Cornerstone Venice - February 8th

Cornerstone Baptist Church 
Larry Franks, Pastor


10:30am – Officers Meeting (chairmen meet)
 11:30-12:00 – Business Meeting & Prayer (church planting in Florida)
 12:15 pm – Lunch & Fellowship
 1:15 pm – 1st Speaker Matt Day
2:00 pm – 2nd Speaker John Cross
Short break
2:45 pm – 3rd Speaker – William Fay


We have a tremendous meeting planned for you on February 8th In Venice at Cornerstone Baptist Church! We see 2010 as the Year of Opportunity for God’s great hand to do what only He can do in and through us.

One thing that I observed in Venice my second year here was the "fracture" among Bible believing Christians due to the many church splits in this town. I believe that God is glorified when Christians can unify together on the majors of Scripture, so I was excited to see the desire for unity among the evangelical pastors of our community this last year and have seen God do some amazing things (71 people baptized at our September 6th Beach Baptism Celebration Service with 1700 people attending).


After our business meeting and lunch, our first speaker Pastor Matt Day will challenge us and encourage us in the Word and through testimony. Matt has served under great mentors such as Adrian Rogers and has taken "The Bridge Church" from 80 in attendance to 250 regular attendance following the Great Commission teachings of Christ.





Our second speaker, Pastor John Cross has served as Senior Pastor of South Biscayne Church for the past 18 years. During this time, the church has experienced tremendous growth and has seen thousands of lives changed. His vision for South Biscayne has always been to do "whatever it takes" to reach people in Southwest Florida and around the world with the life-changing love of Christ. To carry out of this vision, John has skydived, ridden his motorcycle in the worship center, climbed a rock wall, and much more to creatively and compellingly communicate Christ’s love. He has a heart for this community and this generation.
While leading this exciting church, John earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in December 2006. He has also had the privilege to speak and be involved with churches and church leaders around the world.

Evangelist William Fay will be our final speaker of the day. He is well known for efforts in developing one of the most encouraging and effective evangelistic tools for today. His "Share Jesus Without Fear" training material has helped many churches get back to the main thing of boldly proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. I’ve studied and used many "Soul Winning" plans through the years and without a doubt, using "Share Jesus without Fear has impacted my methodology more than any other. We should have some time for Q&A where your inquiries on how best to involve members to boldly share Christ will be covered.





Directions:
Google Maps


From i75 Exit 193
Go south toward town on Jacaranda Blvd 3/4 mile.
Make a right on Venice Ave. heading West (toward Gulf of Mexico) 3-miles
Make a left onto US-41 Bypass SR-45A/ Venice Byp South (CVS/Shell)
Go 4 blocks and church will be on your left.

Next Meeting - January 11th - Harmony FL

Come see what the Investment of our FBBF money has accomplished in the new city of Harmony FL!!!!

After ministering as Youth Pastor at Calvary Baptist in Melbourne Florida, Joe and his family moved to Harmony in December of 2004, to "put down his roots" and build a church.  With the support of the FBBF, Church@Harmony was officially launched on March 27th, 2005 with 37 in attendance.  They are currently averaging 270 on Sundays and looking forward to celebrating their 5 year anniversary in March 2010!  For more information, go to www.churchatharmony.com.  When you drive through on route 192, you still see very little to indicate a new town (and a church) is growing. The amazing thing they still do not have a building of their own.  You can see God's blessing on Joe and the church family.

Schedule: 
10:30 A.M. - Officer's Meeting
11:30 A.M. - Session 1 - Bill Bales
12:15 A.M. - Lunch & Business Meeting
1:15 P.M. - Session 2 - Mike Stancil
2:00 P.M. - Session 3 - TBD

For those who want to fellowship around a game of golf...
3:30 - 9 holes of golf for $15. (If you are planning to golf, please RSVP to Joe Murray at wjoemurray@embarqmail.com by January 4th.

Directions

Next Meeting - December 14th - First Coast - Jacksonville

First Coast Baptist Church 

We are looking forward to hosting the state meeting on Dec. 14^th and trust you will be able to attend.   Our theme for the meeting is “Evangelism & Spreading the Gospel” and we are excited about what the Lord has planned for our various ministries for the coming year of 2010.  Please make plans to be with us and let us know if we can do anything to make this meeting attendable for you.  Feel free to call me if you have any questions or need additional information.  We are here to serve you.

 We are privileged to have as our speakers the following men:

11 AM – Dr. Johnny Hunt (Pastor, First Baptist Church, Woodstock, GA)

12 PM – Lunch and business meeting

1 PM – Dr. Johnny Hunt

2 PM – Bro. Tom Wagoner (Pastor, Central Baptist Church, Dunn, NC)

3 PM – Bro. Jon Konnerup (Missions Director, BBFI, Springfield, MO)

Note: During the business meeting we will also be holding the election of new state officers for 2010.


Directions

November 9th - Orlando Baptist Church

Orlando Baptist Church has the privilege of hosting the November 9th Florida BBFI meeting here in the state and we are very excited about it!  Our theme is "We Do Missions-Together. That's why they call it The Great Co-mission."  Our prayer is we will come with hope and leave with greater vision and faith to reach our world together. 

In trying to gather what would make this a great day, we want to give a lot of information and encouragement to all our pastors.  Would you send me anything on missions that has worked for you at your church?  From mission's brochures, mission's conference information, any resource ideas or any particular endeavor you have done that has made missions become a centerpiece is what we want. Could you send a short story or send us any printed materials you have?  We are going to try to make a resource table available from all the churches that will participate with us.  I believe this will be something special.

Please invite any missionaries from your church that are raising support. This will be a good day for all our pastors to meet missionaries from our state that are going around the world with the gospel.  Tell them to bring their mission displays and we will have tables for them so they can set up the displays for people to see. 

We are particularly interested in the missionaries that are going out as BBFI missionaries.  This will be a good time for them to get exposure to our BBFI pastors. 

Our schedule will have a little more in it than some of the more recent meetings.  I hope you will come at the beginning and stay till the end. 

First Session                      11:00am        Dr. Ken Liles - Missionary (Restricted Access Nations)

Second Session                  11:45am        Dr. Kirk Nowery - CFO Samaritan's Purse

Lunch                               12:30pm        Including business meeting

Third Session                     1:45pm         Pastor Jay Lowe - Liberty Baptist - St. Petersburg

Last Session                      2:30pm         Bruce O'Neal - CEO Manna Worldwide

Missions Round Table            3:15pm         Dr. Dave Janney, Moderator

A roundtable on making missions a passion of your church. 

Church Financial Workshop    4:15pm         Dr. Kirk Nowery, CFO Samaritan's Purse

Former President INJOY Stewardship Services

A think tank on the economy, stewardship and capital fundraising in the church.

Google Directions

Orlando Baptist Church

500 S. Semoran Blvd.

Orlando, FL 32807

407.277.8671

October 12th, 2009- Sonshine Baptist Church- Port Charlotte, FL

Make plans now to be with us in October at Sonshine Baptist Church in Port Charlotte. We plan on having a great meeting! We need to connect with each other, and this meeting will provide many opportunities to do just that. There will be both youth pastors and ladies meetings as well. For more information on our church check out our website at http://www.sonshinebaptist.com.



Schedule:
10:30 - Officer's Meeting
11:30 - Matt Trill, New Testament Baptist Church
12:30 - Lunch
1:00 - Prayer and Fellowship, Ladies Meeting, Youth Pastors Meeting
2:00 - Nathan Braymer, Winter Haven Baptist Church

Directions:
Google Maps Directions
Sonshine Baptist Church
23105 Veterans Blvd.
Port Charlotte, FL 33954

From I-75 exit onto Kings Highway in Port Charlotte and go South. Go west on Veterans Blvd and the church will be on the south side about 1.5 miles from Kings Highway.

If you get lost call Ben Jennings at 941.330.6219

Key Largo Baptist - 1/2 Marathon and 5K

November 14, 2009

Enjoy the rising of the sun over the Atlantic Ocean atop of the newly built Jewfish Creek Bridge.  This inaugural run over part of the historic 18 mile stretch, "The Gateway to the Keys", will give you a taste of our paradise.  Enjoy a bird's eye view where the Atlantic Ocean meets Gulf waters.  While the mile and a half long bridge may seem intimidating, you will have an opportunity to challenge your personal record.  The flat portion of the course will carry you through the southern portions of unspoiled Everglades, boasting of the true beauty of our Fabulous Florida Keys.

• T-Shirts and medals are awarded to every participant!
• Post Race celebration with awards, music and food until 12 p.m. at the staging area on Key Largo Baptist Church Grounds.
• Find out more information and register HERE.

Parenting from the Overflow

“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
-Jesus Christ


Last month, we had our monthly pastor’s and youth pastor’s meeting, and it was a blast. In our youth pastor’s meeting we talked about being a dad. A couple of the youth pastors that have kids were giving those of us that are starting out as dads some advice. We some cool ideas and advice from some guys that really want to honor God and be good dad’s like:
-Know that your kids will be imitators of so many of the things you do and say
-Enjoy your kids
-Make the most of your time with them
- Make your marriage a priority
- Be a help around the house and with your kids
-Journal a little bit about your family life each day. It will encourage you to be involved and pray for your kids.
This really had me thinking of this whole overflow principle. I’m about to have little eyes and ears watching and imitating everything I do. I better make sure my heart is growing closer to God so that I can be the kind of example God wants me to be.
Thanks to my good friends Lee, Mark, Stephen, Nathan and Sheldon for the fellowship and encouragement today!

In the month of October we youth pastors will be meeting again. We'll be discussing the topic, "What should we be talking about with our students..." Be there for the discussion and to encourage each other. Also, come to support our fellow youth pastor, Nathan Braymer as he speaks at the meeting.