Central Baptist Church

Make your reservation for Breakfast on Easter Sunday, April 4 at 7:30 a.m.  This free hot meal is a great way to start your family’s celebration of Jesus’ resurrection!  It is served by Central Baptist’s Social Committee.  Make a reservation on-line, in worship on the “friendship card” or call the Church Office at 217-222-1310. 

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Thank you for giving generously to the America for Christ Offering 2010 during the month of March.  We received $748.00 so far towards our goal of $2,000.00.  The America for Christ Offering strengthens our denomination by providing support to our Great Rivers Region (American Baptists of Illinois and Missouri) and our denomination’s Board of National Ministries Children in Poverty Initiative.  Please GIVE NOW, use the envelope in the pew pockets or designated “AFC.”  Together we can touch and change lives for the cause of Christ.  Together we can make a difference. “For the love of Christ urges us on…” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15).

Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Ivan

$20,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing funds have been sent through International Ministries in response to the 8.8 earthquake that jolted Chile on the morning of February 27.

American Baptist Missionaries in Chile, Barbara and Dwight Bolick were in the U.S. when the disaster struck.  Now that American Airlines has reopened flights to Chile, the Bolicks will be returning on March 15.  They have been in contact with Pastor Lord Merino, Director of the Baptist District in south Chile.  The Bolicks are posting regular news and information on their Facebook page and on the International Ministries website at www.internationalministries.org/places/chile

On March 6, IM received word from Mario Ramos, the President of the Chilean Baptist Convention.  Ramos wrote, “The panorama is desolate.  The smell of dead fish is terrible.  The desolation of the people is a nightmare.”  In spite of the fact that many people’s homes had been wiped out by the tsunami and that they’d lost everything, the people were grateful to be alive.

Together with pastors and lay leaders, three trucks went to Penco, Concepción, Los Angeles and Laja.  They delivered items such as food, flashlights, batteries and water.  Ramos further observed, “The hardest thing to see, apart from so much destruction, was the people’s hunger.  To rise up as a country the first thing we need to do is eat, and the people are so hungry that it seems difficult for them even to rise up.  As the curfew was about to fall, we were giving away even the crumbs of bread we had in our pockets.  To have a little clean water was a privilege.”

Donations to One Great Hour of Sharing continue to be needed in response to vast needs in Chile.  Donors can give through the IM website: www.internationalministries.org/items/81 or by check to: “OGHS – Chile Earthquake Relief” and mailed to International Ministries, PO Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851.  Support can also be given by American Baptists through their church by making checks payable to the church with “One Great Hour of Sharing – Chile Earthquake Relief” written in the memo section.  These gifts will be sent from the church through the American Baptist region and then to International Ministries.

One Great Hour of Sharing is administered by the World Relief Committee of the General Board.  The Committee facilitates American Baptist emergency relief, disaster rehabilitation, refugee work, and development assistance by establishing policy guidelines and overseeing distribution of the annual One Great Hour of Sharing offering.

American Baptist International Ministries
P.O. Box 851 • Valley Forge, PA 19482

This year, Central Baptist Church is planning and participating in an Ecumenical Easter Egg Hunt with our fellow downtown churches and the Quincy Historical Business District.  The event will take place on Saturday, April 3, 2010 in Washington Park at 10:00 a.m.  Parents, grandparents, guardians, aunts, uncles, adults and children from newborn through 5th grade are encouraged to attend this community event!  There will be age appropriate areas for collecting eggs, special prizes and gift certificates from downtown businesses, and an opportunity to order a photo with an Easter Bunny.

 You can help the Church prepare for this event: Please donate candy-filled or prize-filled Easter eggs for school-aged children before Sunday, March 28, 2010.  We need to collect 700 filled eggs.  Place them in the drop-ff container at the end of the first floor hallway near the Children’s Ministry booth.

Also, volunteers will be needed on Saturday, April 3 to hide eggs, oversee the egg hunt, and then clean up our sponsored area after the egg hunt.  Sign up below or contact the Church Office.  For more information, contact Adina at adina@cbcquincy.org, Director of Children’s Ministries.

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The following minutes were submitted by the Boards and Committees at Central Baptist Church:

• 1003 Christian Education Meeting 100301
• 1003 Diaconate Minutes March 2010
• 1003 Music Committee Minutes
• 100222 Trustee Minutes – Special Called
• 100307 Trustee Minutes – Special Called
• 1003 Trustee Minutes March 2010