South Central Baptist Association of Pennsylvania/South Jersey
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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2012 CalendarSouth Central Baptist Association
PROPOSED 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(Includes Events / Dates of Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey)
JANUARY Emphasis: Make Your Will
2 New Year’s Holiday – office closed
2-6 January Bible Study Emphasis Week
3 Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
5-7 VBS Institute
Training for State enlisted VBS leadership team FOR WHOM: State enlisted VBS Team
9 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship 12 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship, 10am; Volunteer House
15 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (office closed)
23-24 Regional/Functional Team Meetings (RAFT), Camp Hebron, Halifax, PA
29 Day of Prayer for the SBC
FEBRUARY Emphases: Baptist Seminaries, Colleges, and Schools; True Love Waits
2 Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship; 9:30am; Location: TBA
3 Executive Board Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
A meeting of Executive Board and related committees to discuss business of BCPSJ.
4 Building and Finance Conference, TBD
Conference covers new construction, remodeling, and working with volunteers.
The rules of thumb for building churches
are given and attention is paid to working within the church and the challenges that change brings.
FOR WHOM: Pastors and building committee members looking at new construction or
remodeling & anyone in church who will be supervising & working with construction volunteers.
6 Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
12 Racial Reconciliation Sunday
13 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
13 SCBA Youth Team Meeting; 7pm @ SCBA, E-town
13-19 Focus on WMU
Church focus on Woman’s Missionary Union programs for the year.
A time to recognize leaders and members
of WMU organizations; to Emphasize the value of WMU to a church.
FOR WHOM: leaders and members of WMU organizations.
18 SCBA Youth Roller Skating
MARCH Emphasis: North American Missions
4-10 Youth Week
4-11 Week of Prayer and Mission Study for North American Missions/Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
5-10 Update Week for Church Planting Trainers and Assessors, Volunteer House, Harrisburg, PA
6 Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
8 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship; 10 am; Volunteer House
11 Daylight Saving Time Begins (Spring Forward One Hour)
12 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
12-13 Church Conciliation Training – TBA
A two day training seminar for Certification in Conciliation.
FOR WHOM: Pastors and lay leaders interested in helping churches in the conciliation process.
25 Start a Church Sunday
APRIL Emphases: Life Commitment and Church Vocations; Church Media
1 SBC Seminaries Sunday
2 Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
5 Berks / Lancaster / Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship; 9:30 am; Location: TBA
6 Good Friday (Office Closed)
6-7 Youth Evangelism Celebration, TBA
A two day meeting designed for inspiration and training in Evangelism and Discipleship
8 Easter Sunday
9 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
15 Life Commitment Sunday
15-20 Baptist Doctrine Emphasis Week
21 SCBA Semi Annual Meeting
22 Cooperative Program Sunday
28 State Bible Challenge, TBA
30 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
MAY Emphases: Annual Church Council Planning; Chaplaincy Ministries
3 National Day of Prayer
4 Executive Board Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
A meeting of Executive Board and related committees to discuss business of BCPSJ.
FOR WHOM: Executive Board members
6 Senior Adult Day
10 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship, 10 am @ Volunteer House
13 Mother’s Day
13-19 Christian Home Week
14 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
14-15 Regional/Functional Teams Meeting (RAFT), Camp Hebron, Halifax, PA
20 Pentecost Sunday
20-27 Associational Missions Emphasis Week & Special Missions Offering
Goal: Goal Emphasis:
21-23 Ministers’ Retreat, TBA
28 Memorial Day (office closed)
JUNE Emphases: Vacation Bible School; Guidestone Ministries
4 Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
4-6 Summer Missions Orientation, Bongiorno Conference Center, Carlisle, PA
Training and orientation retreat for student summer missionaries assigned to PA/SJ.
Cultural acclamation, ministry and evangelism resources are included.
7 Berks / Lancaster / Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship; 9:30 am; Location: TBA
11 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
16-17 Crossover, New Orleans, LA www.sbc.net
17-18 WMU Missions Celebration, New Orleans, LA www.wmu.com
19-20 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA www.sbc.net
21-7/2 SCBA PERU MISSION TRIP (Lima / Trujillo / Iquitos)
24 Mission: Dignity Sunday www.guidestone.org
JULY Emphasis: Christian Literature
1 Citizenship and Religious Liberty Sunday
4 Independence Day Holiday (office closed)
9 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
12 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship; 10am; Volunteer House
15 Serving Your Community Sunday
23-28 World Changers, Philadelphia, PA
27-29 Campus Minister’s Retreat
28/8-1 NAMB/State Leadership, Atlanta, GA
29-31 Campus Intern Orientation
AUGUST Emphases: Ridgecrest Conferences
2 Berks / Lancaster / Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship; 9:30am; Location: TBA
4-8 National Collegiate Week at Ridgecrest Conference Center www.ridgecrestconferencecenter.org
5 Social Issues Sunday
10-12 Angel Tree Camp, Denver, PA
FOR WHOM: Summer Camp for children who have parents incarcerated.
12 Student Evangelism Day
13 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
16-17 State Leadership Team Retreat
28-31 Annual Single Adult Labor Day Getaway, Ridgecrest, NC ww.ridgecrestconferencecenter.org
Conference and national networking opportunities. FOR WHOM: All single adults and single adult leaders
SEPTEMBER Emphasis: State Missions State Missions Season of Prayer and Ed & Mary Price Offering.
A focus on state missions involving study, prayer, and giving.
2 Single Adult Sunday
3 Labor Day (office closed)
4 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
6-13 State Missions Week of Prayer
9-15 Worship Music Week
10 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
13 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship; 10am @ Volunteer House
16 Anti‑Gambling Sunday
17 Suggested Associational Discipleship Rally
17-18 Regional/Functional Teams Meeting (RAFT), Harrisburg, PA
21-22 Missions Celebration (WMU Meeting)
This conference is a mission celebration and the annual business session for Woman’s Missionary Union of PA/SJ
FOR WHOM: All church and associational mission leaders
22 Sunday School Leadership Institute, TBD
Training for state team of multipliers who will go out and train in churches and associations.
Presented by specialists in age-groups from LifeWay.
FOR WHOM: Usually by invitation by may be open to anyone who wants to lead training in PA/SJ.
26 See You At the Pole www.syatp.com
28-29 SCBA Youth ALL NIGHT BOWLING
OCTOBER Emphases: Annual Associational Meetings; Cooperative Program
1 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
4 Berks / Lancaster / Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship; 9:30am; Location; TBA
4-5 Church Planting Conference, TBA
5-7 InCounter Collegiate Retreat, TBA
7 Soul-Winning Commitment Day
8 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
14 World Hunger Sunday
20 SCBA 32nd Annual Meeting; Location: TBA
Annual Meeting of South Central Baptist Associations Constituency of SCBA.
29 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
NOVEMBER Emphasis: Stewardship and Church Budget Promotion
1-2 State Convention Meeting, TBA www.brnonline.org
Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania‑South Jersey Baptists Constituency of the Baptist Convention of
Pennsylvania/South Jersey FOR WHOM: Constituency of BCPSJ
1-2 Executive Board Meeting, TBA
Meeting of Executive Board and related committees to discuss business of BCPSJ
FOR WHOM: Executive Board members
4 Children’s Missions Celebration Day
4 Daylight Saving Time Ends (Fall Back One Hour)
5 Baptist Women World Day of Prayer
8 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship; 10am @ Volunteer House
12 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
22-23 Thanksgiving Holiday (office closed)
DECEMBER Emphases: International Missions; Student Day at Christmas
2-9 Week of Prayer & Mission Study for International Missions & the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
6 Berks / Lancaster / Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship; 9:30am; Location: TBA
7 SCBA Senior Pastors and Wives Christmas Party
7 State Office Staff Christmas Party
10 SCBA Ethnic Pastors’ Fellowship
25-26 Christmas Holiday (office closed)
Future Southern Baptist Convention Dates / Locations:
2013: June 11-12 - Houston, Texas
2014: June 10-11 -Baltimore, Maryland
2015: June 16-17 - Columbus, Ohio
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