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Kingdom Vision
Why Is Everyone Talking about Luke 4 Lately?
It seems every time I turn around someone else is suggesting Luke 4 as the text of a theme for a conference or meeting. The Baptist World Alliance International Program Committee suggested it as the text for the BWA Congress in 2010. Not long after that meeting the New Baptist Covenant steering group selected the text for the NBC event. Our BGAV Program Committee has looked at this text. Why all the attention?
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Featured Partner
Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network
The Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network was established in 2004 to provide a program of continuing education and leadership training for ministers and laypersons in the Southwest region of Virginia. The mission of The Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network is to provide practical church training and theological study for laypersons and ministers in Southwest Virginia in order to further the cause of Kingdom Advance, enhance the ministry of our churches, and provide spiritual renewal for individuals. The Network's target groups are full-time staff ministers, bi-vocational ministers, and laypersons.
Visit the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network website.
Did You Know?
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That the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network is hosting a Spiritual Leadership Conference featuring Henry and Richard Blackaby on April 25-26 in Abingdon?
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That the Network has partnered with the John Leland Center for Theological Studies to offer undergraduate Bible classes in Roanoke and Wise? Currently twenty students are enrolled for the spring semester in church history, Johannine Literature, Christian education, and church administration courses. Plans for Masters Bible classes are being developed.
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Feedback
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 at paige.peak@vbmb.org. |
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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.
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Pastor Deacon Church  Leadership Conference
May 2-3, 2008
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
Register now to attend the 2008 Pastor/Deacon/Church Leadership Conference and discover what God has in store for the leaders in your church as they discover new and exciting ways to invest in the lives of others. This year's conference features special performances by the internationally known African Children's Choir,™ over 25 breakout sessions that will offer practical leadership training, and invaluable networking opportunities with hundreds of Virginia's most gifted leaders.
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New Scholarships and Ministerial Educational Funds
Thanks to the vision and stewardship of faithful Virginia Baptists, the Baptist General Association of Virginia has offered scholarships to deserving recipients for many years. Through Cooperative Missions dollars of Virginia Baptists around the state, the BGAV now offers three separate options for scholarships and ministerial educational funds for eligible students: BGAV Achievement Scholarships, BGAV Ministerial Educational Funds, and BGAV Nontraditional Ministry Education Scholarships. For more information or to download an application, visit the BGAV Scholarships webpage.
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Virginia Missions Magazine Has a New Format!
Virginia Missions Brochure Highlights Cooperative Missions
Recently, your church should have received a box of Virginia Missions brochures. We've changed our Virginia Missions magazine format to an expanded brochure and printed a greater quantity so that you can distribute copies to your entire church family. Whereas the summer Virginia Missions magazine highlights missions and ministries that are funded by the Alma Hunt Offering, this Virginia Missions brochure features missions and ministries that are supported by your church's regular gifts to the Cooperative Missions budget. Distribute them now with Sunday worship bulletins, at Wednesday night suppers or missions group meetings, or in other ways so that your church members can learn how their Cooperative Missions gifts are being used to share the gospel of Christ in our communities, our nation, and our world. For additional copies, visit the website or email penny.jenkins@vbmb.org. |
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Men's Ministry Golf Retreat
May 12-13, 2008
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
Join pastors, staff, and laymen from Virginia Baptist churches for a Men's Ministry Golf Retreat, featuring two days of golf at London Downs Country Club, lodging at Eagle Eyrie, and a banquet meal on Monday evening that will be followed by some great Christian entertainment, as well as a time of reflection and prayer to help us grow together in our personal relationship with Christ. Click here for registration information, costs, and other details.
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Summer Youth Ministry Conference
May 30-31, 2008
Virginia Baptist Resource Center
Summer youth workers and youth ministry interns, let our pit crew help you prepare to shift your summer youth ministry program into high gear. And full-time and volunteer youth ministers, pull onto pit road for pit stops that will help you get more mileage out of your year-round programs. Click here for more information.
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Fifth Latino Network Encuentro
April 25-26, 2008
First Baptist Church, Newport News
Each year, the Encuentro brings together approximately 100 Spanish-speaking pastors and leaders from Virginia Hispanic Baptist churches across the state. This annual two-day event, conducted in Spanish, focuses on leadership training and development, provides an opportunity for fellowship and worship, and encourages networking and the sharing of ideas. For more information or to register, contact Sue Smith at 540.370.1881 or sue.smith@vbmb.org. |
Disaster Relief Trainings 
Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief is holding training sessions in various locations around the state this spring. Each training session includes an introduction to Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief and a choice of breakout sessions on recovery, feeding, and temporary child care. Lunch is provided, as well as a hat, t-shirt, and lanyard. For more information, visit the Disaster Relief webpage.
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This Month in Our History...with Fred Anderson
In the recent past, Virginia Baptists have welcomed several new presidents to the educational and theological schools affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Michael Puglisi became president of Virginia Intermont College in the fall of 2006, and last November David Olive was inaugurated as president of Bluefield College. Also in 2007, Ron Crawford became president of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, and Mark Olson was elected president of the John Leland Center for Theological Studies.
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Solid investment straight ahead.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust  destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven..." Matthew 6:19-20a NIV
When it's time to choose a solid investment that will pay lasting dividends, look beyond Wall Street for the best return. Whether the stock market is up or down, investing in Cooperative Missions changes lives, meets needs, nurtures leaders, builds partnerships, and strengthens missions and ministries. These are but a few of the dividends that are paid from the faithful stewardship of over 1,400 BGAV churches to Cooperative Missions.
Cooperative Missions. An investment in ministries that never lose value.
For free downloadable ads for use in your church bulletin, eNewsletter and/or website, click here. | |
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Read the Bible Through in 2008 
