Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri - This Saturday, April 27th, First United Methodist Church of Sikeston, Missouri will host the first Church Growth Clinic.
The Clinic is designed to encourage pastors and church leaders. "The local church is the hope of the world," says Brad Aycock, organizer of the event. "Leading a church can be challenging. It's helpful to have an opportunity to learn from others who have faced the same challenges. We should never stop learning. If we're learning, we're growing. If we're growing, we're changing. Growing things change."
The event will feature fifteen pastors from ten different states. Each pastor will share three ideas that attendees can take back to their church and implement. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver will be a guest speaker.
Cleaver is the 5th Congressional District Representative and has served as pastor of the St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri for more than 30 years. He saw his congregation grow from 40 members to more than 2,600 members. Quite an accomplishment!
Jim Ozier, Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation from Plano, Texas will speak on "Breaking Barriers to Growth". he is the leader of Trietsch Church in Flower Mound, Texas with over 4,000 members. Jim consults nationally on congregational transformation and new church development.
Dustin Cooper will speak about "The Budget: It's More Than About the Money". He has been a pastor for 25 years and is from Overland Park, Kansas.
Twelve other pastors from ten states are scheduled to appear and speak including, Chad Schuchmann from Omaha, Nebraska, Diane Harrison from Memphis, Tennessee, Emanual Cleaver from Columbia, Missouri, Geoff Posegate from Sikeston, Iesmar Abrarez from Lexington, Kentucky, Jim Downing from Sedalia, Missouri, John Miles from Jonesboro, Arkansas, Lia McIntosh from Kansas City, Missouri, Margie Briggs from Calhoun, Missouri, Pat Ward from Oxford, Mississippi, Rusty Hutson from Auburn, Alabama and Shane Bishop from Fairview Heights, Illinois.
The Church Growth Clinic equips leaders with actionable principles, ideas, and solutions to overcome any challenge that may get in the way of reaching your community for Christ.The event is open to anyone. Doors are open at 8am and the event begins at 8:30.
Registration is $48 and can be done by visiting churchgrowthclinic.org. For more info contact Brad Aycock at 573.421.1824.
"Growing leaders have growing organizations. Growing organization have growing leaders," adds Aycock.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
The 2013 Secret Keeper Girl tour will stop by the First Baptist Church on April 23rd. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 pm) with tickets available at the Church or the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. Tickets are only $15 in advance and $20 at the door. You can also purchase them online for $17.50 at www.itickets.com. For more information, please call T.J. Scott, 573-624-7436.
What is this Secret Keeper Girl event? Author Dannah Gresh has been fighting on the front lines to keep our culture from robbing little girls of their innocence. She developed from a series of books she has written, Gresh's fun MOM/DAUGHTER connecting resources presented Secret Keeper Girl LIVE to thousands around the country.
Now their latest show, the Pajama Party Tour has hit the road with an all-new stage show about modesty, fashion and true beauty! This event was created as a relationship-building event for moms and their tween daughters (typically ages 7-12), the two and a half hour event features DRAMATIZED stories about meaningful friendships, FUN fashion shows that demonstrate modesty, INCREDIBLE balloon sculptures, bouncing beach ball competitions, mother/daughter conversation time and colorful confetti cannons.
A handfull of moms are featured with their own hilarious fashion show in the new "Totally Tubular TV Mom's Show", a look at the fashion of some of TV's favorite moms (a great chance to talk about peer pressure!). Five special girls have been pre-selected as models for the tour's hallmark, a seasonal tween fashion show featuring Gresh's Truth or Bare Modesty Tests.
Billed as a practical modesty, fashion and beauty truth event, the all-new theatrical stage show has a pajama party theme. Attendees are invited to wear their fuzzy slippers. The theme enables the fantastic stage team to create an up close and personal "girl talk" feel, and to even address any concerns about a real pajama party where the girl talk could go the wrong way.
Danna Gresh has sold over three quarters of a million copies of her books, best known for her titles And the Bride Wore White and Lies Young Women Believe. Her most recent work, for moms of tweens who are concerned about he cultural pressure to grow up too fast, is Six Ways To Keep The Little In Your Girl: Guiding Your Daughter From Her Tweens to Her Teens.
Her Secret Keeper Girl Products and live touring events continue to provide resources that help moms connect with their tween daughters. Find her books and products at [url_new=www.SecretKepperGirl.com.
It will be the most fun a mother and daughter will have digging into God's word. Please join the First Baptist Church on April 23rd at 11 W. Castor in Dexter, Missouri.
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Life is touch. However, some people are more successful than others. What's their secret? On Easter Sunday, they are exploring the parallels between March Madness winners and what the Bible says about those who win at the game of life. You won't want to miss this sermon.
The first Worship Service is at 9:15 a.m. and there will be no Sunday School that morning. The second Worship Service is at 11:00 a.m.
Donuts will be served between the two services in the Fellowship Hall.
Evening Services have been cancelled so family may spend time together on this joyous day.
The First Baptist Church is located at 11 West Castor St. in Dexter. For more information about service times view their website at www.fbcdexter.org or their Facebook page.
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The First Baptist Church of Dexter is featuring the movie, “The Passion of the Christ” this Friday evening.
“The Passion” as it is referred to often is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The movie covers the final twelve hours of Jesus’ life, beginning with the Agony in the Garden and ending with a brief depiction of his resurrection.
Mel Gibson said of the movie, “This is a movie about love, hope, faith and forgiveness. Jesus died for all mankind, suffered for all of us. It is time to get back to that basic message. The world has gone nuts. We could all use a little more love, faith, hope and forgiveness.”
The movie was filmed in Italy, primarily at Cincecitta Studios in Rome and also in the old city of Matera. It was released on Ash Wednesday in 2004 and was rate R by the Motion Picture Association for “sequences of graphic violence”.
“The Passion of the Christ” won awards such as, Freedom of Expression, Favorite Motion Picture Drama from the People’s Choice Awards, Best Film Production, Best Film Actress, Best Picture and a multitude of genres of accolades. It was also nominated for several Oscars that year including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Film.
This is a wonderful, highly emotional movie to watch and everyone should have the opportunity to view this movie.
The movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Good Friday, March 29th at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall located at 11 W. Castor St. in Dexter.
If you would like more information about the Church or the “Passion of the Christ” movie presentation, call 573-624-7436 or go to their Facebook page and website, www.fbcdexter.org.
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The First Baptist Church would like to invite everyone to a choir and drama performance tonight. This sacred Palm Sunday celebration is a tribute to Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which also marks the beginning of the Holy Week.
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter and is a bridge between two season, Lent and Easter. May churches around the country will be celebrating Christ with musical programs.
The Living Cross presents, “You Are My Victory”, a celebration of the risen Savior with the Celebration Choir. This event will take place tonight, March 24th at 7:00 p.m.
Come join the First Baptist Church and celebrate Christ. If you would like more information about the Church, call 624-7436 Monday - Thursday, 8 - 5, and Friday 8 - noon.
