Rootedness, Nurturing (Collaboration), Growth… Marie Onwubuariri, ABC/WI Regional Executive Minister 2019…year three of regional direction. Year 1: tending to roots; Year 2: nurturing our association connectedness through collaboration; Year 3: GROWTH! But what does growth look like? I will guess that as you read this your mind might immediately go to some traditional church growth […]
Check out the list of contributions – Learnings/Gleanings – from the Second Plenary Session of the 2018 Annual Gathering – facilitated by Rev. Dr. Trinette McCray Click the link below to look over the contributions from the tables at our Worshipful Work session on Saturday, October 13: What? So, what? […]
Full Partners A word from Rev. Dr. Jim Carlson, Hispanic Community Liaison For over two years I have had the privilege of serving as the region’s Hispanic Community Liaison, supporting and consulting with the Hispanic congregations in our region. There are many similarities between most ABC congregations and the Hispanic congregations: they take offerings, sing […]
Saturday Break-out Sessions 11:00-11:50 (Please pre-select the session you are likely to attend; this helps with planning for session leaders. Click HERE for the survey to select your choice.) Following the 10:00 am plenary session, setting the foundation of our discussions about collaborative ministry, participants will have a choice to attend one of the following […]
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OPTIONS OCT 13 – 8:45-9:45 am American Baptist Women’s Ministries – ANNUAL MEETING – The American Baptist Women’s Ministries of WI will be holding its annual October meeting. The officers will be reporting on the year’s events and the planning for next spring’s retreat. In addition, we will be having guest speakers […]
Ministry Partner Exposure Tour Vans depart from Pilgrim Rest Parking Lot at 1:00 PM Expected return time to Pilgrim Rest between 5-5:30 PM Join in on this exposure tour to Milwaukee-based ministry partners Housing Ministries, Milwaukee Christian Center, and Project Focal Point. Learn about the ministries and how they are impacting their communities and explore […]
Interfaith Friendship in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Lessons past and present Annual Gathering Pre-event: A Learning Opportunity Offered by CENTRAL Wisconsin Seminary Site Over 30 individuals gathered on Friday, October 12 at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church for a moderated panel discussion and an intertextual study on “Interfaith Friendship.” Hosted by CENTRAL Wisconsin as […]
Many are aware that the American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) has announced a multi-year initiative, “Rebuilding, Restoring, and Renewing Puerto Rico,” a region of the American Baptist Churches USA that has been devastatingly affected by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in the late summer of 2017. Their goal is to raise $1 million for […]
On February 11, 2017, CENTRAL Wisconsin held a Story Telling event, hosted by Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church. These stories were the culmination of work for a course taught at the seminary in the Fall of 2016 and Winter 2017. We now have these stories gathered together and linked here on YouTube. Here’s the whole […]
The Region office will be closed: Tuesday, August 29th for an offsite staff event Monday, September 4th for the Labor Day holiday