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Volume 2, Issue 6
May 22, 2008

 

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia • 3400 Brook Road • Richmond VA 23227• 804-213-0412
 

Embrace the World

“Embrace the world”
was said to me,
as though such a thing
could simply be
a quick surrounding
of a crowded sphere,
much like the hugging
of a favorite tree.

But clasping the world
begins with a tear,
enfolding the cross
of the Christ so dear
who gave of Himself
to show humankind
a love so profound it has no peer.

I embrace His poverty,
and there I find
Arab women so poor
as to be maligned.
And hugging to myself
the Shepherd’s great care
it is the Bedouin who comes to mind.

I embrace His thirst,
then am keenly aware
for fifty five million
pure water is rare.
I hold in my arms
His death – so cold,
and I weep for India Christians
whose fate is unfair.

Embracing the world –
It will take a toll,
but love finds a way
to those yet untold –
For I embrace the world
when Him I enfold.
Yes, I embrace the world
when Him I enfold.

Poem by Chris Ahleman, a member of Ashworth Road Baptist Church in Des Moines, Iowa.

Student.Go Summer Missionaries

 

Sign up for Mission Opportunities
at the
CBF General Assembly



River Road Church Baptist, Richmond
2008 Port Sulphur Mission Team Opportunities
July 12-19 and October 18-26

Between October 1, 2007 and December 31, 2008, the Committee for Plaquemines Recovery (CPR) proposes to construct a minimum of seventeen (17) new homes for residents of the parish who would otherwise be unable to have safe, secure, sanitary, and functional housing as a result of their loss during Hurricane Katrina. You can find additional information about this project at:  http://www.cprrebuilds.org

* Adults 17 and Older, join the July 12-19 River Road team for a great mission experience.
* Construction and “Go-fer” skills needed!
* Surrounded by water and constant breezes, temperatures no greater than Richmond, in July.
                You’re Invited to Join Our Team

* Many courageous, inspiring people still waiting to rebuild homes and lives.
* Virginia Baptists on location with a Construction Supervisor.
* Manpower/Womanpower needed for the job!

To join River Road Church, Baptist Team contact Julia Nixon at 804-897-0230 or juliastitches@comcast.net, or Barbara Massey at 804-288-1131 or barbaramassey@rrcb.org

 

 

Are You Going?

Learn about the Global Missions Offering at General Assembly

At CBF's annual General Assembly June 19-20 in Memphis, Tenn., there are many opportunities to learn more about the CBF Offering for Global Missions and the CBF field personnel supported by the Offering.

Global Missions field personnel commissioning service on Wed., June 18, at 7:30 p.m. in First Baptist Church of Memphis. Come support new field personnel as they begin ministry among some of the most neglected people in the world.

"Embrace the World - Live!" ministry workshop -
9 a.m. Thursday. The CBF Offering for Global Missions story comes alive when field personnel represented in the focal stories explain in person how lives are changed because you give. Bring your camera, pen and paper and take your own photographs and take down your own stories for promoting the CBF Offering at your church.

Click for CBF General Assembly Details and to Pre-Register

Current is CBF’s network of young Baptists. Each fall we coordinate a simultaneous mission project called “eleven on 11.” It is a time when groups from all over the US serve in their communities on the same day. It is a way for CBF and young Baptists to be Christ in their Communities. Although the purpose is to encourage the participation of those 40 and below, all are welcome to join in.  
Click for Invitation to Participate and Registration Form

CBF of Georgia Requests Disaster Response Teams

Big Stone Gap, VA Tornado Rebuild

A tornado struck the southwest Virginia community of Big Stone Gap in early March. Approximately 60 homes were damaged or destroyed, some of which were either uninsured or underinsured.

Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief and construction missions volunteers in the Southwest Region, with primary involvement from the Wise and Clinch Valley Baptist Associations, will be assisting two families by building houses for each. Funding for the materials is being provided by the home owners. Volunteers are providing the labor. VBMB Disaster Relief is providing $ 5000 to launch the project and to provide for needs that will allow the volunteers to do the work. The houses will be framed in early June.

Teams of volunteers are needed in June and July to help complete the houses.
Craig Waddell is the VBMB contact for those interested in forming a team. Craig can be reached at craig.waddell@vbmb.org and at 1.800.255.2428 or 804.915.5000.

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