Sioux Falls, SD - Sept 14 - 16
Canandaigua, NY - Oct 12 - 14
Kansas City, KS - Nov 16 - 18
Registration and More
Great Rivers Region churches planning for volunteer groups to go to the Gulf Coast to help build homes. (Get Involved | Details) Please let us know about your planned trip.
Please note: Opening any of the following downloads may require several seconds. Two processes cause this delay. 
First, your computer must open the Adobe Reader. Second, the Adobe Reader opens the file. If you do not have the Adobe Reader installed on your computer, follow this link to the download page or click on the Adobe icon above . Thank you for your patience. (Needing to produce PDFs? Read about the options.)
One of the advantages of using the Adobe Reader beginning with version 6 with Windows XP is you have the option to have any PDF page (other than scanned in) read to you. On the Adobe menu go to View then Read Out Loud.
Camping Poster (85 kb)/ Registration Brochure (80 Kb)
Health Form
List of Camps & Directors
Make Promo Disc: Download & Burn
to disc (Extract all files to a folder. Then, use your CD writer program to copy all the files in the folder - NOT the folder - to a CD. That CD should then be a self-starting CD.)
Church Health Inventory
(140 Kb)
Clergy Spouse Retreat (200 Kb)
Ministers Council Retreat (93 Kb)
Planning Calendar from ABCUSA now posted.
"God at Work" podcasts from IM
Vacation Bible School Mission
Projects 2007 (2 pages, 286 kb)
ABC Great Rivers Region
(217) 726 - 7366
(217) 726 - 7566 FAX
grrabc@abc-grr.org
Physical Address:
3940 Pintail Drive
Springfield IL 62711Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 3786
Springfield IL 62708
Administrative Staff:
Roland Sundberg, Executive Administrator
roland@abc-grr.org
Candy Stivers, Data Management
candy@abc-grr.org
Sharon Downs, Camp Administrative Coordinator
sharon@abc-grr.org
Debbie Naugle, Registrar & Receptionist
debbie@abc-grr.org
Program Staff:
Dwight Stinnett
Executive Minister
John Grisham
Mission Support
Stewardship
Cheryl Henson
Area I
Ministerial Recruitment
Ministerial Cont. Ed.
Max Klinkenborg
Area II
Natural Church Dev.
Spiritual Development
Richard Ricks
Area III
Multimedia
Web Technologies
Randy McNeely
Area IV
Bivocational Ministry
Costa Rica Partnership
Muriel Johnson
Area V
Church Planting
Dwight Stinnett: A Special Anniversary, VBS, Camping, and More
(Broadband | Dialup | IPOD Video )
"...this is not the time for 'bumper-sticker' theology..." Read entire column.
Clergy Spouses Hold Retreat
with Carrie Burns
May 4 - 5 at Lake Springfield Baptist Camp
Ministers Council Retreat (open PDF brochure in PDF for download)
May 7 - 9 at Lake Springfield
Retreat Leader: Ron Carlson,
Missional Church Consultant
American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region
Challenging, Empowering, Assisting, Representing
American Baptist Churches
in IL & MO
2007 Great American Bike Ride
Across Missouri for
Church PlantingThe brochure is online. Register to ride AND pledge your support to your favorite rider online. For More Information, contact: Max Klinkenborg (217) 726-7366 max@abc-grr.org or
Jon Heikes (217) 357-3817
JonHeikes@gmail.com
Resources Available
Under the "Downloads" tab in the column at the left, you can access registration forms, VBS Offering projects, ABC Planning Calendar, Camping Information and Registrations, and much more.
The first church in our region that I remember doing this is Peoria FBC. Since then, I have witnessed several more of our GRR churches "coming online" with their e-newsletters.
How is this done? Start with your word or desktop publishing application, then convert your finished file to PDF (smaller file, more resistant to viruses, and the Adobe Reader is free and able to be used on Windows and Mac computers).
Your GRR Staff has posted a list of PDF making software. It is no longer necessary to spend $200 to get the software from Adobe to be able to produce PDFs. The most recent addition to our list is a free application. Find its address on this site!
Want to talk with someone live about this? Give Richard Ricks a call (309) 698-1864.
