Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of NC
Deluxe E-Newsletter
November 16, 2011
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Free Resource for Your Church
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Your church has received a free resource, a copy of CBFNC-sponsored "Gospel Without Borders" DVD, featuring Hector Villanueva's story. We hope that you will share this resource with your church members and larger community by organizing a screening of this immigration documentary.
Please find discussion guide, Bible study and additional resources at www.ethicsdaily.com. Learn about Hector's Story: CBFNC Pastor and Missions Council Member, Hector Villanueva, recently faced deportation. A legal resident who has lived in the U.S. since the age of three, Hector was arrested by the sheriff's department at his house in front of his wife and children, who are American citizens. Hector had applied for citizenship, and a background check revealed a prior record. Authorities found that when he was homeless in California, he had tried to cash a check that wasn't his. ... read more. ________________________ Visit the Religious Herald website to read "Crossing boundaries in ministry poses opportunities, challenges," an article discussing partnering with organizations beyond the Baptist world. CBNFC's Immigration Documentary is mentioned as an example of crossing denominational lines.
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New Baptist Covenant II
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November 17-19, 2011
New Baptist Covenant II
We hope you will join with us in celebrating this next phase of the New Baptist Covenant. Visit this website for more details.
North Carolina sites:
- First Baptist, Asheville
- Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem
Wingate Hall room 302
Note: First Calvary Baptist, Durham, is no longer able to be a host site for this event. The Winston-Salem site has moved from Emmanuel Baptist Church to Wake Forest University.
Video Conference Schedule:
Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
"This Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me."
Speakers:
Ken Fong - "Preach Good News, Heal the Broken Hearted"
Rosalynn Carter - "Helping Troubled Hearts and Minds"
Stephen Thurston - "The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me."
Music: Ebenezer and Friendship Baptist Church Choirs of Atlanta, GA
Friday, November, 18, 2011 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
"I Have Been Appointed."
Speakers:
Wendell Griffen - "Justice and Mercy"
DeeDee Coleman - "Setting at Liberty Those Who are Bruised"
Jimmy Carter and Bob Abernethy - "A Conversation: Contemporary Challenges for Luke 4 Christians"
Music - Voices of Hope, Lee Arrendale State Prison Women's Choir, Director Susan Bishop
Friday, November 18, 2011 7:00 pm -10:00 pm
"To Proclaim the Year of the Lord's Favor."
Speakers:
Carroll Baltimore - "To the Ends of the Earth"
Marian Wright Edelman - "What About the Children?"
Tony Campolo - "The Time Is Now"
Music: Oakhurst Baptist Church Choirs, Decatur, GA
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Young Leaders' Training
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The Center for Congregational Health and CBFNC are offering a Young Leaders' training. Participants are required to attend all three sessions. Session 1 is November 28-December 1, 2011. Session 2 is January 23-26, 2012. Session 3 is March 5-7, 2012.
All sessions will be held at the Family Resource Center on the campus of the Baptist Childrens Homes of North Carolina in Thomasville, NC. Tuition for all three sessions is $800. Single housing and meals for all three sessions is $665. Commuter fee and meals for all three sessions is $245. Click here for more information and to register.
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Staff Ministers
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Leaders for this year's ChurchWorks include Brian McClaren and Ken Medema. To see the full schedule and registration page, visit this website.
CBFNC will pay the registration fee ($75) for the first 25 church staff ministers who register. Retreatants will still be responsible for travel, lodging and non-included meals and spouse fees to keep ChurchWorks affordable.
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Devotional from Roger Gilbert
One from our CBFNC family has written a devotional for the Scripture focus. Read this week's devotional from Roger Gilbert, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Mount Airy. Dig Some Wells for Others Along the Way by Dr. Mark T. White
A Winston-Salem columnist reminded his readers that self-focused living now surrounds us, and we cannot deny the escalation of "meism" in our society today. Delayed gratification is basically non-existent. Replenishing what we have taken is rarely a priority. Oblivious to the biblical principal that future generations suffer from the myopia of their ancestors, people continue to take, take, and take.
... Read this post and others on our blog, http://revlaurabarclay.blogspot.com/.
New Baptist Covenant (video broadcast)
November 17-19, 2011
Confirmed locations: First, Asheville; First Calvary, Durham; Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston-Salem Visit our website for more information. Session 1: November 28-December 1, 2011
Baptist Childrens Home of NC in Thomasville
Christian Coaching Advanced Classes506 Class - Personal Coaching December 5-6, 2011
Visit our website for more information.
Youth Ski RetreatJanuary 27-29, 2012 Winterplace Ski Resort in West Virginia
Visit our website for more information.
Christian Coaching Advanced Classes
501 Class - Building Blocks of Powerful Coaching
February 6-7, 2012
Visit our website for more information.
ChurchWorks Conference
Feburary 27-March 1, 2012
Norfolk, VA
Visit our website for more information.
CBFNC General AssemblyMarch 23-24, 2012 Trinity Baptist Church, Raleigh Visit our website for more information. Children's Choir Festival March 24, 2012
Raleigh
Visit our website for more information. Christian Coaching Advanced Classes 502 Class - Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship April 2-3, 2012
Visit our website for more information. Adult Spirituality RetreatApril 13-15, 2012 Caraway Conference Center Visit our website for more information.
8th Annual Youth Choir Festival
April 20-21, 2012
First, Greensboro
Visit our website for more information. Impacting Tomorrow: Traditional Churches Finding Their Future in God's Story May 18-19, 2012
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CBF National
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Resources to Help You Prepare for Advent
As the first Sunday of Advent quickly approaches (Nov. 27), what is your church doing to help members "prepare a way" for the Christ-child? How will your church emphasize Advent in its worship, fellowship, and discipleship opportunities? CBF has compiled Advent resources for your congregation, including Words That Shape and Form - a 40-day resource for use by individuals, small groups, and congregations that explores the meaning and transforming potential of words like advent, missional, and xenos. With reflection questions and spiral binding, this resource makes for an exceptional devotional piece or small group study.
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Missions Request
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Summer Mission Program in China
Volunteers for China is seeking Christians who feel guided to go to China to teach oral English for three weeks or more in July-August 2012. Adults and college students are welcome to apply. A Medical English program will be available if medical professionals volunteer. Visit their website for more information.
Clothing Request for Victims of Trafficking
CBF Field Personnel Butch and Nell Green will be partnering informally with Mission Centers of Houston to provide clothing for women who have been taken into police custody while it is determined if they are victims of trafficking. Clothes are needed for these women and girls. Your church, small group, or you as an individual could help by packaging a new small or medium women's sweat suit, a new pair of flip flops and a few pair of new underwear. These will be delivered to the Mission Centers who then distribute them. The Mission Centers are also in need of plastic and paper bags for their extensive food distribution. Send all contributions to 1875 Ewing St, Houston, TX 77004.
Disaster Rebuilding Teams are Needed in Raleigh
Thousands of volunteers have helped all across Eastern NC following the April 16 tornadoes. We are in the rebuilding stages in Raleigh and volunteers are needed right now. In the coming weeks we will begin building new homes in Bertie county and additional volunteers will be needed there soon. For more information on how you can be involved go to the Baptists on Mission website.
Building Hope Project Ministry CommitteeThe Building Hope Project connects volunteer groups with farmworker families to build small chicken coops and greenhouses. These low-cost structures help families save money and supplement their nutrition. Each building project requires a donation of $600 and requires about 12-15 volunteers for 2 partial work days (usually Saturday-Sunday). Learn more and sign up at this website.
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| News from Our Higher Education Partners |
NC Baptist SchoolsCampbell University - www.campbell.eduRead the most recent Dean's letter here. Chowan University - www.chowan.eduKeith Reich, Assistant Professor of Religion at Chowan University, will give a lecture on his work, Figuring Jesus, The Power of Rhetorical Figures of Speech in the Gospel of Luke, on Thursday, November 17th at 3pm. This event is open to the public and free of charge. For more information on this upcoming lecture, contact the Office of the Provost at (252) 398-6211 or Whitaker Library at (252) 389-6241.
Gardner-Webb University - www.gardner-webb.eduMars Hill College - www.mhc.eduMeredith College - www.meredith.eduWake Forest University - www.wfu.eduWingate University - www.wingate.eduTheological Education
Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School - www.divinity.duke.edu/programs/baptisthouseCampbell University Divinity School - www.campbell.edu/divinityRead the latest edition of the Dean's letter. WORLD RELIGIONS AND GLOBAL CULTURES CENTER SEMINARS Dr. George W. Braswell, Senior Professor of World Religions at Campbell University Divinity School, and his students who have been trained in world religions, are available to lead seminars in your church on Sunday nights or Wednesday evenings. Set up a time with him and invite neighboring churches. They will teach Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and other world religions as well as sectarian faiths such as Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormonism, with a focus on how to share Christian faith with neighbors from other backgrounds. He may be contacted at worldreligionscenter@campbell.edu. Spring 2012 Hispanic Theological Education. Visit their website for more information. Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity
Wake Forest University Divinity School - www.divinity.wfu.edu Baptist Theological Seminary of Richmond - http://scm.btsr.edu
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| News from Partners and Friends of CBFNC |
Human Rights Day
Churches are encouraged to observe BWA Human Rights Day during worship service on Saturday, December 10, or Sunday, December 11. Information and worship resources are available on the BWA website.
Tree Angels for NC Troops
Wake Forest Baptist Church in Wake Forest is working again this year with the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg to provide a Christmas tree to families who have a deployed spouse. As you remember, the cost of a Christmas tree to an enlisted man is a major expenditure. This is an opportunity for us to exhibit Christ's love and demonstrate your support of those on the forefront of the defense of our freedoms in a real and tangible manner. Cost is $55 and the deadline is November 21st. Should you have further questions or would like to participate, please call the church office at 919-556-5141 or e-mail Dave Shannon.
Baptist Children's Homes of NC -- Thanksgiving Offering
 The offering theme for 2011 is Changed! Just as the Spring's first caterpillar bursts forth from its cocoon to emerge as a beautiful butterfly, children living at Baptist Children's Homes experience a metamorphosis of their own. Christian houseparents nurture boys and girls, many who have never experienced the compassion of a caring adult, and teach them about Jesus. And as children, like Kourri, hear more about His life-changing love, God carefully knits a cocoon around their hearts. Like the caterpillar, when the moment is right, children's hearts and lives are transformed. They are a new creature in Christ. Click here to see and hear Kourri's story.
Fall Learning Opportunities from the Center for Congregational Health
Young Leaders' Program Session 1, November 28, 2011 Thomasville, NC. Click here for more information and to register.
Together For Hope Field Personnel Available to Speak at Your Church
Paula Settle, CBF field personnel in Owsley County, Kentucky - Together For Hope - will be on off-field assignment until November 28. If you would be interested in having Paula come speak at your church, contact her by e-mail or PO Box 1782 Stanton, KY. 40380, tel: 606-663-6088.
WMU NC Missions Blitz Work Teams at Camp Mundo Vista in Asheboro, NC March 26-31, 2012. Visit their website for more information or contact Margaret Harding at 1-866-210-8602x209 with questions.
Plunge-2-Poverty an intensive poverty simulation experience February 24-25, 2012. Visit their website for more information or contact Margaret Harding at 1-866-210-8602x209 with questions.
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Personnel Requests
| Frequently CBFNC receives requests from churches about placing an ad for filling church positions or staff. While we do not have a place for these ads in our newsletter, The Gathering, we are willing to publish positions in our e-newsletter. These ads are for non-ministerial staff positions only. However, we do offer a Reference and Referral service with our Ministerial Resources Coordinator, Jack Causey for staff positions. Please visit our website to learn more about staff placement through CBFNC. If you would like to place an ad for a non-ministerial staff position in our enewsletter, please contact Sarah Mitchell at SMitchell@cbfnc.org or (888) 822-1944.
Are You Looking for a Place in Ministry?
Call today to meet with Jack Causey, Ministerial Resources Coordinator, on a confidential basis about your ministry pilgrimage. Contact Jim Hylton, 888-822-1944, to schedule an appointment. Learn more about the CBFNC Reference and Referral Ministry
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CBFNC's latest resources
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Resources from CBFNC's 2011 General AssemblyVisit our website for audio recordings and documents from our General Assembly, "The Heart of Jesus: Living Justice and Mercy," that took place March 25-26 at First, Asheville.
Graham Convocation RecordingsVisit our website for audio recordings and documents from the recent "Joining God in the World - A Fresh Look at Missions and Evangelism" convocation that took place on February 1st at First Baptist, Graham.
Catch up on Hopeful Imagination
Videos, audio recordings and speaker handouts from CBFNC's recent "Hopeful Imagination" conference are now available for download. Visit the Hopeful Imagination webpage for more details.
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Supported by Roseboro First Baptist Church in Roseboro
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 Roseboro First Baptist Church in Roseboro make up who we are. Thank you for your partnership!
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