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Announcements for February 10

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES MEMBERSHIP CLASS: Interested in becoming a Member of GABC? A Foundations of Membership Class will be held TODAY, February 10, from 1-4 pm in Room 102. This class covers our faith and practice. It is open to anyone wishing to learn more about life at GABC. Register at gabcames.org/membership or contact our church office (info@gabcames.org) BIBLE…

Lottie Moon Emphasis

THE PATH TO HOPE The world has more refugees today than ever before in recorded history. They’re on the move across dangerous seas. They’re trekking on foot over mountain ranges. They’re trying to create a life for themselves in a new country with nothing but the clothes on their back. And in the midst of their heartbreaking story, many refugees have walked right into the…

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KEEPING THE WELL FROM RUNNING DRY At the end of a beaten-up road in Tanzania, a small hospital occasionally gets as full as it can get, and then runs on empty. In the past, it’s had moments where sick children slept two or three to a bed. It’s had moments where anesthetic drugs for C-sections and suture materials for surgery have run out. But the situation has never…

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COMING BACK CHANGED Keith Wieser said he’s found a surefire way to develop courage in sharing your faith—go to East Asia. Over the past three years, more than 80 students have participated in his church’s partnership with IMB workers in that region, going there to serve for 10 weeks in the summer or two weeks on Christmas break. That experience changes everything, said…

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NOT A “FLASH IN THE PAN” J.D. Greear says his church’s partnership with IMB missionaries is more than just a partnership—it’s a front-row seat to some of God’s most exciting work in hard-to-reach places. “The most significant things in the world are happening through the church that God is building,,” said J.D., pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North…

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A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE Every single week, Pastor Fabio in Brazil makes it into the prayers of a few hundred people in Kentucky. Chris Platt, pastor of Highland Baptist Church in Shelbyville, says that’s because they’ve met Fabio—and that in turn has made missions personal. Ever since Chris’s church partnered with the work of IMB missionaries Scott and Joyce Pittman in Sao…

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A “MIRACLE” PARTNERSHIP Four years ago when IMB worker Edwin Feather (name changed) set out to reach a large city in Southeast Asia, Daniel Tuchez was there. Daniel’s team wasn’t just the first Hispanic missions team to partner with Edwin in that city; it was the first team, period. And Daniel, who serves as pastor of Iglesia Bautista El Shaddai in Jackson, Tennessee,…

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A SMALL CHURCH’S BIG DREAM A few years ago, Pastor Steve Lakin’s small church took a big leap of faith. They had a large budget surplus, and they weren’t sure how to use it. But after some praying and dreaming, First Baptist Church of Andersonville, Tennessee, congregation of 125, decided to commit to something radical. They decided to raise $90,000, the equivalent…

Lottie Moon Missions Emphasis

LOSING YOURSELF FOR THE LOST Larry Pepper was on a trajectory. He was a NASA flight surgeon who was good at this job, active in his church, involved as a dad—and possibly headed for space. It wouldn’t be long before he ended up as a candidate finalist for a space mission. But God interrupted his plans. As Larry thought more and more about his life and its eternal…

Advent Sermon Series

    ADVENT SERMON SERIES: CHRISTMAS LETTERS Dec 02   Ephesians 2:1-10      Christmas Letters: God’s Great Grace for Dead People Dec 09   Ephesians 2:11-22    Christmas Letters: Jesus Is Peace for the Hostile Dec 16   Romans 5:1-5            Christmas Letters: Jesus Is Hope for the Hopeless Dec 23   Philippians 2:5-7       Christmas Letters: Jesus Is…

July 4th Celebration

Join us this July 4th for a great celebration at the home of Terry & Debbie Martens (51552 180th Street, Ames). Things to bring are: 2 side dishes (salad, vegetable, dessert, etc.); lawn chairs, sunscreen, and bug repellant. For more information and a schedule for the day with activities listed click FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION 2018.

Prayer for International Missions Week 7

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS PRAYER FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS MIKESKA FAMILY IN LONDON At Shane and Lindsay Mikeska’s house in London, Christmas tradition is anything but traditional. Holiday after holiday, the world converges in their kitchen. “Last year, we had an Iranian student and Indian student baking Christmas cookies with a girl from Lebanon and another from Hong Kong,”…

Praying for International Missions Week 5

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS  PRAYER FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS  MEXICO CITY TEAM  When you’re a team of 12, how do you even start to reach a city of more than 28 million people? That’s a question Todd Beel’s team in Mexico City asks itself a lot. He and fellow IMB missionaries in the megacity hail from places ranging from Colombia to Cuba and from Korea to Tennessee. They…

Praying for International Missions Week 3

LOTTIE MOON EMPHASIS PRAYER FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS MUSLIMS OF RUSSIA When most people think of Russia, they may conjure up images of Romanov royalty, a parade of dictators like Stalin and Lenin or Brezhnev, or maybe cultural icons such as Mikhail Baryshnikov or Dostoyevsky. They don’t think of Muslims. But Islam is part of the fabric of old Russia—it made it there 66…

Praying for International Missions Week 2

As we continued to pray for International Missions through December 2017 and January 2018 this week’s focus is: BAGBY FAMILY IN NEPAL The streets that line the city where Radford and Sarah Bagby (names changed) live are the kind people in the United States would find to go four-wheeler riding. “Get outside of that, and it’s so much worse,” Radford says. And outside…

Praying for International Missions

During the months of December 2017 and January 2018 we will be praying for international missions in conjunction with the Lottie Moon Offering time.  This week we’re looking at “Why Prayer Matters” (from the IMB 2017 Week of Prayer for International Missions prayer guide). WHY PRAYER MATTERS  When it comes to praying for missionaries, International…

How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds

In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal Nicholas Carr gives some troubling research about the impact of smartphone on our ability to concentrate. He reveals that students who have access to smartphones in class drop one letter grade. The impact of smartphones on us and our culture is yet to be known.  Their impact will unfold in the next 10 to 15 years. There are…

Iowa Missions Offering

September 10-17 the Baptist Convention of Iowa churches across our state will collect a special offering specifically designated for ministry in the state.   By pooling our offerings together, much can be accomplished for the Kingdom. 100% of the money given to the Iowa Missions Offering will be used in two specific ministry areas:  1) the Iowa Ministry Fund, which…