November 2025

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Prayer Meeting

Sun., Nov. 2nd at 4:00 p.m.

 ABA Ministry Center

 Join us as we pray for the lost, our county, our churches and for the Crusade.

  Bring a friend!

Save these dates for more prayer meetings!

Dec. 7th at Gum Springs Baptist Church

Jan. 11th at Brown Creek Baptist Church

Feb. 8th at Rocky Mount Baptist Church

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November Calendar

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Monday, November 3: World Day of Prayer at Polkton

 Baptist Church, Refreshments at 6 PM, Service at 7

Tuesday, November 4: Municipal Election Day

Thursday, November 6: Christian Men’s Rally at New

Home Baptist Church at 6 PM

November 10-11: NC Baptist State Convention

November 11: Veteran’s Day/ABA office closed

Thursday, November 13: Mission Team at 10 AM

Saturday, November 15: Pastors and Wives Holiday

Meal at the ABA associational office at 5:30 PM

November 17 – 24: OCC drop off dates

Tuesday, November 18: Leadership Team at 6:30 PM

 

 

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Celebrating a Birthday in November

Saundra Lawson – 10

Chris Simpson – 11

Jeff Glenn – 17

Jerome Cash – 17

 

Celebrating an Anniversary

David & Susan Ross – 1

Mark & Sara Perko – 6

Barry & Karen Gerald - 16

 

 

 

The Anson Crisis Ministry need for November is sugar. ACM needs volunteers to serve, and monetary donations are appreciated as well. Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 8 am until 1 pm. Margot Barnes is director and can be reached at 704-694-2445. You can access more information at: www.ansoncrisisministry.com.

 

 

World Day of Prayer For International Missions

Monday, November 3, 2025

Polkton Baptist Church

Refreshments at 6 PM

Service begins at 7 PM

Everyone is invited to attend.

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ABA Pastor & Wife

Thanksgiving Dinner

and

Talent Show

Saturday, November 15th

from 5:30 – 7:30 PM.

 

Join us for a great Thanksgiving Dinner, fellowship, entertainment, and door prizes!  This will take the place of our usual Christmas Celebration. Please mark your calendars today and let the ABA office know by Wednesday, Nov. 6th if you can come, and sign up to share your talent! Register online at: https://forms.gle/NDvg9LR1ZDj27mtJ9

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Engaging The Christian Life...with David Ross

 

“Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.” (Psalm 96:2)

 

Holidays give us a great opportunity to share “…the good news of His salvation….” Fall Harvest Festivals, Thanksgiving dinners, food baskets, Christmas Cantatas and Christmas parties are great opportunities to share the gospel and begin to build relationships with people that could later lead to “gospel conversations.”

 

Regardless of what special event that you do, publicize it well! Use as many mediums as possible, church announcements and bulletins, social media, newsletters, etc. But the best advertisement is when the members of the church invite their friends. The one-on-one invitation by someone that people trust is the best advertisement!

 

How will you connect with the visitors who come? Will you train your team to make an extra effort to reach out to and engage with visitors. Will you have some way to  “register” them or to collect their contact information? Filling out a short form for a door prize is one way. If you get their information then what?  Put them on an email list and send them your newsletter and other announcements. Have Sunday School classes call them up and invite them to join them for Bible Study.

 

Most importantly, how will you present the gospel at your event?  Sadly, this often gets left out. We do all this work and spend a lot of money and yet fail to give a clear presentation of the gospel. Isn’t sharing the gospel really the whole point? Yet somehow in the midst of all the busyness, we forget. The devil really likes to keep Christians busy doing things that do not present the gospel. How can you be creative, kind, loving, but bold in sharing the gospel with those who attend your special events?

 

Bathe your events in prayer from beginning to end. Ask God to help you connect with people and to share the gospel. Speaking of prayer. We are planning a Hope For Today Celebration (crusade) for April 18-22 at the Anson County High School. Would you join with us in praying for the lost to be saved and the saved to be revived and reenergized?  Would you pray for us as we plan and promote this event?  Would you pray about how your church will be involved? And in the meantime, let us, “Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.” (Psalm 96:2)

 

May God use your special event to reach people for Christ and to grow your church!

 

I Love You In The Lord!

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 Appalachian Christmas Outreach Backpack Ministry

Goal: 24,000 Filled Backpacks

Collection Date: Nov. 1st

Website: https://baptistsonmission.org/Appalachian-Christmas-Outreach

 

One of the greatest ministry needs in the Appalachian region occurs around Christmas time. Baptist On Mission is calling on churches statewide to respond to this need through the Appalachian Christmas Outreach 2025. Our goal is to collect 24,000 backpacks of items to be distributed to Appalachian children in areas of need in late November and December 2025.

 

Need a backpack? Don’t have everything on the list? We have a few backpacks at the association. We can also finish out your backpack if you couldn’t find a few things! Just bring what you have to the association office or to New Home Baptist Church by November 1st.

 

For more information about the specific things needed in the backpacks, and age groupings, please go to the website at: https://baptistsonmission.org/Appalachian-Christmas-Outreach . If you have questions, you can talk with our Associational Appalachian Christmas Outreach Leader, Polly Alexander, at Tom.polly.alexander@gmail.com,  Phone (704) 475-1390, or David at the ABA.

 

 

Upside Down Training

Sat. Nov 1, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Green Street Baptist Church

303 N. Rotary Drive, High Point, NC

 

https://baptistsonmission.org/bom/compassion-ministries/upside-down-training/7390

 

Basic Principles for Every Church to Strengthen Ministry in their community.  Cost $15

 

 

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BCH Annual Thanksgiving Offering and Week of Prayer, November 9-16

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Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina offers hope and healing to children and families in crisis. For over 130 years, the heart of Baptist Children’s Homes (BCH) has beat with a rhythm of hope—reaching children, families, and adults across North Carolina and beyond. With ministries designed to meet specific needs, BCH serves all 100 NC counties through 30 communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Guatemala.

 

 

 

 

A New CR Group is forming at North Wadesboro Baptist Church,

1211 N. Greene St., Wadesboro, NC 28170,

on Thursday Nights at 6:30 PM.

 

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ centered recovery program to help people “find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits” including addiction. Anyone interested is invited to attend.

 

 

Heaven Saints Motorcycle Ministry

Pee Dee NC Chapter

Invites you to join us on a ride to help support

HOPE Pregnancy Resource Center

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Cost: $20 single/$25 rider

Starting point: HOPE PRC

2485 Hwy. 74 Wadesboro, NC 28170

Registration: 8 – 9:30 AM

Breakfast: 8 AM

Route and safety briefing: 9:45 AM

Kickstands up: 10 AM

Returning to HOPE PRC

Contact information:

Richard Jackson 704-694-8988

Mark Ashby 704-695-4487

Contact Mark or Richard to RSVP.

 

 

NC BAPTIST PASTORS' CONFERENCE

November 9-10, 2025

Koury Convention Center

3121 W Gate City Blvd, Greensboro, NC 27407

https://ncbaptist.org/2025-nc-baptist-pastors-conference/

 

NC Baptist Convention

Nov 10-11, 2025

 

https://ncbaptist.org/annual-meeting/

 

Koury Convention Center

3121 W Gate City Blvd, Greensboro, NC 27407

Monday, November 10, 2025

 

 

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

www.samaritanspurse.org

 

Have questions about Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes? Go to the website above or contact Mary Ruth Smith, email at occunionanson@gmail.com or by phone, 704-289-7966.

 

2025 Anson Collection Location

Mt. Beulah Baptist Church

3373 Country Club Road

Wadesboro, NC

 

Collection Dates November 17th – 24

 

Monday 17th: 9 am – 5 pm

Tuesday 18th: 9 am – 1 pm

Wednesday 19th: 9 am – 1 pm

Thursday 20th:  9 am – 1 pm

Friday 21st: 9 am – 1 pm

Saturday 22nd: 9 am – 12 pm

Sunday 23rd: 2 – 5 pm

Monday 24th: 9 am – 12 pm

 

Thank You So Much!

We thank the following Churches for their October  financial support of the mission and ministry of the Anson Baptist Association: Calvary, Freedom, Lilesville, Morven, Mt. Beulah, New Home, Peachland, Pleasant Grove, Polkton, Red Hill, Victory

 

 

Blessing Bags

A Great Mission Project

To Help Those In Need!

In cooperation with Safer Communities Ministries and the Anson County Sherriff’s office, we are looking for churches, individuals, Sunday School classes, youth groups or others who will provide blessing bags for the homeless and others that are in need in Anson County. The bags will be stored at Safer Communities Ministries and given out by the Sherriff’s Department as needed. Churches and groups can sign up to help provide Blessing Bags for a particular month, just let us know which month you would like to serve and to find out how many are needed. We realize it may take more than one group to provide all that might be needed in a particular month.

 

Suggested items include: a backpack or draw string bag to put the items in, an easy-to-read Bible like the TLV, blanket, water bottle, socks, Chapstick, toothbrush, tooth paste, comb/brush, deodorant, hand sanitizer/wet wipes, granola bars, crackers, peanut butter, jerky, fruit cups, nuts, canned meat/foods with pop open lid, small first aid kit. For more information contact Beth Rogers, bethrogers@windstream.net or , (704) 695-2010.

 

 

Pray for the county wide

Hope For Today Celebration (Crusade)

April 19-22, 2026

Anson High School Gym

Day of Caring April 18, 2026

  

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