Coming Events

Monthly prayer meetings:
• The first Monday night at 6:30 p.m.: corporate prayer for Kingdom issues
• The first Saturday at 10:00 a.m.- noon: corporate praying for SFRBA pastors, church staff members, and churches
Both meetings are at Ridgeview Church, Gainesville (Map)
• The second Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the association center for pastors and church staff members

International Learning Center Student Registration
Mon., Aug. 18, 9-11:30 a.m.; Parkview Church, Gainesville
First day of the new school year and registration for all students
Visit myilc.org or contact Mary Lynne Moore, our ILC Director, for more information.

Maguire State Missions Offering Week of Prayer (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Sept. 7-14

Executive Committee Meeting
Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m.

Literacy Ministry Training (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Sept. 11-13, Lake Yale Conf. Center, Leesburg

Sunday School Training Conference
Mon., Sept. 15, 6:45-9 p.m.
Northwest Church, Gainesville
Seminars will be in 1- and 2-hour sessions, depending on the subjects

• Age-graded (preschool, children, youth, adults)
• Teaching internationals
• Teaching college students
• Teaching for new teachers or those who have never taught

Retirement Planning Seminar (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Tue., Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m.
Financial planning help for ministers near retirement; call the association center for an appointment

See You at the Pole
Wed., Sept. 24
Secondary school students meet at their schools' flag poles to pray (For more information, contact your church's youth director or call the association center)

Church Ministry Assistants'  Workshop
Sept. 26

Ministry Evangelism Training Conference (Fla. Bapt. Conv.)
Oct. 9

Building a Praying Life (Prayer Retreat)
Oct. 17-18

Alachua County Fair
Oct. 17-26, Alachua County Fairgrounds
Churches greet fair-goers to present their churches and the gospel. (See Vicki Lawrence, association Church and Community Ministries Director, for more information.)

Association Annual Meeting
Mon., Oct. 20

Florida Baptist State Convention
Nov. 10-11; Lakeland

Week of Prayer for International Missions (SBC)
Nov. 30-Dec. 7

Association Center Open House
Dec. 8-19 (Mon. through Thur.)
Drop by for some Christmas cheer: cookies, coffee, fruit cake, wassail, and more!

Association Center Closed for Christmas
Dec. 22, '08-Jan. 2, '09