by Mark Milioni
In every life and in every ministry there is a cycle. This cycle begins with a time to start: a time to begin doing new and important things. It is followed by a time to stop: a time to re-evaluate what you have been doing and stop doing what is no longer needed or effective. The cycle is completed by a time to reset: a time to refocus and to rethink how to move forward.
Baptist Bible College would like to invite you to join us this year for Fellowship Week 2014: Start … Stop … Reset. This event will be held on the campus of BBC May 5-8. (Please note this date is a week earlier than in the past.)
We are praying that the Start … Stop … Reset conference will be an exciting, encouraging, and profitable week for all who attend.
The conference begins on Monday evening at 6:30 p.m. in the W.E. Dowell Field House. The evening services will feature great music and powerful speakers including Jack Eggar, president of AWANA, and Mark Hoover, pastor of Newspring Church in Wichita, KS. After the evening services, we would like to invite you to continue your time of fellowship by joining us in the cafeteria for delicious snacks prepared by our BBC staff and students.
Tuesday morning will feature a fun and encouraging service for women with guest speaker Stephanie Brown from Richardson, TX. The men will experience a new format with several speakers addressing topics such as discipleship, leadership, church growth, finances, facilities, legal, and theological issues. The men’s meeting will conclude with our national business meeting led by President Linzy Slayden.
A special Homecoming service will be held Wednesday night. This service will feature our BBC alumni. The Fellowship Faithfulness Award will be presented to some very deserving recipients, Eli Harju and Ken and Norma Gillming.
Thursday morning will begin with our 64th commencement ceremony, featuring speaker Keith Gillming. Thursday afternoon will feature our annual golf tournament and Thursday evening will host a special reunion for 1980s alumni.
Please make plans to join us for Fellowship Week 2014: Start … Stop … Reset May 5-8. More information is available online at www.gobbc.edu.
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you once again to the churches, individuals, and the Rawlings Foundation who helped us reach our recent goal of raising $1.2 million dollars.
I am constantly overwhelmed with the number of people who share they are praying for BBC and for me. I treasure this and it drives me to my knees to very humbly seek God’s wisdom in leading BBC.