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In This Issue

 
  • MMCCC and ABC NE Says Thank You
  • New Zoom Account
  • Camp Judson and ABC NE
  • Signs of a vital church during a pandemic
  • New OGS position available
  • A Guide to Re-Opening
  • Where are Robin and Greg This Week?

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Prayer Concerns:
  • Churches in Transition: Gibbon Baptist Church
  • Prayer for all those dealing with illness, natural disasters, violence, injustice, and terror around the world.
  • Pray for our churches as they begin to return to meeting in their buildings.
  • Pray for Kim Byrd and her battle with cancer.
  • Pray for an openness in our churches, communities and beyond to honestly discuss the issues of racism in our nation.
  • Pray of the continued proclamation that Jesus is Lord!!

United Mission is the financial support churches provide to engage in cooperative mission and ministry in Nebraska and throughout ABC USA. Most UM giving stays in Nebraska to support Moses Merrill Camp and Conference Center, to help churches with pastor searches, conflict mediation, continuing education, pastor conferences, Region Convention, training events, Mission Study Tours, and so much more. The other portion is shared among ABC USA for International Missionaries, ABWomen, ABMen, MMBB, Historical Society, Colleges and Universities, and more.

Earlier this month letters of recognition and certificates of appreciation were sent to the top 100 United Mission-giving churches in ABC USA in 2019. There are almost 5,000 ABC USA congregations and 5 churches in NE are in the top 100!  We am happy to share with you that the following churches in our region received this recognition:

 

Benson Baptist Church, Omaha, NE

Overall Rank #29

$24,847.60 United Mission support received in 2019

 

First Baptist Church, Fremont, NE

Overall Rank #70

$15,000 United Mission support received in 2019

 

First Baptist Church, North Platte, NE

Overall Rank #78

$14,743.16 United Mission support received in 2019

 

First Baptist Church, Kearney, NE

Overall Rank #96

$13,000 United Mission support received in 2019

 

Sunset Hills Baptist Church, Omaha, NE

Overall Rank #99

$12,968.73 United Mission support received in 2019

Thank you for supporting Moses Merrill Camp and Conference Center and Camp Connect

Earlier this summer ABC NE offices sent a letter to every local church encouraging them continue to support camp through their traditional summer camp scholarship programs. MMCCC and ABC NE would like to thank all the churches who have responded so generously to our petition. The great ministry of camp continues because of your generous support and love for MMCCC.

Arthur Baptist Church
FBC Fairbury
Gibbon Baptist Church
FBC Hastings
FBC Lincoln
FBC Norfolk
FBC Omaha
Miracle Hills, Omaha
Sunset Hills, Omaha
FBC Oxford
Pray for Baptist Camp Judson 

We have been contacted concerning an outbreak of Covid-19 at Baptist Camp Judson in Rapid City, South Dakota. The campers and staff infected were attending the Senior High Camp and the Junior Camp. We have two churches from Nebraska who sent campers and/or staff to Baptist Camp Judson during this time. There are cases reported in Nebraska but they are very limited. Please be praying for the campers and staff as they quarantine and recover, and pray too for camp staff and region leaders.

College Student Connection


As students return to college campuses all across the region this fall we want to support and encourage them by helping to connect them to local ABC churches near our college campuses. If you are or know a college student heading to school in Nebraska this summer or fall please let us know by sharing your contact information (name, email, cell) with Associate Exec Greg Mamula at greg.mamula@gmail.com and he can help connect the students to the area churches. Below are some major colleges (from west to east) in Nebraska with nearby ABC churches.
 
  • Chadron State College--FBC Chadron
  • Western Nebraska Community College--FBC Scottsbluff
  • Mid Plains Community College--FBC North Platte
  • University of Nebraska, Kearney--FBC Kearney and 2four2 College Ministry
  • Hastings College--FBC Hastings
  • Southeast Community College--FBC Beatrice and FBC Fairbury
  • Northeast Community College--FBC Norfolk
  • Wayne State College--FBC Wayne and FBC Norfolk
  • All Lincoln area colleges and universities: University of Nebraska, Union College, Bryan College, Southeast Community College, Nebraska Wesleyan University
    • FBC Lincoln, Second Baptist Lincoln, and Belmont Baptist Church
  • Midland University--FBC Fremont and United Faith Community Church Valley
  • All Omaha area colleges and Universities: University of Nebraska, Omaha; Creighton University, Bellevue University, College of St. Mary's, Clarkson College, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Metropolitan Community College
    • FBC Omaha, Sunset Hills Baptist Church, Benson Baptist Church, King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church, Miracle Hills Community Church, New Life Baptist Church, Judson Baptist Church

Not every college or church is listed. If you are going to a Nebraska College or University and would like connected to a nearby American Baptist Church please contact Greg.
 

ABC NE has a New Corporate Zoom Account: Churches have access to create meetings


In partnership with ABC's MinistrElife, American Baptist Churches of Nebraska has registered for a new corporate account. This provides multiple accounts for region and camp staff. This account also provides ABC NE with the ability to allow local churches to have Zoom meetings through a dedicated meeting room just for our churches. This dedicated meeting room for churches allows for unlimited time, up to 500 participants, and the freedom to do break-out rooms and polls.

If you need to host a Zoom meeting contact the region office staff who will set up the meeting and provide you a link. For groups who have already been using a different form of Zoom through the region office please contact region staff to re-create new links for your monthly or weekly meetings. 


ABC NE has a big and growing family of churches.To help you identify and pray for your sibling congregations here is a printable pdf Map and Church list. 

World Mission Conference
Live Stream Event 2020


1,166 Watched the Live Streams!!
Recordings available on the
IM website

Thank you to everyone who made the Live Streams so successful!  We are grateful to the global servants who shared about their ministries and the worship teams
who provided music.

Not everyone was able to watch the Live Streams when they happened.  Whether you missed them because you were working, sleeping or dealing with a power outage – don’t worry! We recorded all 5 Live Streams and they are now available on
the IM website.
https://www.internationalministries.org/world-mission-conference/

We hope you’ll watch them again or for the first time.  Each is 30 minutes long – perfect for a Sunday school class or small group meeting followed by discussion.  The Live Stream recordings will be available on the World Mission Conference page for the next few months. 

We hope you’ll join us again for future virtual events.

A Guide to Re-Opening


A Guide to Re-Opening Updated document from Church Fuel.
 

New research from Barna showed that many practicing Christians aren’t participating much online.

Their data revealed that one in three Christians are still and only attending their pre-COVID church, with 53% streaming their regular church online and 34% engaging in “digital church hopping” by streaming other church services. And then there’s the 32% who are doing neither.

Numbers like these might make you want to push the conversation about reopening the church building forward faster, but while you weigh your options, we wanted to lend some practical help.

A Guide to Re-Opening Updated document from Church Fuel.

This guide helps you recognize the questions you should ask about when to reopen, best practices to consider when it’s time to answer how your church will reopen, and ideas to explore for communicating to your congregation, implementing safety and sanitation measures, and more.

As the pandemic progresses, best practices change and new needs have emerged.

Here are a few sections Church Fuel updated to the guide we shared  in May and June:

  • Developing newly-needed staff and volunteer roles
  • Clear and creative reopening communication
  • Navigating different opinions about reopening
  • New policies and procedures for reopening
  • Ideas for maintaining safe building capacity
Where are Robin and Greg this week?
Vacation week
Monday: Office
Tuesday: Office
Wednesday: Office
Thursday: Office 
Sunday: Available

Table Life: An Invitation to Everyday Discipleship by Greg Mamula is now available for pre-order at all your favorite online retailers:Judson Press  Amazon  Barnes and Noble  ChristianBook  Google Books Table life was originally part of Greg's DMin project in partnership with Sunset Hills Baptist Church. Available in print spring 2021. To learn more visit: https://table-life.org/
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