| In this issue: Let’s Celebrate Men’s Rally Upcoming Opportunities Women’s Breakfast Deadline Extended New Mission Scholarship Family Pine Car Challenge Callling All VBS Workers Socks and Underwear Collection for Feb. Save the Date Biscuits and Blankets Women’s and Girls Event Resource of the Week Church News Partner News Opportunities for Family and Children’s Leaders Regional Rallies Christ-Centered Exposition Workshop |
| Let’s Celebrate Men’s Rally  Thank You, Mount Calvary! A heartfelt thank you to Mount Calvary for graciously hosting this quarter’s Men and Boys Rally. The food was delicious, the fellowship was warm, and the message and worship experience were truly uplifting. Your hospitality was exceptional, and we deeply appreciate your efforts in making this event a success. We are also incredibly grateful for the 150+ men and boys who participated. Your presence and engagement made this gathering a powerful and memorable time of faith and fellowship. To God be the glory! Upcoming Opportunities Women’s Breakfast Deadline Extended  Donations of underwear and socks for Ducktown, TN can be brought to the breakfast this Saturday. If you haven’t RSVP’d yet, there’s still time! The deadline has been extended until tomorrow—be sure to call and add your name to the list. Announcing a New Mission Scholarship  If you have plans to serve in a SBC sponsored mission trip and need some funding help, please check out and apply for this new scholarship! Pine Car Challenge  Calling All VBS Workers  Choose your Date: March 8, 29 April 5 May 3,10 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Make VBS unforgettable this year! Vacation Bible School is many churches’ largest evangelistic ministry. As you plan and prepare for God to do amazing things, join the NCVBS Training Team for a free Regional Training! This training equips your volunteer team to gain valuable Biblical learning, direction in VBS administration, insight into children’s learning levels, cost-effective decorating ideas and more. A bilingual training is also available! No matter which VBS curriculum you choose, experience fun and engaging breakouts that will generate renewed excitement and vision for Vacation Bible School. Sign your team up today! Socks and Underwear Collections Due Feb. 27th  We are still collecting new socks and underwear for all sizes- men, women, and children. Please bring all donations to the CRBA by Feb. 27 for our Women’s Mission Group to deliver. If you are interested in participating in the mission trip to deliver these supplies on March 7-8, please call 828-437-0137 for more details and to sign up! Mission Trip for Women and Girls  Join us for a meaningful mission trip to the Copper Basin Crisis Center, where we’ll distribute the socks and underwear collected by the CRBA! This is a wonderful opportunity for mothers and daughters, a Girls’ Sunday School class, or a women’s group to serve together. The group will depart on Friday, March 7, at 12:00 PM. If you’re interested in making a difference, we’d love for you to join us. Please call the CRBA office to RSVP. Save the Date Biscuits and Blankets Women and Girl’s Event  Resource of the Week  Your CRBA has books and video series available for CRBA Churches. If you would like to reserve a video series or book for your church, please call 828-437-0137 or email admin@crbanc.org. OK, I will have to confess that lately I’ve “treated the Bible like a box of fortune cookies – reach in, grab a handful at random, break them open, and read the short writings inside.” This revelation dawned on me as I started to look over this series. The primary purpose of Scripture is to reveal who God is and what He is like. However, we also need to understand the intention of the human authors and likewise that it is also God’s Word to people in all times and places. Lastly, we must have the help of the Holy Spirit so that we are not just able to explain biblical ideas but also to be moved to love, worship and obey God. The shallowness of the fortune cookie approach is painfully obvious, and I was struck by the beauty of treating my Bible like the book it is – a book to be loved and obeyed, and a book to be read and studied. Written by Starr Meade, author of Training Hearts and Teaching Minds, this series provides a user-friendly, empowering (not so overwhelming you’re afraid you’ll never get finished), and systematic tool for such Bible study. Learn more here News from our CRBA Churches Burkemont- would like to invite anyone who sews or would like to learn to sew to join them for their Sewing Seeds of God’s Love where they work together to sew for ministry purposes.  High Peak- has closed our church library. We have commentaries, fiction, and non-fiction books that we are giving away free to anyone interested. Please contact Rev. Shane Ramsey (704-430-9955) or Reba Berry (828-569-4663) to obtain the books!!! Mount Olive Baptist Church- has a large office desk and chair (in excellent condition) available (for FREE) to anyone that could use them. If interested contact 828-448-1685  Partner News Opportunities for Family and Children’s Ministry Leaders  Parents are called to pass faith on to their children but often feel ill-equipped for this God-given mandate. This is evident in the number of young adults walking away from the church and their faith. It is time to change the Scorecard!Join us for this 3-hour training to learn how to incorporate family ministry into the DNA of your church to equip parents to confidently disciple their children and teens. This event will be hosted at four different locations throughout the year. The event is $15 dollars per person, max $50 dollars per church. Here is our scorecard link as well as access to the registration. This event is being held at 4 different locations: – March 1st, Sanford NC – March 22nd, Charlotte NC – September 6th, Black Mountain NC – October 18th, Raleigh NC Regional Rallies to be Held this Month- Sign Up Now! Sign up now for the February 18, 20 and 24, Baptists on Mission Regional Mission Rallies across the state. These rallies (10 of them) are a great way to get your church aware of and involved in Missions! Check the link below for the location that is closest to you. The rallies will highlight the variety of opportunities you and your church have to be involved in missions. There will be worship, short testimonies, mission videos, and a prayer time for missions. Everyone interested in missions is encouraged to attend. A main focus of these rallies will be state, national, international mission opportunities (including Disaster Relief), Hurricane Helene opportunities and the NC Missions Offering. A meal is provided at the Mission Rallies at no charge, but reservations are necessary to ensure an accurate meal count. The cut-off date for reserving a meal for each Rally is one week prior to the event. To register, click on the link below, then click on the “Details/Register” button of the regional rally that you want to attend and register the number of people who will be coming with you. You can also register by phone by calling Tina Holder at 919-459-5596. You can also email Tina at tholder@ncbaptist.org. The meal will begin at 5:45 pm, followed by the program from 6:50 pm-8:30 pm. Please sign up and bring a group from your church! Preaching Workshop offered by Southeastern Seminary On March 20th, our office is hosting a preaching workshop focusing on the book of Joshua on the campus of Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. This workshop is designed to help pastors become more effective communicators and expositors of God’s Word. Specifically, this workshop will cover how to preach through the book, how to deal with issues of interpretation, and how to preach Christ from the book of Joshua. Workshop Details: Date: March 20, 2025Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm, with lunch included Tickets: $25, plus taxes and fees Location: SEBTS campus Each participant will receive: A copy of Christ-Centered Exposition: Exalting Jesus in Joshua Book of Joshua scripture journal Decisional Preaching by Jim Shaddix Lunch This year our featured speakers include: Dr. Robert Smith Jr. (Author of Christ-Centered Exposition: Exalting Jesus in Joshua)Robert Smith, Jr., served as professor of Christian preaching at Beeson for more than 25 years and held the Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity. Previously, he served as the Carl E. Bates Associate Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Allan Moseley Dr. Allan Moseley is the Senior Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Since 2010, Dr. Moseley’s work at Southeastern has been exclusively teaching courses in Old Testament and Hebrew. In addition, he serves regularly as an interim pastor, and for ten years was the pastor of Christ Baptist Church in north Raleigh. Dr. Jonathan Akin Dr. Jonathan Akin is the Vice President for Church Relations and Campus Ministries at Carson-Newman University. He also serves as the Director of a pastor training program for the North American Mission Board called “Leadership Institute” and as an adjunct Old Testament professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Giveaway Opportunity: We are giving away two stacks of books authored by our Director, Dr. Chuck Lawless. To enter into this giveaway, register by February 21st, “like” the post linked below, and tag another pastor or church leader in the comments. Giveaway link: Social Media Giveaway |
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