If you have not heard yet we are looking into facility improvements for The First Baptist Church of Elgin.  In order to move things forward in an organized fashion two teams have been commissioned by the diaconate to pursue development with the Nestler Road property as well as our Highland Ave facility.  Vic Ribando is heading up the team for Nestler road to look into the possibility of developing 15-18 ...

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For most people it is pretty easy to talk.  That doesn't mean that it is easy to communicate.  To say the right thing to the right person at the right time takes more than just saying what is on your mind.  If you want to take it even farther to truly communicate well it requires the ability to listen and adapt information to be more clearly understood.  A great challenge ...

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Just a quick update.  After the final cups have been collected this week we have raised over $5,000 to help those who are without employment in a variety of ways.  We have continued to have a great prayer time on Monday morning at 9:30AM.  A number of men have been keeping busy helping us fix things up around the church.  From our Monday morning prayer time the idea came up ...

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We had a blast at the Grand Prix.  I can't thank Randy & Janet Kmieciak and all of the Awana volunteers enough.    I happen to have a daughter that is very competitive (she gets it from her mother :)).  Prior to race day we talked about competition and good sportsmanship.  I hope that she works hard and does her best, but always values her fellow competitors and celebrates their victories ...

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We are off to a slow start.  I got the email yesterday that 41 people have taken the spiritual life survey (I think 10 of those are Pastor Greg).  We really have no idea exactly what to expect, this is something new for us.  Our hope is to have somewhere between 100-200 people by the time the survey is completed.  We will be sending out an email remider to people ...

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I feel the need to admit I wasn't too excited when the idea of a ministry fair was brought up.  A pastor probably shouldn't admit that, but that is how I was feeling at the time.  I was in a meeting with the children's leadership when the idea was brought up.  It seemed like a lot of work and I really couldn't see what kind of impact it would have.  ...

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