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Download the January Edition of The West Virginia Southern Baptist.
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Speakers include: Dr. Calvin Miller, Dr. David Nelson, Bernard Toppings, Dr. Steven Smith, Dr. Terry Harper, Frank Cox, Tim Kearney and Missionary Tom Jones.
All files are available in MP3 format and should play in your browser. Download / Listen to Audio from the 2008 Annual Meeting.
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SHOCCO SPRINGS BAPTIST CONFERENCE CENTER
Talladega, Alabama • February 19–22, 2009
Find more information and register online at www.wmu.com/events/chocolate
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The group calls the Beechurst PRT station its home Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11 a.m. regardless of the forecast.
“Even if it snows, we’ll still be here,” said MCM President Shane Tu.
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Twice a week, the group sets up with a plastic fold-out table with a sign that says, “Yes, it’s free!” duct taped to the front. It offers hot cocoa, bottled water, crackers and sometimes lemonade for students.
The expenses for the Tuesday and Wednesday morning pick-me-ups can become pricey, as MCM spends roughly $2,500 per year.
“I don’t look at it as a loss,” said Michel Boyer, MCM director. “It’s worth it.”
Every week, Boyer makes a trip to Sam’s Club to purchase the food, which usually includes an assortment of food for famished students. The weekly trip usually costs about $70, and the group’s yearly budget, which helps fund the project, is funded by the Southern Baptist Convention.
But many students remain skeptical about the free commodities.
Matt Maust, a West Virginia University graduate student and MCM member, said students will walk past the table, turn their heads, then come back to confirm that, indeed, the food and drinks are free.
Within the first 30 minutes of setting up shop, MCM usually gives away 90 packs of crackers, 60 bottles of water, 40 cups of hot cocoa– but only one message.
“We want to bring people one step closer to Christ,” said Boyer. He added that the group strives to make connections with students.
While enjoying the free refreshments, a student asked why the group sits at the Beechurst station for two hours.
“(Because) Christians are cool people who love you,” Maust responded.
One WVU student, who was rushing to class said, “Everybody loves these guys.”
Keeping with the project that started about a year ago, MCM will continue to serve students throughout the winter and spring.
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The “40/40 Prayer Vigil,” which is cosponsored by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and North American Mission Board (NAMB), is an invitation for individuals, families and churches to pray for themselves, the country and its public officials in the days and hours leading to the November election. More than 1,400 churches and individuals already have committed to participate in the vigil.
]]> The effort, which will begin Sept. 24 and conclude Nov. 2, consists of 40 days of prayer that intensifies to 40 hours of prayer to complete the vigil.“If we’re going to have a revival that will deepen into an awakening and become a reformation--and I believe that’s what we must have in America--it starts with each of us in our own hearts and in our own families and in our own churches and in our own communities,” Land said.
Visit the 40/40 Prayer Vigil Website.
The ERLC and NAMB have provided an online prayer guide to aid people as they pray for such needs as revival in their lives and churches, a restoration of morality in the culture and wisdom for voters in this year’s election. The prayer guide may be accessed and downloaded at ilivevalues.com/prayer.
The Southern Baptist Convention is America’s largest non-Catholic denomination with more than 16.2 million members. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is the SBC’s ethics, religious liberty and public policy agency with offices in Nashville, Tenn., and Washington, D.C.
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- 2008 State Missions Allocations
- Season of Prayer Paper
- Bible Study
- Prayer Guide (Cover)
- Prayer Guide (Inside)
- Prayer Guide for Children
- Mission Friends
- Speakers
- 2008 State Missions Offering Poster [PDF]
Resources are available in PDF format.
Cost is $90 (scholarships are available). A deposit of $35 is required with registration and is due by July 13, 2009.
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Missions Camp is a cooperative Program Ministry.
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Africa used to be too far, too expensive, too scary. Not for these students.
The International Mission Board has launched a new website, CommissionStories.com, to allow everyone to experience how God is drawing all peoples to himself.
The site features video presentations of missionaries throughout the world.
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