Houston Herald

April 2021
A publication of
Houston Baptist Association
Reaching Our World For Christ
From Your Associational Mission Strategist
Spring has sprung! I love this season of the year as the flowers and trees are blooming as if they are coming back to life again. I particularly love this time of the year, because as believers we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior which was life’s greatest comeback. I am thankful everyday that we serve a risen Savior and that we have the privilege of sharing the good news that Jesus is alive and He is our only Hope! I am trusting that each of you are sharing with others the greatest news that people will ever hear. I pray that many people in our communities will respond to the Gospel by placing their faith and trust in Christ!
This time of year also means that we are gearing up for our summer ministries. We are moving forward with plans to have our camps this summer and all our camps will be day camps. There will be a lot more information coming out about our camps, but if you have any children and youth that you would like to register, you can find the application for all of our camps on our website at www.houstonbaptist.org. We will be needing several camp missionaries to serve at all our day camps. We need adults as well as teenagers that are in High School to assist this summer. The application for camp missionaries can also be found on our website. Please begin to pray for our camps that God will move in a mighty way and that many will give their lives to Christ.
I would like to share with you that in April our ministry teams and association leadership will begin strategy planning meetings to put into place another three-year strategy. I am introducing some exciting plans to move our association into the future so that we can continue to be relevant as churches to reach as many people as possible with the Gospel. Please pray for us as we seek God as we desire to be a stronger association that will make an impact for the Kingdom! We will reveal the strategy at our Annual meeting in September.
I appreciate all our Pastors and churches and I pray that we will be known as a network of churches that love our communities and God will use us to fulfill the Great Commission and Acts 1:8 mandate!

Bro. Gary
Church
News
Bakerfield Baptist Church is open Thursdays from 6:00 PM-7:00 PM for anyone who would like to stop in for prayer.


Please pray for

■Asssociational Missionary Gary Leutzinger
■Church planters Drew and Shannon Cunningham, Santa Cruz Area, California
■Pregnancy Care Center
■Lost and unchurched people
■Revival in HBA churches
■Unity in our churches and unity among our churches
■Churches without pastors
■TV ministries of Cordele First, and Pinecrest churches 
■Our schools, teachers and students
■Raymond Gibbs
■ Riverview Church family and the family of, C.T Harvey and Robert Simmons who lost their battle with COVID-19 in January
■ The Herrington Family
■ The Lamb Family
■All the events and activities mentioned in this newsletter

Church positions available

Morningside Baptist Church is seeking a Director of Family Ministries. This position will be a part-time position and will work closely with the pastor to lead and shepherd young children, youth, and their families. In addition, this role may grow over time to include other responsibilities based on gifting, experience, and ministry needs. Please contact Stan Bowen at 229-938-4022.

Please contact the HBC at 229-273-4127 if you would like to feature an available church position in the monthly newsletter.
Opportunities
coming up

Houston Baptist Association events are printed in bold. HBC is an abbreviation for Houston Baptist Center.

Tuesdays Men’s Prayer Breakfast, 8:00 am, Denny's

April 4 Easter Sunday

April 8 Mission GA Roundtable, 10:00 AM, Pinecrest

April 15 Compliance and Giving Seminar, 6:30 PM, Cordele First Baptist

April 21 Pastors Fellowship, 10:30 AM, Ebenezer

April 24 GA Baptist Women's Spring Event

April 25 Cooperative Program Sunday

May 6 National Day of Prayer
You must pre-register to attend. You can register as an individual or as a team. Availability is limited, so register today! Lunch will be provided, and there is no cost to play!
For more information, contact Pastor Wellness at 770-936-5380.
Monday, April 26, 2021
Stone Creek Golf Club,
Valdosta, GA
What to do with all those old Sunday School books? 

Don’t throw them away–bring them to HBC

Bring your old SS literature to Houston Baptist Center. Chad Harris will take it to a Edwin L. Hodges Ministries collection site to send overseas. ELHM is a Christian literature ministry that collects donated Bibles, books, magazines, tapes, and tracts from American Christians and ships them to Bible schools, churches, missionaries, and ministries overseas. ELHM is a non-denominational, nonprofit, evangelical ministry.
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