Greetings from

Florida and the Caribbean Islands

October 11, 2023

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

Puerto Rico Beach

Sunday at Parkview Baptist Church, Gainesville, FL

Pastor Jesus Garcia became Parkview's senior pastor in early 2023. This past Sunday, I had a beautiful experience worshipping with this congregation. Pastor Jesus preached a great sermon on Esther and was joined by his sons, quite comfortably, during his time of leading the worship service. Such joy and preciousness!!

Living Stones, led by Pastor Ronnie Kiehm, showed up BIG TIME in Immokalee to learn and serve with Cultivate Abundance.

Everyone loves Mission Peniel especially on Friday afternoons! Cultivate Abundance plays a huge role in growing AND providing culturally appropriate foods for this beautifully diverse community.

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.

Everyone needs one of these year-long prayer guides!

"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.

Isn't it time

to attend to your soul...

Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation

SOUL CARE

Cultivating an Awareness of Divine Presence

MARCH 3-8, 2024

Life Enrichment Center

4991 Picciola Road

Fruitland Park, FL

THE HISTORIC JEFFERSON COUNTY

EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH CELEBRATES

195th ANNIVERSARY!

40 Years

Baptist Women in Ministry

est. 1983

Thank you #BWIM on 40 years of advocating, supporting and leading the way. Thank you for your courage and determination to make a difference in the lives of women clergy, professors, seminarians, chaplains, deacons, and all women who serve in ministry.

Left: Anyra Cano and Meredith Stone

Middle: A panel of theologians and pastors discuss their stories and the state of women in ministry.

Right: Alicia Sedaca Zorzoli

Left: Christi McMillin-Goodwin, Beth McConnell, Me and Elizabeth Nance-Coker - charismatic carpool cohort :)

Right: Meredith Stone

Remembering Judith Baillou

our Sister in Christ from Freeport, Grand Bahama

Judith's Celebration of Life service will be THIS Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 11 AM, Emmanuel Baptist Disciple Centre, Emmanuel Way, High Rock, East Grand Bahama.

Read the latest Fellowship magazine here

Empowering New CBF Clergy to Thrive in Ministry

The CBF Fellows program assists Baptist clergy who are in their "First-call" in making a healthy transition from seminary to congregational ministry. Applications are being received now through October 16. Follow this link to learn more and apply online.

Click Here

Join us for

Session 4

Tuesday, October 17 at 7 EST

Zoom Link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82214803944

Meeting ID: 822 1480 3944

Meredith Stone, Executive Director, BWIM

to lead our

FL and Caribbean Island Class!

Meredith will be leading our VIRTUAL class

Pathlight -

a weekly CBF curriculum

for children

Learn More Here

Registration Now Open!

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