Please join us for the 2012 Minister & Spouse Retreat.

When:  July 19-21, 2012

Where:  DoubleTree Hilton at Reid Park, Tucson

Who:  All CBA ministers and their spouses.

Why:  To provide a time of rest and fellowship for ministry staff.

Cost: $150 per couple ($75 for one night). Included in the cost: Friday – golf, brunch, dinner banquet; Saturday – breakfast.

 

Register online! 

(registration closes June 20)

Entertainment will be provided by Pastor Ben Barfield of Common Ground Church and Pastor Randy Mullinax of First Southern Baptist Church.

Summer is right around the corner.  That means it’s Vacation Bible School time again!  To find a VBS program at a church near you, check our VBS Calendar.

To submit your church’s VBS program for inclusion in our calendar, use this form.

As we met at our annual meeting last year there was much anticipation of what would happen this year due to the Crossover emphasis. We knew there would be many meetings – much planning – and more questions than answers. But we also knew that it would be worth the effort in order to do something significant together as an association of churches.

The end result is during the week of June 6 – 10 we had over 20 events across the association with an attendance of over 8700 people. An exciting number for me was that 33 of our churches participated in Crossover in some way that week. But a more exciting number is that 159 decisions were made for Christ that week.

One of the things we do best, as Southern Baptists is cooperate together – Crossover was a success due to the partnership between our churches here in Catalina Baptist Association, the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention, and the North American Mission Board.

This year (2011) has been mostly about Crossover – next year (2012) will be about change. The North American Mission Board, which is an important partner with us in this association, is going through tremendous change. Their main emphasis will be church planting. Job titles, descriptions, and accountability are changing for many of us connected to them as NAMB missionaries. We have more questions than answers – but as we navigate through this change – let us not lose focus on the task at hand – to impact lostness in our communities and the world beyond. I will address some of these changes a little more in my report to the association during this annual meeting.

It is a privilege to serve as your Director of Evangelism and Missions…thank you for your partnership with the important work we do together.

 

Blessings

John Guillott