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Engaging Discipleship: Open My Eyes, My Heart, My Hands |
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The ABCO 2012 Missions Conference
Join us on Friday & Saturday, April 20-21 at First Baptist Church, 1175 “G” Street in Springfield, Oregon.
See and hear first-hand the mission and ministry being done locally, nationally, and internationally by our mission partners throughout ABC of Oregon, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, and ABC’s International Ministries, including:
- The unique outreaches of many ABCO congregations
- Missional Church Learning Experience overview
- Lisa Harris, ABHMS, Caring Ministries, Neighborhood Action Programs
- Chris Roush, Rainbow Acres, Camp Verde, Arizona
- Miriam Noyes, IM, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Adalia Schelling-Gutierrez, IM, Deborah’s House, Tijuana, Mexico
Conference Costs
$35 per person; $20 day-rate for Friday or Saturday only
Meals
Friday Dinner & Saturday Lunch with vegetarian and gluten-free options, FREE with paid registration
Schedule
Friday, April 20
1:30 – 2:30 pm Registration, Visit Exhibit Hall
2:30 – 3:30 pm Plenary Session “Why Be Missional?”
3:45 – 5:00 pm Two Workshop Sessions with multiple workshops each session
5:30 – 6:30 pm Dinner
6:30 – 8:00 pm Plenary Session “To the World” (Presenters and Panel Discussion)
Saturday, April 21
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration, Visit Exhibit Hall
9:00 – 10:30 am Plenary Session “To Our Nation”
10:40 – 11:50 am Two Workshop Sessions with multiple workshops each session
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm Plenary Session “To Our Communities”
Lodging
Conference attendees should make their own lodging arrangements in the Springfield—Eugene area. We have reserved rooms at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites [3480 Hutton Street; (541) 746-8471] and at the Comfort Inn and Suites [969 Kruse Way; (541) 746-5359] in Springfield. Special rates and availability will be guaranteed until March 30. Use the code “Springfield First Baptist Church” to get the $99 per room rate. These rooms include a free breakfast on Saturday morning.
To Register
We need you to preregister to allow for adequate meal planning and preparation. Please call or email Judy Flora at (503) 228-8394,
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with your name(s) and contact information. You can pay at the door with cash, check, or MasterCard/Visa.
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2011 Annual Gathering: The New Normal |
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Annual Gathering Focuses on The Missional Church
The 2011 Annual Gathering of the American Baptist Churches of Oregon will be held in the Portland suburb of Gresham at First Baptist Church of Gresham on October 21-23.
ABC-USA Associate General Secretary, Dr. Jeff Woods, American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ Transformation Strategist, Rev. Glynis LaBarre, International Ministries’ Missionaries to Brazil, Bruce and Ann Borquist and American Baptist Seminary of the West President, Dr. Paul Martin, will join our keynote speaker, Rev. Max Ramsey as we explore together the challenges and opportunities that our rapidly-changing culture is presenting to our congregations.
Rev. Ramsey introduces himself simply, “I have been in full-time ministry since 1999, and have been a victim of God's grace a lot longer than that.” He has been at Immanuel-Brookfield (Wisconsin) since 2000 after having served in prison and hospice chaplaincy. Immanuel has planted two new missional communities in Milwaukee, and operates two street ministries under the name of “StreetLife Ministries” that serve the homeless in the city. Their community has planted another missional community in Saginaw, MI in partnership with Beacon of Hope Church (ABC-USA) called “Backstreet Ministries”. Immanuel has partnered with others to initiate 17 different missions and ministries that function outside of our walls. Max explains, “We are a missional community, born out of a traditional ABC-USA church that serves the Kingdom of God and seeks to multiply its mission in the world around us.”
Download a copy of the 2011 Annual Gathering informational flyer and registration form here. |
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Word of Life / Morning Star Covenant |
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After over ninety years of ministry, the Word of Life Community Church (the site of our 2009 Annual Gathering) has decided to draw its active ministry to a close. As part of their discernment process, they decided that they wanted to accomplish several things. First, they wanted to get enough money to ensure the continued support of their mission commitments for several years, and second, they wanted to entrust the building to a church that would continue its stewardship as a place where mission and ministry to the Cully Neighborhood would continue. Because they were “selling” the property for pennies on the dollar, they had more than one congregation vying for the privilege of purchasing it.
After a lengthy process, the congregation determined that Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church would be the congregation in which they would vest their trust. Since a fire destroyed their building four years ago, the congregation, led by Pastor A. Wayne Johnson, has continued to meet faithfully and planned to rebuild on the site of the original building. When that dream faded due to the costs involved in rebuilding, this opportunity presented itself. Providentially, Morning Star had been meeting mere blocks from their new home and has already had an impact on the area.
Morning Star has committed itself to using the property as a multicultural church-planting campus. There are already two other churches leasing space there, including a Vietnamese congregation. Morning Star hopes to plant two more, including a Spanish-speaking congregation, within the next two years.
Word of Life held their final worship service on Easter Sunday. At a joint service the next Sunday, the keys to the building were passed to Pastor Johnson and the covenant to be wise stewards of the property was formally restated. The two congregations celebrated communion together and several members of Word of Life indicated that they would be joining the Morning Star congregation. |
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ABCO Welcomes New California Churches |
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At its regularly scheduled meeting on February 15, 2011 in Salem, the Board of Ministries of the American Baptist Churches of Oregon voted unanimously to approve applications for membership as fully cooperating congregations from the following churches.
Church Without Walls, Oakland
Community Church of Hayward
Oakland Burmese Mission Baptist Church
New Life Christian Fellowship, Castro Valley
First Baptist Church, Alameda
Antioch Baptist Church, San Jose
Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland
At its regularly scheduled meeting on May 2, 2011 in Cottage Grove, the BOM of ABCO voted unanimously to approve applications from these churches.
Portola Baptist Church, San Francisco
Iglesia Bautista Pueblo de Dios, Concord
Atwater Baptist Church, Atwater
At its regularly scheduled meeting on August 23, 2011 in Portland, the BOM of ABCO voted unanimously to approve applications from these churches.
Third Baptist Church, San Francisco
Cornerstone Fellowship, San Lorenzo
We appreciate each congregation’s rich history with our denomination and look forward to partnering with them in ministry and mission. |
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