| In this issue: Upcoming Opportunities Community Choir Rehearsal Praise and Prayer on the Square Christmas in August GriefShare Men’s Rally Resource of the Week Out of the Box Idea Local Mission Opportunities VBS Church News Partner News New College Ministry |
Upcoming Opportunities We invite you a community choir rehearsal to prepare for Praise and Prayer on the Square. The rehearsal for this CRBA event will be on August 11th from 5pm-7pm at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. Come lift your praises with your brothers and sisters in Christ.   We would love your support to collect toys during the month of August. Each family who comes through the CRBA Toy Store will hear the gospel presentation before receiving their toys. What a wonderful opportunity to minister to our community! Grief Share  New GriefShare classes begin August 6th @ 5:30. Register here. Register by August 20th for the CRBA Men’s Rally Click here to register now. VBS Think Tank Attention VBS Directors and Leaders! Join us for an exciting VBS Think Tank on Sept. 16th at 6 PM at the CRBA. This is a fantastic opportunity to collaborate, exchange tips, and explore new resources to make your Vacation Bible School program a success. Don’t miss out on this chance to connect with fellow leaders and enhance your VBS experience. We look forward to seeing you there! Please call 828 437-0137 or email admin@crbanc.org to RSVP. Resource of the Week  Your CRBA has a Free Demographic Report available for your church. To view our resources check out our website here. If you would like to a demographic report for your church, please call 828-437-0137 or email admin@crbanc.org. Out of the Box Idea(Great ideas from the North American Mission Board) With a new school year comes new opportunities to engage your community with the gospel. While churches should prayerfully consider whether the Lord would have them use their facilities for Christian education, public schools are integral to our communities. With a national enrollment over 10 times that of private schools, pastors and ministry leaders, concerned about the lost, simply can’t afford to ignore these mission fields. But, with barriers to entry created by the nature of the schools, where should one start? Here are five inroads to begin engaging the public schools in your area: Adopt Teachers Teachers often feel overwhelmed and underappreciated. Consider remedying this by “adopting” the teachers in a grade level or content department. Hold a bake sale to raise money for classroom supplies. Provide breakfast for department meetings. Send them pick-me-ups and treats during finals week or the vacation-less stretch between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Ask for loads you can lighten. Plan as many touches as possible, each time building relational equity. Be the Go-To Public schools are cross-sections of our communities. Kids come from every conceivable situation: unabashedly affluent to struggling to put food on the table—picture-perfect nuclear families to broken, abusive homes. Schools are often the first to know when kids and their families go through hardships and calamities. Contact school leadership, volunteering your church as a first-call when needs arise. Maybe your building could serve as a shelter when freezing temperatures get dangerous. Set up a WIFI network to give kids access to the internet to complete assignments. Assist the school in stocking and running a clothes closet. Find out if a school family needs help getting the water turned back on. Meet tangible needs to create relationships that can meet our great eternal need. Support Students The school-age years are some of our most pivotal, and many students struggle to cope with the challenges they present. Situations are made even more difficult by parental absenteeism. As school leaders try to help students cross the graduation finish line, they intervene and attempt to deal with the factors contributing to a lack of student success. But they can only do so much. Reach out to a school principal and volunteer your time to meet with at-risk students regularly. Does your church have a wealth of faithful men who led their families well? What about older women who can speak wisdom? Enlist these older saints to join you and provide stability, dependability, and Godly influence in a young person’s life. Chaplain a Team While football dominates the headlines, most schools have dozens of overlooked sports teams and extracurriculars led by coaches and directors who would love an investment of time and attention. These leaders set up practice, organize logistics, and game plan for competitions. However, their most important responsibility transcends the normal relationship between students and teachers: coaches know their players and speak into their lives in a way that isn’t possible or welcome in a classroom environment. And that’s where you come in. Volunteer as an assistant coach or as a logistics coordinator. Get to know the coach and the players. Be there for the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Help in any way you can. Become part of the team and look for open doors. Flood the School While certified teachers make up most of the workforce, the backbone of any given school is its support staff: cafeteria workers, bus drivers, office clerks, janitors, and hall monitors. And there isn’t a school in existence that doesn’t need more substitute teachers. Make an effort to flood a public school in your area with your people. What church wouldn’t jump at the chance to have missionaries from their pews embedded into a mission field—and to have them be paid for it? Under the right circumstances, retirees, stay-at-home moms of school-age kids, and church staff are all potential “missionaries” to be sent into public schools. And, when they’re there, they need to do whatever they are tasked to do—clean bathrooms, file paperwork, follow sub plans— do it to the glory of God! Work with excellence. Everything should be done to show the people in the school the love of Jesus so they’ll be ready to hear about it. Local Mission Opportunities Metal Roof Needs Painting House location: 1670 Rawleigh St. Morganton, NC 28655 Owner: Dennis R Walker Project: Metal roof needs paintingFor more information call his sister, Sharon, at 828 433 0488 Seeking a Christian Lady To Help Bedridden Mom at NightI am seeking a Christian woman in the Morganton area to assist my 71 year old mom at night around 9-10 PM. She has Post-Polio Syndrome that affected her legs. Covidweakened her legs further in November 2023. She can no longer stand up or walk. Sheonly gets out of the bed when two people are available to use a transfer patient lift /transfer chair to transfer her into a wheelchair.She lives on Amherst Rd. She lost her husband on February 22, 2024. He hadesophageal cancer.We are looking for a woman to assist my mom with personal care for about an hour atnight. Certificate is not required. It is important the woman has a heart for helpingdisabled patients. The lady who currently assists my mom at night is not a CNA. Shehas to quit due to a lot of responsibilities at her day job. Two of the ladies who help mymom earlier in the day are CNAs.If interested, please email your information and your testimony to Misty Roberts atmisty@brightideaweb.com. Please also include information about yourself and why you might be a good fit. My sister will discuss pay. VBS Oak Ridge Baptist will have VBS on August 4-8 from 6-8:30pm. Click image to register. If you would like to have your VBS added to our newsletter, please email info to admin@crbanc.org all graphics need to be in .jpg format. News from our CRBA Churches El Bethel Baptist Church has an Allen Digital organ and church pews to give away for free. If you are interested please contact Justin Cunningham at (828) 437-0570.   Hopewell Baptist Church Invites you to a Fall Revival. Services will begin the morning of Sept. 15th with Danny Emory preaching and continue the evenings of the 15th-18th at 6:30pm with Ryan Perry Ministries leading.  Oak Ridge Baptist Church The Compassionate Heart Clinic of Oak Ridge is seeking patients (18 and older). Patients must have financial needs and be ineligible for Medicaid or Medicare. Call 828-522-1112 for more information. Summit Community Church – invites you to join them for a Priscilla Shirer Simulcast. There is no cost to you to attend. The doors will open at 8:30 am and the simulcast will begin at 9:00am. Schedule: 9:00-11:00 Simulcast 11:00-12:20 lunch break on your own in town 12:20-2:00 Simulcast 2:00-2:30 Break 3:45 – End Time If you have any questions please call the church office at (828) 437-2761  Walker Road – has 130 1975 Baptist Red Hymnals to give away to anyone who can use them. If interested please contact Mark Ball @ (828) 712-9124. Walker Rd. also has 2 pulpits (pictured below) to give away. Contact number above.   Partner News Community Bible Study  Community Bible Study invites you to join them for a study on Matthew entitled Meet King Jesus. They will meet on Tuesday evenings from 7-8:30 pm starting on September 10, 2024 at First Baptist Church Morganton. For more information contact morgantoneve.cbsclass.org. Collective College Ministry Continues to Build  You are invited to join us every Thursday this summer. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect and grow with fellow young adults!  The last meeting of the summer will be on August 1st at Summit Community Church. We hope you will plan to attend! Men’s Grief Journey Hog Hunting Retreat Please call Bryan with any questions including the possible opportunity for grants. (828) 403-4538 Marriage Refresh Conference  SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SANFORD Family Foundations Ministry of Baptists on Mission is sponsoring “Marriage Refresh Conference.” This is a one day marriage conference from 9 am – 3:30 pm. The cost of the conference will be $40 per couple and that includes conference materials and lunch. This conference will be held at First Baptist Church, 202 Summitt Dr., Sanford, NC 27330. Tom and Jackie are great conference leaders and any marriage will benefit from this time! If you would like promotional materials (cards) that you can use at your church to promote the marriage conference, please contact Dollie Noa at dnoa@ncbaptist.org. Regional Rallies in August- You are Invited!  On August 19, 20 and 22, Baptists on Mission will host a series of 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) 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 go ahead and sign up and bring a group from your church! https://baptistsonmission.org/events/region-rallies |
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