Mrs. Sunshine Report - Volume 1 - January 2011

Ladies, As we begin a new year in our homes and churches, I thought it would be nice to try to stay more connected through our own little newsletter. If you would like to announce or share something with the other ladies in the fellowship, you can email it toMrsFLSunshine@juno.com. We would like to hear ideas for ladies groups, Bible studies you have used, banquet ideas, mission’s conference themes, etc. Some of you ladies have “been there, done that” and you are a fountain of knowledge. Some are “new” to the ministry and may have questions or new ideas to share. I know with many of us having jobs and/or children at home it is not always convenient to attend the monthly fellowship meetings. I pray you will try to come as often as possible, but also hope this newsletter will draw us closer in spirit.

May God bless you and your ministry in 2011. Pam Jeffers

Meet… Pam Jeffers I was born into a pastor’s home so the ministry was not a foreign concept to me, but I never pictured myself as the “pastor’s wife”. I attended Baptist Bible College (class of ‘79) where I met Dan, a youth major. Why did I not “know” that the youth ministry usually leads to the pastorate?!? God has led us around Florida - from Largo, to Orlando, to Lakeland and now to St. Petersburg. Each ministry has taught us something and we are still learning. God blessed us with 3 children who are saved, active in church and seeking God’s will for their lives. Our two grandchildren, Haleigh (4) and Logan (1) are a joy to have near and spoil.

(We would like to profile a pastor’s wife each month, so send your information & picture)

I Timothy 1:12 “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry”

Check out www.juliabettencourt.com for some helps to a more creative ladies ministry.

Prayer Requests Bill and Charlotte Bales in Mexico January 14 - 27. Connor Carlson was in hospital with pneumonia. John & Sharon Richardson’s daughter, Becky, will have surgery for breast cancer on January 21st or 28th. Joyce Taylor with the passing of her husband, Bill. ****email your requests to MrsFLSunshine@juno.com****

The February Meeting is in Jacksonville on Valentine’s Day. It would be great if you and your husband could spend the day at the meeting with friends and the evening together. So check out the area hotels and plan a date.

For God so loVed the world that He gAve His onLy begotten Son, that whosoEver believeth iN Him shall noT perIsh, but have everlastiNg lifE. Won’t you be Mine? -God-

Next Meeting - January 10th Winter Haven

Pastor Mark and Denise Hodges and the WHBC family extend an invitation for our January FBBF Meeting:

"We welcome you again to Central Florida for the first FBBF meeting of hte year.  It is good that we have the opportunity to get away for a day to enjoy good preaching, good fellowship, and good food...we need all of the above!!!  We will meet in our new Activity Center, located to the right as you pull onto our property."


Schedule:
10:15 Officer's Meeting
11:00 First Speaker

Speakers for the Day:
Evangelist Tom Wagoner - Lead pastor of Central Baptist, Dunn NC  Tom is being used greatly of God in churches all across America as he shares his burden on "Revival."  He will be preaching revival sermons on Sunday.  If you would like to come early, please come and attend our 5:00 p.m on Sunday and hear Tom preach a challenging and powerful sermon.  If you come early, I would recommend Hampton Inn or Holiday Inn on Cypress Gardens Blvd.  I know that your time is important, so we have done our best to provide speakers who will be an encouragement and challenge to you.

Dr. Tom Messer - Senior Pastor of Trinity Baptist Jacksonville, Florida.  he is also the chancellor of Trinity Baptist College.  His leadership has impacted many pastors and leaders in the independent Baptist movement.

Dr. Charles Pettit - President of Piedmont Baptist College.  After serving as a missionary for several years, he became president of a Bible College which was in decline, but now is a vibrant and growing ministry of training young people for ministry.

Directions:

Winter Haven Baptist
1500 Dundee Road
Winter Haven, FL  33884

PH. 863-294-6478

December 13th Meeting First Coast Jacksonville

Dear fellow servants,
We trust you are making plans to attend the state meeting here at First Coast on Monday, Dec. 13th.  We have several speakers to challenge and encourage us as we come to the close of another year.  There will be a time of fellowship around the lunch table and we look forward to providing a delicious meal for you at noon.  Please let me know if we can assist you in any way.  Looking forward to a great time together! - Pastor Richard Edwards



Schedule:
11:00 - Mark Hodges - Winter Haven Baptist Church
12:00 - Lunch and Business Meeting
  1:00 - John Konnerup - BBFI Missions Office
  2:00 - Mike Frazier - Canton Baptist Temple

Directions:
From the North & West, take I-295 South to exit 12 (Blanding Blvd).  Turn Left on Blanding (Heading North) and the church will be on the right, about 1 mile.
From the South, take I 295 North to exit 12 (Blanding Blvd).  Turn Right on Blanding (Heading North) and the church will be on the right, about 1 mile.

Church Phone: 904-777-3040

Google Map


Nominations for 2011 FBBF Officers
State Representative - George Mulford (one year left on term)
Chairman - Dan Jeffers
Vice Chairman - Joel Johns
Secretary - Russell Johnson
Treasurer - Tom Hunter
North Representative - Ron Todd
Central Representative - Scott Carlson
Souther Representative - Larry Franck

(Note:  There were no competing nominations for this year's election, but the ballots will provide space for a write in candidate)

November 8 - Harbor Baptist - Ormond Beach

We at Harbor Baptist are looking forward to having you as our guests on Monday November 8th.  We are praying and preparing for a meaningful meeting for you, your wife, your staff, and ministry.





SCHEDULE:
10:30 A.M. - Officer's Meeting
11:30 A.M. - Dr. Carl Boonstra (Former BBFI Missionary)
12:15 P.M. - Lunch
1:00 P.M. - Business Meeting & Ladies Fellowship
1:45 P.M. - Pastor Bill Bales - (FBBF Chairman)
2:15 P.M. - Pastor George Mulford (FBBF State Representative)

You will enjoy a delicious meal at lunch prepared and served by the fine people of Harbor Baptist.  We will also have a book to give each pastor and youth worker who attends.  We are doing our best to make this meeting worthwhile for you and your ministry.

SPECIAL LADIES "BABY SHOWER" TIME

Please bring your wife to the meeting if at all possible.  There will be a baby shower for Pastor Scott and Rebecca Carlson.  Rebecca will share her testimony of the adoption journey for their new twins, and how good God has been while they were on their journey.  Our ladies are preparing a gift bag for the wife of each pastor's and full time worker.   Our ladies desire to be a blessing and encouragement to your wife and have worked diligently to make the trip and ladies meeting worth attending.  There will be plenty of sweet Christian Fellowship around lunch ...so... PASTORS... be sure to bring your wife!!!  Nursery will be provided for the services.

DIRECTIONS 
Harbor Baptist is located at 428 Tomoka Ave in Ormond Beach.  Take Exit 268 off of I-95 and go east on Highway 40 aka Granada Blvd.  At the sixth traffic light, take a right onto S. Orchard Street (Between Wachovia Bank and Arby's)  Go one block to the four way stop and turn left onto Tomoka Ave, and the church will be on the right.

Next Meeting October 11th - Orlando Baptist

This October we are honored to host the FBBF Meeting. Last year we had the November meeting within the

context of mission’s, as we kicked off our Missions Conference week. While mission’s is the heartbeat of our

church, we are excited to theme this year’s meeting “I love my Church.” Here’s what we would like to

accomplish. We want preaching that will encourage us in our calling as ministers, information and material

that will help us to be more effective as preachers and a time of great fellowship.

Here’s how you can help make this happen:

   1. Come to the meeting. It will not be the same without you here. Please come and fellowship with us.

   2. Email me one of your sermons or a series that we can reproduce for the pastors coming. My email

address is pastordave@orlandobaptist.com. I can use a podcast but I would like an outline or

manuscript too. This will be a great resource for all of us. I will add a few series the Lord has really

blessed in the last year at our church also. This will be a great resource for all pastors attending.

   3. Bring a pastor who doesn’t normally or often come to the meetings. We will make him feel welcomed

and enjoy the fellowship with him.

   4. Bring your wives and staff. We will have a special lunch and meeting for the wives and a very cool time

for the youth pastors.

Schedule:

11:00am - Pastor Dale Brooks, Avalon Church - Avalon Park, Florida

11:45am - Lunch and business meeting & Ladies lunch at the Janney home

12:45am - Pastor Gordon Godfrey, Marcus Pointe Baptist Church - Pensacola, Florida

1:30pm - Pastor Jay Lowe, Liberty Baptist Church - St. Petersburg, Florida

Please read a brief bio on each of our preachers. You will not want to miss hearing these wonderful men of

God.

We look forward to hosting the October meeting. It is my prayer we will all leave refreshed, encouraged and

ready to go home and lead our people as we “Love our Church” together. Please email me and let me know

you are coming and please send me your sermon or series for this special pastor’s collection.

Be blessed,

Pastor Dave

Directions

Contact: 

Orlando Baptist Church

500 S. Semoran Blvd

Orlando, FL 32807

(407) 277-8671

Speaker Bio's

Pastor Dale Brooks

Pastor Dale Brooks has been a friend in the ministry for 16 years. Dale was Associate Pastor at Orlando Baptist Church from 1994 to 2002. Since March of 2002, Dale has served as the Senior Pastor of Avalon Church. Avalon Church was started within the support of several of our Pastors in the FBBF. Avalon was a church plant out of First Coast Baptist Church in Jacksonville and Orlando Baptist Church in Orlando Florida. Dale’s practical education comes from spending 14 years in business and 18 years in full time ministry. Dale has a compassion for people that is visibly demonstrated through both his Sunday messages, and his weekday ministries. His faith, vision and enthusiasm have led Avalon Church to the place it is today with a beautiful new campus and an average Sunday attendance of 700. Dale and his wonderful wife, Leigh Anne, were married for 14 years prior to her death in April 2009. Dale loves his people, God’s church and he will have a great word on ‘loving the church’.

Pastor Jay Lowe

I have known Pastor Jay Lowe since I was a young boy in Miami and he is one of my dearest friends. Jay is

Senior Pastor of Liberty Baptist Church and founder and president of Liberty Christian School. He established

and helped build three other Churches before he and Mrs. Lowe came to St. Petersburg in 1970. During the

past 37 years, under his leadership, Liberty has helped sponsor more than 1500 Churches, schools and

orphanages through support of Church planters and missions in over 75 fields of the world. Jay has developed

many management materials used by secular and ministry teams. For us, Jay is a church man and Liberty

Baptist Church is one of the great testimonies of a thriving Great Commission Church, with a missions giving in

2008 in excess of $450,000 Jay will share great insight on ‘loving the church.’

Pastor Gordon Godfrey

Pastor Gordon Godfrey and I attended Baptist University of America in Atlanta together. Gordon was saved in 1972 in Montgomery, Alabama.. In 1991, he became Pastor of Fundamental Baptist Church in Pensacola,

Florida. The church experienced rapid growth and soon outgrew the buildings. The church voted to relocate

and changed the name to Marcus Pointe Baptist Church. Since 1991, the average weekly attendance has

climbed from 63 to more than 1400. The church has averaged more than 500 salvations and 350 new

members a year for more than 18 years. He and his wife June have three children: Becky, Greg, and Bobby.

They also have three granddaughters and one grandson. Jackson. An avid outdoorsman, Pastor Godfrey can

often be found in the woods hunting or in the gulf with a rod and reel. But more importantly Gordon will have

a great message for is on ‘loving our church.’

Next Meeting - September 13 - Park Street - St. Petersburg

We are honored to be hosting the FBBF meeting this month. We have a good line up of speakers and a very nice lunch planned for the day.  Come on over to St Petersburg for a great time of fellowship.  If any of you would like to spend the night and play a little golf on Tuesday just let me know and we can arrange it. 

Meeting Schedule

                                    11:30               Scott Carlson 

                                    12:15               Lunch

                                    1:00                 Business Meeting

                                    1:30                 Glen Caneel

                                    2:15                 Dan Pride

Directions:  Once you are on 275  take the 38^th Ave exit.  Go west on 38^th Ave.  At Tyrone Blvd turn right and the church is on the left by Walgreens.  If you are using GPS our address is 3901 Park St, St Petersburg.  The phone number is 727-345-1800.

For the Ladies:

 Ladies, be our guest at a Blessings Unlimited Workshop. Come to be refreshed, encouraged and blessed as we fellowship together. You will be making something to take with you and there will be door prizes. Plan to join us!!

Invitation to October's Meeting from Pastor Dave Janney

Orlando Baptist Church

500 S. Semoran Blvd

Orlando, FL 32807

(407) 277-8671

Dear Pastors,

This October we are honored to host the FBBF Meeting. Last year we had the November meeting within the

context of mission’s, as we kicked off our Missions Conference week. While mission’s is the heartbeat of our

church, we are excited to theme this year’s meeting “I love my Church.” Here’s what we would like to

accomplish. We want preaching that will encourage us in our calling as ministers, information and material

that will help us to be more effective as preachers and a time of great fellowship.

Here’s how you can help make this happen:

   1. Come to the meeting. It will not be the same without you here. Please come and fellowship with us.

   2. Email me one of your sermons or a series that we can reproduce for the pastors coming. My email

address is pastordave@orlandobaptist.com. I can use a podcast but I would like an outline or

manuscript too. This will be a great resource for all of us. I will add a few series the Lord has really

blessed in the last year at our church also. This will be a great resource for all pastors attending.

   3. Bring a pastor who doesn’t normally or often come to the meetings. We will make him feel welcomed

and enjoy the fellowship with him.

   4. Bring your wives and staff. We will have a special lunch and meeting for the wives and a very cool time

for the youth pastors.

Schedule:

11:00am - Pastor Dale Brooks, Avalon Church - Avalon Park, Florida

11:45am - Lunch and business meeting & Ladies lunch at the Janney home

12:45am - Pastor Gordon Godfrey, Marcus Pointe Baptist Church - Pensacola, Florida

1:30pm - Pastor Jay Lowe, Liberty Baptist Church - St. Petersburg, Florida

Please read a brief bio on each of our preachers. You will not want to miss hearing these wonderful men of

God.

We look forward to hosting the October meeting. It is my prayer we will all leave refreshed, encouraged and

ready to go home and lead our people as we “Love our Church” together. Please email me and let me know

you are coming and please send me your sermon or series for this special pastor’s collection.

Be blessed,

Pastor Dave

Pastor Dale Brooks

Pastor Dale Brooks has been a friend in the ministry for 16 years. Dale was Associate Pastor at Orlando Baptist Church from 1994 to 2002. Since March of 2002, Dale has served as the Senior Pastor of Avalon Church. Avalon Church was started within the support of several of our Pastors in the FBBF. Avalon was a church plant out of First Coast Baptist Church in Jacksonville and Orlando Baptist Church in Orlando Florida. Dale’s practical education comes from spending 14 years in business and 18 years in full time ministry. Dale has a compassion for people that is visibly demonstrated through both his Sunday messages, and his weekday ministries. His faith, vision and enthusiasm have led Avalon Church to the place it is today with a beautiful new campus and an average Sunday attendance of 700. Dale and his wonderful wife, Leigh Anne, were married for 14 years prior to her death in April 2009. Dale loves his people, God’s church and he will have a great word on ‘loving the church’.

Pastor Jay Lowe

I have known Pastor Jay Lowe since I was a young boy in Miami and he is one of my dearest friends. Jay is

Senior Pastor of Liberty Baptist Church and founder and president of Liberty Christian School. He established

and helped build three other Churches before he and Mrs. Lowe came to St. Petersburg in 1970. During the

past 37 years, under his leadership, Liberty has helped sponsor more than 1500 Churches, schools and

orphanages through support of Church planters and missions in over 75 fields of the world. Jay has developed

many management materials used by secular and ministry teams. For us, Jay is a church man and Liberty

Baptist Church is one of the great testimonies of a thriving Great Commission Church, with a missions giving in

2008 in excess of $450,000 Jay will share great insight on ‘loving the church.’

Pastor Gordon Godfrey

Pastor Gordon Godfrey and I attended Baptist University of America in Atlanta together. Gordon was saved in 1972 in Montgomery, Alabama.. In 1991, he became Pastor of Fundamental Baptist Church in Pensacola,

Florida. The church experienced rapid growth and soon outgrew the buildings. The church voted to relocate

and changed the name to Marcus Pointe Baptist Church. Since 1991, the average weekly attendance has

climbed from 63 to more than 1400. The church has averaged more than 500 salvations and 350 new

members a year for more than 18 years. He and his wife June have three children: Becky, Greg, and Bobby.

They also have three granddaughters and one grandson. Jackson. An avid outdoorsman, Pastor Godfrey can

often be found in the woods hunting or in the gulf with a rod and reel. But more importantly Gordon will have

a great message for is on ‘loving our church.’