Montgomery Baptist Association Church and Community Ministries wishes you the best Christmas and New Year ever! May God Bless you as you continue to serve Him in 2008.

Lisa Rose, Director
Judy Randall, Ministry Assistant

The Community of Hope would like to invite you to an evening of

“Celebrating Our Hope for the Future”


Thursday, December 6, 2007
6:30pm
Ridgecrest Baptist Church
5260 Vaughn Road
Guest Speaker: Mrs. Lou Ann Raughton
Guest Musician: Mr. Michael Jones

RSVP would be appreciated
235-2634
As Soon As Possible
A can good for the food pantry will be accepted that evening
as your ticket to the dinner

MBA Church and Community Ministries offers the following opportunities for ministry River Region Chaplain Service Become a prayer partner for public safety officers in Montgomery.  Be trained to become a chaplain (men AND women are needed.)  Adopt a firehouse, police station, sheriff’s office, or 911 center. Conversational English  Become a prayer partner.  Become a CE teacher.  Work with the childcare ministry.  Help transport students back and forth to classes. Samaritan Inn Become a prayer partner.  Become a volunteer to meet with families who have medical needs but live outside the Montgomery area.  Provide “welcome baskets” for the family. Regional Centers Sign up to pray for each center and the people who come for emergency help.  Volunteer to be a receptionist and answer phones.  Bring a mission team to do small repairs around the center.  Become a lawn care volunteer.  Gather food and clothing on a regular basis for the center church is assigned. Baptist Family Resource and Counseling Center  Give generously to help maintain the sliding fee scale for clients.  Pray for wisdom as the staff ministers to clients.  Invite Dr. Johnson to your church to provide basic training in marriage, parenting, grief, etc. as your church continues to grow healthy families and individuals. As a church body, you can hold an “Operation Inasmuch” in your community. It is a one day mission blitz where church members come together for the day to reach out and touch the neighborhood. Every Christian in Montgomery has the opportunity to serve the Lord in creative and exciting ways. For more information, call Lisa Rose at 271-6794 or email lrose@mgmbaptist.org

Convoy of Hope Montgomery

Montgomery Baptist Association supports Convoy of Hope. Click on the LEARN MORE icon above to volunteer!

Samaritan Inn Ministry

Samaritan Inn ministers to families who have come to Montgomery for medical care of some sort. We are pleased that so many families from outside Montgomery have been able to stay at a place that is low cost and convenient to the hospitals in the area. Volunteers take them baskets of goodies and see what they need to help make their stay as comfortable as possible.

One of our families came from out of state to adopt a baby from Montgomery and we were able to host them. Their baby had some medical problems and they ended up having to stay for a while. Baby Emma is home now and doing very well. Praise the Lord!

For more information on supporting Samaritan Inn Ministry or being a volunteer, contact Lisa Rose at 334-271-6894 or email lrose@mgmbaptist.org

RRCS banquet on September 11th!

the Montgomery Police Department and other public safety departments were well represented!
Officer Brian O'Neill spoke around the town and that evening! What a guy!
thanks to all the volunteers who served the dinner that night...Vicky Jackson decided to have some fun with it all!
Thank you to all our public safety personnel!
Kyle Matthews did an excellent job encouraging everyone through song! You can visit Kyle's website at www.kylematthews.com

We are so happy that our first annual banquet went so well. We look forward to more awareness in the future!

River Region Chaplain Service Fundraiser Banquet

Kyle Matthews , Dove Award winner, singer/songwriter will be our musician and will do a concert after the banquet. Retired NYPD Officer Brian O'Neill will be the guest speaker along with Attorney General Troy King.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

“Celebrating Courage”

Fundraiser Banquet:6pm

Cost: $50.00 per person / $75.00 per couple/$150 per table of 8

Remembrance Service and Concert: 7:30pm
A love offering will be collected.

Eastmont Baptist Church

4505 Atlanta Highway

(please do not call Eastmont for information, call the number below)

Speakers:
Officer Brian O'Neill, NYPD (Retired)
Attorney General Troy King

Benefit Concert:
Kyle Matthews, Dove Award Singer and Songwriter

www.911banquet.com

For ticket sales:
334-271-6794

All proceeds from the banquet will go toward the ministry of the
River Region Chaplain Service
an interdenominational ministry to public safety officers

WELCOME LEATHA to FOREST PARK!

We are so excited that Leatha Sturgeon is our new director at Forest Park Ministry Center as of July 16th. She comes to Forest Park from our Valley Park Center where she had been a volunteer for many years. She had initially come to Valley Park to get some temporary assistance with a utility bill and wanted to "pay back" what she had borrowed so she came back the next week and offered to volunteer. She has been there ever since(over 10 years ago). She has been mentored by director, Myrtle Mainor and has a great testimony to share with the clients who come in to the center. the Lord had worked in her life and grown her in many ways. She is married with 2 grown children and several grandchildren who all live in Atlanta. She is working on an Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education at Troy-Montgomery.

Be sure and have Leatha come and share with your church how the Lord can take a crisis in life and bring good out of it!

Leatha helping with Clothing Sale at Valley Park this past spring!

KUDOS to Valley Park Baptist Church

Saturday, bright and early!
Folks stop by and see what treasures they can find!
Valley Park Ministry Center Director, Myrtle Mainor sorts clothes to make sure folks have good bargains!
Longtime volunteer, Leatha, gets ready for the crowd!

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Valley Park Church had a Yard Sale for Missions on May 19th....they raised over $200 for the Valley Park Ministry Center. The center helps folks with emergency needs such as food and utility assistance and has the opportunity to share Christ with folks as they can!

Operation Inasmuch Pintlala!

On Saturday, May 19th, 70 members of Pintala Baptist Church joined together to reach their community for Christ in a one day mission blitz of their community. Members gathered in the fellowship hall Saturday morning and were “sent out” into the community led by pastor Gary Burton (who helped cleaned a creek full of garbage) to share God’s love in a tangible way. Members cleaned a community creek that was overrun with garbage, picked up litter off of Hwy 31, washed cars near the ball park, did car safety checks, worked to clean a sick persons yard, garage and roof, built a porch for a senior citizen, did a blood pressure check and the children made care packages for deployed military personnel and Adallum House. It was a day of excitement where kids to seniors all worked together to reach their community with acts of kindness that showed the community that they were cared for by Pintlala Baptist.

Operation Inasmuch is based on Matthew 25:40, “Inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these, you have done it unto me.”

For information on how to do an Operation Inasmuch in your community, contact Lisa Rose at 334-271-6794. the website for more information on materials is....www.operationinasmuch.com

Photos from the Volunteer Recruitment Day at Eastern Hills!

Volunteers are vital to each ministry that serves Montgomery
Myrtle Mainor(middle)talks with two very important volunteers to our CE program...
Our chaplains explain what all they do to serve the city of Montgomery
Dorothy McNeal tries on a fire uniform with the help of Eric Jackson
Onlookers hear what is happening with Samaritan Inn ministries

If you are interested in getting involved in sharing God's love in tangible ways, email us OR contact Lisa Rose 334-271-6794.

Volunteer Recruitment Day!

MONTGOMERY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT DAY!!!

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Saturday, April 21, 2007
9-12pm
OPEN HOUSE
Eastern Hills Baptist Church
Gymnasium

ALL MBA churches are invited to participate in a morning of getting to know our

Montgomery Baptist Association

ministries.
Find out ways that churches AND individuals can volunteer!

Highlighted Ministries

Ø Regional Ministry Centers
Ø Conversational English
Ø Samaritan Inn Medical Ministry
Ø River Region Chaplain Service

Bring a BIG group of folks and have a great morning of excitement over what the Lord is doing in Montgomery Baptist Association. Hear from our directors and chaplains about how you can participate too in the joy of serving!
Snacks will be served

Call
Lisa Rose for more information
334-271-6794 or email lrose@mgmbaptist.org

Regional Baptist Center Contacts

Each regional center is responsible for certain zip codes. We try to refer folks to that center in their zip code to help them not to have to travel so far and not overwhelm one center.

MINISTRY CENTER SITES


I. Forest Park Baptist Ministry Center:

269-5726
2026 E. Fourth St.
Montgomery, AL 36106
Open Monday and Wednesday: 9:00a.m.-12:00 noon
and 1:00–3:00p.m.
Serves Zip Code areas: 36104,36105,36106
Director: LouAnn Raughton

II. Chisholm Baptist Ministry Center 262-6438
3000 Lower Wetumpka Road

Montgomery, AL 36110
(Mail: P.O. Box 3026
Montgomery, AL 36109)

Open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00a.m.-2:00p.m.
Serves Zip Code areas: 36107, 36109, 36110, 36117

Director: Teri McDonald


III. Valley Park Ministry Center 280-3370
3820 Woodley Road Fax 280-3370
Montgomery, AL 36116
Open Tuesday: 9:00a.m.-2:00p.m.
Serves Zip Code areas: 36036, 36065, 36069, 36111,36116, 36064,36043(Hope Hull)
Director: Myrtle Mainor


IV. Day Street Ministry Center 269-1218
700 Davidson St.
Montgomery, AL 36108

Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 12:00 noon -3:00p.m.
Serves Zip Code area: 36108, 36113 36043(Hope Hull)
Director: Dorothy McNeal