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Kingdom Vision
If People Didn't
Die, Would Religion Be Necessary?
Back
in August I spoke to an interfaith gathering. There were three speakers -
a Muslim, a Jew, and a Christian. I was the Christian. Our assignment was
to talk about what our sacred texts had to say about life beyond death
and how those beliefs about a world to come relate to our understanding
of life in this world. The three of us did our best in twelve and a half
minutes each. The audience was invited to submit questions for the
speakers' response. One of the cards I drew asked this question: "If
people didn't die, would religion be necessary?"
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Scholarships and Ministerial Educational
Funds
2009-2010 Applications now
available!
Through Cooperative Missions dollars, the BGAV provides three options for
scholarships and ministerial educational funds for students from
cooperating churches of the BGAV:
- Achievement
Scholarships
- Ministerial
Educational Funds
- Nontraditional
Ministry Education Scholarships
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As always, we want to hear
from you with your feedback. How can we better communicate with you? How
can we better serve you? Let us know your thoughts by sending an e-mail
to Paige Peak.
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Dear
,
Welcome to the
latest edition of Advance Notice. We hope that this monthly
eNewsletter continues to provide you with relevant, useful information
and resources, which are now easier to view.
All of the contents in this eNewsletter are for your use. Please feel
free to use the information and illustrations in sermons, in
newsletters, church bulletins, and on your website. Additionally, you
can easily forward it on to by clicking the "Forward this E-mail
to a Friend" link at the bottom.
This is a "self-maintenance" newsletter: you can change your
e-mail address address/update your profile or remove yourself from the
mailing listing by clicking the appropriate link at the bottom of each
issue.
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 Disaster Relief Training
Virginia Baptist
Disaster Relief is offering training opportunities at various locations
across the state this spring. Volunteers can train to serve with
feeding, recovery, or Temporary Child Care units. The cost is $15 and
includes a disaster relief t-shirt, disaster relief hat, i.d. badge,
Virginia Disaster Relief pin, printed materials, and lunch. For dates,
locations, and other details, visit the Disaster Relief Training
webpage. Crisis Care Chaplain training
is also being offered April 29-May 1 at the Virginia Baptist Resource Center
in Richmond (cost $100).
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 Youth EnCounter Events
This year Youth
EnCounter is expanding to encompass a number of events around Virginia,
hosted by district associations in partnership with the VBMB's Emerging
Leaders Team. To reach as many youth as possible with the gospel, we're
bringing Youth EnCounter closer to local communities, at less cost, so
that more students can be involved.
Click here for 2009 Youth
EnCounter dates and locations.
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BGAV Committee on Boards and Committees Needs Your Help
The Committee on Boards and Committees invites you to help
identify gifted individuals to serve in the coming year on the
approximately 25 agencies, institutions, and committees that carry out
the work of Virginia Baptists. Please share with us the names of those
Virginia Baptists, both laypersons and ministers, whom you believe have
the qualifications and commitment to advance the Redeemer's Kingdom,
knowing that every recommendation will be appreciated and given careful
consideration. Download a recommendation form.
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 Eagle Eyrie Lodge Renovations
Volunteers
Needed!
Eagle Eyrie needs volunteers with various skills to help
renovate some of its lodges. Eagle Eyrie will plan the jobs,
provide materials, and furnish lodging and meals for individuals or
church groups who volunteer. For more information, including a list of
jobs and skills needed, visit Eagle Eyrie's Volunteer Opportunities webpage.
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 Save the Date for 21-C 2010!
January 29-30,
2010
The Saint Paul's
Baptist Church, Richmond
Mark your calendar now to save the date for next year's
21-C conference, January 29-30, 2010, at The Saint Paul's Baptist
Church in Richmond. Visit the 21-C website to view photos
from the 2009 21-C "Pushing the Envelope."
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This Month in Our History...with Fred
Anderson
Baptists are a peculiar people! That's alright. The Bible
speaks of those "peculiar people" who followed God. And
Baptists are certainly peculiar!
First, we have no known founder. Catholics look to Peter as "the
rock" upon which Christ's church (and to their way of thinking,
their church) was built. Lutherans have their Luther and Methodists
have their Wesley. But Baptists have no one person whom they can claim
as the human instrument behind the establishment of their order.
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Through Cooperative Missions dollars, the Baptist General
Association of Virginia provides scholarships and ministerial
educational funds for eligible Virginia Baptist students who need aid
in financing their education.
BGAV Achievement Scholarships, Ministerial Educational Funds,
and Nontraditional Ministry Education Scholarships can help students
earn an undergraduate degree, pursue undergraduate or graduate
education in preparation for vocational ministry, or access training
and continuing education opportunities.
Through the combined giving power of over 1,400 BGAV churches to
Cooperative Missions, Virginia Baptists are aiding the development of
emerging leaders of all ages for advancing the Redeemer's Kingdom.
Want to learn more about BGAV Scholarships and Ministerial
Educational Funds? Visit www.vbmb.org/scholarships.
For free downloadable ads for use in your church bulletin,
eNewsletter and/or website, click here.
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