth Ski Retreat
January 27-29, 2012
Winterplace Ski Resort in West Virginia
Learn more at our website.
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 CBFNC General Assembly
March 23-24, 2012
Trinity, Raleigh |
| Children's Choir Festival
March 24, 2012
Raleigh
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| Youth Choir Festival
April 20-21, 2012 First, Greensboro
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 Impacting Tomorrow:
Traditional Churches Finding Their Future in God's Story
May 18-19, 2012 Providence, Charlotte
Visit our website for more information. |
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Supported by Glenn School Road Baptist Church in Durham CBFNC's headquarters are not in an office suite in Winston-Salem, but in congregations from the Atlantic in the east to the Appalachians in the west. Congregations like Glenn School Road Baptist Church in Durham make up who we are. Thank you for your relationship!
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