The Mainstream News of Ministry and Mission American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region February 2007 No. 1  Email: grrabc@abc-grr.org web: www.abc-grr.org GRR Calendar February 17 - Area IV Christian Education Conference  FBC Mt. Vernon, IL 23/24 -Face To Face  Terre Haute, IN March 2 - 3 - Area I Annual Meeting FBC Moline, IL 10 - Area V Annual Meeting Third Baptist Church, St. Louis 17 -Area III Annual Meeting FBC Fairbury, IL 18 - Area II Annual Meeting Elliott Avenue Church Springfield, IL 24 - Area IV Annual Meeting FBC Greenville, IL April 21 - Clean Up Day, Lake Springfield Baptist Camp 25 -   Boundaries Course Mt. Vernon, IL FBC May 15 -New PCL Rendezvous GRR Resource Center Springfield, IL Area Meetings Area I Date and Place:  March 2-3 First Baptist Church, Moline, IL Theme:  “Always Connected” Joshua 1:5- Friday Evening: Worship and Commissioning of Mission Team to Inner City Honolulu   Saturday: Morning Sermon: Moderator Bill Speger Workshops: Q & A on Region/Denomination Dr. Dwight Stinnett Website Navigation Dr. Richard Ricks Costa Rica MissionTrips Rev. Randy McNeely Missional Church Planting Rev. Muriel Johnson Top Ten Ways To Remember Your Church/Region Without Writing A Check             Paul Weers Banner Making Rene Gorbold Drama In the Church Leader TBA Director/Counselor Training for Blackhawk Camp Jessica Henson Youth:  Winter Retreat, March 2 at FBC Moline March 3-4 at FBC Rock Island