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UMR Celebration
Sept
24-25, 2010
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Ministry of the Week
Mar 7 - Trenton, IL
Mar 14 - Central Baptist Village, IL
Mar 21 - Aplington, IA
Mar 28 - Buffalo Center, IA
Apr 4 - Crossroads, IA
Apr 11 - Oak Street, IA
Apr 18 - Cedar Falls, IA
Apr 25 - Elgin, IA
May 2 - Fort Dodge, IA
May 9 - George, IA
May 16 - Iowa City, IA
May 23 - Parkserburg, IA
May 30 - SteamboatRock, IA
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Dear Dan,
Please take a few minutes and find out some of what God is doing in the Upper Mississippi Region of the North American Baptist Conference.
We would encourage you to share this newsletter with those in your church. Please feel free to forward onto your church's email list. If you would like to print out a copy you can download a PDF file of the newsletter by clicking below:
UMR - Newsletter - PDF (1.3mg)
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"Lord, teach us to pray (Luke 11:1)
Dr. Tim Blackburn
The more that I study the life and ministry of Jesus, the
more that I marvel at this verse from Luke 1.
Of all the things that the disciples saw Jesus do, the one thing that
they specifically asked him to teach them was how to pray. I don't know about you, but I would say that
effective prayer is probably one of the biggest challenges I have in
ministry. Not that I don't pray about a
lot of issues, but I sometimes wonder just how well I do at truly praying in
ways that make a difference for eternity.
One
of the EQUIP leadership lessons that we have shared with some of the state
pastor clusters deals...
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UMR Planning Retreat - Feb. 1-2
The Regional Leadership Team and Regional Minister, Dr. Tim
Blackburn, gathered at Village
Creek on February 1,2 for a planning retreat. It was a chance to pray, plan, and seek
God together.
The retreat began with a chance to hear some of the things God was doing in and
through each of our 42 churches in the region. We spent time in prayer
concerning the needs and joys of our churches.
We also had a chance to review the job performance of our regional minister Dr. Tim
Blackburn. We are so excited to
have Tim with us in the region.
If you would like to read the entire RLT report or see the goals which were set for our region, please follow one of the links below.
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What's an interim?
Jerry & Monie Fluthe
What's an interim pastor?
A fill in? Yes, in a way. Pulpit supply - yes in a way - Jerry
certainly preaches every Sunday. A
problem solver - yes in a way - every church is unique and there are always some
challenges. But it is so much more.
Jerry and I have had the wonderful privilege in our retirement years to
have gone to three churches as interim pastor and wife. Each situation was so different - so unique -
challenging, and yet so rewarding.
UMR sent us to an Interim Pastor Ministries (IPM) seminar where
they put into words what we really do.
They said it this way "an interim pastor assists the local church GROW
in health. " Intentional interims work
on leadership development, vision casting, strategic planning, problem solving,
conflict resolution and peace-making, to name a few. The seminar was a wonderful time to get
together with so many others doing what we are going. Thank you Dr. Tim Blackburn and UMR.
Our first
church was Hunters Ridge church in...
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2010
in 2010
Village Creek Bible Camp Update
We are praying for 2010 in 2010 - the number of campers that
we would love to serve this summer through our family camps and youth
camps. (2009 - we served just over
1,800, so will take some good growth across the board for us to reach this
number - but we are working and praying toward that end. And it is a fun goal.)
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We
did not raise our summer camp fees this summer - we are hoping that will help
families and churches be able to offer camp once again, and also to be able to invite
their friends. -
A new discount - we wanted to help those families who have
parents on Active Duty in the military, so we have made that offer
available. - Early Bird registration price breaks ends - Mar. 11
Read the entire update
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 UMR Pastor & Wife Retreat
We would encourage each church leadership team to send their pastor and staff to the retreat as part of a Pastor Appreciation. The retreat this year will be at Ironwood Springs Miracle Lodge-Stewartville,
MN. Check out these wonderful new facilities at www.miraclelodge.com
We
are hoping to completely take over this building for the weekend, but to
do so means we need to have tentative commitments from 25 couples. Cost again this year will be
$250/couple. The rooms are high
quality hotel style rooms with private baths.
This
location is right off of I-90 by Rochester MN and is within a half day drive from all of our
UMR churches except Kankakee and Trenton, IL. You will be able to leave home at noon
or later on Friday and be back home by Sunday evening.
For more information
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God Bless,
Dan Andrews
Regional Leadership Team
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