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Kingdom Vision
Four Cries for Healers
Wendell Berry, Kentucky farmer and writer, has said this about the Bible: "I don't think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible really is... It is best read and understood outdoors... Passages that within walls seem improbable or incredible, outdoors seem merely natural." To this claim that the Bible is best read outdoors we could add that a fair amount of what happens in the Bible takes place outdoors. Jesus himself did most of his work under an open sky. His teaching made use of what his listeners could witness in nature: the wind in the trees, a storm cloud in the west, a farmer sowing seed, or birds and wildflowers.
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Religious Liberty Sunday is July 6
During this year's election season, it is important for churches to understand what role, if any, they are allowed to play in the political process. Violations of IRS guidelines can lead to a church's loss of its tax-exempt status.
Answers to these and other important questions are contained in Politics and the Pulpit 2008, a publication of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. |
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. |
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The 2007 Virginia Baptist Annual
The 2007 Virginia Baptist Annual was mailed in late May. To save printing and postage costs, the Annual is once again being produced in electronic format on a CD, and this year the Annual is also available online. Feel free to print all or part of the Annual from the CD or website, or if you would like us to print a copy and mail it to you, please contact Penny Jenkins. If you need to update or correct the contact information or staff information that is listed for you or your church in the Annual, you can submit a church data update through the VBMB website. |
MC2 Missions Connection Celebration
July 14-19, 2008
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
MC2 early registration discount ends June 8. Register online this week to save $20 per person. MC2 offers Bible study, hands-on mission/service opportunities, skills development sessions, and dynamic worship for children and adults of all ages. For more information, visit the MC2 website. |
Youth EnCounter
July 31 - August 1, 2008
Richmond Raceway Complex
Youth EnCounter is DRIVEN this year! YEC 2008 features Sonic Flood, Sanctus Real, Grits, Wade Morris, and Thor Ramsey. Also back by popular demand, enjoy 10 hours of uninterrupted fun at Kings Dominion. For $80, you get an all-day ticket to KD, entrance to all Thursday and Friday events, an all-you-can-eat dinner ticket, AND a cool t-shirt! To register or for more details, including information on "Welcome Back" and "Large Order" discounts, visit the Youth EnCounter website. |
Virginia Baptist Worship Arts Camp
July 21-25, 2008
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
Summer Music Camp has a new name! At Worship Arts Camp, children and youth who've completed grades 4-8 can explore how to use instruments, song, and other creative arts to worship God. For more information, visit the Worship Arts Camp website. |
Minister's Family Retreat
August 4-8, 2008
Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson
Worship Leader: Dr. Drexel Rayford
The annual Minister's Family Retreat offers Virginia Baptist ministry families just about everything they could want or need to restore the spiritual, emotional, and physical health required to negotiate the often frenzied expectations in their collective journey: horseback riding, hiking (the Appalachian Trail is only minutes away), fishing, canoeing, tubing, swimming, and more...all at a cost that almost anyone can afford. Reserve housing for your family now. For more information or to download a registration form, visit the Minister's Family Retreat website. |
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 Disaster Relief Updates
As hurricane season approaches, look for periodic Disaster Relief updates on the VBMB website. The May 30 Update contains information on Disaster Relief responses to the China earthquake, the Myanmar cyclone, tornadoes in Big Stone Gap, and floods in Maine. If you are interested in forming a construction mission team during June and July to help rebuild houses that were destroyed by the tornadoes in Big Stone Gap, contact Craig Waddell. You can also donate to disaster relief online. |
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This Month in Our History...with Fred Anderson
Baptists in Virginia have three statewide offerings which bear the name of an outstanding female missions personality. The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering memorializes the work of a Virginia-born-and-reared missionary, the renowned Charlotte Diggs "Lottie" Moon. Her work is so well known and her life so legendary that scarcely a word of identification needs to be made. Across the long years, the annual offering has helped fund the major portion of the operating needs of the International Mission Board, SBC.
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Summer Mission Trips. Air mattresses. Sleeping bags. Early wake-up calls. Late-night prayer groups. Cold Showers. No Showers. Rebuilding Homes. Rebuilding Lives. Back Breaking. Soul Winning. Response and sacrifice on a personal level to show the love of Christ to those in need. When it's time to dive in to respond to those in need around our state, our country and our world, we can because of the combined giving power of over 1,400 Baptist General Association of Virginia churches to Cooperative Missions.
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 