Serving and equipping our churches to fulfill the Great Commission. |
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Celebrating 1 Year at Front Street Pantry |
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Oh what a year! It’s been a year since our world changed and we began using words like pandemic, shelter in place and masks required. The SYBA Food Pantry ministry has remained open to share food and hygiene items with local families because of your faithful support. Families are able to receive assistance at the SYBA office with a pick-up appointment, and the Front Street Food Pantry has remained open with a drive-thru format every Wednesday morning.
On Saturday, March 27th we celebrated our One Year Anniversary at the Front Street location by hosting a Free Food Giveaway. We had 95 cars drive thru with 122 families, representing 314 individuals. They began lining up at 7:45 for this 9:00 – 12:00 event! We were able to give away over 400 meal bags.
Thank you for your help to keep the food pantry shelves filled, so families can learn about Jesus and His love for them!
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Thank You Medical Bus Volunteers! |
Harmony International Mission and other Harmony churches hosted the Baptists on Mission Medical Bus on March 20. Thank you to all who came to support the event. |
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SYBA Vacation Bible School Zoom Roundtable Meeting April 19 @ 7 pm
Let's reach the area kids for Jesus!
Come with questions, ideas, feedback as we discuss your church's upcoming VBS. Paul Hill from Fairview will be the facilitator.
Zoom link:
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Save the Date - SYBA Annual Meeting Aug 17
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You're Invited!
- First Baptist Statesville: Easter Egg Hunt Saturday Apr 3. Sign up by clicking statesvillefbc.org.
- Cornerstone: Experience Easter Apr 3, 2-4 pm. Walk through the life-changing story of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Then, take the interactive bunny trail to an Egg Hunt that ends with a visit to the Treat Bag Tent to grab some goodies before heading to their cars for home. Click here to register.
- Fairview: Easter Egg Hunt Apr 3, 10 am on the soccer field. Ages up to 6th grade.
- Cornerstone: Softball opportunity - If you are interested in playing on the Cornerstone Team or would like to bring in a team, please contact Pam Brothers, Cornerstone Softball Director at 704-798-6193 or Raye Brothers, USSSA Director, at 704-798-9274. Opening Day is April 11.
- Fairview: Chicken BBQ Apr 23 & 24, starting at 10:30 am. $8/plate.
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Trinity: Vickie Sawyer, NC State Senator, Friday Apr 23, 6-7 pm, discussing what we can do to improve election integrity and also how a church can set up a Community Impact Team. Contact Johnny Lamb findlambo2@gmail.com or 704-881-1766 with questions or RSVP.
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Celebrating Our SYBA Church Administrators |
Great church administrators are vital to our churches and ministries!
We have some awesome Church Administrators in the SYBA, and we would like to bless three of them in the month of April. Please nominate your church administrative professionals – whether they work 5 or 40 hours per week. The SYBA will be treating three winners to a $50 gift card to the restaurant of their choice in April to recognize them for their hard work. The deadline for nominations is April 15. Please email Leslie at Lkusek@sybaptist.org or call her at 704-873-4372 ext. 5 to enter them in the drawing. |
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Save the Date - SYBA Pastors' Gathering May 3
(Senior, Associate, Youth, Administrative - all pastors welcomed!)
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SYBA is planning a luncheon Pastors' Gathering for May 3 at 11:30 am in the fellowship hall at Fairview Baptist Church in Statesville. Boxed lunches from Chick Fil A will be served.
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Spiritual Leadership for Pastors
NC Baptist Convention
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Emotionally Healthy Leaders
This track will help you discover and understand who you are as a leader and how to develop leaders who lead a well-balanced life and ministry. You can’t be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.
Thursday, April 8, 15, 22, 29
Video call 2-3:30 pm
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Come to Pastor Prayer Meetings
(Senior, Associate, Youth, Administrative - all pastors welcomed!)
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- April 7 @8-9 am, SYBA offices, Statesville
- April 14 @ 8-9 am, Dunkin Donuts, Mocksville
- April 21 @ 8-9 am, Peninsula Church, Mooresville
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National Day of Prayer - May 6 |
Please let the SYBA know if your church is involved in any National Day of Prayer gatherings and we will happily help promote it. Our country needs prayer now more than ever.
2 Chronicles 7:13-14
13 When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
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Mobilize to Share Christ's Love |
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Appalachian Back Pack Partnership Ministry
Two training / informational meetings will be held via Zoom to help you learn more about how you or your church can be part of this special outreach. These meetings will be held:
Thursday Apr 15 7-8 pm
Saturday Apr 17 10-11 am
Note: November 11-13, 2021 has been reserved for the delivery of these backpacks.
Want to learn more? Please join us for one of these meetings or contact Mary Jordan at 704-682-3994 or dmmrd@bellsouth.net. |
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Love Life Charlotte Prayer Walk |
Would you and your church like to be on the front lines praying that God put an end to the abortion crisis in America? If your answer is yes, please consider joining a prayer walk with Love Life Charlotte during the week of April 18-24 outside the largest abortion clinic in the southeast.
For those interested in what this will mean for your church family, contact Pastor Tim Brower for more information at 704-880-8133 or email timbrower@hotmail.com.
Click here for a link to the Love Life website where you can read testimonies and hear stories of what God is doing and what is expected from churches that partner for a week.
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Volunteer Hope Line Training |
The Hope Line is a toll-free number available 7-days a week from 9 am to 9 pm for adults 65+ .
Volunteers are needed! Volunteers can take calls on their phones from their homes- no travel is involved and your number is never revealed to the caller.
Robert Leonard, the South Central Regional Director with NCBAM,
will be offering a volunteer hope line training Thursday, April 22, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
at the SYBA offices (3009 Amity Hill Road, Statesville, N. C. 28677).
We must limit the group to 9 - please register by contacting Robert at 704-699-7519 or email: releonard@bchfamily.org.
There is no obligation if you take the training. Come, listen, learn, and THEN decide!
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Thank you!!!
SYBA Donations (Sept 2020 - Mar 2021)
(as of March 31, 2021)
Received vs. Budget +$948.97
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Our Mission
Our Mission is to Serve & Equip Our Churches to Fulfill the Great Commission.
Our Vision
Our vision is to serve our South Yadkin Baptist Association churches so they fulfill the Great Commission. We aspire to design services and tools specific to their needs to equip them to serve Christ effectively, fulfill their calling to disciple and reach those unchurched in our community. We aspire to bring value to our churches and help them to be a do all that God has called of them for His kingdom.
Our Values
Our five values of the South Yadkin Baptist Association define the way we do ministry together as a network of churches. The drive behind our values is a solid faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to fulfill our calling to serve, equip, encourage and care for our churches, pastors and their staff.
Partner in Prayer
We encourage and pray for our pastors, churches and unchurched friends through planned events and systems to pray corporately, in small groups and through our prayer network.
Encourage Pastors
We appreciate our pastors and will give care, personal visits and consistent contact with associational leaders to affirm their ministry in the local church.
Do More Together
We engage our churches in relationship with each other to network on initiatives to build the body of Christ and proclaim the name of Christ in our community and wherever God leads.
Help Fulfill Ministry Needs
We help, provide and assist churches with resources to fulfill their mission and help them minister to needs.
Mobilize to Share Christ's Love
We mobilize churches to share the gospel with unchurched friends in our community, some of whom will accept Christ as Savior.
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[PO Box 5249, Statesville, NC 28687] [704.873.4372] [Sybaptist.org]
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