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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina
Events E-Newsletter
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 Tell Us Your Stories
CBFNC sent your church a copy of "Gospel Without Borders" last month. Do you have stories from your immigration documentary screening? Were you able to incorporate some of the resources made available to you by CBFNC and EthicsDaily.com? Has the DVD started discussions on immigration within your community, church or household?
Take a moment and share your story with Laura Barclay. |
A preaching 'genius' faces his toughest convert
By John Blake, CNN
Blue Ridge, Georgia (CNN) -- Fred Craddock was a young preacher trying to find his voice when he received a call from his mother one day.
"You need to go see your father," she said. "He may not live longer."
Craddock found his father in a VA hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Fred Craddock Sr. had whittled down to 73 pounds. Radiation treatments had burned him to pieces. He couldn't eat or speak.
When he saw his son, he picked up a Kleenex box and scribbled on it a line from Shakespeare's "Hamlet": "In this harsh world, draw your breath in pain to tell my story."
"What is your story, Daddy?"
His father's eyes welled with tears. He wrote: "I was wrong." ... read more |
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Wahoo!
Let CBFNC help you
plan a youth ski retreat
January 27-29, 2012
Winterplace Ski Resort in WV
This trip includes 2 nights hotel lodging, continental breakfasts, 1 day shaped ski rental, 1 day lift ticket, lunch voucher, 1 comp lift & rental with every 15 paying skiers, Dinner at Tamarack Conference Center, Worship Saturday night and Sunday morning, and Conference T-shirt.
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Devotional from Martha McDowell
One from our CBFNC family has written a devotional for the Scripture focus. Read this week's devotional from Martha McDowell, ordained minister and member of CBFNC's Coordinating Council.
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I Invite You to Join Me in the Recovery of a Christian Christmas
by Rev. Randy Carter
Please read the title of this article. Yes, a "Christian Christmas." It seems strange that the Christian church would have to fight to recover a season in the church calendar that has the word "Christ" in it. But, would you disagree that much of what happens in our culture during Christmas has nothing whatsoever to do with the remembrance of Jesus Christ, God in the flesh? Is Christmas even recognizable beyond an exercise in rampant, unbridled consumerism? Ask your children, "What is your favorite thing about Christmas?" Will they answer the family meal, the visit to Grandma and Grandpa, or the special parties and get-togethers with friends and others in the community? No. They will answer with one word: presents.
... Read this post and others on our blog, http://revlaurabarclay.blogspot.com/.
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Upcoming Events for CBFNC
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Christian Coaching Opportunities
Christian Coaching Certificate Training
506 Class: Personal Coaching
December 5-6, 2011
501 Class: Building Blocks
of Powerful Coaching
February 6-7, 2012
502 Class: Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship
April 2-3, 2012 |
| Youth Ski Retreat
January 27-29, 2012
Winterplace Ski Resort in West Virginia
Learn more at our website.
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| Collegiate Mid-Winter Retreat
January 28-29, 2012
Camp Mundo Vista
Learn more at our website.
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| New Minister's Luncheon
February 9, 2012
CBFNC offices, Winston-Salem
More information coming soon.
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| ChurchWorks Conference
February 27-March 1, 2012
Norfolk, VA
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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| Adult Spirituality Retreat
April 13-15, 2012 Caraway Conference Center
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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. |
| SELAHvie
August 6-9, 2012
Visit this website for more information.
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Supported by Early's Baptist Church in Ahoskie 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 Early's Baptist Church in Ahoskie make up who we are. Thank you for your relationship!
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About this E-Newsletter
The purpose of this e-newsletter is to keep CBFNC partners informed of upcoming events and current news. If you have any questions or comments, please send an email to communications@cbfnc.org.
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and responsibility for the content of outside links, and views
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