Staff Member Spotlight: Benny Bowman

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First Priority Greater Birmingham - Weekly E-News

Sept. 7, 2010

Benny Bowman

Area Director

First Priority Greater Birmingham

Benny Bowman

Benny accepted Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior at the age of 18. In 1986, Benny was ordained as a deacon and in 2005 he was ordained in ministry. He has served in various capacities in student ministry since becoming a Christian. Benny has served as a student minister for over 17 years. He has been with First Priority since 1996 as a network president and Board member. Benny has just recently joined the First Priority Staff Team as an Area Director. He is a member of First Baptist Church Pell City and is currently serving as interim student minister at First Baptist Leeds. Benny has been married to his wife, Connie, for 29 years. Benny and his wife have two adult children and their spouses, Joel Bowman (Christy) and Maegan Jolly (Vann) that reside in Pell City.

You may contact Benny at 205.871.8886 or benny@gofirstpriority.com.

City-Wide Luncheon

First Priority held its third City-Wide Network Luncheon of the year on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in the Michael Jordan Banquet Room at Regions Park. Nearly 100 youth leaders attended for a time of equipping, encouragement and fellowship. Everyone enjoyed a delicious meal provided by Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q.

Special Guest and Founder of First Priority Benny Proffitt brought an inspirational message about redefining success in youth ministry. Benny said successful youth ministry is making disciples. He said disciples are people that are like Jesus. Benny focused on four ways to create disciples:

� RAISE - A leadership team; a plan to pray

� REACH - Non-threatening creative evangelism - First Priority Campus Ministry

� RESTORE - Parent/student discipleship; bible study and worship - Ephesians 4:23-24

� RELEASE - Developing servant leaders; ministry and missions

Click here to read more about First Priority's City-Wide Luncheon

Click here to view pictures from the City-Wide Luncheon

Join First Priority for its Tee Time Golf Tournament!

We are excited to invite you to take part in the Tee Time Golf Tournament presented by Craneworks, with husband and wife Doug Bell and Brenda Ladun. This year's golf tournament will be held at the breathtaking FarmLinks Golf Club in Fayetteville, AL, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. We hope you will plan to take part in this year's event! You will be a blessing for First Priority and the important work it does on public school campuses all across our area.

Click here for more information and to register online

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