TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page
Agenda
........................................................................................................ 1
Minutes
....................................................................................................... 2-4
Moderator’s Report
[Rev. Marc Potvin] ................................................ 4
Chaplain Committee Report [Rev. June Keddy]
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5
Evangelism Committee Report [Rev. Johan Eichhorn]
......................... 6
Kingswood Camp Report
- Chairman [Allison Magee,]
...................... 6-7
- Director [Rev. Pamela Estey,]
.................. 7-9
- Treasurer [Laurie Hennigar,]
.................. 9-12
Leadership Development Report [Rev. Ellen Hunt,
Chairperson] ....... 13
Mission Committee Report – Chairperson [Rev. Brian
Wheaton] ....... 14
- WMS [Eva Wheaton, Secretary]
............ 14-15
Regional Minister’s Report [Rev. Ronald Baxter, RM,
Region 2] ......... 15-17
Special Convention Reports – Lic. Marion Jamer, Lic.
David Cumby] . 18-19
Social Action Committee Report [Sylvia Hudson,
Secretary] ................ 20
Stewardship Committee Report [Rev. Phil Locke, Chairman]
.............. 21
The Rev. Don Ehler Memorial Chaplaincy Fund [David
Rafuse, Treas.] 22
The Treasurer’s Report [Robert Douglas, Treasurer]
............................ 23-27
The Nominating Committee Report [Rev. Barbara Cochran,
Chair].... 28-31
Eastern Valley
United Baptist Association
Annual
Meeting, 1 Nov 2008
Held at the
Avonport United Baptist Church
A - G - E - N
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8:30 a.m. Registration
8:50 a.m. Singspiration -
Devotional by host pastor, Rev. Gail Whalen-Dunn
9:20 a.m. Business – open session with prayer
Welcome to
New Pastors, Guests and Delegates
Rules of
Order (read by Clerk)
Minutes of Spring Association, May 2008
Business
Arising from Minutes
Correspondence
9:45 a.m. Committee Reports
[As recorded
in booklet and handouts – to be voted on
as a
group, except for the Leadership and Development,
Financial
and Nominating Committee reports.
Offering
10:30
a.m. Fellowship Break (and Coffee
time)
10:50
a.m. Singing of God's Praises
11:00 a.m. The Incorporation of Kingswood Camp
12:00 p.m. Committee Reports (Continued)
New Business
Announcements
12:25
p.m. Closing Hymn and Prayer
DINNER
SERVED BY THE HOST CHURCH
You are
invited to share a lunch graciously provided by the Social Committee of
Avonport Baptist Church. A freewill
offering will be received for the work of their Committee!
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Minutes of the Eastern Valley United Baptist
Association
at First Cornwallis United Baptist Church, Canard, N.
S.
May 3, 2008
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delegates attended representing 26 Churches.
Registration
was followed by opening remarks by Rev. Peter Lohnes. He gave a brief history of the 99 year old
building including renovations that took place over the years.
Singing
was led by the Worship team and devotional was from Hebrews 10 – coming into
the presence of God and to meet God’s people.
Business
meeting was opened by Rev. Potvin. He
welcomed all and asked that Sheila Allen and Marilyn Herber be remembered in
our prayers.
Minutes
were circulated. Minutes were declared approved
with corrections.
CORRESPONDENCE – Letter was read from Convention with proposed
by-laws from Convention Council.
ASSEMBLY
2009 - Incorporation of by-laws.
MOTION: (Rev. Dan
Gibson/Dr. Glenn Wooden) made a motion that a committee be set up to receive
the CABC incorporation documents with respect to proposed changes in the
relationship between Associations and the Convention; and the impact the
proposed changes will have on the autonomy of the local church. Carried.
The
Association committee set up to study these new by-laws consist of Dr. Glenn
Wooden, Pastor Chuck McGuire, Dr. Barry Morrison and Dr. Dan Gibson.
Rev.
John Beers noted that appreciation should be extended to the Convention Council
for the extension of time to study the new by-laws.
MOTION: (Pastor David
Cumby/Rev. Brian Wheaton) Committee reports be received and accepted. Motion Carried.
Rev.
Ron Baxter thanked the group for support at a very difficult time.
Heartfelt
condolences by the Association were extended to Rev. Ron and Sharon Baxter,
Peter, and their extended family on the death of their daughter-in-law (Peter’s
wife) and our covenant to continue to uphold them in prayer.
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MOTION: (Rev. Hedley
Hopkins/Rev. Thelma McLeod) moved that Rev. Jennifer Smart be appointed to join
the Mental Health Association at no cost to the Association. Motion carried.
MOTION: (Rev. Ellen
Hunt/Rev. Darryl Dykens) moved the renewal of Association licences (for those
listed in the Leadership Development Report).
Motion
carried.
MOTION: Moved and
seconded that a letter of appreciation be sent to the New Minas Baptist Church
and Kristen Lightfoot for assistance in the publication of Association reports.
MOTION: (Rev. Philip
Locke/Bud Rafuse) that the financial report be accepted. Motion carried.
Incorporation
of Kingswood Camp – Documents
will be provided by Dr. Glenn Wooden re Incorporation of Kingswood Camp. Interim report is enclosed.
MOTION: (Dr. Glenn
Wooden/Rev. Virginia DeAdder) moved that this report be accepted. Motion carried.
At
this point of the meeting, offering was accepted and prayer given. A break followed with apples and
beverage. The meeting reconvened with
music by pianist and congregation.
Further
discussion of Kingswood Camp ensued.
June 14, 2008 is the official opening; Allison Magee, Laurie Hennigar
and Pamela Estey on committee. Borden
Scott is assistant program director. A
history of Kingswood Camp was given with various aspects of camp life. There is a main lodge – craft lodge. Some requirements by law are new cabins with
showers accessible to all including those with special needs.
All
churches within Eastern Valley will be contacted for assistance at Kingswood
Camp. Directors would prefer monetary
donations. Committee will do publicity
and fund raising. Please pray for staff
and campers.
Rev.
Ron Baxter reported on Lay Pastors training.
Twenty students are registered in Centreville. This training session includes six weekends
per year with a component of twenty-three courses. This program will be offered in Bridgewater
next year.
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Apple
Blossom Festival - Rev.
Johan Eichhorn asked for volunteers to man
booth
in Berwick for the Apple Blossom weekend.
This will occur from
May
30 – June 1, 2008. Volunteers are needed
for various times. Churches were
encouraged to make a poster to have at booth.
There
being no further business, the meeting was brought to a close with the singing
of the hymn “To God Be The Glory.” Lunch
and fellowship followed.
The
next meeting will be held on November 1, 2008 at Avonport Baptist Church.
Respectfully
submitted,
Bette
Smith, Assistant Clerk
Moderator’s Report
It truly has been my
privilege to serve as the moderator of our Eastern Valley Baptist Association
this past year. I must admit that when I
accepted my name to be nominated two years ago, I had set for a goal to contact
every church in the Association. Unfortunately, I was unable to do so for a
number of reasons. I had intended to
find out why so many of our churches choose to disconnect themselves from their
sister churches in the Association. I feel we have so much to contribute to
each other’s lives and ministry together as a family than when we keep it all
to ourselves, individually.
Working together does
not mean that we all have to agree on everything. It means that we remember who we are: the
Church. And we remember who the head of
the church is: Jesus Christ. We may have
different ways of worshipping. We may
use different translation of the Scriptures.
Our songs may even be different.
But we have all been called by the same Lord and Saviour. We have been called to be His church by
virtue of our Christian faith. And we
all share in the same basic values of our Baptist traditions.
It is my hope that
our association will remain strong, doing Christ’s work in the communities we
live in and beyond. And I pray that God
will renew and increase our desire for the world to see our Lord exalted by
what we do together: supporting the Camp ministry of Kingswood, the
chaplaincies of Grandview and Dykeland, the financial support of individual
churches and supporting each other in love with encouragement and cooperation.
Thus, I echo Paul’s
prayer for the Philippians: That our love may abound more and more in knowledge
and depth of insight, so that we may be able to discern what is best and pure
and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness
that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians
1: 9- 11)
Respectfully
submitted,
Marc Potvin
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Annual
Report of Chaplaincy Committee
Of
Eastern Valley United Baptist Association
November
2008
Our
Chaplaincy Committee has met throughout the year to offer support to our
chaplains at Dykeland Lodge and Grandview Manor or to discuss various needs
that arise.
Following nine years of chaplaincy work at Grandview Manor, Rev.
Elizabeth Johnson retired on June 30th.
Have a blessed and enjoyable retirement, Liz and thank you for all your
work on our behalf!
On July
1st, Mary Perkins agreed to serve as interim chaplain at Grandview Manor for
the summer months of July and August; a special thank you to Mary. Mary is known to the residents and staff as
she often volunteers to help with the services.
On
September 1, Rev. Dr. Judith Saunders began her work at Grandview Manor after a
series of interviews and meetings to discern the direction God was leading us
in the calling of a new chaplain for Grandview Manor. Welcome, Judy!
Chaplain Debra Mosher has successfully passed her examination for
ordination on August 19th in Sackville, NB; she is planning a service of
ordination soon. Congratulations,
Debra! Debra continues her work at Dykeland
Lodge serving eight hours a week to 110 residents, their families and
staff. This is a continual concern for
our association and committee, as eight hours of paid work a week seems
inadequate to meet the spiritual and emotional needs in such a short time of
onsite work.
It has
also been a concern of the need for rest and relaxation of our chaplains and
remind them to take a break from their duties, as often as needed to keep
healthy mentally, spiritually and emotionally.
We thank God for the dedication of our chaplains to His people as they
serve faithfully week by week.
We have
one new chaplain serving in Greenwood: we welcome Rev. Gordon Poley to our
association and we say congratulations to Rev. Randall Read who is training in
Gagetown, NB. Please continue to pray
for our chaplains, in the military, as well as in the nursing homes and
prisons.
We
welcome Sheila MacDonald to our committee; she is replacing Pastor Tim Bigelow
who resigned this fall. Thank you, Tim,
for all your work with this committee.
I want
to express on behalf of the association, my thanks for this committee and their
willingness to attend meetings despite having full schedules. Thank you also for praying for us; prayer
works as we have experienced God's Presence leading and guiding us throughout
this year of changes.
Respectfully submitted,
June Keddy, Chair
Chaplaincy Committee
June Keddy jkeddy@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/jkeddy
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Evangelism committee report nov.2008
The committee organized another successful witness by
means of a booth at the exhibition held at Berwick from May 30-June 1
2008.Several churches displayed posters and had info pamphlets to hand out.
We also had posters for churches to place in public
places, such as campgrounds etc.
Kingswood camp also had a good display.
The Gideons took part by handing out New Testaments.
There was free water available, which made a good
conversation starter.
“Bridges for peace” a ministry to Jews was represented
by Rev. Clyde Lowe.
We want to thank all those folks who manned the booth,
and made this witness possible.
Respectfully yours
John Eichhorn
Kingswood
Camp
Kingswood Camp ( http://www.kingswoodcamp.ca) is an evangelical
Christian camp situated on Lake George, Kings County, Nova Scotia, owned and
operated by the Eastern Valley Baptist Association and run in cooperation with
the Annapolis-Digby Baptist Association. We seek to honour God by providing an
atmosphere where campers encounter Jesus Christ and grow as His disciples
through wholesome relationships with dedicated Christian leaders, in an
inviting outdoor setting, while participating in safe programs and activities
relevant to their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual development.
Another camping
season has passed. We give thanks to God
for His many blessings. These include
dedicated staff and volunteers, over fifty campers dedicating their lives for
the first time to Christ and over forty rededications. Wilderness Camp was held in a new location
complete with two new outhouses. We are
most fortunate to have the offer to use the land free of charge for the
Wilderness Camp and all the volunteers who run the Camp.
With careful planning
and seeking out of various opportunities, staff were able to keep well within
the budget for 2008. Even with our
reasonable fees many families of campers find it difficult to send children to
camp. If we charged the actual cost for
each person to attend, the fees would be out of reach for many who enjoy and
benefit from the camping experience.
This necessitates our reliance on the generosity of Baptist Churches and
upon individual donors to run the camp.
After the generous donations toward the capital fund in 2007, donations
have not yet reached their regular level for the current year. If you have received a blessing, please keep
your Kingswood Camp in mind.
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The Camp Committee
was pleased to host the Open House and dedication of Hennigar House (the new
Cabin Complex) last spring. This house
is named after the Dean Hennigar family, one of the original families who
helped to start Kingswood Camp. Now that
the campers are not in residence, the few remaining touches will be completed
to the building. If you would like to
help or you know of anyone who would like to help, please contact Laurie
Hennigar (902) 582- 3339.
The camp has a first
class canoe for sale or to trade for several training canoes. We wish to expand opportunities of learning
for the campers and this includes the need for more canoes to train in. Plans are in place to improve the waterfront
at the camp and to build a new games field as funds are available.
As you may be aware,
the camp has struggled for some time with the water situation. Our cup runneth over with joy to announce
that the boil water order was lifted and our tap water has now received the
seal of governmental approval. The
chlorination system does require a qualified person to be at the camp property
every day that water is being used at camp.
There is a financial cost in regard to rentals as a result. Rentals are increasing as word of the camp
facilities spreads. If you are
interested in renting the camp, please contact David Longley at (902) 825-3876.
Other good news
includes the announcement that Rev. Pamela Esty is now the Executive
Director. She has completed her second
year as interim Executive Director. With
prayerful
consideration, plans are being developed for the next two years. The annual Camp Committee retreat weekend at
Kingswood Camp will take place on November 14 and 15.
Please stay “tuned”
for future announcements concerning your Camp as the incorporation process
moves forward and as we plan and advertise fund raising activities. Your assistance will be appreciated at the
spring clean up day.
We thank you for your
support of Kingswood Camp this year.
Please keep the camp and all the individuals involved in your prayers.
Please join the Camp Committee in rejoicing over what is accomplished at
camp. We offer our thanks and praise for
the continued work of the Holy Spirit.
May we all receive continued blessings for the remainder of 2008 and for
2009.
Respectfully
submitted,
Allison Magee,
Chairperson of
Kingswood Camp Committee
Kingswood Camp
P.O. Box 543 Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 3X7
P:
www.kingswoodcamp.ca
The Summer of 2008 was truly a
“Transformational” summer at Kingswood Camp.
We were excited to have 265 total campers in attendance in 9 camps.
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We
also employed 20 paid staff members and saw close to 30 others volunteer at
camp (including Wilderness Camp). Again
this year, we were blessed with 6 government grants; and were pleased to reinstitute
a volunteer training program which was noticeably absent last summer.
It was a good summer, with only one emergency
situation, which was handled well by the staff resulting in a favourable
outcome for the injured camper. The
staff and volunteers worked well together, and there were many relationships
built between staff and campers. This summer’s Global Adventure’s Program was
focused on Indonesia, and the campers and staff raised over $500 to go towards
purchasing bicycles for pastors there.
What was most amazing, though, was the
relationships the campers and staff developed with Christ. This summer saw close to one-hundred
significant spiritual decisions being made by campers, including 52 first-time
commitments. I was blessed on several
occasions to see staff leading young people to Christ, and seeing children and
teens crying out to God. I have observed
that this generation is hungry for the things of God, and we, as churches
charged with sharing the Good News, have a responsibility to show them God’s
love and grace.
My biggest concern is related to how to
better connect with churches and youth leaders.
This year’s statistics show that less than one-third of our campers hear
about and are referred to camp by churches.
That’s less than one camper per church!
On the flip side,
close to 20% are referred by Family &
Children’s Service, schools, and community recreation groups. Beyond the obvious need for our churches to
better promote and support our camp, I would like to see a better follow-up
and referral system in place so that we can guide these young people who are
meeting with God at camp into a church family where they can be discipled.
These are exciting times at Camp. This past summer, we were blessed by being
able to finally utilize our new cabin complex, Hennigar House. The campers actually referred to it as
“Hennigar Hotel,” and were thrilled at the upgraded facilities. The accessible showering facilities were
greatly appreciated by those working with special needs children. Another great day at camp was the afternoon
in July when we were finally able to remove the boil order notices, having
finally been able to satisfy the concerns of the Department of Environment. We proudly boast that we now have the
cleanest water in the county, as it currently goes through two levels of
pre-treatment!
There is still much to be done, as we work to
maximize the use of this resource to create a “safe” place where young people
can come and meet Jesus. Don’t
underestimate the ongoing need and value of Christian camping. We have been
amazed to see how God works when we allow Him to have his way in our
lives. Not only is the camp seeing
children and youth come to Christ, but it has become a valuable training ground
for young leaders who are passionate about sharing God’s love. Our staff are excited about what is happening
at camp, and passionate about being a part of it. It’s been a blessing to see these young
people develop leadership skills, and watch them grow in their faith.
We need your support, both financially and in
other areas. We need people who are
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passionate about building a stronger next
generation who can give some time and effort to
becoming part of one of our
subcommittees. The old adage reminds us
that “many hands make light work.” Our
camp committee is working on an expanded vision for the camp, but we can’t do
it alone. We need you to start spreading
the word about camp and encouraging others to become a part of it. There are camp committee members and staff
who would love to come and share with your congregations and church
groups. Check out our website to find
out what’s new at camp and view videos of our summer camps. And most of all, we need your prayers as we
continue to reach out to youth with the message of the gospel.
Blessings,
Rev. Pamela Estey
Executive Director (Interim), Kingswood Camp
(902)847-9161 or
(902)542-0097
Kingswood Camp
Financial Statements
Balance Sheet As at
21/10/2008
ASSETS
Current Assets
Valley Credit Union
852.35
Savings Account
150.19
______________________
Total Current Assets 1,002.54
_______________________
Capital Assets
Canoes & Equipment
3,044.99
Building 28,700.00
New Building
87,303.94
Securities
114,000.00
Land
180,000.00
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Total Capital Assets
413,048.93
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TOTAL ASSETS
414,051.47
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LIABILITIES
Current
Liabilities
Account Payable
0.00
EI Payable
73.44
CPP Payable
126.84
Income Tax Payable 120.00
________________________
Total Receiver General
320.28
HST on Sales
0.00
HST Paid on Purchases
-2,737.27
________________________
HST Owing(Refund)
-2,737.27
Short Term Loan 10,000.00
Total
Current Liabilities
7,583.01
________________________
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
7,583.01
________________________
EQUITY
Owners
Equity
Retained Earning - Previous Year 429,642.96
Current Earnings
-23,174.50
Total Owners Equity 0.00
________________________
TOTAL
EQUITY
406,468.46
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TOTAL
EQUITY
406,468.46
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LIABILITIES
AND EQUITY
414,051.47
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Generated
On: 21/10/2008
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Kingswood Camp
Gross Margin Income Statement Comparison of Actual to Budget
for Fiscal End 2008
OPERATING REVENUE
Actual to 21/10/2008 Budget
REVENUE
Personal
Donations
1,719.68 5,000.00
Churches-Annapolis-Digby 1,950.70 5,000.00