The Augusta Baptist

Arms Around Augusta: Impacting Our World

Revelation 14:6-7
Published monthly by the Augusta Association of Baptist Churches
1120 Marks Church Road, Augusta, GA 30909 Phone 706-736-8705, Fax 706-736-1054
www.theaugustabaptistassociation.org
Dr. Dwayne Boudreaux Associational Missionary Minister

Volume 67 November 2017 Number 10

32nd Annual
Minister/Deacons/Spouses Christmas Banquet
Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 7PM
Warren Baptist Church - 3203 Washington Road, Augusta, GA 30907
Entertainment by Jennifer Henderson, Recording Artist with A & G Entertainment
Cost: $12.50 per person See your Deacon Chairman for tickets.
Reservation Deadline: November 29, 2017

Our Newsletter is stepping into the 21st Century!

Beginning January 2018, our newsletter will no longer be mailed unless requested. It is currently available on
our new & improved website, www.theaugustabaptistassociation.org. You can also follow us on our Facebook
page, www.facebook.com/theaugustabaptistassociation. If you prefer to receive your newsletter by mail, please
let us know and we will continue to mail one to you. You can contact Cyndy Lifsey or Gail Griner by phone, 706
736-8705, or email, augmissioncenter@knology.net.

Augusta Project
The Augusta Mission Center: Each month we are completing projects and discussing new projects both for the
campus facilities and for the missions/ministries. Our Masters Plan Team has completed their task and
assignment, and now a formal recommendation will be made to the Augusta Mission Center Board of Directors,
November 2, and then a plan will be submitted to the Executive Committee. This is a huge endeavor to configurate
the facility to handle the missions and ministries that will be accomplished through the center.
Blue Sky Institutes: Both the traditional and the Inner City/Urban tracks are being developed. The Georgia
Baptist Educational Institutes are our credentials agency. We will offer multiple opportunities for teachers and
students. Mark Otstot is the key contact at this point as the Registrar and Dean.
Augusta Mission Lab: Showers are ready, restrooms are ready, upstairs flooring needs to be completed, the
kitchen is being made ready. We are close to being ready for small customized team projects for this summers.
Contact Gail Griner for details. We will connect teams coming in with local churches. Visit New Orleans Mission
Lab and see what we desire to do starting on a small scale.

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 A Missionarys Message
Thank You for Prayers: I greatly appreciate all the prayers for Cathy and myself as we moved and transitioned
from Martinez to Evans. After 16 moves in our 36 years of marriage, we are praying this is the last move. Evans
may be our final stop and final resting place. We are blessed to have so many people praying for us. I am honored
to be your Associational Missionary Minister. I am starting to schedule my visits to churches in 2018. If I can be
of service to you or your church, please contact me. If I do not hear from you, I will see you on my 14-18 months
rotation.
We are Growing: We just added our sixty-sixth church and we are working on more churches becoming part of
our Baptist Association. Welcome, Maranatha Bible Church and Pastor Tony Liggins, to our association! Please
pray for us as we seek to establish a new multi-ethnic work, a new Hispanic work, and any other possible
established works joining our association.
Backpacks of Hope/ West Virginia: We still need backpacks to deliver and distribute to the poor children of West
Virginia. We need prayers for safety and the great opportunities in our three hubs: 1.) Logan, 2.) Summersville,
3.) White Sulphur Springs. Note: We still do a lot of mission and ministry work out of Huntersville, outside of
our White Sulphur Springs Hub. There are always opportunities at the Greenbrier Birthing Center. Please contact
Gail Griner, our City Planner and Commissioned Missionary, about planning and any specific logistics associated
with the backpack ministry.
Linking Arms Across the River and a C.S.R.A. Hispanic Work: As the Augusta Association of Baptist Churches,
we are going to focus on a broader missions and ministries endeavor in 2018. We are praying about and
researching the possibility of a new Hispanic Work in the C.S.R.A. and will have the newest demographics soon.
We will be seeking partners on both sides of the Savannah River to help with a multiethnic, Hispanic, or other
new works from a C.S.R.A. perspective. Our Cross Cultural Commission is seeking to expand our role in helping
as support with these and other missions and ministries endeavors. More information will be forthcoming and
leadership opportunities with a soon to be formed Board of Directors and Commissioners Seats vacancies to be
filled. Decision makers will have seats at the table for both direction and execution of missions and ministries.
Augusta Mission Lab is Coming: The missions and ministry building is close to being completed. We still need
the floors to be prepared and flooring installed. Restrooms, showers, and changing rooms are in the final stages
of being readied. We already have some teams wanting to come to Augusta this summer.
In His Secure Grip,
Dr. B

Our Next
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Monday, December 4, 2017
Pine View Baptist Church
119 Pleasant Home Road ~ Martinez, GA 30907
Fellowship 10:30AM ~ Meeting 11AM

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 Backpacks of Hope
Our Goal: 1,700 filled backpacks
Collection Dates: Oct 9-30, 2017
Collection Site:
The Augusta Mission Center
2877 Lumpkin Road, Augusta, GA 30906
Calendar of Events
AABC Augusta Association of Baptist Churches; AMC Augusta Mission Center; ARP Allegheny
Reciprocating Partnership; BCM Baptist Collegiate Ministry; BSMC Broad Street Ministry Center; CCC
Cross Cultural Commission; GBMB Georgia Baptist Mission Board; TBC The Baptist Center; TBA To Be
Announced
NOVEMBER 2017
2 AMC Board of Directors Meeting, 11:45AM,
AMC
2 CCC Meeting, 6:30PM, AMC
3 Fellowship of Ministers of Music, Evening
Meeting, Abilene Baptist Church
6 Finance Committee Meeting, 10AM, TBC
7 Pathways, 10:30AM, TBC
13 BSMC Board of Directors Meeting, 3:30PM,
BSMC
13-14 Georgia Baptist Convention, Lawrenceville,
GA
15 BSMC clients call for Christmas appointments
15-19 Delivering Backpacks of Hope to WV
20-21 BSMC Thanksgiving Distribution, 6-8PM
22-23 Association Office Closed for Thanksgiving
23-24 BSMC Closed for Thanksgiving
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If you havent brought your backpacks
to the collection site, please do it soon!
We are packing the trailer on
November 15 and heading to West
Virginia. If you can help sort and pack
clothes for West Virginia, please
contact Gail Griner
DECEMBER 2017
4 Finance Committee Meeting, 10AM, Pine View
Baptist
4 Executive Committee Meeting, 10:30AM
Fellowship, 11AM Meeting, Pine View Baptist
7 Ministry Assistants Christmas Luncheon,
12:30PM, Warren Baptist
7 Ministers/Deacons/Spouses Christmas Banquet,
7PM, Warren Baptist
14 AMC Board of Directors Meeting, 11:45AM,
AMC
14 Cross Cultural Commission, 6:30PM, AMC
18-19 BSMC Project 61 Christmas Distribution, 6-
8PM
21, 25-26 Association Office Closed for Christmas
25-27 BSMC Closed for Christmas
 Church News
Hope Dental Clinic has closed. Funding for the clinic will no longer be accepted.
If you wish to have something included in the newsletter, please fax it to Cyndy Lifsey at the Association
Office, 706 736-1054, or email her at augmissioncenter@knology.net. ALL NOTICES MUST BE
SUBMITTED IN WRITING. Thank you.
Attention: Churches! Local Southern Baptist seminary students preparing for ministry are searching for vintage
hymnals and old family Bibles. They frame the pages and use the proceeds to fund their studies. If you have any
to donate, please call 706-910-7426 to arrange pick up.
Hopeful Baptist Church is having their Fall Festival on Saturday, November 11, 4PM-7PM. Yall come!
Hill Baptist: Are you very organized and love teaching children about Jesus? We are hiring a part-time Director
of Children's Ministry. For more information you can submit your resume or questions to
office@thehillbaptist.com. You can find out more about our church by visiting our website www.thehillbaptist.com.
Morningside Baptist Church is seeking a part time music minister and pianist. Traditional mixed with praise
and worship. Anyone with any questions can call the church at (706)738-1518 or Mrs. Delisa Beasley
at (706)830-3040. Please send resumes to: Morningside Baptist Church, Attn: Search Committee, P.O. Box
2950, Augusta, GA 30914
Powell Baptist Church is in need of a part-time bi-vocational Music Minister. Resumes can be emailed to
pbc@powellbaptistchurch.com, Attn: Debbie Davis, or mailed to 1577 Old Appling-Harlem Hwy, Harlem, GA
30814. For more information, please call (706) 951-3323.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Avera, GA, needs a Music/Worship Leader. This is a part-time position. For
additional information, please contact Pastor Steve Spencer at (706) 294-2176
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Hephzibah, GA has an opening for a part-time Song Leader. Duties include
planning and leading music for all services. Please submit resumes to pastorp25@yahoo.com. For more
information please contact Pastor Perry Key by phone: (706) 755-1581 or email: pastorp25@yahoo.com.
The First Baptist Church of Evans, GA, is searching for a skilled musician who loves God and neighbor to plan
and lead worship for their 11:00 Sunday morning services. This is a part-time position, about 10 hours per week.
In addition to Sunday worship leadership, duties will include planning with the pastor and rehearsing with choir
and instrumentalists. Their worship is both reflective and celebratory, and they use Christian music from any era
that can help their congregation do the work of worship. Please send resumes or inquiries to Mr. Gary Burks,
Chair of Personnel Committee, at fbcevans@knology.net.
Pine Hill Baptist is looking for a part-time Youth Director. For more information, please call (706) 830-0835.