SGBA Men’s’ Retreat: February 19-20 at Lemoyne Baptist Church in Genoa, OH. Meetings begin at 7:30 PM on Friday evening. The retreat ends on Saturday afternoon. Paul Washer and Don Currin are each speaking three times on the theme of “Faithful Men”. Click here to download the flyer.

SGBA Ladies Retreat: March 26-27 at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Otisville, MI. Speaker is Bernadine Cantrell.

SGBA Annual Conference: July 12-15 at Immanuel Baptist Church with Pastor Art Alexander in Lima, Ohio. This year we will be having a joint meeting with the Sovereign Grace Baptist Fellowship for mutual edification. Tom Wells is keynote speaker preaching on “New Covenant Theology”.

Youth Summer Camp: For 2010 is now July 26-30 at Camp Michindoh in Hillsdale, MI. Mr. Jared Leuck is the new camp director.

The conference starts Monday evening at 8:00 PM and ends Thursday noon. This year’s topic: Behind the Smile: The Inner Battles of the Christian

Discouragement, worry, pride and debilitating bitterness are the enemies of passion and effective ministry for Christ. All Christians face these inner issues at some time or another. They meet us behind the smiling face we project to others. And when we are not battling them ourselves, we can be sure other Christians are. Jim Elliff will attempt to help us face these persistent adversaries in a Biblical and practical way and will point the way to restore our passion for the glory of Christ.

About Jim Elliff:

Brother Jim is an author, world wide conference speaker, and is the founder and president of Christian Communicators Worldwide. From 1970 to 1974 Jim earned his BA from Ouachita Baptist University, followed by a Masters from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Jim has a great love for the local church. In 1996 Jim was instrumental in planting a new church in the Kansas City northland area, Though traveling extensively, he serves as counsel to the elders in this exciting new work. Jim also has started a Kansas City pastor’s fraternal and helps coordinate various activities through this fellowship of cooperating churches, including the Evenings of Reformed Preaching held at the historic Park University chapel.

The SGBA Youth Camp will take place at Camp Michindoh in Hillsdale, MI from July 13th through the 17th.

Eligible campers include youth entering grades 4-12. Camp begins on Monday with lunch and ends on Friday with breakfast. Cost is $210 if a non-refundable deposit of $50.00 is postmarked by June 1st. Otherwise the costs is $235.

The purpose of our youth camp is to introduce young people to the principles for Christian living in the Lord Jesus Christ through a Biblically balanced program of spiritual, physical, and social activities.

Please contact SGBA Camp Director Mr. Curt Aldridge at wcacurtis@yahoo.com or 616.970.4083 for more information.

1. Youth Winter Camp at Camp Michindoh in Hillsdale, MI – February 20-21st, 2009. Grades 9th through 12th grade. Theme: “Don’t Waste Your Life”. Friday dinner, overnight with Saturday breakfast and lunch. Costs about $60.

2. Men’s Retreat at Thornville Baptist Church, MI – February 20-21st, 2009. Keynote Speaker: Pastor Reid Ferguson.

3. Women’s Retreat at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Swartz Creek, MI – March, 20-21th, 2009. Keynote Speaker: Connie Tucker.

4. 2009 Summer Youth Camp at Camp Michindoh – July 13-17th, 2009.

5. 2009 SGBA Annual Conference – July 13-16th, 2009. Keynote Speaker: Pastor Jim Elliff.

The 2008 Annual Conference has passed. The sessions with Dr. Grier were absolutely relevant for the postmodern culture in which we live and were a great encouragement to our souls. We learned about the true mission of the church and how we need to change the way we relate the gospel to the lost. If you missed any messages or were simply unable to attend, click the Media link to the right. All of the sessions can be downloaded and burned to an audio CD.

The SGBA 2008 Summer Camp will take place at Camp Michindoh in Hillsdale, Michigan from July 14th through the 18th. This year the maximum number allowed for the camp has been reduced so get your reservations in early. Early reservations require a non-refundable deposit of $50 postmarked by June 1st with a remaining balance of $150 due at registration. The fee for registration applications postmarked after June 1st will be $225. The SGBA Summer Camp is available to youth entering Grades 4- 12. The Summer Camp program has been designed to introduce young people to the principles for Christian living through the Lord Jesus Christ and present a Biblically balanced program of spiritual, physical, and social activities.

To register for camp, please contact our camp director, Curt Aldridge at:
(616) 891-9506 or via email at wcacurtis@yahoo.com

The SGBA 2008 Annual Family Conference will take place at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Otisville, Michigan from July 14th through the 17th. Our speaker this year will be Dr. Jim Grier who will be addressing the topic: “Growing Christ’s Church God’s Way”.

To promote this conference or just so you can have a tangible schedule, please download the Poster and Flyer.

Keynote Sessions will be:

Monday, July 14th at 8:00 PM – Session 1: Our Times and Culture: Understanding Postmodernism

Tuesday, July 15th at 7:00 PM – Session 2: Alternative Responses for Missional Ministry

Wednesday, July 16th at 7:00 PM – Session 3: Glory, Presence and Worship: for Growing the Church

Thursday, July 17th at 11AM – Session 4: Missional Ministry in a Postmodern Context

Expected Outcomes in the Attendees:

• Know and understand postmodernism and its implications for ministry.
• Know and understand how to present the gospel in a postmodern context
• Apply principles of narrative preaching in handling text
• Develop a canonical worldview
• Evaluate the tenets and goals of the Emergent Church Movement
• Place a high value on gospel preaching in the present context
• Significant increment in affection for Christ and His church

The 2008 Men’s Retreat has passed. What an excellent time we had delving into the Word of God! Pastor Reid Ferguson’s messages dealt with the true definition of masculinity. They are well worth the time to listen to them. We are currently having some issues in converting the video files for web distribution so for now they are not available. We hope to have this issue cleared up very soon. For now, however, enjoy listening to the messages.