Closing Out the Year - Meetings and Newsletters

The year 2009 is drawing to a close. The last Missouri BBF meeting of the year will be at West Division Street Baptist Church in Springfield on Monday, December 7. It will be primarily a time of food, fellowship, and a choir concert. However, there will be a short business meeting before supper to handle three urgent matters. These are:

• A vote to give MOBBF money from the Property Fund to Sonrise Baptist Church in Ozark to help purchase property;
• A vote to provide 18 months of support to Branson Baptist Church (a new church plant) from the New Works Fund;
• Take commitments from churches to provide financial support for the installation of new HVAC equipment at Camp Sagmount. This will make Sagmount a year-round property with both heating for the winter and air-conditioning for the summer.

We normally do not conduct business at the December meeting, but these three items cannot wait. All of these projects were presented at the November meeting in St. Louis, and they are also in the October/November issue of the newsletter.

Speaking of the newsletter, some of you are probably wondering what happened to the October issue. The short answer is there isn't one. Instead there is a combined October/November issue which is six pages instead of the usual four. It is at the printer now, and will hopefully be put in the mail on the Monday after Thanksgiving. We will mail it sooner if it is ready sooner, but when we sent it to the printer we were told that the earliest it will be available is November 30.

The schedule for the December meeting is:
5:15 pm – Business meeting
6:00 pm – Supper (a big Baptist fellowship meal)
7:00 pm – Christmas concert with the Baptist Bible College Choir

The location is:
West Division Street Baptist Church
3104 West Division Street
Springfield, MO 65802
417-862-8644
http://www.wdsbc.org/

September MOBBF Meeting

The September meeting of the Missouri BBF was held on September 14 at Marshall Baptist Temple in Marshall, MO. On the drive up, we obtained photographic evidence that Pastor Mark Rounsaville (Baptist Temple in Springfield) can indeed multi-task. And this wasn't even his church's van!

Pastor Claude Fields and the church were great hosts, for what Pastor Fields announced was officially the "Bob meeting." Encouraging messages were brought by Pastors Bob Sharp (Crane), Bob Stephenson (Springfield), and Bob Baker (Buffalo).

Music was provided by Pastor Eric Campbell (Walnut Grove) and some of his family and church members. A good time of fellowship was had by those attending.

At the business meeting, Pastor Charlie Bell of West Division Street Baptist Church in Springfield was elected as the new MOBBF State Chairman. This left the position of Vice-Chairman open, and Pastor Eddie Lyons of High Street Baptist Church in Springfield was nominated and elected to that position. The terms of all officers run until the end of 2011.

Being Baptists, it was necessary to conclude the afternoon by sitting down for a good meal, ably prepared by members of Marshall Baptist Temple. We thank Marshall Baptist Temple for being such great hosts.

Current Officers

The terms of all officers will expire on December 31, 2011.

Chairman-Charlie Bell
West Division Street Baptist Church
3104 West Division Street
Springfield, MO 65802
Church: 417-862-8644
Email: pastorbell@wdsbc.org

Vice-Chairman-Eddie Lyons
High Street Baptist Church
900 N Eastgate Avenue
Springfield, MO 65802
Church: 417-862-5502

Secretary-Mark Rounsaville
Baptist Temple
2655 North Grant Avenue
Springfield, MO 65803
Church: 417-831-2631

Treasurer-Claude Fields
Marshall Baptist Temple
1595 West Vest Street
Marshall, MO 65340
Church: 660-886-5054