Leader to Leader Encouraging each other to be faithful & fruitful!
September 2006 Leader to Leader And the Place was Shaken Prayer Requests Ordination Coming Events	Introducing Leader to Leader Welcome to the first edition of a new publication of CBMNE for leaders of CB churches. Synergy is published three to four times a year to highlight for the “person in the pew” what the Lord is doing across our region in our CB churches. A new publication is needed to share other information with the leaders of our churches. The content will be geared for pastors, elders, deacons, and other leaders of our CB churches. Your help is needed in two ways: 1.Get this into the hands of your leaders. If you send us a list of your leader’s email addresses we will send it directly to them. Or you can forward this email to them yourself or print it out and distribute it at your leaders’ meetings. 2.The title Leader to Leader is meant to capture the interaction we hope to generate between the leaders of our CB churches with each other. We hope you will share with us the things the Lord is doing to advance His kingdom through your church. You can also share a struggle or question that you face as a leader of your church and benefit from the tremendous wisdom and experience of other leaders in our CB family. Our goal is to encourage and edify one another as leaders. So share what the Lord is doing, a resource you’ve found helpful, or a problem that is perplexing. Let’s help one another, leader to leader.*
Printer Friendly Version	Book Review: And the Place was Shaken, by John Franklin “How to lead a powerful prayer meeting” is the subtitle to this excellent book on prayer. In the preface the author writes: “This is a book for those who lead prayer meetings. It is not a general book on prayer. I am supposing that you, as a prayer leader, already know how to pray and understand the principles of prayer. You know that prayer cannot be manipulated or regimented, but you also recognize that prayer meetings have their own very practical problems. You want to be an instrument in God’s hand that leads his people to experience his manifold presence as they gather before the throne of grace.” This book provides very practical help on how to do accomplish this. The 192 pages are divided into eight chapters: 1)The Priority of Praying Together, 2) What makes a Prayer Meeting Dynamic?, 3) Your Four Responsibilities, 4) Designing a God-Centered Format 5) Guiding Activities that Involve People, 6) Shepherding the People of God, 7) Discerning the Activity of God, 8) Making the Transition. The book is published by Broadman & Holman, © 2005.
	Special Prayer Requests: Rev. Ted Brewer, our Peacemaking Specialist, has been suffering with severe back pain with no relief for many weeks. Rev. Will Walters, pastor of First Free Bapt. church in Dexter, ME. Will’s brother committed suicide after killing his estranged wife last week, leaving 2 young children. Gloria Crate, wife of CBMNE’s Associate Director Carl Crate is scheduled for back surgery on Fri., Sept. 29. CBMNE’s Come Together – time of refreshment for all, wisdom as we continue to work on the new direction for CBMNE.
	Ordination On Sunday, Sept. 24, Dr. Ed Moser, pastor of the River Valley Fellowship Church in Suffield, CT was ordained to the gospel ministry. An ordination council was convened on Sept 12 by the Pioneer Valley Fellowship of CBMNE at the request of the church. Rev. Russ Buisch of Ellington Baptist gave the charge to the candidate, and Rev. Russ Wight of Somers Baptist gave the charge to the church.
	Coming Events: Come Together at Word of Life, October 2-4 With less than a week to go register today by calling Word of Life at 1-800-965-7177. Complete details on our website by clicking here! Pastors Appreciation Month! The month of October is Pastor’s Appreciation Month. Focus on the Family has some great ideas for honoring your pastor (1Tim 5:17). For details click here! Understanding Today's Youth Culture Seminar with Walt Mueller, Oct. 17, 7:30-9:30pm at Fishkill Baptist Church, Fishkill, NY. For details click here! Church Planting Boot Camp, October 17-18 Terra Nova Church in Troy, NY will be hosting this Boot Camp by Acts 29, considered by many to be one of the best available on church planting. For details click here! Restoring Churches Training, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, Queens, New York City A workshop for interim pastors and interventionists sponsored by CRM. For details click here!
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