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Churches
And *Missions:
Argenta
*Great Commission
Arthur
Atwood
Boody
Calvary
Christian Baptist
Emmanuel
Fellowship
Findlay
Forsyth
Galilee
Grace Fellowship
Hammond
Heyworth
Lincoln
Lovington
Mt. Zion
New Life
Shiloh
Sullivan
Summit Avenue
Tabernacle
Tri-Valley
The Mission of Central
Baptist Association is to
encourage and facilitate
cooperation, fellowship, and
mutual care among our
churches; and to assist our
churches in the areas of
church renewal, leadership
development, and new work.
Central Baptist Association Volume XV No. 1 1255 S. Lake Ridge Ave.
(217) 428-1730 Mar./Apr. 2012 Decatur, IL 62521 Email:[email protected] Website: www.cbadecatur.com
I have heard from many folks around the country the same statement. “What we need is genuine Holy Spirit revival.” I would agree the need is great, but are we truly ready for God to move in a mighty way in our churches. Jesus said “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 KJV. We have the
challenge to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Dennis Pethers says “the crisis facing the church today is that the people who are coming to church are not sharing what they know with people who aren’t.”
I would submit that we have a “going” problem in our churches today. We open the doors and wait to see who comes rather than going as Jesus said “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” (Luke 14:23 HCSB) Can you just imagine what would happen if all across America churches were empty because the people took serious the call to tell the world about Jesus and they left their pews and went to take it to the streets?
As I begin my journeys around the Central Baptist Association I am excited to see we are going to the streets to seek the lost. Heyworth Baptist just recently celebrated a high
attendance of 68 in their service as well as 4 baptisms. Tom Miller is serving as the interim pastor there. Please pray for this church.
Galilee Baptist is taking a group to Guatemala on a mission trip at the end of March. First Baptist, Mt Zion is taking a group to Haiti this fall. Tabernacle is taking a group to Guatemala this July. I am sure there are others I have just not heard about yet.
Let me encourage you to participate in the Choose2 emphasis this year. The Choose2 goal is that every Illinois Baptist will “choose” to pray “twice” daily for the salvation of “two” lost friends, family members, neighbors, or co-workers. Then invite your Choose2 family or friend to at least “2” events at your church this year, and look for ways to minister “to” them at least “twice” this year. The two people you choose should be someone with whom your life regularly comes into frequent contact.
So get yourself ready with prayer and discipleship, then go and witness.
Mike McCoy, DOM
“I would submit that we have
a “going” problem in our
churches today. We open the
doors and wait to see who
comes rather than going..”
IBSA’s Central VBS Clinic, March 31st, 2012, at Tabernacle Baptist
Church Registration 8 a.m., Event 8:30 a.m.-12 noon
Areas of training: Preschool, 3 groups of Children (1st-6th), Pastors &
Directors, Music (Worship Rally & Music Rotation), Crafts Rotation, Mission
Rotation. Information displays for: Youth, Adult, Special Needs & Club VBS. Advance pre-registration is preferred. Participants who pre-register will be
entered in a drawing for a chance to receive free LifeWay materials at the clinic.
Central Baptist Association’s VBS Clinic at Emmanuel
Baptist at the April 17th Executive Board Meeting. More information will come in a flyer.
There will be a LifeWay table for you to view the materials and order your
VBS supplies. The CBA will receive 15% of the proceeds and the materials will
be shipped to the CBA office. We’ll need your LifeWay Account number to
place the order, a name and number of who to contact when the order arrives.
Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen!
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it
does not yet appear what we shall be: but we
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be
like him; for we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3:2
4-Natalie Jones (Tabernacle)
6-Richard Tribble (Emmanuel)
13-Mike & Diane Peterson (Heyworth)
14-Mitch & Linda Flesch (Calvary)
17-Sarah G. Andrews (Grace Fellowship)
20-Jayme Hairston (Galilee)
30-Triece Lindstrom (Findlay)
3-Paige Davis (Arthur)
5-Tracy Smith (Mt. Zion)
6-Lloyd Jackson, Sr. (Shiloh)
-Scott Andrews (Grace Fellowship)
7-Mike Peterson (Heyworth)
-Rich & Nancy Ratts (Forsyth)
11-Susan Baker (Hammond/Lovington)
12-Nancy Ratts (Forsyth)
24-Tom Miller (Heyworth)
March 17, 2012 at
IBSA Building, Springfield. Workshop sessions will include
training in Finale, video and sound.
Call (217) 391-3126 or e-mail
REACH Evangelistic Sunday School/
Small Group Training: March 27,
Dayton Avenue Baptist Church,
Peoria. REACH is a comprehensive prayer
and outreach strategy based on Biblical
mandate, researched facts about our culture,
and contextual need. Call (217) 391-3127 or
e-mail [email protected].
April 19-20, 2012
Lincoln Ave. Bapt. Church,
Jacksonville, IL Tracks for full-time worship leaders
and professional music ministers, bi-
vocational and volunteer worship leaders
and children’s worship leaders.
Call (217) 391-3126 or e-mail
Ministers' Wives' Retreat March 9-10, 2012
First Southern Baptist Church, Mattoon
starting at 5:45 pm with dinner and
followed by a general session. Saturday’s
sessions will conclude at 3 pm.
Wives of pastors, church ministry staff,
vocational ministry staff, state and
associational staff, missionaries, retired
ministers and widows of any of these are
invited. Cost is $45 per person and
includes conference fee, hotel and meals.
For more information, or to request a
registration form, contact Alice Davis at
[email protected] or (217) 649-1699.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
March 11th, 2012
DON’T FORGET!!
Set clocks back!
Leadership Team Meeting 7 PM-April 10th, 2012
At CBA Office/Emmanuel SBC
Executive Board Meeting 7 PM-April 17th, 2012
At Emmanuel SBC/CBA Office
CBA’s VBS Clinic will be at 6:30 PM
with a 30 min. Worship Rally presentation
before the Executive Board meeting starts.
Coming Events Children's Ministry Day:
March 10, Living Faith Baptist Church,
Sherman. Kids are invited to participate
in one of 15-20 hands-on missions
opportunities at each location, ending the
day will end with a missions celebration.
Cost is $15 per person, which includes a
T-shirt, lunch and some ministry supplies.
For more information visit IBSA.org/
children, e-mail [email protected]
or call (217) 391-3138. Online registration
will be available after Jan. 15.
The annual Week of Prayer for North
American Missions is March 4-11, 2012.
This year, five missionaries representing
thousands of missionaries serving
throughout the United States, Canada, and
their territories are spotlighted. The other
three days focus on ways Southern Baptists
are reaching the lost in North America.
April 22nd-Cooperative Program
Sunday
Sunday School & Small Groups Training
April 21-22, 2012 1st Bapt., Atwood
with Bobbie Boyles Call Lanny at 622-3970 or email
[email protected], if you are
interested in bringing your church
leadership to this training.
ATTENTION:
CAMP DATES
Youth Camp-July 23-25
Children’s Camp-July 25-27
Youth and Children’s Directors and
Leaders, talk it up with your kids
and remind them how much fun
they had at Camp.
Kids-tell your friends to keep those
dates open and save your money to
go to Camp this year!!
CBA’s 2012 Drill is Apr. 15th at 4 PM
& Apr. 28th is IBSA’s 2012 Drill-both
at Tabernacle.
Earn your seminary degree close to
home with Mid-America Baptist
Theological Seminary, Springfield
Extension Center. In cooperation with
Capital City Baptist Association, in
Springfield, the Springfield Extension
Center offers a convenient and flexible
training option: Students can earn 49%
of the Associates or Masters degrees at
the Springfield Extension Center; A
further 49% of the degree program can
be completed through online courses;
only two one-week mini-terms in
Memphis are required; an affordable
seminary education that fits your busy
schedule.
New Classes begin throughout the
year! Online study option also available
at www.midamericaondemand.org Mid-America Baptist Theological
Seminary is a fully accredited institution.
Classes will be held at Chatham
Baptist Church beginning August, 2012.
For admissions forms or more
information, contact Dr. Jere Phillips at
[email protected] or call the seminary
at 800-968-4508.
April 27-28, Vale Community
Church, Bloomington.
Training begins Fri. 1 p.m. for
chaplains; 5 p.m. Fri. for all other
trainees. Sessions end Sat. at 3 p.m.
Please register no later than one week
before training.
Training fees: New trainees $30.00
Renewal $10.00
If you have any questions, please
contact: Jack Shelby, State DR
Coordinator (217) 585-3485 Linda
Darden, IBSA Ministry Assistant
(217) 391-3137
Creative Preaching Conference March 15, 2012, 6-9 PM at First Baptist
Church, Rochester. Guest clinicians
include Dr. Greg Heisler from
Southeastern Baptist Seminary and
Adron Robinson, pastor of Hillcrest
Baptist Church in Country Club Hills.
Call (217) 391-3127 or e-mail
Paul writes in Ephesians 3:20 that God is
able to do “immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine” and He continues to do
amazing things through FBC of Mt Zion.
This fall we were blessed with the opportu-
nity to purchase property adjacent to the
church’s current location.
The Senior Pastor of
FBC is Tracy Smith.
He retired from the
United States Marine
Corps in 2007 and
entered the ministry
on a full time basis.
Pastor Tracy has been serving the families of
FBC since January of 2011. Our Associate
Pastor/Education, with a focus on growing
the children’s ministry, is David Marshall.
Pastor David is a retired math teacher, and
we just celebrated 25 years of David serving
FBC. Our newest staff member is Sarah
Dulak. She is a full-time wife and mother of
six-month-old Grace and serves the church
as Director of Music Ministries.
We are happy to announce that a Mothers
of Preschoolers (MOPS) group has recently
been chartered here at First Baptist Church of
Mt. Zion. This is the only MOPS group in
the Mt. Zion/Decatur area. We are very
excited about this new opportunity for moms
Pastor Tracy Smith
in our area. For the 2011-2012 MOPS year,
we will meet the 1st and 3rd Friday of each
month, August through May, from 9:30-
11:30am at the church.
God is doing great
things in our Children
Ministry. When God
placed AWANA on
our hearts, we were
averaging 4 children.
God has blessed us by
taking us from 4 each Wednesday to a high
of 48. We have had 6 decisions for Christ,
children and adults.
Cross Purpose is
First, Mt. Zion’s
Ministry to 7-12
grade students. Our
aims are to teach the
Bible, share the
gospel, provide
guidance, and encourage fellowship.
Whatever interests a student has, we have a
place and a purpose for him or her. Youth
meet every Sunday at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and additional times
of fun fellowships and activities. In 2011 our
students participated in M-Fuge at
Cumberland College where they ministered
to the surrounding community in a variety of
ways.
Cross Purpose/Youth
Crazy Hair Day at AWANAS
Lincoln Southern- This has been
the third season for our AWANA Club.
The first two seasons were somewhat of
a struggle but Praise God He has really
blessed this season. Our AWANA has
grown tremendously. We have started a
new Outreach Program, please keep us
in your prayers that God will bless. We
look forward to our choir’s
presentation, of "Worshiping in Song,"
an Easter Musical Medley. Rachael
Allen, Tom & Janice Rock’s grand-
daughter, talked to us about her 2011
year long Missionary Journey thru
South Africa, India, Cambodia,
Malaysia, Australia, Romania, Nepal,
Moldova, Swaziland, Mozambique, and
Thailand. Please keep her in your
prayers. We have two new members
and two awaiting baptism. We have
also been busily working on the
physical aspect of our church, as we
have added new double doors to the
entrance of the Fellowship Hall and a
Forsyth- will be showing the
movie "Courageous" on both Saturday
& Sunday, March 10-11 at 6:00
pm. Three leaders attended the
Churches of Strength Conference.
Heyworth-had 68 of the 75 goal
present in the Feb.12th worship
service as a “Pack a Pew/Be
My Valentine” event. The Gates
Family gave a mini concert of
Southern Gospel music, Pastor Tom
Miller gave a "brief message," and
Dennis Blankenship baptized 4 of his
great-grandchildren. Many family,
friends and school teachers were
present for the baptismal service.
What a blessing! We are looking
ahead to Vacation Bible School.
Looking at involving our folks in
“Choose2 in 2012.”
new shed for our outside equipment.
FBC, Mt. Zion-The 2011 IBSA
Children’s Ministry Day saw 2
children from FBC participate. This
year we have 17 children participating
and learning about ministering to
others. In December we were led to
establish a goal for the Lottie Moon
Christmas Offering of $5,000 and
God blessed us as His people
faithfully and prayerfully gave
$5,337. On Sunday, February 26th at
10:15am the group, Jews for Jesus,
presented “Christ in the Passover.”
They presented a traditional Jewish
Passover meal and explained the
incredible symbolism of Christ’s
presence in each element. Then on
April 1st at 10:15am, the FBC of Mt
Zion choir will present the musical
“The Eyes of Faith.”
4th-11th-Week of Prayer for NAMB/Annie Armstrong Off.
9th &10th-Minister’s Wives’ Retreat, First So., Mattoon
11th Daylight Savings Time Begins
31st– 8:30 AM-12 Noon-IBSA Central-Area VBS Clinic at
Tabernacle
1st-Palm Sunday
5th-Maundy Thursday
6th-Good Friday 8th-HAPPY EASTER-He is Risen! Hallelujah!!
8th-There will not be an Assoc. Easter Sunrise Service
10th at 7 PM-Associational Leadership Meeting at Office
15th at 4 PM-Association Bible Drills @ Tabernacle
17th at 6:30 PM-VBS Clinic at Emmanuel Bapt. Church
17th at 7 PM-Executive Board Meeting at Emmanuel Bapt.
20th & 21st-Worship Leaders’ Retreat, IBSA Bldg., Spgfld.
22nd-Cooperative Program Sunday
25th-Administrative Professional’s Day
27th-28th-Disaster Relief Training, Vale C.C, Bloomington
28th-State Bible Drills & Speaker’s Tournament at
Tabernacle
We have a new Treasurer, Tom Leach, CPA Partner
at Sikich in downtown Decatur. He and his wife, Kellijo,
have been married since 2007.
Our new Assistant Clerk is Barb Foil. Both Barb &
her husband Mark are members at Tabernacle. They live in
Mt Zion with their 17 yr. old son. Barb has worked for the
Ophthalmologist, Dr. John C. Lee for the past 6 years. Dr.
Lee’s office is close to the CBA office, off Rt. 36. Her title
is Receptionist, but it’s a small office and includes a lot more
than just receptionist work.
Mark and Barb have been married 18 yrs. Mark and Barb
have 6 children collectively-Barb has 2 sons (34 & 32) from
a previous marriage; Mark has a son (31) and 2 daughters
(32 & 27) from his previous marriage, and our 17 yr. old son
together. They have 10 grandchildren.
Welcome aboard both of you!!
