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The Pastor's Mailing containing many resources will soon be in your mail. Watch for it.

Also, the camp managers have posted their listing of 2008 camps for Lake Springfield and Blackhawk Baptist Camps. You may download it from this site. (The download and the e-current attached copy are updates of the one that will be contained in your Pastor's Mailing materials.)

Register now for the 2007 Blackhawk Christmas Camp. Registration is limited to the first 50 children.

First Baptist,
Ottawa on Web

Peter Brick, pastor of Ottawa First Baptist Church, discusses a design question with web team member Ellen Dieterich, during their consultation with GRR Web Ministries team leader Richard Ricks. In the 2 hour meeting with Ricks, the team went from discussing design to registration of domain name to signing up for a web hosting account posting the first page of their new site, www.ottawafbc.org

How GRR Churches Do Web

You may find a list of all churches of the GRR who have a web site on this site. If your church is not listed, please send the address of your church's site to Candy Stivers so she can include you.

There are certain features our churches are adding to their sites to be more inviting and better serve their users. From time to time some will be lifted up as examples of what you might consider doing with your site. (Listing of features)

One of several churches who have started posting their pastors' sermons on their sites includes First Baptist Church of Champaign at Savoy. In fact, this church has had a volunteer translate a few of the these messages into Mandarin Chinese. Each of the sermons posted is able to be played and/or downloaded.

How can a church post sermons to their web site?

1. Record the sermon on a tape recorder or directly into the computer through the microphone port on the computer's sound card.

2. Use a audio software to convert the recording to an MP3 file. Both Apple and Windows Computers come with software with their operating systems that will do this.

3. Upload the new audio file to your web server.

4. Put a link on a "Sermons" web page of your site to the file(s). It is also a good idea to help your users by posting the length of the sermon and the size of the file (especially if you offer a download option).

Next Week: Reach GenX, Blog!

A Second Blitz with Habitat

There will be a second Baptist Blitz to build at least 5 more houses. This is being planned for April 2008. Our Executive Minister, Dwight Stinnett, is already making personal plans to work on this project. More information is coming soon.

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Video Cast of Month:

Wally Holt addresses the question, "How do we get people excited about Jesus?"

Thinking about Offering Electronic Giving as an Option for Your Church? Reflect on this as you read this article from Christianity Today.

Support Ministry and Mission of the GRR by giving online.

GRR Pastor
Publishes Book

Jim Wolfe (D.Min, Ph.D), Sr. Pastor of Pontiac FBC has recently had his book American Baptist Women in Pastoral Ministry: A Contemporary Survey, published by Cloverdale.

Rev. Valentine B. Royal-Thomas writes of this book, "Through a tapestry of personal experience, theology, history, and statistics reflecting hope and challenge, Pastor Wolfe compassionately captures and relates the sacred journey of American Baptist Women in Pastoral Ministry."

This book can be purchased by ordering through your local bookstore or online.

John Grisham presents 12 short videos on stewardship by Robert Crandall and Associates. These are well done and appropriate for showing in worship, discipleship venues, and other occassions.

Creative Worship Seminar
March 8, 2008
First Baptist Church Peoria

What is it? View a moment of the actual seminar.

Now Available - The Pastoral Relations Committee Study Course

Find it online at http://www.abcgrr2.org/
pastoral%20relations%
20committee/start.htm

Or, request a self-starting CD by sending an e-mail request to Debbie (debbie@abc-grr.org) There is no charge for this CD for GRR churches and pastors.

New Feature:
Training Opportunities

View a listing of upcoming training opportunities sponsored by GRR churches, clusters, areas, or associations and open to GRR church leaders and/or clergy.

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