Greetings from

Florida and the Caribbean Islands

November 15, 2023

Here's a quick look midweek to strengthen your faith and connect with your CBF family.

La Poza del Obispo, Puerto Rico

Prayer from Daily Feast Year A

Let's talk about faith...

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... Thank you Passport!

A Pastor Installation and

$ Shredding the Mortgage $

...Now that's a GREAT DAY

Rev Melody Kidd became Emmanuel Community Church's official pastor last Sunday as they celebrated their mortgage being paid in FULL. Now that calls for a celebration, which they did with joy and love! When not pastoring, Melody is a chaplain. ECC is getting a HUGE gift by calling Melody. Her heart is bigger than the moon as she has the gift of loving on people who have been bruised and battered by life.

Shred that mortgage!

Passport announces new

cross-cultural youth camps

Searching for a

Digital Strategy Specialist

CBF Global is seeking a creative and tech-savvy Digital Strategy Specialist to join our Identity and Communications team. This individual will play a key role in crafting and executing a comprehensive digital strategy to promote CBF’s mission and connect with our diverse audiences. The Digital Strategy Specialist will oversee social media channels, manage website updates, develop compelling digital content and lead the staff in embracing digital content with more traditional media.

Apply here for this job

Every dollar counts on Give Miami Day, Thursday November 16, 2023. Together, we can inspire the next generation of scientists and innovators. Join us in supporting education today and donate now with the link below! #Givemiamiday #GMD #TheMiamiFoundation #Givemiamiday2023

Donate to TML Here

Looking for an ADVENT resource

for your families with young children?

Link

Here's the link for more information. Cost is ONLY $40 per church.

To review a sample devotion, contact Lauren Mills.

Rev. Lauren Mills

Minister to Children

First Baptist Church Marietta

LMills@mariettafbc.org

linktr.ee/fbcmkidsquest

Office: (678) 741-8857

Cell: (770) 598-9043

CBF of South Carolina and Florida / Caribbean Islands, together, are offering this inter-generational mission engagement opportunity to families, singles, young, old and everyone in between. Spend this 2024 holiday weekend making a difference and making new friends. "Credit" is available to FL students seeking community service hours.

$100 per person (covers lodging and food) to engage in this joint mission endeavor.

What should I expect? Our SC/FL teams will be working on projects ranging from painting and light household repairs to building wheelchair ramps. There will be projects for everyone and all skill levels. All meals on Saturday and Sunday are covered in your registration fee. There are two lodging options - motel rooms (at an extra cost) and cabins with bunk beds. You can indicate your preference when you register.

REGISTRATION LINK going live soon.

BRING:

Pillow, sleeping bag or bed linens

Towel and washcloth

Toiletries and personal care items

Sleepwear

Work clothes (layers are recommended)

Jacket, cap (check the weather before packing)

Work gloves

Close-toed work shoes with socks (sneakers ok, may be messy work)

Insect repellent

Sunscreen

In 2024, it is time

to attend to your soul...

Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation

SOUL CARE

Cultivating an Awareness of Divine Presence

MARCH 3-8, 2024

Fruitland Park, FL

CBF's Book of the Month

November 2023

My Boy Will Die of Sorrow: A Memoir of Immigration from the Front Lines

By Efrén Olivares

Click here for CBF Book Discussion Guide

This year’s theme, “Equipping With Every Good Thing,” is based on Hebrews 13:20-21: "Now may the God of peace … equip you with every good thing to do his will, by developing in us what pleases him through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory forever and always.” The Offering for Global Missions equips the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship with the gifts and passions of 46 Field Personnel in 17 different countries and the United States, spreading the hope of Jesus Christ. When you give to the Offering for Global Missions, you also participate in this mission of Jesus Christ around the world.

This year we have a goal of $4 million. Every gift helps us reach this goal to support the presence of Field Personnel.

Make a gift to the offering here

Get your copy of the

OGM Prayer Guide below

"Writers were invited to share about someone who has made a significant impact on their lives, a spiritual guide so to speak - one who has shaped their faith, their theology or their prayer life." Thanks Meg Lacy Vega for compiling these beautiful Spiritual Guides.

Order Copies of 2023-24 Prayers of the People HERE.

Apply here

Applications due Dec 1st

Here's a great daily devotion tool from Passport, one of our partners who are changing our youth's lives. Read more about and download the app below. Two weeks ago, they dedicated prayers to world peace. Your prayer life will be enhanced, I'm certain.

Text Link Here

Read the latest Fellowship magazine here

Pathlight -

a weekly CBF curriculum

for children

Learn More Here

Have you heard?

Passport is going to

Puerto Rico

Next Summer!

Passport's philosophy of identifying where to host camp, especially outside of the continental U.S. is pretty specific. Go where we are welcomed and invited. The family of God is so BIG and we have so much to learn from fellow Christians around the globe. That is why were are excited to share the great news that we are headed to Puerto Rico in 2024.

Thanks to those who helped make introductions along the way. CBF Florida/ Caribbean Islands Ruben Ortiz and American Baptists in Puerto Rico

For more information