Scott Setzer 606 Country Club Drive Associational Missionary Greenville, NC 27834 252-756-4332, Fax-252-353-5949 Linda Franks srba@suddenlinkmail.com Administrative Assistant www.southroanoke.org Vol. 60 No. 4 April 2016

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churches seeking pastors

Cedar Branch New Hope Chapel

Pactolus Riverview

Smithton, First Trinity

Webbs Chapel

MINISTERS PRAYER MEETINGS

Pitt area: Mon. April 4 at 9:00 am Resource Center Edgecombe area: Mon. April 4 at 11:30 am

Pinetops - bring a bag lunch Wilson area: Tues. April 5 at 8:30 am Wilson, First

Beaufort area: Tues. April 12 at 9:00 am Washington, First Martin area: Wed. April 20 at 11:00 am Reddick’s Grove

Lunch will follow at a local restaurant

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Spring TrainingSpring Training

Monday, April 18Monday, April 18 The Memorial Baptist ChurchThe Memorial Baptist Church

GreenvilleGreenville

Schedule

5:30 - 6:15 PM: Sandwich Supper 6:30 - 7:10 PM: Breakout Session 1 7:20 - 8:00 PM: Breakout Session 2

Individuals can register for sessions by visiting www.southroanoke.org and going to the Event

Registration tab. Churches are asked to contact the SRBA office by Wednesday, April 13 with

their total amount of people who plan to attend.

Missionary's Message

In February, our Church Strengthening Team, working in concert with our Leadership Council, sent an online survey to SRBA pastors and church ministry staff. The survey was sent to both full-time and part-time ministers. Even though the responses were not as high as we anticipated, the survey did give us a snapshot of what dominates the thoughts of ministers in our association. We were pleasantly surprised and thankful to God to see that 37.5% of those who completed the survey have been in their current ministry for 6-10 years and 20.8% have been in their current ministry for over 20 years. In an age where many churches go through pastors every 3-4 years, it is refreshing to see that there are still churches that have longer tenured pastors and ministry staff. When asked about stressors in ministry, balancing ministry and family life was the top response. Vocational ministry can be demanding. Most ministers never consider themselves to be off of the clock. There are sermons and Bible studies to prepare, people to disciple and equip for ministry, meetings to attend, not to mention those unexpected emergencies that require ministers to be ready at a moment’s notice. This is the life of a minister. This is part of the call to serve Christ and His church. Those who live out this calling know what comes with it and they do it gladly. However, if they are not careful, their families can pay the price. I encourage you to pray for your pastor and ministry staff. One other item of interest from the survey I would like to share with you is that the number one area of ministry where respondents believe their churches can be better equipped is disciple-making. Disciple-making has been a hot topic in Christian ministry circles and in our association for several years. It is good to see a fresh focus on the last command Jesus gave us before He ascended to Heaven (Matthew 28:18-20), but there is still much work to be done to bring about a disciple-making culture in our churches.

Please know that the members of our Church Strengthening Team and Leadership Council are prayerfully planning the next steps that need to be taken in response to this survey. One immediate opportunity that is before us is the Spring Training event that will take place Monday, April 18 at The Memorial Baptist Church, Greenville. This training is for everyone who is a part of the SRBA. We will, however, have a special session geared for those in vocational ministry called Managing the Stress of Ministry. We will also offer a couple of sessions that focus on disciple-making. Not to mention sessions that cover several other ministry topics. More information about the Spring Training is contained in other parts of this newsletter. I look forward to seeing you in April

as we seek to sharpen our skills for Kingdom ministry . To God Be The Glory!

Scott Setzer

WMU NEWS

I would like to issue a special invitation to each lady of WMU to attend and participate in our upcoming Spring Training. At this event I will facilitate a session WMU Roundtable. I would love for numerous ladies to come togeth-er and share their hearts, passions, ideas and questions with one another. I would love to see veteran mission group lead-ers share their wisdom with 'newbies'. I would love to hear stories of how you have been on mission in your community and around the world and how you have seen God move. I would love for you to share your struggles so we can encour-age and pray for each other. Whew! That's a lot to expect out of a 45 minute session! Resources will be available for anyone who is new to WMU or any of the children/adult mission groups. So bring your stories and your questions....and make plans to join us for our WMU Roundtable on April 18 at The Memorial Baptist Church in Greenville.

Ever in service to the King,

Corby Bunting - SRBA WMU Director

AVAILABLE POSITIONS

Ayden, First Music Director send resume to Music Committee, PO Box 308, Ayden, NC 28513.

Farmville, First part-time Minister of Children and Families Contact First Baptist Church, Farmville, 252-753-3370 and/or send a resume with references to: First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 34, Farmville NC 27828. A full job description is on the SRBA website, sroanoke.org.

Hamilton part-time Pianist and Choir Director. If interested, contact Hamilton Baptist Church, PO Box 370, Hamilton NC 27840; 252-798-5891; hamiltonbaptistchurch@gmail.com.

Trinity Pianist/Music Director, part-time, year round, salaried posi-tion. Send resume to Trinity Baptist Church, 730 West Wilson Street, Tarboro, NC 27886. Telephone 252-823-2502.

West End, Williamston part-time Music/Choir Director If interested, contact West End Baptist Church 1505 W. Main St., Williamston NC 27892. Email resumes to jamezlynch@hotmail.com 252-792-3347.

WELCOME NEW PASTORS

Reddicks Grove has called Rev. Casey Short as Pastor effective March 6th.

Mildred has called Rev. Phillip Boseman as Pastor effective March 9th.

We welcome these new pastors and their families to South Roanoke.

Spring Training - Schedule

Sessions 1 & 2 (The same content will be presented in both sessions)

Managing the Stress of Ministry

Making the Shift to a Disciple-making Culture

Practical Disciple-making

Military Ministry

Session 1

Connecting Your Church to a Mission Field

Utilizing MissionInsite to Understand Your Ministry Context

Developing a Prayer Ministry for Your Church

WMU Roundtable

Session 2

Partnering Together to Plant Churches in the SRBA

Using Social Media and Graphic Design in Ministry

SRBA Prayer Network Conference Call Overview

Church Renewal Journey

Visit www.southroanoke.org to read descriptions of each breakout session and register for the training.

RA MISSION FAIR/CAR RACE WINNERS

Lads 1st Landon Stalls, Williamston Memorial 2nd Ethan Parker, First Baptist Wilson 3rd Benjamin McBride, First Baptist Wilson

Crusaders 1st Corwin Stanley, Forest Hills 2nd Mason Wocher, First Baptist Wilson 3rd Cade Mixon, First Baptist Washington GA’s 1st Carmen Parker, First Baptist Wilson 2nd Kamryn Lewis, First Baptist Washington 3rd Corabeth Asby, First Baptist Washington Counselor/Dad 1st Grant Stanley, Forest Hills 2nd Matt Renfrow, First Baptist Washington 3rd Brian Silva, First Baptist Washington