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2 1 Opening of Building 8:30 9:30 Registration 9:30 10:00 Worship Schedule 10:00 10:15 Break Transition to Adjoining Building Coffee/water/rolls available 10:15 11:15 Session 1 with Dwight Stinnett 11:15 11:30 Break 11:30 12:15 p.m. Session 2 with Dwight Stinnett 12:15 12:30 Break for Lunch 12:30 1:15 Lunch / Business Meeting Mark Keyser Moderating / Free time to chat with displayers 1:15 2:15 Session 3 with Dwight Stinnett 2:15 2:30 Break 2:30 3:30 Session 4 with Dwight Stinnett 3:30 Closure and Home

3 2 Table of Contents Schedule 1 Table of Contents 2 Welcome 3 Pages for Notes of Stinnett's Sessions 4 8 Treasurer's Report 9 Proposed Budget 9 Program Board AB Women's Ministries 11 AB Men 12 Report of Regional Associate Minister and Assistant 13 Evaluation PLEASE FILL OUT, RIP OUT OF BOOK AND HAND IN 17

4 3 On behalf of the Second Baptist Church of Peoria I'd like to welcome everyone here today for the Area III 2014 Discipleship Summit as Dwight Stinnett leads us on "The Worship Journey." Jim Vincent, Host Pastor It has been our pleasure to serve you on the Area III Program Board this year. We wish to thank all those churches who support the Great Rivers Region and our Area through your prayers and your financial support. The money provided to Area III has enabled us to sponsor this discipleship event, extend scholarships to several people, and give each church who participates today a copy of Townley's book. Mark Keyser, Sr. Pastor, Ridgeview Baptist Church, Danville IL Moderator, Area III ABC GRR Welcome to Discipleship Summit 2014! We also welcome Dwight Stinnett as our presenter today. He recommended Cathy Townley's book, Missional Worship, as consider the Christian's response to worship and discipleship. How are the two connected? Is there more than becoming disciplined to be an active and regular participant in worship service. But, that is not discipleship, but personal choice and follow through. What has discipleship got to do with worship? Let's consider our journeys as individual Christians and as part of a body of believers, both as a local church and as part of the greater church of Jesus Christ. D. Richard Ricks GRR Associate Minister Areas I and III

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10 9 Treasurer's Report and Proposed Budget, Report 2014 Budget Balance January 1, 2013 $11, INCOME Area III Church Contributions ,000 Annual Meeting McKnight Book Sales during Annual Meeting Nast Scholarship Interest 1.10 Income EXPENSES Total $ 4, Program Board 101 Mileage Administrative Costs Summit 202 Program (including speaker) Promotion (2013, books by speaker for pastors) Committees 301 Ministerial Committee Cluster Ministry 401 Cluster Fellowships Pastoral Support 501 Groups and Individuals Senior Adult Day (with Area II) Youth Committee

11 Mission Committee 810 Mission Scholarships Nast Scholarship , Area III Church Resources Total Expenses $ 4,600 Balance December 31, 2013 $ Program Board 2014 and GRR Ministry Board Members Moderator: Rev. Dr. Mark Keyser Sr. Pastor, Ridgeview Baptist Church of Danville Secretary: Mrs. Joyce Topping Member, First Baptist Church of Bloomington Treasurer: Mrs. Annetta Holt Member, First Baptist Church of Macomb AB Women's Ministries: Outgoing President Joanne Leitzen AB Men: Rev. Jon Dainty, Sr. Pastor, First Baptist Church of Farmington On GRR Board from Area III: Ministry of Planning and Review: Rev. Dr. James Wolfe, III Sr. Pastor, FBC Pontiac Ministry of Staff Relations: Rev. James Vincent Pastor, Second Baptist Church Peoria Ministry of Financial Stewardship: Rev. Dan Siems Pastor, Galesburg FBC

12 11 AMERICAN BAPTIST WOMEN S MINISTRIES ANNUAL REPORT AREA III 2014 A Time to Serve This is our program theme for What a great focus for our women in AB Women s Ministries. In June, we joined other women of the Great Rivers Region for our annual conference at Raymond, IL located in the Magnuson Grand Hotel and Conference Center. These weekends provide many opportunities for fellowship, learning, spiritual growth and inspiration. In September AB Women s Ministries of Area III held our fall rally. It was hosted by the women at First Baptist of East Peoria. The program A Time to Serve with Compassion and Love invite to speak was Larry and Becky Stanton, newly endorsed missionaries to Liberia. We had 45 in attendance. Our Spring Rally will be Saturday April 12th at First Baptist Church of Bloomington. Our program will be information on our special project Detroit Friendship House, plans for Women s Conference, and a speaker on how to understand how you have been shaped by God for the ministry to which you ve been called and sent out to the world. Our Region Project this year is Detroit Friendship House in Hamtramck, Michigan. We have set our goal for $15,000. We hope to help them fulfill the need for build a community room that can be converted into two classrooms. We continue to financially and prayerfully support of National AB Women s Ministries, Sallie Peck Memorial Student Aid Fund, Love Gift, White Cross and the Women and Girls Mission Fund. All women in our American Baptist Churches are invited to participate in American Baptist Women s Ministries. Each woman is encouraged to participate according to her own needs, interest, and gifts as led by the spirit of God.

13 12 Joan Leitzen President of AREA III American Baptist Men - Area III ABC/GRR American Baptist Men in the Great Rivers Region continue to serve their home congregations and the region at large. AB Men were called to help out following a very destructive day of tornadoes on 17 November 2013, with teams attempting to help in Washington, IL, and working full-tilt in Diamond and Gifford, IL. These sites consumed many hours of hard work and honest sweat, resulting in clean-ups that allowed people full access to their homes and communities. Around the region, remember to join your American Baptist Men brothers for weekend breakfasts. At these informal meetings, you will hear about the need for more men to help out seniors and the disabled in local churches, more opportunities to engage younger men and boys in ministries to the community, and better fellowship among men who may have felt left out until now. It is a badly kept secret that our work teams, both at home and on disaster relief sites, include some women, as well. Our sisters also want to help out when things have been torn up and people uprooted by storms and other disasters. American Baptist Men faithfully offer and use their skills and compassion to keep Great Rivers Region churches humming along, despite the natural or man-made challenges of the day. Rev. Jon A. Dainty, Sr. ABMen-GRR Vice President, Area III

14 13 Regional Associate Minister D. Richard Ricks and Harry Sanders, Assistant Report for September 2013 February 2014 September Congregational Worship Visits (Lincoln, El Paso, Blandinsville, Canton 175th) 10 Consultations with pastors 2 Search Committee Consultations helped 1 church with installation of audio for projector 4 Clergy Cluster Meetings Recruit / Orient Volunteers for Annual Assembly GRR Staff Meeting Dec. 19 Scheduled to speak at Raritan anniversary, several phone calls and e mails, but cancelled due to weather (January cluster meeting cancelled due to weather). October Congregational Worship Visits (Cordova, Ridgeview of Danville, East Peoria FBC) 1 Installation John Kress, Cordova 1 Church Anniversary: Elgin FBC 175th 1 Pastoral Relations Committee Meeting 10 Consultations with Pastors 3 Exit Interviews with Pastors Tech (Web also) and Videography for: Annual Ministers Conference Preparation of Canton 175th Anniv Photo GRR Annual Assembly Processing/Posting Assembly Videos 1 Staff Meeting November Congregational Worship Visits (Chenoa, Chrisman, Peoria FBC) 1 Ordination Council 15 Consultations with Pastors Area I Program Board at 2014 Site Recruit Area 1 Assistant 1 Staffing Consultation 2 Search Committee Consultation 3 Clergy Cluster Gatherings Area 3 Assistant: Harry Sanders Sept. 10. Cluster meeting at Chenoa Oct. 6 Preached at Cornell Oct. 8. Cluster meeting at Campus Religious Center Nov. 12 Cluster meeting at Chenoa Nov. 17 preached at Minonk Dec. 12 preached at El Paso Dec. 16 cluster meeting at Campus Religious Center

15 14 December Congregational Worship Visits (Blandinsville, Canton 180th) 7 Consultations with Pastors 3 Clergy and Spouse/Friend Christmas Cluster Gatherings (52 total for dinners, conversation, celebration) Consultation with church hosting Area III Annual Meeting GRR Staff Meeting January 2014 Funeral Visitation of Brian Fischer 2 Congregational Visits (Plano, Macomb McCain 5th Anniv of Ordination) 1 Ordination Service (Daryl Evans, Fairbury) Preparation of Area III Meeting Materials Preparation of Area Registration Sites GRR Annual Staff Retreat February Congregational Worship Visits (Second, Peoria; East Peoria; Macomb) 10 Clergy Consultations Face to Face Registration Technical Support Face to Face Team Meeting, Lebanon, IN 2 cluster gatherings Web Sites of Area V and Area 3 Meeting Registration 1 Skype GRR Staff Meeting 1 GRR Staff Meeting at GRR Office Area 3 Assistant: January: 2 Pastoral Calls February: Cluster March: Cluster

16 15 SUMMARY of Key Activities for September 2013 thru February 2014 Strategic theme one: Cultivate passion for mission both locally and globally Preached installation of new pastor Consultations with 2 churches about closure and birthing a new church. Taped, Edited, Posted Presentations of Annual Ministers Conference and Annual Assembly Posted AB Men's post IL Tornado work Posted and updated Philippine's typhoon needs Received and consulted churches and pastors as to missionary status of Stantons Strategic theme two: Create a Learning and resource network of GRR churches and pastors Encouraged non participating pastors to participate in clusters Recruited an Assistant for Area I: Kathy Remley Provided new pastors, interims, and interns invitation and information to cluster groups Encouraged studies and reflection in each cluster through my personal participation, each month (or request Assistant, Harry Sanders (Area III) and Kathy Remley (Area I), to do so when I cannot) Booked Dwight Stinnett for Area III Discipleship Summit 2013 March 15, 2014; Second Baptist of Peoria will host; asking pastors to read Missional Worship to prepare for the event Resourced planning of Area I 2014 meeting with Mike Fields as presenter; Dixon FBC, 3/8/14 Provide / update learning seminars and videos on the abcgrr.org and abcgrr2.org web sites Worked with 3 churches to update site Provide churches with NCD insights from sister church NCD initiatives Strategic theme three: Recruit and retain competent qualified pastoral leadership for GRR churches Follow up on non ABC pastors taking interest in serving GRR churches Identified, recruited, followed up with prospective pastoral interns Provide scholarships or information about scholarships for interns and serving pastors for growth Led Pastoral Relations Committee in training Consulting with new pastors after a brief time following start of new pastorate Attempted to recruit Pastors and Churches for Face to Face; maintained registration/staff collaboration site for Face to Face Take lead in Search Committee consultations and interview prospective pastors not in the system especially for churches that are "bi vocational" Open door by /telephone/linkedin providing counsel and arrangement of face to face conversations in addition to making initiative to maintain contact: Training Search committees in its use. Helped secure services of interim pastors for 3 churches Participated in 1 ordination services Participated in 1 installation services Strategic theme four: Deliver core services with partnership, quality, innovation, communication and accountability Natural Church Development (3 churches at the present) coaching and resourcing Trained pastors and GRR staff one on one in the use of multimedia and web software. Discipleship Summit 2014 with Dwight Stinnett March 15, Peoria Second Baptist Church

17 16 Arbitrated conflicts between pastor and church Interviews of pastors and church leaders about useability and resources needed per region web site Consulted with church about constitutional revision for going to one board governance GRR written (Stinnett s Current Thoughts) and distributed (Parish Paper and Growth Points) posted on web promptly Set up improved Twitter page; asking staff colleagues to use the opportunity Began updating GRR Pastor Search Resource DVD that includes a host of materials for church search committees. Beginning tech resource consultation with Staff s revision of Pastoral Relations Committee Course Continued updating/maintenance and development of all GRR web sites; trained data entry persons for online directory and calendar Began process of making GRR web sites responsive to users of handhelds and smartphones (In 2014 more internet users will use these devices than will use desktops and laptops according to Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!) Discipleship Summit 2014 with Dwight Stinnett March 15, Peoria Second Baptist Church

18 17 Discipleship Summit 2014 with Dwight Stinnett March 15, Peoria Second Baptist Church

19 18 AREA 3 ANNUAL MEETING EVALUATION FORM Name (optional): Check One: 0 Pastor 0 Lay Leader Please give a rating on a 1-4 scale (4=excellent, 3=above expectations, 2=below expectations, 1=poor) 1.Training overall rating (circle one): Presenter: Dwight Stinnett (circle one): Material content: (circle one): Comments 2. Celebration/worship (circle one): Comments 3. Facilities (circle one): Comments 4. Meals/snacks (circle one): Comments 5. Publicity materials (circle one): Comments 6. Cost (circle one): Comments Discipleship Summit 2014 with Dwight Stinnett March 15, Peoria Second Baptist Church

20 19 What is one thing you/your team are committed to doing as a result of being here? What suggestions do you have to improve next year's meeting? Do you have any messages for the leadership team? Discipleship Summit 2014 with Dwight Stinnett March 15, Peoria Second Baptist Church