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On Mission Senior Adults

Philippines Trip

Dates and Finances

April - May 2014 www.capcity.org

CCBA’s mission

is to start and strengthen Great

Commission Churches through

cooperative resourcing.

Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services Send a big thank you..........

We would like to thank the Capital City Baptist Association of Churches for their generous support in 2013. Financial gifts from your association increased by 23% over 2012! Thank you for making a difference in the lives of children and families in need across the state and for giving BCHFS the opportunity to minister to both the physical and spiritual needs of 1,417 individuals.

Capital City Baptist Association received a check in the amount of $23,028.26 from “Church of the Open Door” following their dissolution. On February 20 Dr. Richard Tribble Pastor along with Ron Senters, presented the check to David Howard, Director of Missions, asking that this money be used for New Works in our surrounding area. We gratefully acknowledge their donation.

Literature Workshop for Pastors and Sunday School DirectorsOn May 5, 2014, there will be a literature workshop for Pastors and Sunday School Directors. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce a variety of materials that are available for Bible study and other ministries. There will be two giveaway drawings “The Leader Kit for Son of God Bible Study” with Rick Warren and the Leader Kit for Allan Taylor’s brand new “Forward From Here”... Urgent Priorities for Today’s Sunday School and Small Groups.Where: David Howard’s Barn 3526 Bissell Rd. Time: 6:30-8:30 pm Supper will be served.

Board Meeting - April 28th at 7 pm - Mt. Zion Baptist Church

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Church HealthJerry Weber leads this Team and can assist

you in SS, Discipleship, VBS, Evangelism, Music, Pastoral Care, Stewardship Long Range Planning, Church Consultations, Personnel Consultations, Pastor Search

Committee, etc.

Comprehensive LeadershipJohn Keyes leads this Team and the Team

can assist Clerks, Deacons, Media/Library, Secretaries, Treasurers, Advertising/Marketing, Facilities/Property/Trustees, Legal Issues, Social Media, Youth, Special Ministry, Pastoral

Ministry, Technical Support for computers, Sound systems, etc.

Broad Member InvolvementKevin Carrothers leads this Team and

can assist churches in the following areas: Missions, Brotherhood/Men on Missions/Men’s Ministry, WMU/Women on Missions/Women’s Ministry, Youth/ Children/Preschool Missions,

Builders for Eternity, Disaster Relief, Mission Trip Planning, Acts 1:8 Strategy, etc.

Aggressive New Work Charles Campbell is our Aggressive New

Work Team Leader. His first priority is building the ANW Team. The Team will encourage New Works, Prayer Walks, Demographics, How to interpret demographics, Surveys, etc.

Charles will be challenging us with church planting “8 X 8.” • 8 churches or group of churches to send• 8 people for• 8 Sundays for• 8 hours and making a priority of• 8 hours of prayer and attempting to

make• 8 contacts as your church collects• 8 freewill offerings and prays God will

allow you to see• 8 new believers as the fruit of your team.

CCBA Teams On Mission

Aggressive New Work TeamPrayer requests:That God will • allow you to see the lostness of your

community• use you as a catalyst for a church planting

movement in your church• develop young church planters in your

church• draw professional bi-vocational (Medical

Professionals, Engineers, Teachers, etc.)church planters to the CCBA area

• reveal an area to plant a church• identify those Persons of Peace• protect you from the adversary• protect your church from the cunning

attacks of Satan and his hoards

Broad Member Involvement TeamBasketball Camp. Mark your calendar for June 16-19. It will be

held again at the St. Cabrini Catholic Church on 1020 Milton Ave. in

Springfield. Contact Eastview Baptist 217-522-6631 7-9 year olds 9:00-11:30 a.m. 10-12 year olds 1:00-3:30 p.m. Senior Adventures The Seniors are invited to

Branson, MO Thursday, September 4 through Saturday,

September 6. See the new Branson show “Jonah”, cruise Table Rock Lake on the Riverboat Branson Belle and enjoy a meal and show, and see a production at the IMAX theatre. First come first served basis.For cost, to make reservations or additional information, contact Don Millen (726-0927). You can also access this information at www.chathambaptist.org.

Senior Adventures LuncheonMay 17, 11:00 am

Eastview Baptist Church. Bring a covered dish. Meat will be provided.

Region #2 Disaster Relief volunteers are invited to assist with the new construction projects at Lake Sallateeska this spring. For more information email Paula at LakeSallateeska@IBSA.org. This is not a disaster relief call out.

Church Health Church Health Checkup

The idea of going to my family doctor for a checkup is not something I look forward to doing but I know it is very important for me to do so. Coming to the realization that I need to shed a few pounds, eat healthier, and exercise more are challenging but it really is what is best for me. The same is true for church health. Examining our spiritual health as an individual and as a church is a challenging task. It is much easier to attend church where we sing our favorite songs, hear our favorite pastor, and spend time with our best friends. To mature in our faith we do need to participate in worship, be encouraged by our pastor and friends; but there is more to the Christian faith and spiritual health. When we probe a little deeper into the spiritual examination process relating to prayer, evangelism, and discipleship that often becomes uncomfortable for us even though it is best for our spiritual maturity. As your Church Health Team Leader, I want to challenge myself, the staff of our churches as well as church members to grow in the area of prayer, evangelism and discipleship. I want to challenge every church in our association to provide witness training for your members in the next 12 months. The North American Mission Board has free resources you can download. If you want someone to come to your church and lead a witness training class please contact me at jerryaweber@comcast.net or at 217-483-2471. Jerry WeberChurch Health Team Leader

Comprehensive LeadershipOn May 5, 2014, there will be a literature workshop for Pastors and Sunday School Directors. The purpose of the meeting is to introduce a variety of materials that are available for Bible study and other ministries. Where: David Howard’s home 3526 Bissell Rd. Springfield, IL 62707Time: 6:30-8:30 pm Supper will be served.

LEAD GraduationApril 28, 7 PM @ Mount Zion Baptist Church Contextualized Leadership Development (CLD) is Golden Gate Baptist Theological

Seminary post-high school training for Christian leaders. This is the first graduating class of the LEAD center.

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All VBS material for PreschoolChildren, Youth and Adults. Literature pieces can be viewed at Capital City Baptist Association.

Several backgrounds and inflatables are available to view, PLUS a full set of Back Yard Bible materials can be evaluated.

Three men from Capital City Baptist Association, Rex Alexander, Mike Robertson and David Howard, one from Westfield Association, Kurt Crail, one from Goshen Trail Association, George Meese and one from Williamson Association Don Kragness, traveled to Gibitngil Island, Philippines. We were joined by Ian Smith, a strong 20 year old missionary kid, when we arrived at Cebu City. The mission was to rebuild the school, which is centered on the very highest point of the island and is the hub of the Island’s people. Among the tasks that we performed were pouring concrete to form a bond beam on top of the block walls, building trusses, laying blocks for water reservoirs, setting up water tanks and plumbing them, interacting with children and teachers, planting the gospel seed and even leading many of the classes in music. A typical day started at 5 AM with mass confusion as we all tried to feed ourselves breakfast in a kitchen that was actually a small

Students interested need to contact David Howard, Director of Missions @ 217-529-3429 david@capcity.org

DISASTER RELIEF TEAM TO THE PHILIPPINES

hallway. Around 6 AM we waited outside for our transportation. At the beach we would wait for the boat to take us to the Island. Many days we would load building materials onto the boat. The materials included rock, cement, coconut lumber, hardware and water. Even though the island has a population of 5000 people everything is carried on your shoulder to the boat and wherever it goes on the Island. The island has no electricity, no source of freshwater. The boat ride was 20-25 minutes depending upon the weather to the Island. When we arrived at the Island we had another 20 minute walk. A little after seven the children at the school would meet outside to say pledges, sing, quote The Lord’s Prayer, pray, exercise and greet our team. After that they cared for the school grounds by cutting the grass with scissors and picking up anything that didn’t belong, cleaning the comfort rooms, bathrooms, and the classrooms.

The joy of the day was not the construction work but interacting with all the students. Telling stories from the Bible, playing and singing. Many seeds were planted and we had the opportunity to be there for a harvest, Kenny. The Philippines are predominantly Roman Catholic. And for one to be baptized after he has a relationship with the Lord means that his family will disown him. This adds a level of commitment that we in United States do not understand. Six men traveled 18,000 miles to plant seeds of the gospel and repair a school. The scrapes, bruises and blisters that were very sensitive, even painful, are no longer sensitive or painful. However, my prayer is that the men will not allow their sensitive hearts and painful burdens for the lost to be desensitized with the salve of worldliness.

CCBA’s Calendar of

Events

March 31 Noon Admin. Mtg. CCBA April 5-12 Builders for Eternity Mission Trip 10 11:00 A Secretaries Luncheon 10 11:30 A Round Table Chatham Baptist 11-12 Disaster Relief Training Streator 22 6:30 P Pastors Luncheon Cheddar’s 28 7:00 P Associational Board Mtg. Mt. Zion Southern May 1 National Day of Prayer 1 5:30 P CCBA Golf League begins, each Thursday till August 2

3 8:00 A - 3:00 P “Finding Joy” Pasfield Baptist Church

May continued 5 6:30 P Pastor/Director Literature Workshop David Howard’s Barn 8 6:00-8:00 P Charles Roesel @ IBSA 8 11:30 A Round Table @ Springfield First Baptist 17 11:00 A Senior Adventures @ Eastview Baptist 20 11:30 A Pastors lunch, TGI Friday June 5 11:30 A Round Table @ New Life Athens 9-12 Basketball Camp 10-12 SBC Convention Baltimore, Maryland 4-21 Dominican Youth Mission Trip 17 11:30 A Pastors Lunch, Abe Hideout

Administrative Assistant Luncheon

April 10 , 11:00 AM

Hibachi Grill Supreme Buffet2309 S MacArthur, Springfield, IL

Cost: $25.00

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Capital City Baptist Association StewardshipContributions thru February 28, 2014

Church AmountChatham Baptist Church 3058.83Delta Church 450.99Eastview Baptist 769.00Edinburg Baptist 97.86Greenview First 324.74Havana Southern 132.00Kincaid Baptist 0.00Living Faith Baptist 1608.00Meadowbrook Baptist 492.22Mt. Zion Southern 129.00New Horizon Southern 25.95New Life Baptist, Athens 224.00New Life Baptist, Waverly 0.00Pasfield Baptist 1057.00Petersburg First 934.85Principe de Paz 0.00Riverton First 917.90Roanoke Baptist 0.00Rochester First 1612.54Sandridge New Hope 500.00Southtower Community 395.70Springfield First 304.85Springfield Southern 1326.53Tallula Baptist 63.30Taylorville Southern 85.47Western Oaks 673.71Other 0.00Total Contributions Through February 15184.44

Budget Needed Through February 20036.04Contributions Received Through February 15184.44Expenses Through February 17498.31Expenses Over Contributions -2313.87

2/11 Tom Eggley 4/18 Milton Bost2/12 Barbara Halleman 4/22 Charlie Carver 2/24 Linda Kunz 4/26 Delbert Penrod3/2 DJ Shultz 5/14 Roger Tyler3/25 Rachel Ventress 5/22 Ed Ingram4/5 Jerry Darden 5/26 Loren Kunz4/6 Joe Bartley4/7 Mike Keppler4/11 Don Full4/11 Kristen Lee4/15 Kevin Carrothers

3/6 Charlie & Tami Carver3/29 Delbert & Barb Penrod3/31 Greg & Kim Shambo4/11 Jerry & Sydney Weber5/26 John & Laurie Snyder

Pasfield Baptist Church

Women on MissionsCCBA Churches are invited to a retreat filled with Inspiration, Fellowship, Sharing, and Music.Where: Pasfield Baptist Church, 411 Lenox When: May 3, 2014 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Cost: $7.50 early registration, $10 after 4/28Send check made out to Pasfield Baptist Church, along with your name, address, phone number and email. Contact is: Barb Cook 217-415-0834

Families in crisis needs help. Safe Families for Children is a church- based volunteer ministry that provides loving, Christ- centered support by hosting children in a home for a short time. If you are interested contact Ryan Mobley at 217-361-4670 or rmobley@safe-families.org.