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Kingdom Vision
Cautious Words
from Jesus during This Strange Time
This
has been a month of strange and wild behavior among many churches. Just
this week alone, I know of seven churches that have either dismissed
their pastor or lost their pastor due to conflict. That is not to mention
the number of churches still in the midst of conflict.
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Scholarships and Ministerial
Educational Funds
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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Greetings!
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
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issue.
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185th BGAV Annual Meeting
November 11-12,
2008
Roanoke,
Virginia
Come join us at the
185th Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia as
we consider "Who's My Neighbor?" This year we are
looking at ways of reaching beyond the church doors to meet and serve
"neighbors" in our community, our state, and our world.
Connect 2008 features speaker Tony Campolo and musician Kate Campbell,
as well as special messages from Larry Holland and David Coffey,
breakout sessions, the ministry fair, and more. Visit the Connect 2008 website
for more details.
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Group Life Conference 2008 Simulcast
October 17-18, 2008
Cool Spring
Baptist Church, Mechanicsville
Broadcast via
satellite from Willow Creek Community Church, the 10th annual Group
Life Conference will help you and your church rediscover biblical
community. Bonus pre-conference breakout sessions will be offered at
this site only. A limited number of discount tickets are available for
$40 from Cool Spring Baptist Church by calling 804.746.8972, ext. 1. A
free Saturday lunch will be provided, but participants are required to
make reservations by October 13 by calling the church at 804.746.0800.
For more information, visit
the Group Life Conference webpage.
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More to Life DVD
The Christmas
season will be here soon! Many of our Virginia Baptist churches
will be visited by people who only attend church during this season.
Wouldn't it be great if you could help them to discover that there is
more to Christmas? The More to Life DVD features true stories from
people across the United States explaining how their lives have changed
since meeting Jesus. Give the More to Life DVD to all the people who
visit your church this Christmas. View More to Life and order your
DVDs today.
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Gathering of Silence Retreat
October 20-23, 2008
CrossRoads Camp
and Conference Center
The Gathering of
Silence Retreat is a great getaway to recharge and refresh. Ministers
come to rejuvenate through solitude and meditation in one of Virginia's
most beautiful settings. A vow of silence from sunrise to sunset sets
the mood for prayer and reflection. Evenings are for debriefing with
your peers. The cost is $230 per person. For more information, contact Jim Ailor.
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Axis Collegiate Conference 
October 24-26,
2008
Eagle Eyrie
Baptist Conference Center
The Axis conference
for college students, and college-bound high school seniors, features
dynamic worship, Christian fellowship, and great training opportunities
through breakout sessions. This year Phil Nelson, a pastor and
specialist in apologetics training for university students, will be
speaking on issues related to worldview in a post-Christian
culture. Worship music will be led by Chris Orr Ministries.
The cost of $80 per person includes conference fees, lodging for two
nights, and lunch and dinner on Saturday. For more information, visit the
Baptist Collegiate Ministries
website or email Greg Alexander.
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This Month in Our History...with Fred
Anderson
Everyone was
talking about "the hard times." The Virginia Baptist Mission
Board was victim to "the hard times." Receipts started
"falling off" with the stock market crash of October 1929. By
the next year, the Mission Board already had experienced a
"falling off," as the treasurer, Frank Crump, usually
explained the decrease in funds. Early in the new year of '30, the
"falling off" was about $50,000, which adjusted for inflation
represented a large chunk of cash needed to operate the state missions
of Virginia Baptists.
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When disaster strikes, Virginia Baptists respond to the call for help
and the call to serve. Whether it's hurricane or homelessness, tragedy
or poverty, Virginia Baptists are ready to go as witnesses to our
state, nation, and world. We go to feed. We go to shovel mud and haul
debris. We go to offer emotional and spiritual care. We go to provide
child care. We go to teach missions. We go to live missions. When it's
time to go, we can because of the combined giving power of over 1,400
Baptist General Association of Virginia churches to Cooperative
Missions.
Giving to Cooperative Missions keeps us going.
For free
downloadable ads for use in your church bulletin, eNewsletter and/or
website, click here.
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