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P.O. Box 160, Ashville, Alabama 35953 Physical address: 33620 US Hwy 231, Ashville Phone: 205-594-5173 FAX: 205-594-2232 Web site: www.stcba.org

Dr. Chris Crain, Director of Missions DOM Email: scdirector@windstream.net

Mrs. Linda Smith, Ministry Assistant Email: stclairbapt@windstream.net

“The St. Clair Baptist Association exists to encourage, equip, and engage the local church in fulfilling the Great Commission.”

Don’t throw away old church literature Collect your old church literature

and you can help those in other countries who need to hear the message of God.

LITERATURE COLLECTION & SHARING MINISTRY

For literature pickup contact Ralph Martin

205-629-5766 Cell: 205-540-2916 If you would like to help with this ministry, please call.

SCBA July 4 Independence Day (Office closed) ALSBOM July 11 Church Financial Issues (Bapt. Bldg. Montgomery) 21-22 WMU—EQUIP… for Missions (Shocco) 30 Read The Alabama Baptist Sunday SBC July 2 Citizenship & Religious Liberty Sunday

Thursday, June 29, 2017

July 1 Dr. & Mrs. Chris Crain DOM 2 Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth Maddox Riverside 6 Mrs. Candi Stewart Ashville FBC 9 Mrs. Diane Mann Chandler Mountain 12 Mrs. Melody King Pine Forest 26 Rev. Jacky Connell Eden Westside 26 Mrs. Genevieve Jones Sulphur Springs 26 Mrs. Emily Wakefield Bethany 27 Mrs. Rebecca Ray Arbor

Corinth Baptist Church 909 Argo Margaret Rd, Trussville

Seeking a Bi-Vocational Pastor Email resume to corinthbaptist1@gmail.com

Or mail resume to the church address listed above. Attention: Michael Hicks

St. Clair Seniors Trip “60th Anniversary”

National Quartet Convention Pigeon Forge TN

SEPTEMBER 25-27 (Mon.—Wed.)

We still have tickets available, so Invite your friends! Cost: $390 per person

(includes Bus, hotel and tickets & more) We plan to stay at the Comfort Inn

on the Parkway, Pigeon Forge Deposit to hold your reservation: $90 per person You may pay in full, or make $50 a month payments

until balance is paid. Please call Linda at 205-594-5173 to reserve your

space. Make checks payable to St. Clair Baptist Association and mail to:

P O Box 160, Ashville AL 35953

Pray for all Vacation Bible Schools going on

during this summer. Pray for a great outpouring of the spirit of God and that souls will be saved for His glory!

Pine Forest Baptist Church 106 County Rd. 33, Ashville

Seeking a Pianist

Email cpeoples@alfains.com for information.

Our Email Newsletter: Please send your personal email or lists of email addresses from your church membership and we will add them to our SCBA Newsletter. Recipients may opt out at any time. Send to stclairbapt@windstream.net

NEW PHONE NUMBERS

For Rod Campbell, Licensed Professional Counselor

with Pathways Professional Counseling

To make appointments with Rod, please call the AL Baptist Children’s Home

Toll Free—866-991-6864 Or Direct 205-945-0037

Ask for the Intake Coordinator

Attention All Churches and Church Clerks

Church Clerk Training Thursday, August 17

Association Office 10 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Our special guest this year will be

Dr. Lonette Berg, Executive Director of the

AL Historical Commission.

FREE! FREE! FREE! You have the great opportunity to have your church

records microfilmed for FREE. If you have not had your records filmed since our last collection time in 2013,

or have never had them filmed, now is your chance to have them done.

It is vitally important for the history of your church to be recorded.

Start now collecting the records you want filmed and bring them to the Association Office

on August 17th. Dr. Berg will take them to Samford and return them when the filming is completed.

If you need more information about this process, please call Linda at 205-594-5173

Our Website—stcba.org At stcba.org you will find our Comprehensive Service Ministry List for St. Clair County. Call our office for a username and password to download this list.

Our website also has other helpful information such as re-sume services, resources for bi-vocational pastors, and con-tact information for SCBA Churches.

Training for Church Leaders

THE SUMMIT - Shocco Springs

August 4-5, 2017 Register online: shoccosprings.org

or call 1-800-280-1105

Leader Training available for: Deacon

Discipleship Men’s Ministry Senior Adults

Sunday School Technology

Women’s Ministry Worship

For information, contact Jamie Baldwin 800-264-1225, Ext. 240

Or jbaldwin@alsbom.org

Celebrate Freedom Tuesday, July 4th

From Bro. Chris: Here are a few opportunities for you to consider: 1. Israel: Dr. Josh Burnham, pastor of Bethel, is leading a

group to Israel February 12 to 21, 2018. I am planning to go with him. If you or people in your church would like to go, we need to get them registered ASAP; space is limited. Visit www.bwti.com/journey-through-israel.html for more information.

2. Ministers Group: If you are interested in an hour-long (or less) early morning, daytime or evening Pastor/Ministers Prayer Group, meeting every two weeks at a restaurant or local church, reply with what time works best for you. Please send an email to SCDirector

@windstream.net with your best times and locations. Associational Needs 1. We would like to train and engage 10 new volunteers

for Raceway Ministry. On two weekends per year we bring the Gospel to hundreds of people at Talladega Super Speedway. Would you like to help? Email us at SCDirector@windstream.net.

2. St. Clair Baptist Association Disaster Relief is operating with an aging fleet. We are praying for the Lord to pro-vide a late-model truck with dual wheels and a great towing capacity and a newer van.

KENTUCKY MISSION TRIP UPDATE:

The Kentucky mission team will be returning on Saturday, June 24th. Please pray for our safety as we travel . We are ministering to approximately 250 in the community through VBS and archery ministries. Our team is serving in community missions projects and renovating in three classrooms. Everyone is having a great expe-rience serving! We want to thank everyone that had any part in making this trip possible. To God be the Glory!!