THE MONTGOMERY BAPTIST

Serving Christ Through Montgomery Area Churches

KEN MAY, DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015

Summer Missions Experience Can Turn Into a Lifetime of Service

Lisa Rose | Director of Church and Community Ministries
While in college, my relationship with Christ grew through an
appointment with North American Mission Board (NAMB) as a summer
missionary in Colorado. I was suffering for Jesus in one of the prettiest
states in the nation, right? That season of serving was beautiful and lifegiving, but also hard and messy. As a 19 year old from Alabama, I was
awakened to the world of people who did not know who Jesus was, had never
read the Bible, and had extremely difficult family situations. My missions
partner and I sought to find creative ways to share Christ with these kids and
their parents. It was a daunting task! I had lived all my life in a place where it
seemed everyone knew who Jesus was and that silly, annoying song, Rise and
Shine and Give God the Glory, Glory. There in Colorado, my faith was
challenged every single day!

SAVE THE DATE

MBA GOLF TOURNAMENT
May 7, 2015
Early Bird Cost: $65 | After May 1st: $70
Registration Begins at 11:30 AM
Arrowhead Country Club
Lisa C. Rose
Church & Community Ministries

A pastor and his wife became great mentors and guided us through the summer. By the end
of that term, I had seen children come to know Christ, a family turn their life over to Jesus, and my
own faith grow and blossom. Over the next few years, I had opportunities to serve in Utah and
Baltimore, MD, where I found my love for urban ministry. These experiences confirmed a call to
missions that had been building in my life since that first summer in Colorado. After finishing school,
I received a long term appointment to New York City. I
will never forget those mission opportunities that
challenged me and put me in situations that stretched
my faith and trust the Lord. Those experiences were
vital to my calling today.

Forest Park Ministry Center Director Donna McCullough

and Community Of Hope Director Lou Ann Raughton
with two former summer interns.

UPCOMING EVENTS

McGehee Road Baptist Church

Revival Services
with Rev. Neal Hughes
Sunday, April 12 - Wednesday, April 15
Sunday service begins at 5 PM.
Monday - Wednesday services begin at 6 PM.

Associational Bible Drill

THIS SUMMER.you have the opportunity

to help us find summer mission interns for Forest Park
Ministry Center and Community of Hope. We need
these interns to serve our community in Montgomery
for eight to ten weeks. Here are some guidelines for our
search:

Eastmont Baptist Church

4505 Atlanta Highway

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Registration at 1:30 PM
Drills Begin at 2:00 PM

Be enrolled in college, a pre-requisite for an appointment as a NAMB summer

missionary.
Be 19 or older and have completed their first year of school.
Have a personal relationship with the Lord and be a member of a Southern Baptist
Church.
Want to learn, grow, be stretched in their faith, and have a teachable spirit.

We have had stellar students working with these two

ministries in the past. They have had great experiences reaching
people in Montgomery who need Jesus as their Savior or as their
Healer. Some have gone to seminary after finishing their degrees,
and others have moved on to full-time missions or used their
career choices to minister to people.
We need to know SOON any who are interested. If
you know someone who qualifies (see above), please have
them call Lisa Rose at 334-271-6794 or email
lrose@mgmbaptist.org

Tutoring and after school ministry is a vital

outreach for our summer missionaries.
Relationships are built and lives changed forever
through their faithful commitment and love.

"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation,
who says to Zion, Your God reigns." Isaiah 52:7

Lifeways Journey Off The Map

Associational VBS Clinic
A training for VBS Volunteers!
Register by calling the MBA Office at 271-6227.
April 16, 2015 | Eastern Hills | 6:30 - 8:30 PM
3604 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Montgomery, AL 36109

The Montgomery Baptist Association 20 Interstate Park Montgomery, Alabama 36109 334-271-6227 www.mgmbaptist.org
This publication is made possible by your churches contributions to Associational Missions.