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October 2002
BCA News
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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
The first officer’s meeting
of the 2002-03 year was held Sept. 20 in Alpharetta featuring lots of good
fellowship, business and, of course, food (we’re Baptists after all)!
As always, many thanks go to
Keith Beene, who always is on top of things - even when I’m not. Keith’s
knowledge of BCA is amazing. He is a great administrative assistant and, in
case you didn’t know, soon to be a father twice over. The Beenes are
expecting their second child in a few weeks. Please keep them in your thoughts
and prayers!
Planning for the 2003 BCA
Workshop in San Diego is well underway, as program co-chair Terry Barone
reported via conference call from Fresno. Program personalities are currently
being enlisted, so if you have suggestions for the committee, drop Terry an
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Officers discussed at length
the local BCA chapter concept, which the association is piloting this year
under the leadership of immediate past-president Diane Reasoner. Keith
circulated a list to the officers breaking down BCA membership by region. It
appears there are a lot of possibilities for this concept. If you have
questions or comments regarding local BCA chapters or would like to volunteer
to serve on the committee investigating the possibility, please e-mail Diane at
dreasoner@gabaptist.org.
Sara Horn, director of news
and media relations at Union University, has agreed to head up the scholarship
committee and has a committee in place and working. Thanks Sara! A deadline of
Dec. 13 has been set for submission of applications for 2004 scholarships. If
you need more information regarding BCA scholarships, contact Sara at shorn@uu.edu.
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Ty Wood, media services
director for the Florida Baptist Convention, will head up our audit committee
this year. We appreciate you, Ty! This will be an important audit, as the
association has gone several years without one.
Please take a minute to read
more about the meeting elsewhere in this newsletter. It’s going to be a great
year for BCA!
As always, I welcome your
comments and suggestions regarding BCA and its activities. Remember, we’re
all in this thing together, serving to further the cause of Christ! If you’re
not involved in BCA, find a way to be involved!
“Mercy, peace and love be
yours in abundance” (Jude 1:2).
Tim Yarbrough
tyarbrough@namb.net
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OFFICERS’ MEETING
OVERVIEW
In addition to appointing Sara
Horn as scholarship committee chairman and Ty Wood as chairman of the audit
committee, BCA president Tim Yarbrough named past-president Diane Reasoner as
chairman of the nominating committee.
Tim Yarbrough also recommended the formation of
a BCA strategic plan “to formalize existing processes and goals, and to have
a guiding document and a timeline for accomplishing those goals.”
Membership vice president Robert Reeves
suggested a simplified process for approving new members involving
administrative approval of applicants rather than requiring recommendations
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Missions vice president Mark Snowden received
suggestions for mission projects during the 2003 San Diego workshop, April
24-26. Suggestions included volunteering at a soup kitchen, distributing the
“Jesus” film, or offering communications advice to local pastors during
personalized consultations.
Items tabled for further discussion included
possibilities for future meeting locations, scholarship funding options,
feasibility of multiple newsletter formats, and coordination of BCA
communications by a potential communications vice president.
The next officers meeting is scheduled for Feb.
21 in Dallas. If you have an item of business that you would like the officers
to discuss, contact BCA president Tim Yarbrough at tyarbrough@namb.net.
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MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
BCA members have specific skills needed by
missionary teams overseas. There is an immediate need in November for a
three-member media research team to volunteer their time and expertise in
India.
To obtain more information about this or other
projects listed below, contact the SBC’s International Mission Board at Initial.Contacts@imb.org
or 888-422-6461.
Immediate Need:
INDIA (#30809) Media Research team of 3
people needed in November 2002 for 2 weeks
Other current short-term projects:
INDONESIA (#48788) Video Team of 5 people
needed for 2 weeks
PHILIPPINES (#30612)
Videographer needed for 6 weeks
SPAIN (#47819) 14
Puppet Teams of 8 people needed for 2 weeks year-round
SPAIN (#59919) Photos
in the Park evangelism team -- 7 teams of 4 people needed for 2 weeks
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MEXICO (#30828)
Professional video project for 1 videographer -- 1 week
ISRAEL (#49130) Jesus
Film Teams -- 5 teams of 6 people needed for 1 week year-round
SOUTH ASIA (#49122) Photographer/Graphic Designer needed for 2 or more
months
PLANS IN PROGRESS FOR SAN
DIEGO WORKSHOP
The 2003 Baptist Communicators
Association annual workshop will be April 24-26 at the San Diego Marriott -
Mission Valley in San Diego, Calif. The hotel is located 10 minutes from the
airport and within walking distance of shopping and restaurants.
FEEDBACK REQUESTED:
What seminars would you like to attend? The planning committee would like to
hear your ideas: E-mail Terry Barone at tbarone@csbc.com.
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BCA MEMBERSHIP
RENEWALS DUE
It's time to pay your
membership dues again. Renewal forms were sent out in late June for the year
which began July 1. Yearly membership is $75 for professional members and $25
for retired and student members.
Make checks payable to Baptist
Communicators Association and send in care of Administrative Coordinator,
1715-K South Rutherford Blvd. #295, Murfreesboro, TN 37130. If you need a
renewal form, contact Keith Beene at 615-904-0152 or at bca.office@att.net.
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NEW BCA MAILING ADDRESS
Make sure you have made note
of BCA’s new mailing address:
Baptist Communicators
Association
1715-K South Rutherford Blvd. #295
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130 Back
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GRAPEVINE
CAMERON CRABTREE, vice president of
public relations for Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, has left the
seminary staff to pursue possibilities for local ministry on the West Coast.
Crabtree has worked for the seminary for a total of 11 years, serving in public
relations and institutional advancement. Earlier, he was an editor at the California
Southern Baptist Newsjournal.
CHRIS FORBES, a media strategist for the
International Mission Board, will begin serving as a church planting media
strategist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma in mid-October. He
will help coordinate the Internet Evangelism Project, a pilot program for
cyberevangelism, in conjunction with several partners including the IMB and
North America Mission Board. For more information on this endeavor, go to www.VITANovis.com.
(Vita Novis is Latin for “Life for Novices.”) Forbes’ e-mail address will
remain cforbes@imb.org or you can contact
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LEE INSKO has been named vice president
of Details Communications in Birmingham, Ala., after serving eight years in the
office of University Communications at Samford University. His contact
information is: Details Communications, 104 Broadway, Birmingham, AL 35209;
phone, 800-231-3857 ext. 132; e-mail, lee.insko@detailscom.com;
Web site, www.thedetailsgroup.com.
HOW TO SUBMIT NEWS ITEMS
Send items for the BCA newsletter to Keith Beene at bca.office@att.net
or newsletter editor Kristi Hodge at khodge@flbaptist.org.
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