Thank you MABC for your Generosity in 2019

Thank you Mid-American for your generous support! Our Region placed in the Top 10 for overall Love Gift support (#7) in 2019 and we placed #10 in overall America For Christ Giving in 2019. 

To see how churches did within the Region in the ABMS Categories - just click on a category below:

*Top 25 MABC Churches Overall Giving 
*Top 25 MABC Churches for United Mission Basic 
*All 28 MABC Churches for Love Gift
*Top 25 MABC Churches for America for Christ  
*Top 25 MABC Churches for One Great Hour of Sharing
*Top 25 MABC Churches for World Mission Offering 

*Top 25 MABC Churches for Retired Ministers    

*All 18 MABC Churches for Region Offering    

It is important to note that 71 of our 120 MABC churches contributed to at least one of the ABMS categories listed above. And many churches contributed to all categories. The Annual Report Request and Church Giving Statements are being generated and will be sent out to every MABC church by the end of this month. Please complete and return the annual report form when it arrives. And please let me know if you have any questions about your church's giving detail. 

UPCOMING EVENTS
Please let the Region Office know of additional dates to add and any corrections to the dates listed. 
(**) denotes new information to the calendar since the last edition

 2020

**March 13-15 (Fri-Sun) Forest Lake College Retreat (more information below)
**March 14 (Sat) Mid-ABWM board meeting - Cedar Falls, IA
**March 21- Area IA East board meeting in Washington FBC
March 28 (Sat) MABC Spring Region Board Meeting @ Forest Lake Camp 10am - 2pm
March 30 - April 1 (Mon-Wed) Prairie Pastors Conference @ Sunset Hills Baptist Church, Omaha, NE.
More Information below - Please register at this link: http://abc-dakotas.org/prairie-pastors-conference

April 3-4  (Fri-Sat)  - ABWM Wellness Weekend @ First Baptist Church on Northland - Cedar Rapids 
April 14-19 (Tue - Sun) - Kyle and Debby Witmer - IM Global Servants in the Region - See below
April 17 (Fri) IA West ABWM Spring Rally @ Dayton Oaks
April 18 (Sat) IA East ABWM Spring Rally @ Forest Lake
April 30- May 2 (Thu-Sat) Quilters Retreat in Oelwein

May 1-2 (Fri-Sat) A Forest Lake sponsored a spiritual retreat for women
**May 4-9 (Mon-Sat) Forest Lake Camp Work Week

June  6 (Sat) ABWM Annual Gathering in Des Moines
**June 14-19 (Sun-Fri) - Dayton Oaks Paintball Camp
June 16-19 (Tue- Fri) National ABWM Gathering @ Green Lake 
**June 17-20 (Wed-Sat) Forest Lake Paintball/Pioneer Camp
**June 18-20 (Thu-Sat) Forest Lake Deep and Wide Camp
**June 21-23 (Sun-Tue) Dayton Oaks 1-2 Cabin Camp
**June 23-26 (Tue-Fri) Dayton Oaks 3-4 Cabin Camp

**July 5-10 (Sun-Fri) Dayton Oaks Fishing Camp
**July 5-10 (Sun-Fri) Dayton Oaks Horse Camp
**July 5-10 (Sun-Fri) Dayton Oaks Mission Work Camp
**July 6-11 (Mon-Sat) Forest Lake Collide Camp
**July 12-17 (Sun-Fri) Dayton Oaks Rock Jr Camp
**July 13-18 (Mon-Sat) Forest Lake Encounter Camp
**July 20-25 (Mon-Sat) Forest Lake Impact Camp
July 24 -25 (Fri-Sat) Rhythms of the Spirit Contemplative Retreat @ FBC Des Moines Registration will be available shortly. 
**July 26-31 (Sun-Fri) Dayton Oaks Camp on the Rock
**July 27 - August 1 (Mon-Sat) Forest Lake Contact Camp

**August 2-4 (Sun-Tue) Forest Lake Float Trip
**August 21-23 (Fri-Sun) Forest Lake Family Camp

September 21 - 25 (Mon- Fri) ABHMS - Space for Grace - Kansas City
September 25 - 27 (Fri- Sun) Dayton Oaks Men's Retreat - Dayton Oaks Camp

October 2 - 3 (Fri-Sat) - MABC 50th Anniversary Celebration and Biennial@ FBC Pella
October 8 - 12 (Thu - Mon) ABW Cruise https://www.abwomensministries.org/eventDetails.aspx?EventId=8
October 10 (Sat) Dayton Oaks Volunteer Appreciation Banquet - Dayton Oaks Camp
**October 10 (Sat) Forest Lake Camp Fall Festival

Forest Lake Summer Camp

Needs Male cabin leaders. They must be 18 years old by June 1st. Interested parties can get an application by calling Shawn (Camp Manager) at (641)680-0648. All applications due by February 29th,2020.
 

Dayton Oaks Summer Camp

Need summer camp staff for 2020 camp season.  Still need 2 male cabin leaders and one female cabin leader for summer camp season.  Also need kitchen help for the summer.  Must be 18 or older.  Opportunities for internships are also be available.  Please call Matt or Dani at 515-547-2417 for more information.  
Volunteers are also needed for summer camp.  Choose to help for a day, or a week, or more.  
Summer camp materials are at the printer now, & will be sent out in February.  Online registration will be available again for summer camp. 
Register at www.daytonoaks.org.  
 

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PRAYERS FOR THE FOLLOWING CHURCHES IN THE MIDST OF OPEN SEARCHES FOR PASTORAL LEADERSHIP:

• FBC Battle Lake, Battle Lake, MN - Part Time Pastor
• FBC - Church of the Brethren, Cedar Rapids, IA - Full Time Pastor
• Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN - Full Time Pastor
• Renwick Baptist, Renwick, Iowa - Part Time Pastor
• FBC Winona, Winona, Iowa - Part Time Pastor

All Church profiles are listed on the ABCUSA MinistreLIfe Website https://ministrelife.org/ and MABC Region Staff is actively working with each of  these search committees. 

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Do you have a ministry to the blind? 

A member of First Baptist Church of Davenport has an 18-volume Braille Bible that he would like to donate to someone that could use it. 

If you have someone in your church or in your community that would benefit from having this,please call First Baptist of Davenport at 563-323-2765or send an email to Pastor Rob White at rwhite4288@gmail.com. 

 

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Attention Minnesota CHURCHES

 

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Avenues to Wholeness: Finding Wholeness after a Tragedy Thursday, February 20, 2020 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 PM Pacific A personal crisis can greatly impact your emotional wellbeing, your ability to move forward and the way you perceive God’s role in your life. Tragedy can test your faith, but your faith can grow through testing. In this webinar, Sandra Roman will share her faith journey during and after Hurricane Maria. She will share how this tribulation inspired her to write her book, Staying Strong: Diary of a Hurricane Maria Survivor in Puerto Rico. This webinar will provide practical tools to find spiritual wholeness after tragedy.  Register Now! Click here to register for this one-hour, free webinar. This webinar is a free event, but donations are welcome. Your donation will allow American Baptist Women's Ministries to continue providing webinars and other resources on critical topics for women and girls. Click here to make a donation. Click here to learn more about the webinar.

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ATTENTION MABC YOUNG ADULTS



 

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Please register at this link: http://abc-dakotas.org/prairie-pastors-conference
 

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Global Servants Debby and Kyle Witmer Will Be Visiting Our Region in April!

Debby and Kyle serve the Thai Karen Baptist Convention (TKBC) Siloam Bible Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where they work in pastoral education and leadership development. Young people from the Karen ethnic group attend the school with the goal of following the call of God on their lives to be pastors and evangelists among the Karen villages in the hills of Thailand. Kyle is also involved in continuing education with TKBC pastors and evangelists. Debby is providing worship leadership to conferences in the area and helping with the English language program at Siloam. The Witmers continue discipleship with their own children through homeschooling.

Current Schedule of Availability:
Tuesday, April 14 - open for a church in Eastern or Southeast Iowa
Wednesday, April 15 - The United Baptist -Presbyterian Church, Mt. Ayr, Iowa
Thursday, April 16th - First Baptist Church - Boone, Iowa
Friday, April 17th - Dayton Oaks Camp - ABW Spring Rally
Saturday, April 18th - Forest Lake Camp - ABW Spring Rally
Sunday, April 19th - Woodbury Baptist, Woodbury, MN
Evening of April 19th - open in the Minneapolis area

If you are interested in having them come to your church on one of their open slots - please contact Gary Martin - gary@mid-abc.org
 

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"Celebrating Ministering Women: Radical. Redeemed. Ready."
June 16-19, 2020

 
American Baptist Churches USA and American Baptist Women's Ministries (ABWM) are partnering to present a unique conference, Celebrating Ministering Women: Radical. Redeemed.  Ready., to be held June 16-19, 2020 at the Green Lake Conference Center in Green Lake, Wis. 

From the pioneering women of long ago to the trailblazing leaders of today, the movement of women into ministry has involved the whole family of faith from all across ABCUSA. With women serving in a multitude of ways and a variety of roles nationally and internationally, American Baptist Women in Ministry (ABWIM) and ABWM are joining together to celebrate ministering women across the Unites States, Puerto Rico, and around the world.

Held at Green Lake Conference Center where the first Women In Ministry conference took place in 1980, out of which the Women in Ministry Project was birthed, and where American Baptist women have gathered for many years, the conference will feature inspiring speakers, creative worship, engaging workshops, and opportunities to converse and connect.

Early Registration is due by March 1, 2020.
Prior to March 1, the registration fee for conference attendees is  $149.
After the Early Bird registration date of March 1, 
the conference attendance registration fee is $199. 
A minimum deposit of $150 is due at the time of initial registration.
All remaining registration costs will be due by May 11, 2020. 
The registration deadline is May 11, 2020. 
On-site registration will not be available.

Register HERE

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