| In this issue: Awesome News Let’s Celebrate Family Pine Car Challenge Upcoming Opportunities Men’s Ministry Training Associational Bible Drill VBS Training Save the Date- April Events Food Roundup Local Family Mission Day Senior Adult Lunch Biscuits and Blankets Fill the Tank NC Ministry Assistant Appreciation Luncheon Resource of the Week Church News Partner News Opportunities for Family and Children’s Leaders Christ-Centered Exposition Workshop |
Amazing News Two of our CRBA Sister Churches joined hands and hearts to sew and deliver beautiful dresses to a girls’ orphanage in Kenya! Zion delivered them on a medical mission trip and ladies from First Baptist Icard sewed the dresses. What a wonderful way to share love and kindness across the world. Thank you to everyone who made this possible—your generosity is making a difference! Let’s Celebrate Pine Car Challenge  We had a wonderful time at this year’s Family Pine Car Challenge sponsored by our Men’s Ministry Team. This was a great family event and we are grateful to all who participated, The races were great, the food was awesome and the Gospel was presented. Thank you Oakridge Baptist for being a wonderful host for this event. Upcoming Opportunities Men’s Ministry Growth Workshop  Calling all men! Want to strengthen and grow your church’s men’s ministry? Join us for an engaging workshop where you’ll gain practical tools and insights to build a thriving ministry. Enjoy fellowship, encouragement, and a free meal as we learn together. Associational Bible Drill  VBS Training  Choose your Date: March 8, 29 April 5 May 3,10Time: 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. Sign your team up today! Save the Date April Events Food RoundUp  During the month of April we will be collecting gift cards to grocery stores for the NC Baptist Children’s Homes. Please bring your gift cards to the CRBA by the end of April to be delivered to the Baptist Children’s Homes. Family Mission Trip- Local Opportunity April 12  Senior Adult Luncheon April 15Biscuits and Blankets April 26  Fill The Tank- April 27  Fill The Tank NC Sunday, April 27, 2025What if we could see thousands profess Christ through believer’s baptism on a single day? That’s the heartbeat behind the statewide “Fill the Tank” baptism emphasis.We’re encouraging every N.C. Baptist church to fill their baptism tanks on April 27 – or an upcoming Sunday – and trust God to save people between now and then. Will you sign up to “fill the tank?” Step 1: Sign Up Begin praying and trusting God to save souls between now and April.Sign Up Step 2: Call Introduce “Fill the Tank’’ to your congregation, and call people to repentance, faith and baptism. Step 3: Celebrate We want to celebrate with you so share your story! Tag @ncbaptist and #fillthetanknc on social media.Report Baptisms Ministry Assistant Appreciation Luncheon- April 29  This special event is for church ministry assistants and their Pastors as we celebrate all that these wonderful ladies do in serving our Lord and churches. Please RSVP by April 23rd. Resource of the Week  Your CRBA has Kan Jam available for your ministry events. If you would like to reserve any CRBA resource please call 828-437-0137 or email admin@crbanc.org. 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.  First Hmong-  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!!!Zion Baptist Church-invites you to join them for a Chicken Tender Dinner to raise money for their Wyoming Mission Trip.  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 NCPreaching 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, 2025 Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm, with lunch included Tickets: $25, plus taxes and fees Location: SEBTS campus |
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