Iowa Baptist Conference
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Dear Friends,
This eNewsletter comes to you from the
district office of the Iowa Baptist
Conference... keeping pastors and
leaders informed of activities across
the state... and opportunities and
resources available through the IBC &
Converge Worldwide (BGC).
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THIRTY DAYS...
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And it'll be time to meet
again!
Summer's
come and gone... and it's almost
time for that meeting we've been
talking about since last May...
the continued IBC Annual Meeting
on November 7th at Pine Lake
Camp!
By now
you've had 30 days to review the
merger proposal documents... but
if you haven't yet had the
opportunity, check with your
local church office or pastor...
or... go on-line to view all the
documents on the
IBC Website.
REMEMBER...
all delegates to the May 1-2, 2009,
IBC Annual Meeting will continue to
represent their churches when the
IBC Annual Meeting is resumed on
November 7, 2009...
AND
again on February 6, 2010!
THESE are historic days
in the history of the Iowa Baptist
Conference!!!
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MEETING SCHEDULE & AGENDA |
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SCHEDULE
- 9:00
am - Early Arrival - Rolls & Coffee - Chapel
- 10:00 am -
Prayer Summit - Chapel
-
Pastor Paul Smalley
- Juanita
Stevens (children)
- 11:00
am - Business Meeting - Chapel
- 12:00
noon - Lunch - Dining Hall
- 1:00 pm -
Prayer summit continued
BUSINESS AGENDA
The IBC
Delegates, Pastors, and Board Memebers will vote
on the following items:
- The
Board of Overseers brings a motion to the
delegates of the Nov. 2009 Annual meeting as
follows: That in accordance with the Notice of
the Proposed Plan of Merger along with its
accompanying exhibits (the "Notice"), which was
timely and properly sent to the delegates of
this Annual Meeting, the proposed Plan of
Merger, along with the proposed Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
(collectively referred to as "Plan of Merger"),
be place on the agenda of the February, 2010,
meeting for the delegates to make a final
vote in accordance with Iowa state law to
accept, approve and adopt the proposed Plan of
Merger to accomplish the merger of the IBC into
the MBC, with the surviving corporation being
named MIBC.
- The Board of
Overseers brings a motion to continue this
meeting until February 6, 2010, when the final
vote on the Plan of Merger will take place.
- The Board of
Overseers brings the following ballot of names
to represent Iowa on the new MIBC Board of
Stewards, (in the event the merger is approved
by both districts.)
- Steve
Clinkscales, current IBC Board Chair
- Janet
Taylor, current IBC Board Secretary and
Treasurer
- Jarol
Duerksen, current IBC representative to
Converge Worldwide (BGC)
- Carlton
Anderson, current IBC Director of
Multiplication
- Rod
Ankrom, current IBC Annual Meeting Moderator
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PINE LAKE UPDATE |
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...by
Roger Sutton, PLC Director
One
week before the hailstorm that did so much damage, a
team from First Baptist in Muscatine was a
significant part of the crew that changed the look
of the parking lot at our office. Eight weeks
later, it looks like this...
 This
16'x40' building is already providing a place to
store and work on our many pieces of small powered
equipment. It's a great blessing and I would also
say a long- awaited vision/dream come true. Thank
you First Baptist team and many others who worked
and gave to make this a reality.
Tomorrow,
if all goes well, more volunteers will be completing
another project. For several years, First in Forest
City have been working on Chestnut and Cypress as
part of their Adopt A Cabin Project. They've
accomplished roofing, staining, sanding and
painting. Now it's time for new carpet! Until
recent years, we still called these cabins the "new
cabins" though they are probably approaching twenty
years old and were in need of some sprucing up.
Thank you Forest City Team and again, many others
who worked and gave to help us provide safe,
comfortable and pleasing cabins for our guests.
Without
YOU we couldn't begin to do what needs
to be done. Thank you!!!
Roger |
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CHURCH PLANT UPDATES!
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...Daybreak Family Fellowship, Des
Moines, by
Pastor Stanley Patton
 On
August 23rd Daybreak Family Worship Center held
its first outdoor service on our new land!
Daybreak bought the North Forty Miniature Golf
business. This business came with over 3 acres
of land and was in the heart of our targeted
neighborhood. Not only did this land come with
land but also over 800 sq ft of office space.
At our event over 200
people were present. We had an outdoor service
followed by a community BBQ. We plan to have
another service on our land September 20th. The
land is located at 2410 Hickman Road in Des
Moines.
...The
River's Edge, Iowa Falls,
by Pastor Carlton
Anderson
Keep praying for Pastor Mike and our youth
ministries! The group continued to grow as
the year progressed last year, and last
week [early September] our new
school year started off with a bang! We had
record attendance numbers on our very first
kick off week! 57
youth attended last week and we're
continuing to anticipate a great year of
growing kids in their faith!
...Mason City Church
Plant (No Name Yet), by
Pastor Carlton Anderson
Nathan and Liz Gann (and Silas) are our
newest church planters! Just like we
started The River's Edge in Iowa Falls 5
years ago, they've just moved to Mason City,
beginning to form their launch team!
Nathan's a very unique kind of pastor... and
he has a very unique vision for bringing
Christ to Mason City in a new way!
FYI: Some of you may remember "Thad
Seydel" from West Liberty... he will be the
Worship Leader for this new church plant!
Thad and Nathan met in a very "providential"
way!
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS |
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 Looking
Ahead...
2009
2010
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January 5 - IBC Board of Overseers
Phone Conference
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January 15-17 - Sr High Winter
Retreat (9th-12th)
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January 22-24 - Juniors Winter
Retreat (2nd-5th)
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February 6 - IBC 2009 Annual Meeting,
Resumed from November 7th (Olivet,
Urbandale)
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February 19-21 - Jr High Winter
Retreat (6th-8th)
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March 26-28 - IBC Spring
Scrapbooking Weekend (Pine Lake)
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MINISTRY
RESOURCES |
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Following are brief summaries of
some GREAT ministry tools.
You can check out additional
resources at the IBC website in
regard to:
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RETOOL KIT
is a BGC resource
designed to help churches become
all that God wants for them. It
is not a program... it is a
pathway... guided by a trained
Mobilization Coach who helps the
church discover and develop
healthy leaders, a biblical
community, and a clear vision
for the future.
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of the the end results is a
clearer vision for ministry,
along with a three year future
plan. Additional outcomes are
the changing of the church's
DNA, spiritual growth, (both
personally and corporately),
stronger community, and more
effective Kingdom impact.
For more information, contact
Pastor Jeff Scherer,
IBC Director of Mobilization
at: 319-290-6874 or
jeffscherer6@msn.com
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SHALOM HOUSE is
a pastoral retreat center in New
London, WI
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facilitated by Pinnacle
Ministries and providing a
comfortable, safe place for rest,
refreshment and renewal for those in
ministry - based on the philosophy
that the health of our
churches, and ultimately our
communities, rests in the strength
and refreshment of our pastors.
Pinnacle Ministries
offers three levels of services...
from just "hanging out" to
professional counseling services.
Shalom House can
also be utilized for church
board and leadership retreats,
church staff training, missionaries
and their families, and pastoral
sabbaticals.
If your pastor doesn't know about
Shalom, please tell him or her about
it - better yet, send them
for a refreshing, relaxing break to
recharge their batteries for future
ministry!
For more information, go to:
www.theshalomhouse.org
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QUIET WATERS MINISTRIES -
offers a FREE,
24 hour a day, 7 days a week,
confidential phone consulting
resource for BGC pastors and home
assignment missionaries called
CARELINE -
funded jointly by IBC & BGC
 Call
866.526.2222 to be
put in touch with a licensed doctor
or master's level counselor from
Quiet Waters Ministries
to talk about EITHER
personal OR congregational
matters.
Services are available for up to 3 hrs
of assessment and consultation via
telephone per isolated incident per
year.
All communication with the
denomination, regarding these
services is consistent with
confidentiality laws and
requirements, and with BGC's
policies and guidelines.
For more information about
Quiet Waters, go to:
www.qwaters.org
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BGC CORNERSTONE FUND
is a ministry
of the Baptist General Conference
with a mission
 to
extend BGC ministries - by providing
loans for building/remodeling
projects within our conference
churches and ministry centers.
Our ministry is possible because of
the support of our investors, who
receive competitive rates compared
to like term investments and have
the satisfaction of knowing that
their investment is being used to
help expand ministries of the BGC.
For more information, go to:
www.bgccornerstonefund.org
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CHRISTIAN LIBRARY
INTERNATIONAL
is a Raleigh, NC, based ministry
that distributes
 used
Christian books (fiction and
non-fiction), Christian music tapes,
Sermon tapes, CDs, DVDs, video
tapes, bible study materials, and
tracts to prisons, shelters and
international missions free of
charge.
What a
great way to "recycle" those dust
collecting books! For more
information, to to:
www.cli-nc.org
provides housing,
counseling, nurturing, training, and
spiritual guidance to young ladies
experiencing the crisis of an
unplanned pregnancy. They have the
capacity to care for six girls at a
time for a period of 3-6 months.
And because they are supported by
individuals and churches, they have
the freedom to make Christ central
in the home and in the training.
The Executive Director, Jan
Turner, is a member of the
New Journey Community Church
and is also their worship
director. She has seen this project
through the from the very beginnings
- property purchase, building
construction and equipping, and
staffing. In their first year of
operation they served eight girls.
Shepherd's Fold
Ministries, Inc., is a
local, interdenominational,
non-profit corporation working
to provide a home and a
hope for young mothers in
need, located in northwest
Iowa.
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