Fellowships Will Take A New Look Beginning In August

Power Lunches and Breakfasts:
The Pastor and Staff Fellowships will take a new look beginning in August with Power Lunches and Power Breakfasts when applicable.  The informal setting around the restaurant table will provide a relaxed atmosphere to encourage one another, pray for one another, and receive some valuable tools and resources to use in ministry.  In a day with rising gas prices, we see the need to come to you in order to join you in ministry.  More details to come.

Connections:
In September, November, and April, we will have a larger evening fellowship called "Connection" at the two traditional Northern locations.  There will be a Fall, Christmas, and Spring Connection that will feature good food, fellowship, a guest speaker, testimonies, music and more.

Family Fun Days:
We will also have a fall family picnic which will provide a great opportunity for our families to meet with another.

If you have questions about the new fellowship format, please call me at 540-521-6783 or email at dwebb@sbcv.org.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Please pray for these area churches as they host Vacation Bible Schools this summer.  Visit the web page for the church or contact them by phone if you would like additional information about the days of VBS.

July
Victory Baptist Church  (July 7-11)  www.victoryforlife.org
Amissville Baptist Church  (July 14-18)  www.amissvillebaptistchurch.com
Faith Baptist Church  (July 27-Aug.1)  www.faithbap.org                                          Grove Baptist Church   (July 21-25)   www.grovebaptistchurch.org

August
Cardinal Baptist Church  (August 3-8)  www.cardinalbaptist.org
Cornerstone Baptist Church  (Aug. 3-8)   www.cornerstonebc.com
Kings Highway Baptist Church (Aug. 18-22) 540- 371-5319

NEW PASTOR
Good Hope Baptist Church in Spotsylvania welcomes Rev. Scott Adams as their new pastor. 

MISSION TRIPS
Please pray for these teams as they go on mission to share the Gospel this summer.

Pastor Todd Pyle will lead a team from Cornerstone Baptist Church to Cameroon on July 2-18, 2008.
A team from Jeffersonton Baptist Church will minister in Tennessee on July 21-27, 2008. 

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES
Spotswood Baptist Church in Fredericksburg has the following ministry opportunity: High School Ministry Assistant.
They are looking for someone who has: Great People Skills, Strong Computer Skills, able to Multi-Task, Strong Organizational Skills, and High Energy. If you are interested in applying, please log on to www.spotswood.org and click on "job opportunity" to see a complete job description and application. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Sapp at 540-895-0757 at ext. 28 or at jsapp@spotswood.org.

ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREA 

August 11-15  Revival services with Lloyd Martin at Wallers Baptist Church in Partlow.  Call 540-582-5703 for more information.

August 17 will be a special day as Jeffersonton Baptist Church celebrates its 235th Anniversary.

August 24-28   Revival services at Jeffersonton Baptist Church in Jeffersonton.  Please call 540-937-5446 for more information.

To request your Northern Area event to be listed, email dwebb@sbcv.org or rkidd@sbcv.org.

Thank you to the following churches that have registered their participation in the recent Mission Project:  

Hiker Evangelism Packets for Damascus Trail Days   
New Hope Baptist Church in Cross Junction
Shenandoah Community Fellowship in Woodstock

Thank you for touching lives while ministering to the needs of the hikers along the Appalachian Trail from May 23-26, 2008.                                            

Ministry Experience: Darrell has served in various ministerial roles including: associate pastor, minister of music, missions, children and youth in Memphis, Tennessee. Most recently, he has served as the senior pastor of Exmore Baptist Church and as the founder of Shore Christian Academy in Exmore, Virginia.

Life Verse: "But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God" Acts 20:24.

Contact Info: Contact Darrell by e-mail or by phone: 540.521.6783.

 Ministry Experience:  Since being called into ministry in 1966 Ron has had a profound passion for students, missions and church planting.  He has had extensive ministry in church planting and in student ministry throughout Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and in France.  He, and wife Linda, served 14 years in France as missionaries.  One of his greatest joys was being used by God to plant a church in the suburbs of Paris, and to continue to see it be a vibrant and effective witness for Christ in one of the worlds most secular of societies.

Life Verse:  "Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13,14.

Contact Info:  Ron Kidd email and phone: 434/390-3448

Population: 2,900,365
Total SBCV Churches and Church Plants: 54