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The Clarion Volume 46 Issue 8
August 2017
Our mission is to Encourage, Equip and Engage our network of
churches to share the love of Christ with our communities.
Office Directory 2335 Industrial Drive
Panama City, FL 32405 (850) 785-3115 (800) 727-7707
Fax - (850) 763-9736 www.nwcbap.org
Director of Missions Troy Varnum
Ministry Assistant Phyllis Poland
VIM Coordinator Jennie London
FBCH Family Support Counselor
Emily Fidler [email protected]
(850) 281-4446
Moderator Michael Petty
Affirming the Positive
Doing missions is basically getting out of your comfort zone to engage
your surroundings with an Acts 1:8 mindset guided by the Holy Spirit. I
am happy to share two such experiences that happened to me (and us) in
the past week.
1. I had the pleasure of participating in my 9th Builders For Christ (BFC)
trip by going with teams from our association and the North Jefferson
Baptist Association (Alabama) to Mayfield and Benton Kentucky to assist
two churches in construction and ministry. This is probably the most
economical interstate mission trip you could ever join. I joined 75 folks
who helped His House Ministries put up sheet rock, metal siding, and
eaves for an office suite while helping Solid Rock Baptist Church paint
and tile part of their education/fellowship wing. In the meantime a
Backyard VBS and evangelism opportunities took place through out the
week. Add to that a feeding team that kept our morale (and calories
high) and you have a complete missions force sharing and receiving
God's love.
Now isn't too early too early to reserve the last week of July 2018 for our
next mission BFC encounter. Frank Sheets (member of 1st PC) does a
great job in organizing our projects. Let me know how we can get you in
the loop. This is a great opportunity for men , women, and student
ministries.
2. While I was gone, 1st Baptist Houston came into our area, like a lot of
other groups. What was different this time is that they worked directly
with our association by selecting our Missions Center as one of their
projects. If you go by 12th and Virginia you will see our future home
base sporting the colors of "cinnamon sugar", "skinny latte" and "covered
bridge" (I just call it all " burlap sheik"). With the dead azaleas gone, new
landscape timbers, relined parking lot, and partial carpet removal, I feel
like renovation has started in earnest.
Yet, the most gratifying factor in all of this work is that there are
students who are now recognizing the value of doing missions and will
have a perpetual investment in what takes place through the Missions
Center. That means we also have an investment in those students
regarding their spiritual development.
Like milk, missions does a body good, especially the Body of Christ.
Thanks for your investment in our associational missions journey.
In Christ,
Troy
VOLUNTEER IN MISSIONS JENNIE LONDON
Volunteer Mission Vision
More Mission Teams and our NWCBA Shower Unit - The reports are now in from the
other two groups that used our Shower Unit this summer.
Panama City FBC hosted a large group of World Changers. While here, they split up
into about 15 teams and worked on 29 different homes, along with local volunteers,
mostly from Panama City FBC. They reported: 54 Ministry Contacts, 21 Gospel Presen-
tations and 4 Professions of Faith. They also gave a Bible to each of the families they
served.
Woodstock BC on Panama City Beach hosted a large group of youth and adults from
Burnt Hickory Baptist of Powder Springs, GA. My apologies for the error in last
month’s Clarion, when I wrote that this group was from Texas. The team from Burnt
Hickory, along with volunteers from Woodstock, led a VBS during the morning at
Woodstock, did clean-up at a school and the county park, sang at the Capt. Anderson's
Marina for an audience coming and going, led two sessions at Woodland Day Camp, led
a session at Boys and Girls club, did some beach outreach and held a community block
party. This group reported: 5 Ministry Contacts, distributed about 500 Gospel Tracts,
gave Gospel Presentations to 7 different groups of people and recorded 25 Professions
of Faith.
All Glory to God for His Blessings! And, may all the seeds that were sown by these
Mission Teams continue to bear fruit. Thanks again to all the dedicated Shower Unit
Volunteers, who supported these teams by seeing that they had a clean place to shower
each day.
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) Update – Sam Porter, currently the Volunteer
Missions Specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, has been named by
our North American Mission Board (NAMB) as the new National Director for SBDR.
Mickey Caison has served very capably in this role for many years and plans to retire the
end of this August. Sam Porter will begin his role with NAMB in mid-September. To read
the full press release, you may go to https://www.namb.net/news/namb-names-new-
national-director-for-disaster-relief
In HIS Service,
Jennie London
[email protected] (850) 763-8258
This summer has flown by and now we are preparing for the kids to return to
school!
In July, I had the privilege of recognizing one of our foster families as “Angels
Among Us” at the Quality Parenting Luncheon at Big Bend Community Based
Care. I also had the opportunity to recognize Jamie Buckley as a “Hometown He-
ro” for her work with Reagan’s Wish. It has been an incredible honor to see the
ministry of FBCH grow in Bay County and to work with so many amazing people
who have made that growth possible. Not only do we continue to increase the
number of foster homes, but also the number of people and churches who sup-
port those foster families. There is such a joy in knowing that even though we
can’t fix all of the problems we see in our community, we can do our part to in-
crease the quality of life for one more child in our area.
As we begin this new school year, please let me know if your church or
organization would like for someone from FBCH to come speak at your church or
share ministry opportunities! We love the chance to partner with our local
churches! I am also looking to start a new QPT (Quality Parenting Training)
class for anyone who is interested in being licensed as a foster parent this fall. If
you are interested in the class please contact me and I will be happy to discuss
the upcoming schedule with you!
Blessings,
Emily Fidler, BSW, CWLC
Licensing Specialist
C: 850.281.4446 F: 850.763.9736
2335 Industrial Drive, Panama City, FL 32405
As some of you know, our Seafarer Director has resigned do to health
considerations. Be in prayer as we consider our next steps for this important
ministry.
Seafarer’s Ministry Ken Hall, Director [email protected]
Check out our Web site at
www.nwcbap.org
Please verify your church
information and let us know
if corrections are needed
If you have a new staff
member, please send us
the name, staff position,
beginning start date,
birthday (no year needed),
and if married, spouse
name, anniversary date
including the year.
Minister’s Conference Schedule
All minister’s conferences are at the Industrial Drive location at
11 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
Ministers Conferences will resume on September 11, 2017
Wedding Anniversaries
4 (’79) Rick (Christie) Mitchell, Associate Pastor/Administration – St. Andrew BC
18 (‘84) Troy (Latriva) Varnum, DOM NWCBA
28 (‘71) Clyde (Marcia) Ellison, Assoc Pastor - FBC, PC
31 (‘74) Phyllis (Gary) Poland, Ministry Assistant, NWCBA
Staff Anniversaries
20 (‘89) Greg George, Pastor-Gulf Beach
Birthdays
1 Derek Boggs, Dir. Technical Services, St Andrew Baptist
11 Gwyn Hughes, Children’s Director, Gulf Beach
14 Shea Johnson, Weekday Preschool Dir.-Gulf Beach
17 Linda Willey, Secretary-FBC Deerpoint Lake
23 Roger Krans, Pastor – West Bay
26 Bonnie Hirons, Receptionist/Secretary – FBC, PC
30 Mary Lou Quick, Secretary-FBC, Southport
31 Trey Meadows, Minister of Music, Immanuel
AUGUST 2017
“And the two shall become one…”
How Do I Apply for Elevate Bay:
To apply for being a mentor, you will need to fill out the Mentor Application Form. After
you apply, your application will be sent through the normal Bay District Schools back-
ground procedure. You will also have to attend one Elevate Bay training session. Some
people want to help be a mentor but they do not understand all that it means to be a
mentor. The training sessions will help answer your questions, as well as explain the
expectations. Once you have gone through the training, you are ready to be a mentor and
help make a difference. Further instructions will be given at that point to get you started.
When Are The Training Dates?
July 26th @ 9:00
August 21st @ 11:30
August 30th @2:00
September 6th @ 10:30
September 7th @ 9:30
Training sessions will be held at the Nelson Building on Balboa Avenue. You can sign up for
one of these training sessions on your mentor application. Your mentoring application can
be turned into Stacey Legg who is the Bay Districts School Mentor Initiative Specialist. Her
email is [email protected] or you can turn in your application at the School Board office
located at 1311 Balboa Ave., Panama City, FL 32401.
How Long Do I Have To Turn In My Application?
We will be accepting applications all summer long. We know that people have a lot going
on during the summer, but we wanted to get Elevate Bay on your calendar. Our goal is to
have 1000 mentors by 2018. The launch date is September 18th 2017. Thank you in
advance for your willingness to partner with our community to help the children.
It is not a conference for all your men. It is designed
for your Men's Ministry Leadership Team. There are
more details on their website
https://nomanleftbehind.org.
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