Central Baptist Church

Central Baptist Church is partnering with Quincy area churches to sponsor the Back to School Fair for children.  Central Baptist will collect 25 NEW empty backpacks plus 35 sets of school supplies for 1st Graders.   Please place donated school supplies and backpacks in the large white Mission Box in the Heritage Room.  Cash donation are also welcome for the “Back to School Fair.”  Please donate new items. Donations received until Saturday, July 31, 2010.  Each set of school supplies should include:

• 1 box of Crayons (24 count only)
• 2 Pink Erasers
• 1 bottle Elmer’s Glue (4 fluid oz)
• 20 Pencils #2
• 1 regular size box Kleenex
• 1 Scissors (Fiskar)
• 1 box Colored Pencils
• 1 Plastic Pencil box
• 1 box Washable Markers
• 2 Pocket folders
• 1Watercolors (Prang, only)
• 1 Wooden Ruler
• 1Wide Line Spiral notebook
• Box of 1 Gallon size Ziploc Bags

Volunteers are welcome to sort and place donated items in backpacks the first week of August.  Contact Pastor to volunteer.

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The Rev. Dr. Carla Waterman, Affiliate Professor of Spiritual Formation at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, will lead an prayer workshop, “Intercessory Encounters with Jesus,” at Central Baptist Church on Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14, 2010 .  Dr. Waterman will train persons of faith in practical ways to pray for and with people.  Learning to pray is a life-long adventure, and one of its central themes is learning to pray for the needs of others.  In this workshop we will explore five foundations of intercessory prayer as they arise out of actual encounters with Jesus on behalf of others in the Gospels:

1. “If you can do something”: Struggles of faith in prayer 
2. “Only speak the word”: Praying from a distance
3. “They have no more wine”: Perceptive and persistent prayer
4. “People who look like trees” Wrestling with prayer’s outcomes
5. “And when he saw their faith” Becoming prayer’s instrument and recipient

This workshop will be open to the public.  Cost is $25.00 per person (no cost to members of Central Baptist Church of Quincy, Illinois).   Carla A. Waterman has been teaching at the intersection of Trinitarian theology, corporate worship and everyday life since 1995.  She first came to Northern Semianry in 2000 to teach in the Worship and Spirituality Program established by the late Robert E. Webber.  Dr. Waterman is currently Affiliate Professor of Spiritual Formation. Dr. Waterman is the author of Songs of Assent (www.watermanuscripts.com), and President of In the Kingdom Ministries, Inc., a spiritual retreat and mentoring ministry in the United States and abroad.  She is also active in the ancient-future worship world, and is on the faculty of the Robert E. Webber Institute of Worship Studies. 

Schedule:

Friday – 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Saturday – 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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Adams County is organizing…for the 2010 CROP Hunger Walk!   Since 1991 the Quincy area has raised over $112,000 through the CROP Hunger Walk to fight hunger locally, across the U.S. and around the world.  That’s worth celebrating!!  

It’s time to gear up for another great event.  Please come to the planning meeting and take part in making the Adams County CROP Hunger Walk grow in order to help even more people in need. Church World Service and Central Baptist Church in Quincy are inviting pastors, mission committee members, youth leaders, families, and individuals interested in mission projects and local and international hunger issues to the planning meeting.

If you want to check out the website, visit www.cropwalkonline.org/AdamsCoIL.  Sign up now and bring ideas for what we can add.

Any questions? Please contact:

Julia Jones, Assistant Director, Illinois Office
Church World Service
Phone: (630) 990-7441
Email: jjones@churchworldservice.org

CROP Hunger Walk Planning Meeting
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010
5:30 P.M.

CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
321 N. 7th St
QUINCY, IL  62301 
 
PHONE: (217) 222-1310
www.cbcquincy.org

Register for the upcoming Pathfinders Membership Class starting Sunday, July 11 at 9:45 a.m. in the Chapel!  Pathfinders is a three-week class to introduce new and perspective members to the Good News of Jesus Christ, Christian Living, the Church and Baptist faith and practice.  This course is taught by the Pastor in partnership with the Diaconate (Boards of Deacons and Deaconesses).  Topics include: The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Christian discipleship, Baptist beliefs, Believer’s Baptism and membership.  Come find God’s path for your spiritual life.   Children, age 8 to 12, should enroll in the new Children’s Baptismal Class (a faith formation class designed for younger children).  Persons interested in joining the Church are required to complete this class before receiving the Right Hand of Fellowship.  Register today!

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The Monthly Business Meeting set for Wednesday, June 23 has been “rescheduled” for Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Jim Fox, Moderator