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Kingdom Vision
Babel and
the World We Live In
I remember during Junior High School doing a dumb science project on animal communication. I didn't do any experiments, just read about bees and dolphins. I even made a clay dolphin for the exhibit that looked more like a walrus. There are people who think to this day that walrus have a highly developed sense of communication. The project was dumb because everyone knows that some species of animals communicate perfectly well with each other. In fact, there is only one species in the world that is really in question, and a billion science projects couldn't begin to solve the mystery. Can human beings communicate? More |
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Featured Partner
Baptist Extension Board
The Baptist Extension Board serves to assist BGAV congregations by providing first and second mortgage loans at a competitive interest rate for land acquisition or church building construction or renovation. Interest paid provides additional loan funds for churches in need. Its board of trustees is composed of clergy and lay leaders from across Virginia.
Visit their website.
Did You Know?
That the Baptist Extension Board currently services more than $12 million in loans to BGAV churches |
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, featuring a new, streamlined format. We hope that this monthly eNewsletter continues to provide you with relevant, useful information and resources, which are now easier to view. The new "In This Issue" section provides an overview and quick links to many of the contents. Let us know what you like about the new Advance Notice, as well as what additional features or information you'd like us to include, by e-mailing us at the address in the "Feedback" section below.
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184th BGAV Annual Meeting 
November 13-14
Richmond Convention Center
Learn H.O.W. to move your church into an express lane to reach the 4.5 million people in the state of Virginia who are lost and learn H.O.W. to improve your ministries to more effectively reach your church members and your community. Featuring Rev. Lance Watson, composer/singer/songwriter Ken Medema, breakout sessions, the ministry fair, and more.
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S3 Sunday School Summit 
September 14-15
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
S3 is next week! Pastors, educational staff, teachers of all ages, directors, discipleship training leaders and small group leaders - join us for practical training and ideas to help your Sunday School make a difference and change lives.
Learn more here.
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GloriaDeo 
Oct. 4-6
Bon Air Baptist Churh, Richmond
GLORIA DEO, a Virginia Baptist Church Music Conference, will feature clinicians Joseph Martin, Benjamin Harlan, Mary McDonald, Anna Laura Page, Pepper Choplin, and David Schwoebel conducting a free choral workshop for adult choir members. There will also be a special, separate handbell conference led by Anna Laura Page.
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"and you shall teach these things" 
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Conference
September 14; 1 pm - 5 pm
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
It's almost here! Pastors, Children's Ministers, Youth Ministers, Preschool and Children's Leaders, Parents-everyone who is interested in growing children to be like Jesus is invited to come and explore how the family and the congregation can work together to raise up Christ-followers.
www.vbmb.org/emergingleaders/children/deuteronomyconf.htm
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Junior High Weekend 
October 12-14, 2007
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
Students in grades 6-8 are invited to come learn how living under the influence of God can change their lives and change the world. Junior High Weekend will feature Adam Robinson, whose passion is helping students "find the next step" in their journey with Christ, and the Chris Orr Band.
www.vbmb.org/emergingleaders/jrhigh.htm
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Pastor/Spouse Retreat
October 22-24, 2007
CrossRoads Conference Center
The Pastor/Spouse Retreat offers both a time away from everyday stress to relax and a number of helpful sessions dealing with such subjects as burnout, marital/family problems, how to strengthen personal loss and grief, or even less brutal but still serious problems such as persistent feelings of inadequacy and ineffectiveness. For more information, please contact John Tadlock, Church, Ministers, and Family Wellness Facilitator, at john.tadlock@vbmb.org or 800.ALL.BGAV (255.2428), ext. 5215.
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This Month in Our History...with Fred Anderson
A century ago, this month in our history, the men in many Baptist churches were being approached about missions. Earlier in the spring in Richmond, on the day before the opening of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, men from across the South had gathered for a meeting of possible significance. They had come to the Calvary Baptist Church in downtown Richmond. They had sensed the enthusiasm around organizing men for missions.
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Virginia Baptists Speak Spanish
and a Variety of Other Languages.
"Each one heard them speaking in his own language."
Acts 2:6b
The Baptist General Association of Virginia not only includes Hispanic churches, but also Cambodian churches, Chinese churches, Filipino churches, Korean churches, and Vietnamese churches.
There is even a Brazilian church, an Ethiopian church, a Haitian church, and a Russian church. Although we worship in different languages, we work together to advance the Redeemer's Kingdom.
Throughout the Commonwealth, Virginia Baptists are preaching the Gospel in many languages and meeting the physical and spiritual needs of people from many cultures through missions and ministries that are supported
by 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 2007 
