The Voice of Miller County Baptist Association

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS

Your Fellow Servant Timothy

APRIL 2015 Dr. Timothy Faber Director of Missions Tel: (573)-392-6591

millercba@sbcglobal.net millerbaptistassociation.com

A VBS Clinic for all workers will be held at Eldon First Baptist Church, 209 S. Aurora St., at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, April 7. Make plans now to attend. New Adult VBS Class at our clinic. If you are not presently having Adult VBS – Come and learn what Bro. Timothy has to teach about this much needed VBS Class.

Jane Waters, VBS Team Leader

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 2015 6:00-8:00 PM

ELDON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH RSVP Monday, April 20

EASTER ACTIVITIES PLANNED

9:30 AM – Easter Breakfast Spring Garden Baptist Church

10:15 AM – Easter Cantata Worship

DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING CONFERENCE

“If the Grave Could Shout”

Eldon First Baptist

Church

VBS CLINIC ELDON FBC TUESDAY,

APRIL 7, 6:30

MILLER COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 7:00 PM

FLATWOODS BAPTIST CHURCH

PASTORS FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST

SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 8:30 AM

Blue Springs Baptist Church RSVP by Monday, April 6,

392-7074 For all Pastors, Interim Pastors and

Retired Pastors

Please remember to pray for our churches

without pastors

Mt. Herman, FBC Iberia &

Barnett

June 24-27, 2015 Skyline Baptist Church,

Branson MO mb125 Pastor’s Conference

The mb125 is an opportunity for senior

pastors of churches that have Sunday

morning worship attendance of 125 or

less.

Conference sessions will be filled with

worship to empower

words of encouragement to

motivate

informative seminars to

equip them with improved

skills, and

materials to assist them upon

returning to their church.

CAMPGROUND & RESORT

MINISTRIES

Anyone who is interested in serving in the

worship services at various campgrounds

or resorts next summer, please contact

Bro. Timothy.

We need pastors, retired pastors and lay

ministers who would be interested in

preaching the gospel; and any musicians

and song leaders who would like to serve

with them in this ministry.

These resort and campground services

are early enough you will not need to miss

worship in your own church! Let’s plan

and prepare now so the work can be

coordinated for maximum effectiveness

this spring.

RA CONGRESS

APRIL 17-18, 2015

MISSOURI STATE

FAIR GROUNDS

SEDALIA, MO

[Grades 3-5] [Grades 6-12]

July 6-10 July 20-24

Registration Due Registration Due

June 11 June 25

Pulaski Baptist Association Camp Registration forms available in the office and on the MCBA website www.millerbaptistassociation.com

Spring Garden Baptist Church invites you to join them for their VBS Carnival to be held at the Fairway Grocery in Eugene. This will take place Saturday, June 6, 10:00 AM -2:00 PM.

Also please join us for VBS June 10-12. Meal will begin at 6:00 opening will begin at 6:30.

First Baptist Church, Odessa MO

Baptist Building, Jefferson City

April 5: Easter Breakfast, Spring Garden Baptist Church Easter Cantata Worship, “If The Grave Could Shout”, FBC Eldon, 10:15

April 7: VBS Clinic, Eldon First Baptist Church April 10-11: Missouri WMU Missions Celebration 2015 Annual Meeting, FBC St. Charles For more info & Nom. Comm. Report go to www.mobaptist.org/mc

April 11: Pastors’ Fellowship Breakfast, Blue Springs Baptist Church Youth & High School Bible Drill, FBC Odessa, MO

April 14: Executive Board Meeting – Flatwoods Baptist Church, 7:00 April 17-18: RA Congress, MO State Fairgrounds, Sedalia MO

April 23: Discipleship Training Conference, FBC Eldon April 25: Children’s Bible Drill, MO Baptist Building, Jefferson City, MO

June 1-5: Sports Crusaders, Mt. Carmel June 6: VBS Carnival, Fairway Grocery, Eugene, MO, Hosted by Spring Garden June 10-12: VBS, Spring Garden Baptist Church

June 24-27: mb125 Pastor’s Conference, Skyline Baptist Church, Branson, MO

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sports Crusaders will be

coming to

Mount Carmel Baptist

Church, camp goals will

be to spread the gospel of

Christ and to help

develop your child's

ability to play basketball.

For more information please

call

Rodney Allen 573-873-4229

Or Lisa Allen 573-873-2444

Enrollment Information

Date: June 1st– June 5th

Time: Grades 4th-6th

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Grades 7th-12

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Place: Mount Carmel

Baptist Church

755 Bagnell Dam Blvd.

Lake Ozark Mo. 65049

Fee: $50.00 Per child

Pre-registration

would be welcome

Make Checks payable to

Mount Carmel Baptist Church

BASKETBALL CAMP

Charlie Kempf, Pastor - 392-2140

Where We Love God and Each Other

755 Bagnell Dam Blvd, Lake Ozark, MO 65049 573-964-2333

www.mtcarmellakeozark.org

Letters will be coming to your church with further information

PRESS RELEASE FOR 2015 BUCKET CHALLENGE

Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV/AIDS than any other part of the world. Nearly 23 million people are living with HIV in the region. In 2012, 1.2 million people died from AIDS related diseases there and 1.9 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS related diseases. In many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS has erased decades of progress made in extending life expectancy. Average life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is now 54.4 years and in some more heavily affected countries is below 49 years. Households are severely affected by: loss of income earners, necessity to provide home-based care for sick relatives, and orphans left behind who must be cared for by members of extended family or siblings as young as 8-years-old. Baptist Global Response (BGR) has found that that sharing a five-gallon ‘Bucket of Love’ may be the most effective way to open doors to share the love of Christ with these folks who are at death’s door. BGR has researched and worked with partner organizations to determine the best resources to include in the Hospice Kits. One kit costs around $85. A detailed shopping list is available and nothing more or less should be included for the sake of customs regulations and a need for uniformity. A step-by-step guide for assembling the ‘Bucket of Love’ is also available so that all items will fit properly in the five-gallon bucket. Most importantly, as the buckets are delivered by missionaries, volunteers and Baptist partners, the gospel is shared and opportunity to make a decision to follow Christ is given. BGR has given Missouri Baptists the challenge of filling 5,000 buckets in 2015. We hope that your church will include the Bucket Project as part of your missions’ outreach. If you are interested in filling buckets, or would like more information, please contact the Association Office, 392-6591, for a list of items for the buckets. As you fill buckets you may also drop them off at the Association Office.

Lest We Forget Armenian Genocide April 24, 2015

Eternal Flame at the Genocide Memorial

The wounds are still deep and very painful 100 years later. Even the subway stations are lined with pictures and stories of those who represent the pain for the past. Armenians mark the date April 24, 1915 as the start of the Armenian Genocide. On this date, Ottoman Turks rounded up hundreds of Armenian intellectuals who were then driven away from their homeland and later executed in mass. The atrocities did not stop there but continued for several more years. Those who remained, mostly women, children and the elderly, were beaten, raped or left in the desert to die. Some women were noted as throwing their babies in the river praying to God that He would save them. Those were desperate times. To this day, the Turkish government takes no responsibility for annihilating more than 1.5 million Armenians and many have said that it never happened.

With Mount Ararat as a backdrop for the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia, people have a daily reminder of God’s love and faithfulness to His people. Please join us in prayer as we observe the 100 year memorial of the Armenian Genocide. God has not forgotten the Armenian people. They are precious to Him and He wants to heal their wounds. Pray for those trapped by tradition that they will see God’s redemptive plan in their lives. Pray for the God of the Harvest to send laborers to the field. There are still many cities and villages who have not heard the Good News. As Armenians look to the past, we pray that they will also look to the future. Jeremiah 29:11 states “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Seeking Him, Keith and Wendy Wofford

Miller County Baptist Association P.O. Box 391, Eldon, MO 65026