Central Baptist Church

The Church Council set the Annual Meeting for Sunday, January 29 at 12:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Everyone is invited to this “carry in” potluck. Tableware and drinks will be provided by the Ministry of Family Life. The printed Annual Report will be available in the Church Office starting Sunday, January 29. See Jim Fox, Moderator, for more information.

For decades, Concerts of Prayer have served as a means of calling God’s people to pray together in intimacy and unity. What is a Concert of Prayer? A Concert of Prayer is a solid block of time spent with the Lord and others in seeking the Lord in prayer. In days gone by, a time and date was set when churches would gather in their appropriate places of worship and pray for the same thing at the same time, thus creating the idea of a “concert” of prayer. It is very much like the idea of the unified prayer and fasting of God’s people in the book of Esther. You are invited to pray at 7 O’clock (a.m. and p.m.) for 7 petitions, 7 days a week. The goal: our entire church united in prayer for a Harvest.

WEEK OF JANUARY 22-28

1. PRAY FOR PERSONAL CLEANSING AND PREPARATION – “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me,” Psalm 51:10.

2. PRAY AS JESUS DIRECTED: For God to Send More Laborers into the Field (Matt. 9:35-38) – Prayer for more laborers in Children’s BuGs Bible Club and Children’s Sunday school.

3. PRAY AS PAUL DIRECTED THE CHURCHES: For The Laborers That “Are” (Col. 4:2-6) – Pray for our volunteer Youth Leaders – Cindy Brown, Chet Coonrod, Ronna Rife, and Sandy Van Os.

4. PRAY AS PAUL’S HEART DIRECTED: For the Lost that Burden Your Heart (Rom. 10:1)

5. PRAY FOR THE LABORERS THAT ARE PRESENT: Praying for One another (Acts 13:1-4) – Pray for our Deacons and Deaconesses: Gib Allen, Robert S. Buddemeyer, Carol Buddemeyer, Doris Durk, Ron Durk, Glenn Glessner, Lareva Glessner (Chair), Nata Selves, Jakay Steckler, Sandra Van Os, Connie Wells, William “Bill” Wells, Ruth Willis, Carol Williams, and Lem Williams.

6. PRAY FOR OUR CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND NATION

7. PRAYER FOR CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD – All Baptists are invited to pray for these countries: Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey. The BWA has no member organizations in these countries to date.

The annual Youth Valentine Party, ‘A Night in Paris,’ will be on Saturday, February 11, 2012. The meal times and date to start reservation will be announced soon. See Cindy Brown for menu, reservations, and suggested donations. Proceeds help the children attend Young Christians Weekend at Silver Dollar City.

The Ministry of Missions is collecting diapers for newborns and toddlers as their monthly hands-on mission project for our local agency: CareNet Pregnancy Resource Center. Place your donations in the white Mission Box in the Heritage Room. Thank you!

The Ministry of Family Life will hold their organizing meeting for the New Year on Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the Heritage Room. If you are interested in organizing activities and events to promote friendship and Church unity, such as Adult Sunday school, All Church Birthday Party, Board Game Night, Coffee Service, Family Camp, Lenten Small Groups, Men’s Bible Camp, Movie Nights, Quarterly Carry Ins, a Retreat to Green Lake Conference Center, Sports (bowling, softball, volleyball, etc), and other creative social events, please see Chet Coonrod.