Morningview Baptist Church

M.I.T. Courses Fall 2010

September 19 – November 21

Sunday Evenings, 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm

Practical Instruction for Lifestyle Evangelism (300)

Instructor: Dr. Shawn Merithew
Textbook: The Complete Evangelism Guidebook, edited by Scott Dawson
Room: 330

Course Description: Have you ever passed up a witnessing opportunity because you didn’t know how to begin a spiritual discussion?  This class is for you! The class will explore specific, practical ways to engage lost persons in witnessing conversations. We will establish the basic message of the gospel and discuss hospitality evangelism, servant evangelism,
and marketplace evangelism.  We will explore how to initiate encounters and witness to people in different vocations, religions, generations, and ethnic groups.

Theology of Evangelism (200)

Instructor: Rick Quave
Textbook: Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J.I. Packer
Room: 329

Course Description: God has spoken and is speaking to His creatures.  What is the essence of that communication and what are we as believers to do with what has been communicated?  In this class, we will examine what the whole Bible teaches about the content of the gospel and the command to go and make disciples of all the nations.  The study will seek to establish a summarization of what is taught by the relevant passages in the Bible on the subject of evangelism.

Evangelizing Your Children (300)

Instructor: David Hardgrave
Textbooks: Disciplines of a Godly Family by Kent and Barbara Hughes and A Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent
Room: 331

Course Description: Do you want to learn how to be more faithful in evangelizing your children? This course is for you! We will examine the biblical issues surrounding sharing the gospel with children in the context of the home.  Special attention will be given to methods for developing a gospel culture within the family as well as methods for discerning a child’s comprehension of the essential truths of the gospel itself.

SIGN UP THIS SUNDAY!

Morningview will be hosting its own Parenting Conference on Saturday, November 6th.  Our pastors will be leading us through key principles of a Christian Home.
Please save this date on your fall calendar!  You will be glad you did! Look for more information in the weeks to come.

Sunday, September 26

If you are interested in the membership process of Morningview, plan to be part of the New Beginnings class, Sunday, September 26, 3:00 – 7:30 pm.  All six lessons will be taught during this time.  Childcare will provided if needed.

In order for us to have adequate materials and childcare available, we ask that you register for this class by calling Sarah Jones at the church office, 272-2304.

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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Warm Springs Georgia-Little White House – Lunch (Bullock House) and Shopping in Warm Springs Village • Cost: $25.00/person

Friday, October 8, 2010
Fayetteville, Georgia – Gone with the Wind with Peter Bonner: Part II Connections (Don’t miss this trip with Peter Bonner who was our tour guide on our last Gone with the Wind trip to Jonesboro) • Cost: To be determined

Friday, November 19, 2010
Cullman, Alabama – Ave Maria Grotto – Lunch and Shopping at historic Warehouse Shopping District • Cost: To be determined

Our Third Annual Global Missions Conference is September 10-12, 2010.  It will take place on Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, and both services as well as during the Sunday School and MIT hours on Sunday.  As you know, we have recently adopted people groups and embarked on partnerships in three areas – the Reached, Unreached, and Last Frontier areas.  This year we have the opportunity to have all of our missions partners at Morningview for our missions conference!

The term Reached refers to an area where over 2% of the population are believers.  This term does not mean that the task of reaching people is complete, but it is simply a category that missiologists use to describe a population where the missionary task has surpassed the 2% mark and much of the focus is on discipleship.  Our Ecuador seminary partnership falls into this category.  Steve and Carol from Ecuador will be with us for our missions conference and you will have the opportunity to hear the latest about what is going on in Ecuador–specifically with the work at the Ecuador Seminary.

Another area of partnership is with the Unreached.  While there are many individual unreached people around us, including here in Montgomery, this category refers to a people group or ethnic group where less than 2% of the population are believers.  We have adopted an unreached people group in Central Asia, and our missions partner for our adopted people group, Ted, will be with us for our conference as well.

Our third missions partnership is with a Last Frontier group.  A Last Frontier group is the term used when there is no gospel witness among a particular ethnic or people group and there is no work being done to reach them.  Our Last Frontier group is also located in Central Asia, and we are partnering with Jeremy to reach them.  Jeremy will also be with us during our missions conference, and we will get to hear more about the future of our partnership with him to reach this people group.

Ken will also be speaking, and I know you will appreciate hearing from him once more.  There will be breakout sessions for adults, youth and children in K-6 grades.  This will be an exciting opportunity for our children to hear directly from the missionaries for whom they have been praying.  Childcare will be offered for those with nursery age children, but you must sign up for this.  There will be fellowship dinners on Friday (5:15 pm) and Saturday (5:30 pm).  Saturday’s dinner will be from Chick-fil-a and will also include a sampling of foods from the regions where our missionaries are serving.

This is an exciting time in the life of our church and we are blessed to have a senior pastor and staff who have a strong biblical understanding of missions and therefore have a passion for missions as well.  Please make our Third Annual Global Missions Conference a priority and set aside September 10-12 to be with us.    If you plan to attend either of the dinners or require childcare for the conference, please call the church office at 272-2304 to sign up.  I am looking forward to seeing you at the conference.

Jonathan

Monday, August 30th

6:00-9:00 pm in the Chapel

If you are interested, sign up is necessary to be a participant in the class. Due to the nature of content there will be a limited number of students in each class.  *Monday, August 3oth childcare will be provided by reservation only. *Call the church office 272.2304 or e-mail kem.holley@morningview.org.

September is Morningview’s month to collect food for the Hands of Christ Ministry.  We will have blue buckets at the north and south entrances from August 22 – September 19 to receive these.   We will also take monetary donations.

Self rising corn meal – 2 lb. bags
Self rising flour – 2 lb. bags
Sugar
Salt
Canned vegetables
Instant grits (boxed with individual servings)
8 – 16 oz. packs of spaghetti noodles

M.I.T. Courses Fall 2010

September 19 – November 21

Sunday Evenings, 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm

Practical Instruction for Lifestyle Evangelism (300)

Textbook: The Complete Evangelism Guidebook, edited by Scott Dawson

Instructor: Shawn Merithew

Room: 330

Theology of Evangelism (200)

Textbook: Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J.I. Packer

Instructor: Rick Quave

Room: 329

Evangelizing Your Children (300)

Textbooks: Disciplines of a Godly Family by Kent and Barbara Hughes and A Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent

Instructor: David Hardgrave

Room: 331

Sunday, August 29

2:00 – 6:00 p.m. • Pete Peterson Lodge

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and all the sides

Adults – $4.00 • Children – $2.00

Family maximum of $14.00

Bring a dessert and a two liter drink or a gallon of iced tea.  Come enjoy this fellowship time with your church family.  There will be no evening service at the church.