Coming Events

Monthly prayer meetings:
• The first Monday night at 6:30 p.m.: corporate prayer for Kingdom issues
• The first Saturday at 10:00 a.m.- noon: corporate praying for SFRBA pastors, church staff members, and churches
Both meetings are at Ridgeview Church, Gainesville (Map)
• The second Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the association center for pastors and church staff members

Cooperative Program Listening Tour
Wed., July 9, 10:30 a.m., at Antioch Church on SR 121, a few miles south of La Crosse
Dr. John Sullivan, executive director of the Fla. Bapt. Conv., will conduct a “dialogue session” to discuss a motion referred to the State Board of Missions last November:
That the State Convention ask the State Board of Missions to study and move toward an increase of the percentage passed on to the national (SBC) level over the next five (5) years.

A dutch treat lunch will follow.

Equipping for Missions and Ministries
Sat., July 19, 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Westside Church, Gainesville
Cost: $10 per person, includes lunch and materials
Are you interested in:

• Equipping your church with a knowledgeable missions leader?
• Earning Christian Growth Study credit?
• Networking with other leaders?
• Having a personal one-on-one Q & A session with staff of Women’s Missions & Ministries of the Florida Baptist Convention

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, then this is the conference for you. Whether you are young or old, male or female, come join us and be apart of this fun learning experience. To register, call 1.800.226.8584, ext. 3141, or download the registration form at www.flbaptist.org. Email questions to jjohns@flbaptist.org.

Mobile Dental Clinic (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Mon.-Fri., July 21-25; First Church, Alachua
Free dental care for anyone at or near the poverty level. Call the association center for details.

Maguire State Missions Offering Week of Prayer (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Sept. 7-14

Executive Committee Meeting
Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m.

Conversational English Ministry Training (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Sept. 11-13, Lake Yale Conf. Center, Leesburg

Sunday School Training Conference
Mon., Sept. 15, 6:45-9 p.m. (Note change of date from Aug. 7)
Northwest Church, Gainesville
Seminars will be in 1- and 2-hour sessions, depending on the subjects.

• Age-graded (preschool, children, youth, adults)
• Teaching internationals
• Teaching college students
• Teaching for new teachers or those who have never taught

Retirement Planning Seminar (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Sept. 23

Church Ministry Assistants'  Workshop
Sept. 26

Ministry Evangelism Training Conference (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Oct. 9

Building a Praying Life (Prayer Retreat)
Oct. 17-18

Association Annual Meeting
Oct. 20

Florida Baptist State Convention
Nov. 10-11; Lakeland

Week of Prayer for International Missions (SBC)
Nov. 30-Dec. 7

Association Center Open House
Dec. 8-19 (Mon. through Thur.)
Drop by for some Christmas cheer: cookies, coffee, fruit cake, wassail, and more!

Association Center Closed for Christmas
Dec. 22, '08-Jan. 2, '09