News from Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association

Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association News and Notes December 13, 2007 Prayer Request Please be in prayer for former pastor, Pete Carline, as he is critically ill and for his family as they minister to him. Please be in prayer for Pastor John Stafford's (FSB Kerman) daughter, Anna, and her family who are staff members of YWAM in Colorado where the shootings took place earlier this week. The young man and woman who died in the shooting were very close friends and co-workers. Also there is another young man who is still in critical condition---pray for the doctors as they treat him and his healing. Pray for healing of all concerned. Don Wilson, father-in-law of Pastor Chuck Antaramian, FSB Sanger, is scheduled for hip replacement surgery on Monday, Dec. 17. Pray for Lisa as she travels to Canton, Ohio to be with her parents. Juvenile Hall/Boot Camp Parties Last week the Juvenile Hall and Boot Camp Christmas parties were held. Once again the parties were a huge success. 29 churches participated with 230 volunteers, 354 youth at JH and 164 cadets at BC, 107 staff/guards, 251 professions of faith and 83 rededications. Many thanks to all who volunteered and put in so many hours of preparation. A special "Thank You" to Ron & Carol Climer for their endless love for the young people at JH and BC. Also for 34 years at JH and 10 years at BC of mobilizing the Mid-Valley churches to host the Christmas parties. Church News... Pastor Osvaldo Reyes of First Baptist Mendota and Primera Iglesia Bautista Mendota reports they had two baptisms in October, two professions of faith and one re-dedication in November. Sunday services are now bi-lingual. Pray for Pastor Bob Dickson of Sierra Baptist Church Ahwahnee (bi-vocational)as he starts a new business of designing, installing, maintaining & repairing church sound systems. Also as chief engineer for KDUV Christian radio station in Visalia. Primera Iglesia Hanford celebrated their 59th anniversary on October 21st with a celebration service attended by 40 people. In November Primera Iglesia hosted a Kids Day as an outreach event. Approximately 100 children in the community enjoyed a bounce house, face painting, games, and food. January 2008 begins the 50th year for Trinity Southern Baptist Church Fresno. Sierra Heights Baptist Church is looking for an Administrative Assistant. Applicants need: General office skills with experience using Microsoft Office, Power Church and Publisher as well as other software. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent and 3-5 years of general office experience. For more information please contact Ruby Hill at 559-435-2333 or fax 559-447-1203. Mid-Valley Photos -- we have posted pictures of ministries and events around the Mid-Valley here. Also, Mark Curts provided pictures of the MV youth camps at Camp Sugar Pine inthe early 70's. See any familiar faces? Lottie Moon Christmas Offering The National Goal for 2007 if $165 million Purpose of Lottie Moon Offering: to mobilize 5,100 missionaries to reach 6,500 unreached people groups (3.6 billion people) with the transforming message of Jesus Christ. Results in 2006: 23,500 new churches worldwide, 475,000 baptisms, 591,000 new believers being discipled. Upcoming events, classes, retreats... December 27-29, 2007 - Tsunami Student Conference in Long Beach, CA. You may register for Tsunami Student Conference and for housing here. Don't forget to check Cyber Tsunami blog for additional information. 3-D Sunday School Leader Training Workshop - January 19, 2008. This workshop will help equip church leaders toward an effective Bible teaching ministry through Sunday School. Hosted by Bethel Southern Baptist Church Madera. This workshop will be led by Tom Belew, CSBC Sunday School Specialist. On Target - February 18-19, 2008, Sheraton Park Hotel, Anaheim. Look here for more information. Lunchtime Leadership Series for Church leaders. The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church. Reggie McNeal, Director of Leadership Development for South Carolina Baptist Convention (DVD & discussion). Location: Crosspoint Church, 2518 N. Cedar Avenue Time: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm Bring a lunch, no pre-registration required. Session #1, January 17, 2008 Session #2, January 31, 2008 Session #3, February 14, 2008 Session #4, February 28, 2008 Session #5, March 13, 2008 Session #6, March 27, 2008 Leadership TNT (Training Now for Tomoprrow). The California WMU/Women's Ministries state team is sponsoring this Western regional training event in an effort to provide current and quality ideas for missions involvement specific to the West. For more information on this event coming March 14-15, 2008, please contact Cathy Glover at cglover@csbc.com or call 229-9533 ext. 255. PK Retreat -- April 25-27, 2008. The purpose of this retreat for PK's is to allow teens to build a statewide PK peer group, experience a worship service together, and to help PK's deal with the special privileges and problems of being a PK. For more information please contact Daryl Watts at dwatts@csbc.com or 259-9533 ext. 261. Mid-Valley Children's Summer Camp Mid-Valley Children's Summer Camp is moving! In 2008 Children's Camp will be held at Quaker Meadow Christian Camp. This camp is located in the Sequoia National Forest approximately 45 miles east of Porterville, nestled among majestic sequoia and fir trees. For more information on Quaker Meadow look here. Also look at our Mid-Valley camp website. 2008 Children's Camp will be the week of July 7-11.

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Thanks You Janice...

[We are posting Carol Climer's expression of thanks (with her permission) to Janice Oxford. Janice asks for no recognition, which makes recognizing her efforts all the more joyful! Janice is a true champion of the Gospel ministry at Juvenile Hall and Boot Camp each year.]


Janice,

My Hero – the lady that makes the Juvenile Hall and Boot Camp Christmas Parties so successful – you are an angel God has given to me!!!!!! Without all the help you give, this event would be lacking much. The staff at Juvenile Hall are just amazed at the way the refreshments are prepared for them. They are so thankful and appreciative!!! The presentation is beautiful and both the men and women comment. You make it so easy for me to take care of the outside staff and the special team staff. I am so proud of what you do and am so proud to give it – the signature of Jesus is all over it.

Boot Camp – what can I say – you melt the hearts of those cadets every year – you literally melt it with all that Nacho Cheese!!! You prepare a feast for them that has love written all over it. The guards were very complimentary of the program and especially the refreshments.

I am attaching the Boot Camp prayer requests to you. There were 49 professions of faith but on the sheets it looks like 44 – we are not sure what happened in the recording of the stats but Karl will work it out.

Jason (Oxford) did an excellent job with the singing and the reading the Deck of Cards story. I appreciate him going the extra mile in bringing the sound system – it made all the difference. He has a great rapport with the kids. It was also a blessing having the background music he provided – another extra mile. Please thank him for me.

But this year having the opportunity to work with Jeff in the serving line was a blessing!!!! I had never worked with him before. His smile and kindness to me and the cadets was heartwarming. Please thank him for me.

Janice, I know you worked so very hard and I appreciate every mile you drove, every store you went into, every package and box you carried, every plate you fixed and wrapped so beautifully, every phone call you made, every refreshment you planned, but most of all for the love you exhibited. I’ve told you before and I will tell you again there are no words in the dictionary to express what you mean to me and to this ministry event. Thank you for showing all of us what service and witnessing for Jesus looks like.

I love you and appreciate you so very much,

Carol (Climer)

Juv Hall/ Boot Camp Christmas Parties Reports

From: Carol Climer

To: Team Leaders

Words cannot express my appreciation, gratitude, and love to each of you for the hard work you did to make this three night event a huge success. Without you, your leadership, and your team, this could not have been possible. Let me applaud you for your excellence in the way your team conducted themselves – for the great food (Hot Wings, Pizzas, In & Out Burgers, McDonalds, Tuna Sandwiches, Egg Salad Sandwiches, Nachos, Vegetables & Dip, Chips & Dip, Fruit, Cookies, Brownies, Candy, Juice, Soda etc) but most of all for the love you shared with these broken youth. Only when you get to heaven will you know the impact you made in the lives of these young people.

The staff at Juvenile Hall and Boot Camp praised our group again for the professional way these events were handled. Again you are to be proud that another year – number 34 – was completed without one negative incident!

Now for the amazing results:

Juvenile Hall
Number of Churches - 23
Number of Volunteers - 208
Youth - 354
Juv Hall Staff - 87
Professions of Faith - 202
Rededications - 57

Boot Camp
Number of Churches - 6
Number of Volunteers - 22
Cadets - 164
Guards - 20
Professions of Faith - 49
Rededications - 26

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Woodward Park , First Southern Reedley , and First Southern Sanger, for hosting two parties – and for LifeWay for hosting one party and helping to host the second night. Paula Aranaz and her team from Woodward Park graciously accepted the responsibility of hosting a party Monday night. We did not know about this unit until 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon.

I want to thank Cornelia Avenue for hosting a party Monday and Tuesday and hosting the party at Boot Camp (a huge undertaking). Also I am so grateful that Clovis Hills and Cornelia Avenue were willing to change units 15 minutes before the parties began on Tuesday night.

I will be sending you another email with a personal note with the prayer requests for your Pods (and Boot Camp if you attended) attached. Again let me say the handprints you left in the hearts of these young people will never be forgotten. May God bless each of you and your group abundantly.

Joy,
Carol

See some pictures of Juvenile Hall parties here.

News from Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association

Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association News and Notes December 6, 2007 Prayer Request Please pray for Pete Carline, former pastor of Cornelia Avenue Baptist Church, as he is in the ICU of Fresno VA Hospital with pneumonia and an infection around his heart. Joan Esrey, of FSB Selma, as she recovers from knee replacement surgery, cracked rib and bronchitis. Church News... Sierra Heights Baptist Church is looking for an Administrative Assistant. Applicants need: General office skills with experience using Microsoft Office, Power Church and Publisher as well as other software. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent and 3-5 years of general office experience. For more information please contact Ruby Hill at 559-435-2333 or fax 559-447-1203. Trinity Southern Baptist Church Fresno is looking for a college age youth intern who can assist with Trinity's youth ministry. If you know of someone who would be interested in this position please contact Ken Hinman for details at ythguyken@yahoo.com. Annadale Baptist Church Sanger is hosting a fundraising dinner this coming Saturday, Dec. 8th to raise money for their building fund. Tickets are available through the church office 875-3212. Upcoming events, classes, retreats... December 27-29, 2007 - Tsunami Student Conference in Long Beach, CA. You may register for Tsunami Student Conference and for housing here. Don't forget to check Cyber Tsunami blog for additional information. 3-D Sunday School Leader Training Workshop - January 19, 2008. This workshop will help equip church leaders toward an effective Bible teaching ministry through Sunday School. Hosted by Bethel Southern Baptist Church Madera. This workshop will be led by Tom Belew, CSBC Sunday School Specialist. On Target - February 18-19, 2008, Sheraton Park Hotel, Anaheim. Look here for more information. Lunchtime Leadership Series for Church leaders. The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church. Reggie McNeal, Director of Leadership Development for South Carolina Baptist Convention (DVD & discussion). Location: Crosspoint Church, 2518 N. Cedar Avenue Time: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm Bring a lunch, no pre-registration required. Session #1, January 17, 2008 Session #2, January 31, 2008 Session #3, February 14, 2008 Session #4, February 28, 2008 Session #5, March 13, 2008 Session #6, March 27, 2008 Leadership TNT (Training Now for Tomoprrow). The California WMU/Women's Ministries state team is sponsoring this Western regional training event in an effort to provide current and quality ideas for missions involvement specific to the West. For more information on this event coming March 14-15, 2008, please contact Cathy Glover at cglover@csbc.com or call 229-9533 ext. 255. PK Retreat -- April 25-27, 2008. The purpose of this retreat for PK's is to allow teens to build a statewide PK peer group, experience a worship service together, and to help PK's deal with the special privileges and problems of being a PK. For more information please contact Daryl Watts at dwatts@csbc.com or 259-9533 ext. 261. Mid-Valley Children's Summer Camp Mid-Valley Children's Summer Camp is moving! In 2008 Children's Camp will be held at Quaker Meadow Christian Camp. This camp is located in the Sequoia National Forest approximately 45 miles east of Porterville, nestled among majestic sequoia and fir trees. For more information on Quaker Meadow look here. Also look at our Mid-Valley camp website. 2008 Children's Camp will be the week of July 7-11.

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