VOLUME 38 ISSUE 11 December 17, 2020

In Partnership together: Albany, First

Bethel Big Lake Calvary

Clarksdale, First Copeland

Crossroads Chapel Darlington

Eureka Valley Fairport

Faith United Faucett

Flag Springs Frazier

Frederick Boulevard Gower, First Green Valley Helena, First

Immanuel Journey

King City, First Little Platte

Maysville, First McCarthy Midway

Missouri Valley Mount Moriah -Berlin

Mount Moriah-Clarksdale Mt. Zion

New Harvest New Home

Oregon, First Patee Park Renovation

St. Joseph, First Savannah, First

Sojourn on Savannah Ave. Stanberry, First

Stewartsville, First Strong Tower Troy KS, First

Union Star, First Wathena KS, First

Weston, First Whitesville

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ST. JOSEPH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

MISSION CENTER

4608 Mitchell Ave. St. Joseph, MO 64507

DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS Bro. Roger Brumley

MINISTRY ASSISTANT Muriel Elder, Publications Debbie Conyers, Financial

PHONE (816) 233-2504

E-MAIL sjba@stjosephbaptistassociation.org

WEB PAGE stjosephbaptistassociation.org

MWSU CAMPUS MISSIONARY Rev. Paul Damery

BSU PHONE (816) 232-5579

WEB PAGE Www.mowestbsu.org

2021 VBS Clinic for

VBS Directors and Pastors

February 20, 2021

10:00 am—Noon

SJBA Mission Center 4608 Mitchell Ave, St. Joseph

Vacation Bible School 2021 is just around the corner. The theme is “Destination Dig:

Unearthing the Truth About Jesus”, based on Jeremiah 29:13. Kyle Bridg-man will be leading this clinic. He will also be discussing other VBS op-tions in light of the current Covid pandemic.

Christmas Blessings

Our Prayer for you is that you will have The Gift of Faith

The Blessing of Hope and The Peace of His Love

Throughout the Christmas Season and always.

May you and your family have a Blessed Christmas and

a Very Happy New Year.

Your Associational Staff, Bro. Roger, Paul, Muriel, & Debbie

SJBA Associational Board Meeting

January 12, 2021 - 6:30 pm

SJBA Mission Center

All duly elected Associational Board members and pastors are asked to attend as we conduct the business of the Association.

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January 2021 What will 2021 bring? We don’t know about the direc-tion of our government, finances, health, society, safe-ty, and so forth, BUT we do know the direction of God’s Plan. God’s Plan hasn’t changed and won’t change. Nations have risen and fallen, economies have built and busted, life has been up and down, YET the truth of God’s Plan has not changed. The year 2021 may have a lot of uncertainties, but there is no doubt about the fact, Jesus is God’s Plan. Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus gives us a clear description of God’s Plan. (Ephesians 1:7-10) “In Him (Jesus) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.” Salvation is all God. Because salvation is all God, we can be relieved that no effort on our part will obtain our salvation and once saved, we also can be relieved that lack of effort on our part can’t lose our salvation. Jesus is the Plan; “In Him”, “His blood”, “His grace”, “He made”, “His will”, “His good pleasure”, “He purposed in Himself”, “He might gather together in one all things in Christ”, “in Him”. What greater assurance can there be than the fact that our salvation is complete and intact because, Jesus is the Plan? When asked about the future, our reply is Jesus is the Plan. The urgency of God’s Plan is not to modify life. The urgency of God’s Plan is Salvation for the lost; that’s not someone modified, that’s someone brought from death to life. Sharing the fact that Jesus is the Plan is not about making life better, it’s about offering God’s ONLY plan of Salvation (“redemption”, “forgiveness”, “grace”). Our future, our mission, as those brought from death to life, is to share the only hope this world has, Jesus is the Plan. If we have learned anything from 2020 we have learned that our world is fragile and things can change quickly. In the year 2021 we will be met with great challenges: government, finances, health, society, safe-

ty, and so forth. Let me be clear, a vaccine for Covid is not our rescue, our savior, our hope, or our future. Yes, the vaccine will help with the immediate need, but we must be urgent, we must be on task, we must champion the truth that Jesus is the Plan. In this frag-ile world the most important message for everyone; Jesus is the Plan. In 2021 I’m looking forward to seeing how God will direct the SJBA as we serve together in local commu-nities, in our nation, and around the world. Jesus is the Plan!! Be in prayer as we begin January with a fresh look at how we can serve together in God’s Kingdom Work.

Brother Roger Quotes: The church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ...God became man for no other purpose. --C.S. Lewis Sometimes the Lord calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms his child. -Unknown How many hundreds of little decisions and dozens of big ones are you making without a life compass? It’s a bit uncomfortable to admit, but is it possible that you are living life without a defined, unique sense of pur-pose? …not talking about the general call of following Jesus, but the specific, “for such a time as this” orien-tation of your life (Esther 4:14). If you don’t know your personal assignment from God, what are you actually spending your time on? -Will Mancini (“Younique” -Designing the Life that God Dreamed for You)

UNASHAMED Virtual Youth Evangelism Conference

December 29, 2020 9 AM - 6:30 PM

Students will be inspired, encouraged, and trained to share the Gospel. This will be a one day livestreamed event. Students can participate virtually in uplifting musical worship, inspiring messages, and a challenge to share Jesus with their world. For more information and promo-tional material go to www.mobaptist.org/yec

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Please Pray For:

Gene Lee as he recovers from hip re-placement surgery. Gene was the former pastor of Oregon First and Patee Park.

The many staff and church members in our SJBA churches who are in quarantine or recovering from COVID. Most recently David Long, Pastor of Stan-berry First, who was just recently readmitted to the hospital due to Pneumonia and heart issues follow-ing his bout with Covid

Greg Dixon ................................................ January 3 Pastor - Maysville First Johnny Williams ..................................... January 23 Pastor - Wathena First Joe Voga .................................................. January 28 Pastor - New Harvest Paul Damery ........................................... January 31 Campus Minister - MWSU

Cort Huffman ............................. 33 years, January 1 Worship Pastor - Green Valley Ken Lewis ................................... 37 years, January 1 Pastor - Clarksdale First Muriel Elder ............................... 22 years, January 4 Ministry Assistant-SJBA Casey Conrad ............................. 5 years, January 31 Youth Pastor - Frederick Blvd.

RECEIPTS - NOVEMBER 2020

CHURCH MONTH YTD

Albany, First Baptist Church .00 2,572.53

Bethel Baptist Church .00 6,625.43

Big Lake Baptist Church .00 300.00

Calvary Baptist Church 195.80 2,672.96

Clarksdale, First Baptist Church 165.29 1,445.39

Copeland Baptist Church 155.50 2,411.07

Crossroads Chapel 103.52 1,616.96

Darlington Baptist Church 312.12 5,759.30

Eureka Valley Baptist Church .00 0.00

Fairport Baptist Church .00 500.00

Faith United Baptist Church 172.35 4,001.44

Faucett Baptist Church .00 3,341.12

Flag Springs Baptist Church 278.25 1,524.40

Frazier Baptist Church 1,671.00 19,256.00

Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church 1,307.89 15,919.39

Gower, First Baptist Church .00 1,186.64

Green Valley Baptist Church 222.00 6,876.29

Helena, First Baptist Church 86.00 866.00

Immanuel Baptist Church .00 460.47

Journey Baptist Church 190.27 2,958.83

King City, First Baptist Church 77.65 549.65

Little Platte Baptist Church 146.00 835.00

Maysville, First Baptist Church 744.82 9,181.93

McCarthy Baptist Church 1,022.92 20,595.38

Midway Baptist Church .00 593.55

Missouri Valley Baptist Church 110.00 2,010.00

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Berlin 41.90 718.05

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Clarksdale .00 1,446.50

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Edgerton 186.85 3,986.70

New Harvest, SBC Church 54.60 618.03

New Home Baptist Church .00 1,919.52

Oregon, First Baptist Church .00 927.80

Patee Park Baptist Church .00 1,592.43

Renovation Church 250.00 2,258.32

St. Joseph, First Baptist Church .00 2,688.58

Savannah, First Baptist Church .00 4,529.72

Sojourn on Sav. Ave Baptist Church .00 100.00

Stanberry, First Baptist Church 833.33 8,333.30

Stewartsville, First Baptist Church .00 7,023.11

Strong Tower Baptist Church 601.69 3,285.00

Troy, First Baptist Church 125.00 1,375.00

Union Star, First Baptist Church 94.95 1,856.90

Wathena, First Baptist Church .00 2,791.53

Weston, First Baptist Church 90.94 1,079.86

Whitesville Baptist Church .00 1,774.48

Receipts 9,240.64 162,364.56

Please note that these figures show contributions that have been deposited through the end of November 2020. These do not reflect contributions that were received and/or deposited in December.

Gower First will have a Christmas Eve Service on December 24 at 6:30 pm. Seth Mason is the Pastor. McCarthy is having a Christmas Hymn Sing on Sunday night, December 20 from 6:00—7:00 pm. Jeremiah Bradford is the Pastor. Oregon First announces they have called Tim Waters as their Interim Pastor starting December 6. Savannah First announces that Jeff Davis has resigned to take a position in Dyersburg, TN. Jason Abbott is the Pastor. Stewartsville First announces they have called Mark Conyers as their Interim Pastor.

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A * Denotes an Associational Event. Meetings are at the Mission Center unless otherwise indicated.

DECEMBER 2020

*24/1-1/1/21

Mission Center Closed for Christmas/New Year Holiday

JANUARY 2021

*5 SJBA Ministers’ Brown Bag Lunch, Noon

*12 SJBA Board Meeting, 6:30 pm

*18 Newsletter Article Deadline

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SJBA CAMPS 2021 at Grand Oaks Youth Camp July 5 - 9

Children’s Camp August 9 - 13 Please note these are tentative pending the

outcome of COVID restrictions.

The SJBA Mission Center will BE

Closed December 24 through

January 1 For the Christmas

Holiday. We will be back in the

office on Monday, January 4.

If you need assistance during

that time, please CALL Bro. Rog-

er at 417-440-0425.

Materials are available at the Mission Center.

Calendar 2021

The following events have been scheduled for the com-ing year. All are subject to change.

February 20 VBS Directors/Pastors Clinic, 10:00 am—Noon, Mission Center April 18 SJBA Semi-Annual Meeting, TBA April 20 VBS Workers Clinic, TBA July 5-9 SJBA Youth Camp at Grand Oaks July 20 SJBA Board Meeting, 6:30, Mission Center August 9-13 SJBA Children’s Camp at Grand Oaks October 3 SJBA Annual Meeting, TBA