ABCUSA Monthly Enewsletter - March 2021

ABCUSA NEWS UPDATE A monthly newsletter to keep you informed about ABCUSA Early Registration Ends March 31! Register Today for the 2021 Biennial Mission Summit Registration is open for the American Baptist Churches Biennial Mission Summit, meeting online Thursday, June 24 to Saturday, June 26, 2021. Plan now to experience the vitality of our American Baptist family together with other American Baptists from all corners of the United States and the world during our first ever denomination-wide online Biennial Mission Summit! Take advantage of our early registration discount through March 31, 2021. Visit www.americanbaptists2021.com to register. The Generosity Project Webinar “We Are Better Together: Cooperative Stewardship” Announced The American Baptist Churches USA Office of the General Secretary announces an upcoming webinar, “We Are Better Together: Cooperative Stewardship,” Thursday, April 8 at 1:00pm EDT. The webinar is a part of The Generosity Project, an Office of the General Secretary initiative which examines the challenge of stewardship in the 21st century and looks at learning how to re-frame the conversation around stewardship. “We Are Better Together: Cooperative Stewardship” will look at how Congregations today are feeling limited by their resources of volunteers and finance and often also feel they have to go it alone. Register Today. 2021 Lent: A Time to Get REady To mark the 2021 Lenten Season, the ABCUSA Office of the General Secretary is sharing an online devotional for prayer and contemplation entitled “2021 Lent: A Time to Get REady.” Invited persons from across the country will offer video reflections inviting us to embark on a spiritual journey of preparation. We invite you to join us on our website as we get REady throughout the 2021 Lenten Season. View 2021 Lenten Reflections here. ABCUSA Anti-Racism Task Force March 2021 Article The ABCUSA Anti-Racism Task Force invites you to learn more about the emerging, discovering, and exploring that it has been working through since November 2020. The Task Force offers two illustrations, and invites you to learn more about its work here. Don't Miss It: New Ministers and Seminarians, You are Invited to the Orientation to American Baptist Life! View an invitation from Interim General Secretary Jeff Woods, above. Visit www.abc-usa.org/otabl for more information, or email otabl@abc-usa.org. No matter when, it’s never too late ... A Call to Prayer for Myanmar We invite you to visit our website for an American Baptist Call to Prayer for the people of Myanmar and the Burma Diaspora resource page. Starting in the month of March, 2021, we ask that you consider setting aside time(s) to lift up prayers individually or collectively, and to also consider ways you can serve as an action of your support in the coming weeks and months.  We provide documents and links to other sources through which you can learn more about the American Baptist relationship with the people from Myanmar and the current sociopolitical situations in Myanmar. We also provide prayer and worship resources that individuals and faith communities can use in their homes, church meetings, and worship services that we hope will assist you in centering God in your desire and efforts to discern your Christian witness amidst these challenging times. Ways to support through giving and advocacy are also provided. View Resources. Small Church Pastors' and Leaders' Conference Learn more here. Visit our Partners: To list a full list of ABC ministries, click here. Visit our Website

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