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Bethel Baptist Church Volunteer guitar player to help with worship; for more information, please call the church at (512) 346-4770. FBC Trimmier (Killeen) Bi-vocational minister of music who is able to lead corporate worship– creatively using the choir, singers/groups/worshipers, soloists, musicians in leading the service. Send resume to musicsearch@fbctrimmier.com Lost Pines Cowboy Church PT music & worship leader. Position requires ability to play guitar and/or keyboard. www.lostpinescowboychurch.com Pleasant Hill Baptist Church PT Childhood Director 10-12 hours a week. Primarily Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Coordinate activities for 6-12 year olds. Stipend is available. For more information and a copy of the job description, contact George Ward at (512) 442-3717 or pastorgeorgeward@gmail.com Church Pianist (paid) Sunday mornings only, 10-12. Contact Gene Clark at (512) 576-5317.

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Rosedale Baptist Church PT pianist, two traditional worship services on Sunday. Email resumes to rosedalebaptistaustin.com. PT Minister of Music to lead worship in two weekly services. If interested, please contact the church office at (512) 453-1325, or email us at info@rosedalebaptistaustin.com Shenandoah Baptist Church - Cedar Park PT Church Secretary - Send resume to: pastor@shenandoahbaptist.com. (512) 258-6909 Westoak Woods Baptist Church FT Worship Pastor, send resumes to worshippastorsearch@westoak.org Wyldwood Baptist Church PT Youth Minister. Contact wbc@austin.rr.com or call (512) 303-3443.

PRAY FOR : an Openness to the Gospel in our City ~ the Art of Neighboring Initiative

Purpose Statement The Austin Baptist Association is an alliance of participating churches fulfilling the Great Commission.

Vision Statement The Austin Baptist Association will be a catalyst alongside Great Commission churches to reach all people groups

with the Gospel transforming our community and world through the power of God.

Volume 45, Issue 3 June 2015

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Save the Date Here is a glimpse of ABA’s

upcoming events! More information to follow on our

website: austinbaptist.org

September Monthly Meeting Tuesday, September 29th

from 9:00am- October Annual Meeting

October 20th, 11:30-1:00 at the ABA Office

To publicize an event in our

newsletter, email

Caitlyn@austinbaptist.org

Dear Churches, Please let us know when you are going to have your Vacation Bible Schools

this summer so that (most importantly) we can be praying for you, and also

because some of our smaller or newer churches are in need of materials for their

VBS ministries this summer. If you would be willing to donate materials after

your VBS, it would be a real blessing to these churches and their communities.

Please email caitlyn@austinbaptist.org or call (512) 454-2558 with the dates

of your Vacation Bible School and specify if you are willing to share any extra

materials. We will coordinate with the recipient churches after we hear from

you. Thank you!

September Monthly Meeting We are taking the summer off for monthly meetings and will resume on the fifth Tuesday, September 29th, at the Austin Baptist Association. The meeting will begin at 9:00am and H.B. London will be sharing with us. Please take note that this is not our usual meeting time! We will be sending out a reminder as the

time gets nearer, but please mark your calendars! H.B. London is the Pastor to Pastors Emeritus for Focus on the Family and served as the vice president of the Church and Clergy Division of this ministry for almost 20 years. He has authored or co-authored a long list of books and has a number of helpful resources online as well, including The Pastor’s Weekly Briefing, The Shepherd’s Covenant Encourager, a bi-monthly Pastor to Pastor audio series of interviews, and has a weekly blog and podcast. We are so excited to have him come and share with us! To RSVP email Caitlyn@austinbaptist.org or call Ms. Rita at (512) 454-2558.

Looking for a way to serve this Summer? If your youth or college

students or Sunday School

class are looking for an

opportunity to serve together,

consider helping with

Northwest Baptist Church’s

Vacation Bible School

Thursday, July 16th through

Saturday, July 18th. It will be

a blast!

For more info, contact

Northwest Baptist Church at

(512) 454-6815.

What We’re Reading Now….

Unafraid– Susie Davis

The Art of Neighboring– Jay Pathak The Hiding Place—Corrie Ten Boom Savor (devotional) – Shauna Niequist

Jesus Today (devotional) - Sarah Young

First Baptist Church Dripping Springs is looking for a music

minister! We are a small town, multigenerational church in need of an individual to lead our choir and head our musical worship Sunday mornings! Our lively congregation enjoys a

mix of traditional and contemporary worship music and we are seeking an individual who is comfortable with music

from across the Christian genre. This is a part time position and is scheduled to complement typical work hours. Please contact us for further information at fbcds@fbcds.com.

Create 2 Educate Create 2 Educate partners with parents and churches in training up the next generation to love the Lord. They have a variety of resources, specifically focusing on ‘faith based programs, games, and fundraisers.’ These in-ventive and relevant resources will be a great supple-ment to the work you do in discipling your family. One ex-ample is their game, “Missionary Madness.” The game is played like bingo, and in addition to being fun, it creates an awareness of the need for the Gospel in other coun-tries, and encourages spiritual conversations. Create 2 Educate emphasizes that Kids have daily physical, emotional, and intellectual needs, as well as spiritual. Training can be difficult and time consuming but they have products and programs (and more) to help you with this task. Their products are Biblically based and easy to use. They have a heart to train children in the way they should go and believe that feeding children on a steady diet of Scripture is what will daily fill their hearts with God’s love. Our list of Christian partnerships is ever growing. Let us know how you are daily handling spiritual “training”. We have products that will make it fun and easy for you and for the little ones you are teaching. Let us know how we can partner with you! Make an appointment to come by the Create 2 Educate Showroom. We guarantee, you’ll leave with food for thought and creativity.ContactUs@Create2Educate.com.

Baptist Community Center Update Chris King, former missions pastor at Bannockburn, will be serving for the next twelve months starting July 1 as a missionary at the Baptist Community Center. He will focus on church/community involvement and program development. If you would like to support Chris in his efforts or would like more information you can contact him at cking6262@gmail.com or 512.297.6171.

First Baptist Church of Lyons Texas has been

led to begin a prison ministry and are in need

of materials. We are collecting Sunday School

learner & leader guides for past quarters.

Please drop off your materials at the end of

each quarter to the Austin Baptist

Association. If you need more information

please call Ron & Vivian Stroup at

512-300-6085.

The Singing Waiters

The Singing Waiters are a group of gospel singers

that specialize in lifting spirits. In a stressed out

world, the good old fashioned southern gospel

music of the 80’s and 90’s provides a welcome

escape.

Why wait to have your spirits lifted when you can

Hang Out with the Singing Waiters any Friday

night through Sunday afternoon for the most

uplifting hour of your week, guaranteed.

To Hang Out with the Singing Waiters, just call

Head Waiter Bill Eckhardt at

(512) 800-1121 to arrange a

“Spirits Lifted” date.

Is your church in

need of a Sunday youth

program? InterHigh is a

ministry that serves

churches without their

own youth pastors or

teachers, for free! A

team of 2 or 3 InterHigh

youth teachers drive to a church every Sunday and

run a youth service, complete with a message,

small groups, and fellowship, and are also

available to offer guidance for the students.

InterHigh is a ministry of Gracepoint Austin

Church, a congregation comprised of UT college

students and post-graduates, many of whom want

to serve as ministers of the Gospel in these

capacities. InterHigh has been serving churches in

the greater Austin area for the past 4 years and

looks forward to serving more churches this year.

For more information, please visit

www.interhigh.org or contact Daryl Wong at

(512) 850-8553, or daryl.wong@gpmail.org

TEX (Teaching English with Excellence)

Basic ESL Training for New ESL Teachers of Adults

Interested in developing your

skills as an ESL Teacher to Adult Students? Consider

attending the Basic ESL Training for New Teachers at the

ABA on Friday, August 14th and Saturday, August 15th.

Registration fee is only $25, and this will cover seminar

cost and the notebook manual. Please plan to bring a sack

lunch on Saturday. Reservations are required by Tuesday,

August 11th, and payment is due by August 14th, the first day

of the training.

Where: the ABA, 3811 Harmon Avenue

When: Friday, August 14th from 6:30pm– 9:30pm

Saturday, August 15th from 9:00am-3:00pm

For reservations or more information, contact Beth Avery at

beth.heller.avery@gmail.com. Indicate “ESL Training” in the

subject line of your email. Or call, (512) 388-2111.

In the fall of 2013, 377 Austin area churches hosted the largest spiritual conversation in Austin’s history

through the Explore God campaign. The time has come to take the conversation to the next level, through the Art of

Neighboring.

We hope you’ll join us as we commit to engage with

our neighbors for the sake of the Gospel. If you choose to

register your church, you will receive Sermon Guides,

Small Group Study guides, and other resources to help

you and your congregation reach the city for Christ.

If you’d like more information, check out their website at Christtogethergreateraustin.com or email Kathy Hebdon

at khebdon@christtogethergreateraustin.com