Beth Moore "Living Proof" Simulcast Coming to Monticello!

       Immanual Baptist Church in Monticello is hosting the 

Beth Moore and Living Proof Live Simulcast on September 15.

 Tickets may be purchased thru the church office for $20 by    

    September 7. Ticket includes lunch and listening guide.

 Doors will open at 7:30 am. and simulcast will begin at 8:30am.

      There will be limited tickets available at the door - $25

 

Immanuel Baptist Church

939 Barkada Road

 870-367-3342

 

Football and Missions

As I write this, our Associational Missionary, Bro. David Mitchell, his wife, Fran, and three football coaches from Ouachita Baptist University are in Hungary for a football camp. Now in Hungary, and in most of the rest of the world, when you say football, what they mean is the sport Americans call soccer. However there is a growing interest in Europe in the sport of "American Football".  

A few years ago, on a mission trip to Hungary, we discovered that there were a few groups of Hungarian men who were forming football teams. They didn't know much about the sport, but they were eager to learn. We happened to have with us a young man who was a football player for the Ouachita Tigers. He took the opportunity to meet some of the men and give them a few pointers. They were thrilled! The next year, we took a high school football coach and his son, a kicker, with us to teach English Camp. In the afternoons and evenings, they would go and work with the local football team. Once again, this was welcomed. Not only did all three of these men teach football, but they also got to talk about their faith in God. 

These two positive experiences led to the trip that is taking place this week. There will be three coaches from Ouachita teaching three football teams, two from Hungary and one from Romania. These coaches are excited about the opportunity before them, not only to teach their favorite sport - football , but also to use this opportunity to share with these 70 men about their faith in Jesus Christ!

We pray that God will use them mightily to share His love.

 

March-April BBA Newsletter is out!

The March-April 2012 BBA Newsletter has been published. In it you will find articles about the UAM BCM's Spring Break mission trip to Kansas to work with Native Americans, the Football Camp in Hungary, Children's Camp and the upcoming Backpack Ministry. There are several ways you and your churches can be involved in Missions to be found within this newsletter.
Our "Pastor Portrait" section highlights a pastor from our association. This time the pastor is Bro. Jimmy Albrecht, pastor at Second Baptist in Monticello.Read this article to learn of Bro. Jimmy's passion for missions!
Also, you will find reminders about Executive Board Meeting, Scholarship deadlines and many other activities within our association

ENJOY!

Disaster Relief

Here's a photo of some of the Disaster Relief work we've done. We now have proof the Brother David really does get in there and work!

                                    Well, we have proof he at least TOUCHED a tree!   :+)

ALSO...The City of Fordyce has sent a formal letter of thanks to our D-R team, especially noting Bros. David Patterson and Delbert Zimmerly for their assistance after the tornadoes can through their town.
The letter is on the bulletin board at the Association office for all to see!  Way to go, guys!!!

Reminder!

This is just a quick reminder that our next Executive Board Meeting will be on Monday, January 9 at Second Baptist Church in Monticello. The meal will be at 6:00 and the meeting will follow. ALSO, there will be a Hungary Missions Planning Meeting before the meal, at 4:30. Our missionary in Hungary, Tena Brock, is stateside and will be joining us for our meeting!!! If you have ANY interest in our ministry in Hungary - going, praying, financial support, sending someone from your church - please feel free to join us for the meeting.

Hungary Mission Planning Meeting and Board Meeting Set

Monday, January 9, there will be a Hungary Mission Planning meeting at Second Baptist Church in Monticello, at 4:30 pm. We are trying to arrange for one of our missionaries, Tena Brock, to meet with us as we make plans for this
summer's trip to Nagykanizsa, Hungary. We are thinking of ministering two weeks this year, with each week being a little different from the other.
Those who are considering going on mission with us this summer are encouraged to join us for this meeting. If you can't go for two weeks, that's OK! We realize there may be two different teams for the two weeks.
That will be fine. Please join our meeting and give us your thoughts!

Also, that same evening,at 6:00, the good folks at Second Baptist will feed us a wonderful meal. Then at 6:30, we will have our January Executive Board Meeting. Each church in the Bartholomew Association SHOULD have people from their church who are elected to serve on this board. (That means you attend the meetings and report back to your church!) We encourage anyone who is a member of one of our churches to attend.

Directions to the Annual Meeting!

Here are the directions to Saline Baptist Church...

From Warren -Take Hwy. 63 South. Turn left on Hwy. 8 before you get to Hermitage. It's on Hwy. 8, a few miles down the road.

From Monticello - If you live in town, follow the Warren directions. If you live in the southern part of the county, you can take 425 to Lacy. Take 133 going west. When 133 takes a sharp turn left, stay straight onto 189/160. Near Johnsville, take Hwy 8 to the right. You will go thru Mt. Olive and Sumpter before reaching the church.

GOOD LUCK If you get lost, call Brother David!

Events on the Horizon!!!

Well, we have come through a great summer and fall is almost here! With the beginning of fall also comes county fairs and fall festivals. Don't forget that our association has a video projector, a popcorn machine, a snowcone machine and a bouncer for the little ones. If you would like to borrow any of these items, please
call the office, or drop by, and check the Reservations Calendar to see if what you would like to borrow is available. (The Early Bird Gets the Worm!) If so, sign up then make arrangements to pick up the items at a time when someone will be at the office. MOST IMPORTANTLY...after using the items, please clean them and RETURN them quickly so the next church can use them.

Important Events Coming Soon:

September 26 - BBA Executive Board Meeting - 6 pm @ Northside Baptist
September 29 - Pastor's Conference/ Minister's Wives Conference at OBU
                          (Must be signed up at the BBA office by Sep. 23)
October 16 - BBA Annual Meeting - 3:00 pm @ Saline Baptist, meal at 6 pm and evening session at 7 pm.
October 31 - ABSC Pastor's Conference and Minister's Wives Conference
Novemeber 1-2 - Arkansas Baptist State Convention @ First Baptist, Little Rock
November 15 - HopePlace Banquet at First Baptist, Monticello

Remember...If there is anything we can do to help your church minister to your community, ASK!
                   If we can do it for you, WE WILL!!!!

On Mission in Hungary

The "On Mission in Hungary" page has been updated with photos and information about this year's  mission trip to Nagykanizsa, Hungary!

The work in Lawrence, KS....in Pictures!

We have updated our Kansas Missions page. It now has photos from THIS summer! If you have any photos you would like to have added to the site, email them to the office at Bartholomewbaptist@yahoo.com!

We will update the Hungary page soon!

Summer Mission Trips are Getting Underway!

Well, June is finally here! Bro. David and Fran are on their anniversary vacation to California and other parts out west. They will also be attending the Southern Baptist Convention, in Phoenix, AZ, while they are out that way. So far, they seem to be having a wonderful time.

The first of our mission teams to Kansas will be leaving on Saturday. Please be praying for the teams as they minister to the Native American people. We will try to post updates after teams return!

Also, please pray for our mission team that will be going to Hungary on July 7, as they prepare to "cross the big pond"!

Report from the May Board Meeting

Just in case you missed the May Executive Board Meeting, here are the highlights!

• The WMU ladies are planning a pool party and a block party for the children at the Children's Home in Monticello. Also, they have information packets available for new church members.
• Brother Tracy Reed is leaving the BCM to take a ministry position in Crossett. There will be a farewell party for him at First Baptist Church, Monticello on May 26.
• It is time for the Baby Bottle ministry to support HopePlace. If you need baby bottles, call Robin. The campaign runs from Mother's Day to Father's Day. New HopePlace billboards are going up soon and new volunteers are being trained. Decisions are being made to CHOOSE LIFE!!!
• The Baptist Home is finally fully staffed. They have had two young men surrender to the ministry and they are taking 15-20 students on mission to Kansas this summer!
• Bro. David Mitchell is excited that we have been asked to come back to lawrence, Kansas. We will be doing block parties, hanging doorhangers, and doing work projects, amoung other things. He is also hoping we will have a backpack ministry in August. He also reported that his work with Calvary Baptist, in Monticello is coming to an end.
• Church Camp information is available at the BBA office. The Association voted to give a $75 scholarship to each camper, to help with costs. (as funds allow).
• Bro. David asked that we think and pray about the establishment of a HopePlace in Warren, possibly in the unused office space at the Association office.
• We voted to double our support for missionary John Gaskin, serving in Lawrence, Kansas, due to his health issues and his de-funding by the IMB.
• Bro. David is in the process of putting together items for a Block Party unit for use by our associational churches for local ministry or mission trips!
• We will have a summer missionary working at HopePlace with Robin this summer. We will pay her a salary of $1,000 for the summer and HopePlace will give her a bonus at the end of the summer.
• Two ministries have been referred to committees for further study. One is a counselor who would like to use BBA office space in order to be able to counsel people outside of the hospital setting. (here current location) The other is Grace Cowboy Church. Studies will be made as to how we can best support this work.
• Our Association offers a $200 scholarship to Williams Baptist and to Ouachita Baptist Universities. Applications are available at the BBA office and are due by May 27.

April and May in the BBA!

Our March board meeting had a pretty good attendance but, oh, how we would LOVE to have ALL of our churches represented! If you are a pastor and cannot attend the board meeting, would you ask a church member or other staff member to attend in your place? That would help to keep everyone informed and up-to-date. Our next board meeting will be Monday, May 2 at Greenhill Community Baptist Church. The meal will be at 6:00pm and the meeting will begin around 6:45. Won't you please join us?

By now, many of our churches have begun prayer walking/driving and some have already hung their invitation bags on doors. We hope this has been a good experience for your church members. Do you have any stories to share? Any feedback on what worked well or what didn't work? Please share your experiences with us.

You should have received your bi-monthly newletter by now. If not, please call the office and we'll send you another one. It was a little late, due to getting the new copier, but we are pleased with the final results! Let us know what you think of the new newsletter. Do you like the format? Is it easy to read? If you recieved yours via email, could you read it easily? What would you like to change or add to it? This newsletter is for YOU, so please give us your feedback.

We have secured location for two billboards to advertise HopePlace. One will be on Hwy 425 North and one on Hwy 425 South. We will have a work day soon and will need some helping hands in getting these put up, so be on the lookout for dates and times.

Bro. David and Fran have just returned from Lawrence, Kansas, where they met with our missionaries and some key people from Haskell Indian Nations University to discuss our mission work for the summer. By the time we have our May board meeting, he will have work all lined out for the participating churches. There will also be a Kansas Missions meeting;  date and time to be announced at the board meeting.

Speaking of Kansas...there is a need that we would like to try to meet. We are looking for a small (5-6 ft.), retractable video screen that would hang from a ceiling. If your church or someone you know has one and would be willing to donate it, let us know. ALSO, to go along with that screen, we need a small video projector. Perhaps your church is upgrading to a bigger one and could donate the old, small one to be used in the Student Ministry at Haskell. If you can help with these needs, please contact the BBA office.

One last thing...We have received news from our missionaries in Hungary that one of the students who attended our English camp last summer has accepted Christ as his Savior and Lord! We rejoice with him and ask that you pray that his family and friends will not only accept his decision, but that they, too, will want to know Jesus in a personal way!

Upcoming Events

Things are beginning to get exciting around here!
First, we will be having a meeting about mission work
being done in Haiti on Monday night, Feb. 28,7 pm., at
First Baptist Church of Wilmar. Bob Fielding will
show us a video and tell us about what has been done
to help the Haitians and what our plans are for the
future. We hope you will attend this meeting with
thoughts of how your church might be able to get involved!

Next, we have our BBA Executive Board Meeting on
Monday night, March 7, at Second Baptist Church in
Monticello. We will have a delicious meal at 6 pm. and
begin our meeting around 6:45. We will be discussing
the "Across Arkansas - Find It Here" campaign, making
plans for mission trips to Kansas and Hungary, and
possibly Haiti, and discussing the Spring Break Jerusalem
Project for youth. You may also pick up your "Find It Here"
banners at the meeting.

If your church isn't involved in missions, PLEASE JOIN US!!!

Technical Difficulties!!!

Well, we have gone the last few days with no internet connection and
we are not able to send and receive emails!!! So... if you are awaiting
a response to an email, we are sorry. This update is being done from
a home connection where, of course, we do not have your email addresses
and have no access to the BBA email. Again...sorry! We have been working
diligently ALL DAY on this problem and hope to have is resolved soon.

NOW, do not forget about the "Across Arkansas"/GPS/"Find It Here" Campaign
meeting tomorrow night at Wilmar Baptist Church, 7 pm. It is very important
that everyone be there, so if you have email addresses of other folks in our association, please copy and paste this into an email and send it out!
We need to get reminders out to as many as we can.

Thanks for your help!

Bro. David

Meeting Rescheduled

The first meeting of the Bartholomew Baptist Association's Executive Board has been rescheduled for next Monday, January 17. We will still meet at Southside Baptist Church in Warren at 6:00 p.m., as previously planned. It is important that everyone be there, as we have much to discuss about the upcoming year!

I just want to let everyone know that our
Executive Board meeting that was scheduled
for Monday evening has been cancelled due
to all this lovely snow. We'll have to
Reschedule, so stay tuned!

Kansas Thanksgiving Trip

Hello all, and I hope all are well. Fran and I just returned from our quick trip to Lawrence, Kansas. Almost 1200 miles round trip, but who's counting(ha). It was good to see John and Rhonda and spend a few days with them on this outreach opportunity at Haskell. John is doing ok and is getting good reports from his medical team. It will still be several weeks before he has most of his balance back. He has to use a cane but it doesn't help much when he carries it instead of using it. Rhonda has told him she will use it on him if he doesn't use it like he is suppose to.(ha) We enjoyed our time with them even if it was such a quick,short time.
The event at Haskell when very well. 150 "goodie bags" were handed out along with many cups of coffee. We were joined in this outreach opportunity by several members of the church which made the afternoon activities go so much better. By all accounts,it was a wonderful event and we were all well received . Only time will tell how far reaching this outreach project will be. I also had an opportunity to meet with several key leaders on campus to discuss plans for next summer. By their response, we were a big hit on campus and that they are looking forward to our group's return next summer. I plan to go back to Haskell sometime in April and meet with these leaders again so together,we can better plan the work schedule for all of our teams. I hope to see more of our churches involved in this outreach mission event. This is "REAL" mission work that can have a hugh impact on John's ministry at Lawrence and at Haskell, and have a great kigdom impact on the Native Americans. Start talking about this mission opportunity in Kansas now. This summer in Kansas will be great! DOM

Update On Brenda

Hello all, and I trust you are all well. Hugh Allen was just in the office and gave us an update on Brenda. Good news, she is now on the transplant list for Arkansas. It will be sometime before she is put on the national list, but one step at a time is good news for now. She has been home for several days and has to have in-home personal care,but again, good news because she is at home. Hugh's report about her overall condition was encouraging to hear. Since the news about her becoming a grandmother in March ,she is excited to get better so she can be around to spoil her grandson! Yes, another Quimby is on the way to carry on the Quimby name. Needless to say, the future granddad is very proud and excited. This was just the news Brenda and Hugh needed to help get them through the time waitng for her new heart. Now about another matter. Heart transplants are not given away and do not come cheap. Not counting all of the hospital expenses over these last few months, the bill for this is going to be "through the roof"expensive. I am going to talk with the president at the bank and see if we can establish an account so everyone who knows and loves Brenda and Hugh can give something to help them with this hugh expense. I know you wanted to know about this as soon as possible, so, here it is. We will get to work on this as soon as possible. I ask Hugh if this was ok with him, and he was ,for a moment, speechless, which is saying something about Hugh. He was excited and grateful for the kindness expressed. So, we all will need to get to work on getting the news around about this special account. I will give you this information just as soon as I have it. Thanks all, and Blessings.

Hope Place Banquet

WOW! That is the word that came to mind before,during and after last night's big event. It was wonderful and a real blessing. Everyone who helped put this event together did a super job. I heard nothing but very positive comments from everyone I visited with after the last amen. I'm glad I attended,not just because of my involvement as a board member or because of the partnership between Hope Place and BBA, but because I got to see, hear and experience so many different blessings. Knowing that there are 21 churches supporting the ministry of Hope Place pleases me greatly. But it reminds me that we still have a ways to go in recruiting the churches of Monticello to become partners in this very exciting ministry. Knowing that we have helped to save 15 babies through the ministry of Hope Place is beyond words. Knowing that we have helped over 50 clients this year is exciting. And knowing that the ministry is helping put families together through the power of God's word with the weekly Bible study, is  the cherry on the top, making the work of this ministry just that much sweeter! I am pleased and thankful that our churches were well represented last night and are active supporters of the ministry of Hope Place. A big "THANK YOU" goes to First Baptist Monticello for hosting the banquet and for her strong and faithful support of Hope Place. WOW!, what a blessing! I'm looking forward to next year's banquet celebration. I hope you will make plans to attend and celebrate with us the victories to be won in this coming year of ministry service. Blessings.