Our annual symposium meeting will be held on Friday, May 14 at Stony Baptist Church near Potosi. Pastor Claude Evans has been hard at work to put together a wonderful program for us. The national theme for missions has been, “Across the Street – Around the World” and we are going to echo that theme as well. We will hear from Tony Crocker- Foreign Missions, Bro. Sam Husser- North America Missions, plus from a local missionary. On the following Saturday, during our semi-annual meeting, Bro. David Dickson, our church planter from Puerto Rico, will preach the message and share about his new assignment within the states to our Latin American population. I believe it is going to be a great symposium and you will not want to miss it! If you have questions concerning motel accommodations, please contact Pastor Claude Evans at 573-562-7036.
I must sound a warning about our mission offerings. Despite our cut backs in missionary support and Director’s salary, the offerings from our churches are not keeping up with expenses. Please consider increasing your monthly offerings to state missions and giving generously to this year’s mission symposium offering.
As a member of the committee that arranges the annual Men’s Retreat, I am sad to inform you that we have suspended the Men’s Retreat for this year. The attendance of our pastors for this event has dropped off in recent years and the committee has called into question the need for this king of retreat. In addition, we count on the generous support of our state association and the Meramec association to fund this event. In light of the decreasing balances in both mission’s accounts, it is difficult to justify spending this amount of money. We would love to hear your comments concerning the continuation of this event.
