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1 YBA NEWS Volume 59, Issue 2 March /April 2017 is a network of churches working together in mission and ministry for the purposes of church growth and church renewal in the Durham- Chapel Hill Metro area. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Rev. Marty Childers Director of Missions Prayer as a Strategy Quarterly YBA Meeting YBA Mission Trip Opportunities Senior Health Support BCH Food Roundup Disaster Relief Training Other Upcoming Events Church Announcements Calendar of Events 2100 Chapel Hill Road P.O. Box Durham, NC yatesbapt@frontier.com ASSOCIATION STAFF Rev. Marty Childers Director of Missions martychilders@yatesba.com Rev. Michael Bond Partnership Missionary mlbond2@frontier.com Ms. Teresa Dotson Administrative Coordinator tdotson5@frontier.com Mr. Steve Couch Moderator stephen.couch@frontier.com Greetings YBA family. Many positive things are happening within. There continues to be a sense of excitement and expectation to what God is doing and what he is going to do. We have 5 ministry teams that are seeking to know and carry out the will of God. More people are wanting to be a part of what God is doing. Churches and leaders are looking to do whatever it takes for the cause of the Gospel. Yet, my prayer continues to be that God will break our heart for what breaks His. In the last Newsletter, I asked a question that I hope each of our churches and every individual Christian will ask themselves. What is more important, my church s legacy or Kingdom advance. We currently have a number of churches who are intentionally in this process to strengthen and revitalize their local church. This is not easy. It means the church body must be willing to change in order to reach those unchurched and lost people all around us. We must repeatedly ask ourselves, is our personal comfort, our preferred style of worship, our history, or anything else more important than the advancement of God's Kingdom? We must be willing to put everything on the table and ask two questions. Is this helping us to reach the lost? Is this giving glory to God? I have heard Ed Stetzer say many times, if the 1960 s or 1970 s ever returned we would have a lot of churches ready to move forward. What he is saying is that we cannot just continue to do things as we have always done. We must be willing to be uncomfortable for the sake of the Gospel to be proclaimed to the generations. I remember when we first went to Costa Rica. One of the most difficult things we did during the week was to go to church, and I was a missionary! The language was different, I only understood a few words. The music was different. I didn t understand, in fact it gave me a headache just trying to strain to understand anything. But over the weeks and months I began to comprehend words and phrases. I began to feel Gods spirit moving and even though I didn t understand everything, I began to fall in love with the people and the worship that was foreign to me before. Let me be clear, I am not just speaking of changing worship styles and the look of a building, I am talking about a change of heart. Pray with me for our YBA churches that have initiated this process. Pray for your church and ask, how can it be relevant to our community and to our world. If we are waiting for them to come to us and adjust to us, then we will never reach those who are walking in darkness. We must GO! As your Director of Missions, I believe that we can do so much more together than we can do apart. Our desire is to help Encourage, Empower, and Equip you and your church to fulfill the Great Commission of Christ. Please let me know how we at YBA can pray for and help you as we work together to fulfill the Great Commission. In Christ, Marty Childers

2 Page 2 YBA News PRAYER AS A STRATEGY The first Saturday of each month - 9:30-11:00 a.m. On the first Saturday of each month, the churches of YBA have an opportunity to come together for a time of prayer. We gather at the Mission Center (2100 Chapel Hill Road) to pray for our churches and communities. Everyone is invited to attend (pastors, staff, laypersons). Please mark your calendar and plan to attend. Quarterly Associational Gathering (Board Meeting) Tuesday, April 11, :00 pm Location: YBA Mission Center 2100 Chapel Hill Road Durham, NC Everyone is welcome to attend! We would love to have all of our churches represented.

3 Volume 59, Issue 2 Page 3 YBA Baptist Children s Home Food Roundup COLLECTION DATES: Monday-Thursday, April 24-27, 2017 Collection Site: YBA Ministry Center 2100 Chapel Hill Road, Durham, NC Be the hands that help fill children's plates. Help make this the best Food Roundup yet! A complete list of items needed is posted on our website and information has been sent to the church offices. Please help our volunteers by packing your church s donations in small sturdy boxes. (Grocery store gift cards are also suggested.) For more information, please call the office at or visit our website: Basic, Crosstrainer, Recertification, Advanced Training will be offered. YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER! For details about each type of training, go to TWO MARRIAGE CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES Gorman Baptist Church 3315 E. Geer St, Durham, NC FREE OF CHARGE to anyone (friends included) associated with the churches of To register, send your name, address and phone number to: gbcsecretary@gormanbc.org Deadline: Friday, March 10, 2017

4 Page 4 CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS & MINISTRY OPENINGS (For additional information, go to Berea Baptist Church - PT Pianist Needed (2 hours on Sunday) For more information, call or BereaBaptistDurham@gmail.com Cresset Baptist Church - PT Youth Minister Needed For more information, please contact pastor Mike Green at cressetchurch@gmail.com Grey Stone Church - Media/Graphics Ministry Assistant Needed Full time position, M-F w/benefits. Individual must meet all of the minimum requirements listed in the job description. (Go to for detailed job description.) Resumes may be submitted by to info@gsdurham.com. Harvest Glen Baptist Church - PT Pianist Needed (For Sunday morning services. If interested, please call Pastor Richard Hedges at Hope Valley Baptist Church - Hope House Dedication Service and Open House - Sunday, March 5 at 3:00 p.m. (6900 Garrett Road, Durham, NC 27707) Hope Valley Baptist Church - PT Youth Minister Needed For more info or to submit a resume, contact Pastor Bill Bigger at bill@hvbc.org or call Olive Branch Baptist Church - PT Administrative Assistant For detailed job description, go to (Church News and Events.) Please send resumes to rjc1058@yahoo.com or call for more information. Ridgecrest Baptist Church - PT Administrative/Ministry Assistant 30 hours/week. For more information or to send resume, Al Huffman at ahuffman@ridgecrest.cc. YBA News University - Office Administrator Needed 30 hours/week, M-F to perform general office work, serve as secretary to the pastor, coordinate correspondence, prepare worship bulletins/ monthly newsletter, coordinate communication including Facebook/ website, etc. Contact Dr. Mitchell Simpson, pastor, to submit resume: mitchbettysimpson@gmail.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CALENDAR OF YBA MEETINGS & EVENTS Nominations Committee... Mar. 2, 10:00am Prayer As a Strategy... Mar. 4, 9:30am Personnel Committee... Mar. 8, 10:00am Associational Leadership Team... Mar. 13, 12:00pm Annual Meeting Planning Committee... Mar. 14, 11:00am Ministers Live & Learn Discussion (Bullock s BBQ).. Mar. 14, 11:00am OCC Prison Ministry (Red Mountain)... Mar. 19, 7:00pm Finance Committee... Mar. 29, 12:00pm Senior Health Support of the Triangle... *Friday* Mar. 31, 11:00am Prayer As a Strategy... Apr. 1, 9:30am Associational Leadership Team...Apr. 3, 12:00pm Nominations Committee... Apr. 6, 10:00am Annual Meeting Planning Committee... Apr. 11, 11:00am Quarterly Associational Gathering (YBA)...Apr.11, 7:00pm Good Friday (YBA Ministry Center Closed)... Apr. 14, 2017 Easter Sunday... Apr. 16, 2017 Ministers Lunch & Prayer (Location TBA)... Apr. 18, 11:30am OCC Prison Ministry (Mt. Gilead/First-Hillsborough).Apr. 16, 7:00pm Finance Committee... Apr. 26, 12:00pm **PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING THIS NEWSLETTER BY MAIL AND WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO OUR LIST, PLEASE SEND YOUR ADDRESS TO: tdotson5@frontier.com or call THANK YOU.** 2017 Missions Conference Location: Calvary Baptist Church Winston-Salem, NC This event is open to ALL Baptist men, women, and students. Special features include mission action break out sessions, mission fair exhibits, volunteer supper with special emphasis on Disaster Relief. Program personalities include John Ortberg, Anne Graham Lotz, Gary Chapman, Jennifer Rothschild and music by the Annie Moses Band. All this is from God, who through Christ Reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18

5 ASSOCIATIONAL MISSIONS 2017 CHURCHES JAN YTD Angier Avenue $ - $ - Antioch $ $ Bahama $ - $ - Bells $ $ Berea $ $ Bethesda $ - $ - Braggtown $ $ Calvandar $ - $ - Calvary $ $ Cedar Fork $ - $ - CH Chinese Christian $ - $ - Church at NC $ - $ - City of Joy $ - $ - Cresset $ - $ - Dayspring $ - $ - Durham Memorial $ - $ - DM Spanish Mission $ - $ - Ebenezer $ $ Edgewood $ - $ - Ephesus $ - $ - Faith $ - $ - Faith Community $ - $ - First Hillsborough $ $ Gateway $ $ Gorman $ $ Gospel $ - $ - Grace $ - $ - Great Faith $ - $ - Grey Stone $ - $ - Guess Road $ 1, $ 1, Hanmaum Church $ - $ - Harvest Glen $ - $ - HillSong $ - $ - Hope Valley $ - $ - Immanuel $ $ Immanuel Hispanic $ $ Japanese Ministry $ - $ - Journey $ $ ASSOCIATIONAL MISSIONS 2017 ~ Continued CHURCHES JAN YTD Lawrence Road $ $ Leesville Road $ - $ - LifeZone $ $ Lowe's Grove $ $ Lystra $ - $ - Mosaic $ $ Mt. Carmel $ $ Mt. Carmel Hispanic $ - $ - Mt. Gilead $ - $ - Mt. Hermon $ - $ - Mt. Moriah $ $ Mt. Pisgah $ - $ - New Freedom $ - $ - New Jerusalem $ - $ - North Durham $ - $ - Olive Branch $ - $ - Page Road $ - $ - Park View $ - $ - Plainview $ $ Red Mountain $ - $ - Ridgecrest $ $ Rose of Sharon $ - $ - Sunrise $ $ Temple $ $ The Summit $ $ Triangle Pointe $ - $ - University $ - $ - Yates $ 1, $ 1, Church Missions Giving $ 10, $ 10, Other Contributions $ 1, $ 1, TOTAL INCOME $ 11, $ 11, FINANCIAL UPDATE Monthly Budget Needs From Churches: $ 20, January Receipts: $ 11, Total Receipts To Date: $ 11, Budget Needs From Churches To Date: $ 20, Difference: $ (8,945.96)