HPBA/ABC Calendar
February 2012
“True Love Waits” Emphasis Month, (February 1 to 28)
1 ABC Executive Board Meeting
4 Yukon Quest Dog Race, Fairbanks to Whitehorse
5 Souper Bowl Sunday for Hunger Relief
12 Racial Reconciliation Sunday
13 VBS Champions Meeting, 7:00 PM, Pioneer Baptist Church
14 Sharpen/ALT, Wayland, Wasilla
13-19 Focus on wMu
18 Children’s Ministry Day
March 2012
1-2 THRIVE Launch, FBC Palmer
3 Iditarod Ceremonial Start 10:00 a.m. Anchorage
4 Iditarod Restart, Willow, 2:00 p.m.
4-10 Youth Week
4-11 Week of Prayer and Mission Study and Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
11 Daylight Savings Time Starts)
13 Sharpen/ALT, Wayland, Wasilla
16-17 Avalanche ’11
18 Substance Abuse Prevention Sunday
25 On Mission Together: Planting New Congregations Sunday
29-31 Alaska Leadership Event
April 2012
1 SBC Seminaries Sunday
8 Easter Sunday
10 HPBA Exec Board Meeting (Evening)
12-14 Women on Mission Celebration
15 Life Commitment Sunday
15-20 Baptist Doctrine Study
16 or 17 - VBS Training HPBA
22 Cooperative Program Sunday
25 New Pastor and full-time staff orientation
26-28 Ministers and Spouses Retreat
May 2012
6 Senior Adult Sunday
15 Sharpen/ALT, Wayland, Wasilla
13-19 Christian Home Week
7 ABC Executive Board Budget and Finance Committee Meeting
7 ABC Executive Board Committee Meetings
8 ABC Executive Board Convenes
10 ABF Trustee meeting
20-27 Baptist Association Emphasis
June 2012
16 Crossover
18 WMU National Annual Meeting
19-20 Annual Southern Baptist Convention
17 Baptist Men’s Emphasis
17-23 Training Teens Today (T3)
19-20 SBC Annual Meeting
24 Mission: Dignity Sunday
July 2012
1 Citizenship and Religious Liberty Sunday
10 HPBA Exec Board Meeting (Evening)
18-19 ACTS 1:8 Forum
15 Serving Your Community Sunday
21-22 JAM Camp Leadership Retreat
22-26 JAM Camp
August 2012
1-4 FUSION Youth Conference, ABT
5 Social Issues Sunday
12 Living with Urgency: Student Evangelism Day
14 Sharpen/ALT, Wayland, Wasilla
September2012
2 Single Adult Sunday
2-9 Valeria Sherard State Mission Emphasis
9-15 Church Music Emphasis Worship Music Week
11 Sharpen/ALT, Wayland, Wasilla
16 Anti-Gambling Sunday
17 Discipleship Rally
24 Mission Rally
25 wMu Annual Meeting
25 Pastor’s Conference
25-26 Alaska Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, Rabbit Creek Comm Chur, Anchorage
October2012
1-31 Cooperative Program Emphasis Month
5-6 Bible Study Directors Retreat
7 Soul-Winning Commitment Day
10 HPBA Exec Board Meeting
14 World Hunger Sunday
18 CBA Annual Meeting
19-20 Winter Youth Celebration
20 HPBA Annual Meeting/Missions Celebration
26-Nov 3 Statewide OMC Rallies
November2012
4 Living with Urgency: Children’s Missions Celebration Day
4 Daylight Savings Time Ends
5-10 Bible Study Leadership Training
5 Baptist Women World Day of Prayer
8 ABF Trustee meeting 9:00 a.m.
12 Orientation for new ABC Executive Board members at ABC offices
12 All ABC Executive Board Committees
13 ABC Executive Board meeting at the ABC offices
15 Annual Church Profiles Due
20 Sharpen/ALT, Wayland, Wasilla
December2012
2-9 Week of Prayer &Mission Study for International Missions & the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
11 Sharpen/ALT, Wayland, Wasilla
Pastors Wives Banquet