South Central Baptist Association of Pennsylvania/South Jersey
Monday, September 06, 2010
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2010 CalendarSouth Central Baptist Association
PROPOSED 2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Indicates South Central Baptist Association sponored Events / Dates:
JANUARY Emphasis: Make Your Will
1 New Year’s Day – office closed
3-6 Winter Bible Study Emphasis Week www.lifeway.com
4 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
7-9 VBS Institute for State enlisted VBS leadership team members.
10 SCBA Hispanic Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
14 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship; Time / Location: TBA
17 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (office closed)
25 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg
25-26 Regional and Functional Teams Meeting, Harrisburg
FEBRUARY Emphases: Baptist Seminaries, Colleges, Schools; True Love Waits
1 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg PA
2 SCBA NO Council Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Elizabethtown Office
SCBA Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Elizabethtown
4 Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship;
9:30am; Location: Silver Spring Baptist Church
5-6 State Executive Board Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
Meeting of State Executive Board and related committees to discuss
business of BCPSJ. FOR WHOM: Executive Board members
5-7 Mid-winter Collegiate Retreat, Camp Joy El, Greencastle, PA
6 Church Buildings with Purpose Conference, TBD www.brnonline.org
8 SCBA Hispanic Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
14 Racial Reconciliation Sunday
15-21 Focus on WMU www.wmu.com
20 SCBA Youth Roller Skating
2:30-4:00 pm Registration/ Program Location: Emmanuel Church, Etown
4:30-7:00 pm Skating @ Mt. Gretna Roller Rink
21 Children’s Ministry Day
26-27 Disaster Relief Training @ Temple Baptist Church, York
Pre-Registration Required - More info at: www.brnonline.org
27 Sunday School Training Conference - sponsored by Valley Baptist Church,
Middletown; 9:00am - Noon; RSVP with the church by 2/20
MARCH Emphasis: North American Missions
1 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
7 Day of Prayer for Spiritual Awakening in North America
7-13 Youth Week
14 Daylight Saving Time Begins (Spring Forward One Hour)
7-14 Week of Prayer for North American Missions/Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
Live with Urgency: Share God's Transforming Power Romans 1:16
More info: www.anniearmstrong.com
8 SCBA Hispanic Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster DATE CHANGED TO MARCH 15
11 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship; 10AM
13 Suggested: Associational Baptist Youth Night
14 North American Missions Day in Sunday School
15-16 Church Conciliation Training – TBA www.brnonline.org
19 SCBA VBS Clinic @ Valley Baptist Church, Middletown
RSVP for 6:00 Light Meal -
20 Keystone Baptist Association VBS Clinic; Time/Location: TBA SJ www.brnonline.org
21 Substance Abuse Prevention Sunday
28 Live with Urgency: Planting New Congregations Sunday
APRIL Emphases: Life Commitment and Church Vocations; Church Media
1 Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship TBA
2 Good Friday (Office Closed)
2-3 Youth Evangelism Celebration, YEC www.brnonline.org
4 Easter Sunday
4 SBC Seminaries Sunday
6 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
10 SCBA BIBLE CHALLENGE DATE / LOCATION CHANGED TO: APRIL 14 @ EAST SHORE BAPTIST CHURCH, HARRISBURG
Three events covering the Bible Challenge: Challenge for grades 4-6; Challenge for grades 7-9; and Speakers’
Tournament. Participants must qualify through Church Meets before the associational Challenge.
FOR WHOM: Participants in the events, their family,friends, and anyone who wants to attend.
11 Cooperative Program Sunday
11-15 Baptist Doctrine Emphasis Week
12 SCBA Hispanic Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
18 Life Commitment Sunday
13 DATE CHANGED FROM April 20th - NO SCBA Council Meeting, 6:00 pm
13 DATE CHANGED FROM April 20th - SCBA Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Elizabethtown
Representatives from SCBA Churches coming together to conduct the business of the Association.
All Church Members are invited to attend.
24 State Bible Challenge, 9:00 AM @ East Shore Baptist Church, Harrisburg
Three events covering the Bible Challenge: Challenge for grades 4-6; Challenge for grades 7-9; and Speakers’
Tournament. Participants must qualify through Associational Meets before the State Challenge. www.brnonline.org
FOR WHOM: Participants in the events, their family,friends, and anyone who wants to attend.
29 Vision Strategy Training, TBA POSTPONED
MAY Emphases: Annual Church Council Planning; Chaplaincy Ministries
2 Senior Adult Day
2-9 Christian Home Week
3 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
6 National Day of Prayer
7-8 State Executive Board Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
Meeting of State Executive Board and related committees to discuss business
of BCPSJ. FOR WHOM: State Executive Board members
8 Hispanic Evangelism Conference, East Shore Baptist Church, Harrisburg www.brnonline.org
9 Mother’s Day
10 SCBA Hispanic Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
10-11 Regional and Functional Team Meeting, Camp Hebron
13 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship 10am / Volunteer House, Harrisburg
13 SCBA Peru Mission Team Orientation at E-town, 10 am
15 Vision Strategy Training; TBA
15 Senior Adult Banquet - East Shore Baptist Church, Harrisburg. Cost: $ 10 / Deadline: April 23 www.brnonline.org
16-23 Associational Missions Emphasis Week & Special Emphasis Offering
theme: The Baptist Association, the greatest IMPACT for the great commission
Offering Goal: $1000 for 'Mission Opportunities" Peru Partnership and Other Mission Opportunities
17-19 Ministers Retreat, Philip Bongiorno Conference Center, Carlisle
A time for rejuvenation, fellowship, encouragement, relationship-building
and relaxation. FOR WHOM: Pastors and invited staff members
Cost: $50 for SBC Ministers / $150 for Non-SBC Ministers Deadline: May 15 www.brnonline.org
23 SCBA FESTIVAL OF PRAISE, Valley Baptist Church, Middletown
RSVP with SCBA with approx attendance and any musical presentations by May 19th
Associational Emphasis Offering will be taken.
23 Day of Prayer and Fasting for World Evangelism
31 Memorial Day (office closed)
JUNE Emphases: Vacation Bible School; GuideStone Ministries
1 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
3 Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship @ New Providence Baptist Church, 9:30 am
7-9 Summer Missions Orientation, Bongiorno Conf Center, Carlisle
Training and orientation retreat for student summer missionaries assigned
to PA/SJ. Cultural acclamation, ministry and evangelism resources are included.
12-13 Crossover, Orlando, Florida www.sbc.net
13-14 Various Pre-Convention Meetings, Orlando, Florida www.sbc.net
13-14 WMU Missions Celebration, Orlando, Florida www.wmu.com
Celebrate the Joy of Missions at this annual missions conference.
FOR WHOM: For all persons involved in and interested in missions.
14 SCBA Hispanic / Haitian Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
15-16 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida www.sbc.net
20 Father’s Day & Baptist Men’s Emphasis www.BMen.org
24-7/5 PERU MISSION TRIP
28 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
JULY Emphasis: Christian Literature
4 Citizenship and Religious Liberty Sunday
5 Independence Day Holiday (office closed)
8 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship, 10am, Volunteer House, Harrisburg
12 SCBA Hispanic / Haitian Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
25-29 NAMB/State Leadership, Atlanta, GA
30/8-1 Campus Minister’s Retreat www.brnonline.org
AUGUST Emphases: Ridgecrest Conferences; Glorieta Conferences
1 Social Issues Sunday
1-3 Campus Intern Orientation
3 Tentative SCBA Executive Board Meeting
– HELD ONLY IF CALLED - Members would be notified
FOR WHOM: Summer Camp for children who have parents incarcerated.
5 NOTE DATE CHANGED TO 8/12 Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship 9:30 am @ SCBA, E-TOWN
All SCBA Pastors are invited to attend.
7-11 National Collegiate Week at Ridgecrest Conference Center, NC
8 Live with Urgency: Student Evangelsim Day
9 SCBA Hispanic / Haitian Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
15-21 Church Music Emphasis Week
19-20 State Leadership Team Retreat
21 Sunday School Training: www.brnonline.org
Multiplier Training for those interested in becoming Sunday School Trainers THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Contact: David Ludwig - dludwig@brnonline.org or 610-413-9711
SEPTEMBER Emphasis: State Missions Season of Prayer and Ed & Mary Price Offering.
A focus on state missions involving study, prayer, & giving.
3-6 Annual Single Adult Labor Day Getaway, Ridgecrest, NC
Conference and national networking opportunities
FOR WHOM: All single adults and single adult leaders
5 Single Adult Sunday
6 Labor Day (office closed)
7 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
9 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship 10am, Volunteer House, Harrisburg
12-19 State Missions Week of Prayer and Ed & Mary Price Offering
13 SCBA Hispanic / Haitian Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
14-15 Regional and Functional Teams Meeting (RAFT), Harrisburg, PA
15 Annual Church Profile (ACP) Deadline to be online or sent to SCBA Office
If you need assistance, please contact the SCBA Office
18 Adult Music Leadership Workshop
Training for leaders in the worship service.
FOR WHOM: Pastors, music leaders, praise teams,technical support, musicians
18 The BIGGER BREAKFAST; 9:00-10:00 am at SCBA, Elizabethtown
For: Men and Boys RSVP BY 9/1 with the SCBA Office
18 Nuts & Bolts of the Church , Location: Philadelphia www.brnonline.org
Workshop on the workings of the church
FOR: Administrators, Deacons, Stewardship; Technical Aspects of the church office, committees,
Annual Church Profile (ACP) and Men's Fraternity
19 Anti‑Gambling Sunday
20 Suggested Associational Discipleship Rally
22 See You At The Pole www.syatp.com
25 Sunday School Leadership Institute, TBD DATE CHANGED TO AUG 21 - EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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 maybe open to anyone who wants to lead training in PA/SJ.
Paoli Baptist Church, 33 East Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301-1419
24-25 SCBA Youth All Night Bowling; 11:00PM-6:00AM
Cost: $15 per youth & any adult bowler
Registration / Worship @ Emmanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethtown
25 Fellowship Supper for Seven SCBA Simultaneous Revival Church Pastors with North Carolina
Evangelism Project Teams
Location: SCBA, E-town / Time: 4:00 pm RSVP needed by 1:00 pm on 9/16
26-10/3 SCBA Simultaneous Revivlas with North Carolina’s Assistance (www.prayforpa.com)
OCTOBER Emphases: Annual Associational Meetings;
Cooperative Program
3 Live with Urgency: Soul-Winning Commitment Day
4 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
7 Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship 9:30 am / Location: Fredericksburg Baptist Church
10 World Hunger Sunday
11 SCBA Hispanic / Haitian Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
16 SCBA Annual Session / 30th Anniversary Celebration, Location: East Shore Baptist, Harrisburg
Annual Message: Dr. Terry Douglas - first SCBA Director of Missions
EVERYONE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO COME CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE!!!
25 State Leadership Team Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
NOVEMBER Emphasis: Stewardship and Church Budget Promotion
1 Baptist Women’s World of Prayer
4 Winter Bible Study Overview, Ezekiel Baptist Church, Phila
An overview of the Winter Bible Study materials www.brnonline.org
FOR WHOM: Pastors or others interested in presenting these materials to their churches
4-5 BCPSJ State Convention Meeting / 40th Anniversary Celebration, Ezekiel Baptist Church, Phila
Annual Meeting of Pennsylvania‑South Jersey Baptists Constituency of the Baptist Convention www.brnonline.org
of Pennsylvania/South Jersey. FOR WHOM: Constituency of BCPSJ
4-5 State Executive Board Meeting, Ezekiel Baptist Church, Phila
Meeting of State Executive Board and related committees to discuss business of BCPSJ.
FOR WHOM: State Executive Board members
5-6 DATED CHANAGED TO SEPTEMBER 24-25 AT PAOLI BAPTIST CHURCH, PAOLI, PA
Missions Celebration ( WMU Meeting), Ezekiel Baptist Church, Phila
This conference is a missions celebration and the annual business session for
Woman’s Missionary Union of PA/SJ
FOR WHOM: All church and associational mission leaders
7 Live with Urgency: Children's Missions Celebration Day
8 SCBA Hispanic / Haitian Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
11 Harrisburg Area Pastors’ Fellowship 10am / Volunteer House, Harrisburg
13 Women's Prayer Retreat @ Silver Spring Baptist Church, Silver Spring, PA; 8:30am -1:30pm
Cost: $5.00 per person with Pre-Rgistration Deadline of NOVEMBER1 with SCBA
(includes Morning Refreshments and Tea Luncheon)
Co-sponsored by Silver Spring Baptist Church and SCBA
25-26 Thanksgiving Holiday (office closed)
DECEMBER: Emphases: International Missions; Student Day at Christmas
11/28-12/5 Season of International Missions Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
2 Berks/Lancaster/Lebanon Pastors’ Fellowship 9:30 am / Location: TBA
3 SCBA Senior Pastors' and Wives' Christmas Party Location: Elizabethtown College / Time: TBA
5 International Missions Day in Sunday School
10 State Convention Office Staff Christmas Party
13 SCBA Hispanic / Haitian Pastors’ Fellowship, Lancaster
24-27 Christmas Holiday (office closed)
Future Southern Baptist Convention Dates / Locations:
2010: June 15-16 – Orlando, Florida
2011: June 14-15 – Phoenix, Arizona
2012: June 19-20 – New Orleans, Louisiana
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