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January 2007 Tax Time Help News and Notes New Car Fund Resources	Tax Time Help and so much more! The Stewardship Services Foundation provides help for pastors and churches as they deal with compensation issues and completion of tax forms. They will even complete a pastor’s tax return for free! A very helpful booklet is available as a free down load from their website. A link is available on our website (click here). In addition to the booklet, their website is filled with information regarding pastoral compensation issues. Christian Ministry Resources publishes an annual guide entitled Compensation Handbook for Church Staff. This guide breaks down compensation according to Ministry Position, Church Size, Community, and much more. Our website includes a link to their information. By the way, the IRS mileage rate for 2007 is 48.5 cents for business miles driven (up 4 cents from last year), and 14 cents per mile driven in service to a charitable organization.
Printer Friendly Version	News and Notes Churches welcoming new pastors: · Baptist Temple Church, Fall River, MA: Pastor Michael Johnson · Bean’s Corner Baptist Church, Jay, ME: Pastor Ira Hall · First Baptist Church, West Harwich, MA: Pastor Jonathan Cobb · Maple Root Baptist Church, Coventry, RI: Pastor Jason Hardage Faithful Shepherds Retire After Many Years of Ministry · Pastor Clark Austin – Lake Ave. Community Ch., Averill Park, NY · Pastor Don Dixon – First Baptist Church, Little Falls, NY · Pastor Ken Kirby – Bible Baptist Church, Saco, ME Churches in the CBMNE Pastoral Search Process · Barrington Baptist Church, Barrington, RI · Bible Baptist Church, Saco, ME · Danbury Christian Church, Danbury, NH · Grace Baptist Church, Groton, CT · Highpine Baptist Church, Well, ME · Little Falls First Baptist, Little Falls, NY · Ridgefield Baptist Church, Ridgefield, CT · Trinity Baptist Church, Syracuse, NY · Turner Village Church, Turner, ME Also pray for the pastors seeking a new place of ministry. Pray for peace in the midst of grief Pastor David Madeira was called Home by the Lord November 29. Please be in prayer for his wife, Anna-Lisa and her family. A memorial service was held on December 27^th, at Barrington Baptist Church where David pastored from 1954 to 1986. Mrs. Madeira's mailing address is 3208 Covenant Village, 52 Missionary Road, Cromwell, CT 06416. Mrs. Beverly Waterman went to be with her Lord on October 15^th. Beverly was the wife of Rev. Leonard Waterman, who planted many CB churches in New England. Pastor Waterman’s address is P.O. Box 709, 22 Grace Street, Waldoboro, ME 04572.
	New Car Fund CB Mission Northeast’s 2000 Chevy Impala has served us well. It’s still chugging along with over 230,000 miles. This past week it provided transportation to three pastors’ clusters – Cape Cod, Boston, and Buffalo. Our mechanic warns some major repairs may be ahead if we don’t trade it in soon. Please consider taking a special offering to help replace the ministry car with a safe and dependable vehicle. Please be sure to mark your gift “car fund” when you send it to CB Mission Northeast, PO Box 441, Nassau, NY 12123.
Remember to forward Leader to Leader on to your leaders or better yet, sign them up to receive it themselves!	Resources What Baptist Believe, by Dr. Bruce Shelley has been out of print. But thanks to the hard work by Ed Seagraves, an elder at Ridgefield Baptist Church in Ridgefield, CT, this informative book on Baptist distinctives is available again as a free download from our website in the Adobe Acrobat Format. Download it today and use it in your next new members’ class (click here). Computer Software! Planning to upgrade to the latest windows products? Through CB Mission Northeast pastors, churches, and laypeople that use their computers for church ministry can get Window’s new operating system, Vista Business for $120, Microsoft Office Professional Plus for $125. See our website for details and other products (click here). Small-Town Pastor’s Conference, May 14-16 in Lancaster PA. Tailored to pastors and wives in town and country settings, this year’s theme is Measuring Your Ministry. Log on to www.rhma.org for details. This conference is recommended by Pastor Mark Perkins of Oakfield-Alabama Baptist Church in Oakfield, NY. Northeast Youth Ministries Network (www.youthworkers.net) is led by a great guy who would be a good contact for youth workers who need mentoring and help with their ministry according to Dr. Tony Gibson, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Darien, CT. Rev. Mark Orr, is the Executive Director of Northeast Youth Ministry Network. Mark has been in youth ministry for thirty years. He can be reached at: P.O. Box 2022, Darien, CT 06820, Phone 203 554-3594, or e-mail markorr44@cs.com.
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