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Area II Meeting Information
Mission Trip Opportunities
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Please Help Us Help You:
2018 Annual Reports were mailed to churches this week, so be on the lookout for yours soon. Completed reports are due at the Region office on March 31st, 2109. Your description of your church and ministries as you fill out your church's report is a great help to your GRR Staff as they pray, plan, and respond to your needs. Thank you.
Nancy Fromme,
GRR Administrative Assistant
Paul Gibson's Letter to Pastors, January 22
Wonderful things are happening...but - yes, there is a "but"... (read letter)
Calendar Notes:
Mission Trips: Costa Rica 2019, 2020
John Grisham invites you to prayerfully consider joining our Costa Rican brothers and sisters as you discover their ministry and our partnership of mission with them. Read more...
2019 Begins our New Regional Meeting Cycle, see details
Note scheduled dates for your area's gathering.
2019 Des Peres Legacy Mission Grants Application Posted
2019 Intern Grant Application available. Deadline to apply: April 30
May 9 - 11. Download Flyer
Download the ABC-USA planning calendar from abc-usa or abcgrr
Looking for dates of other events / meetings? See online calendar. (To have a GRR related date or date changed, contact Nancy at the regional office.)
Fitch / Claiborne / Campolo Videos Available
Rivers Growth Conference (2018 Annual Gathering) are now available in streaming (from this web site) and dvd formats. (Contact the office of the GRR for dvd ordering information.)
Experience again - or for the first time - witness of God's work presented by David Fitch, Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo, Sharon Koh, and Wally Holt (GRR church revitalization).
Helping our Puerto Rico Sister Churches
American Baptist Home Mission Societies: Personnel Hired to Support ‘Rebuilding, Restoring, Renewing Puerto Rico'
Check out the Initiative Announced:
Press Release | Covenant | Registration Form
Churches, prayerfully consider this much needed mission.
Read Pastoral letter of the General Secretary of the ABC USA focuses on our response to outbreaks of violence in our country and elsewhere.
Read Paul Gibson's update of concern for Puerto Rico
See update in the February 22 edition of The Mainstream
How to help? Pray! Give to One Great Hour of Sharing! 100% of your financial gift will go to those affected. The abc-usa.org site has more information and contact information. You may make an online donation by clicking on this direct link at the American Baptist Home Mission Societies site.
For you reflection and planning browse the Parish Paper and Growth Point articles, sent to churches by e-mail and archived on this web site.
GRReat Offering Information and Materials
