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

 

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!!!!

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.

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.