NATIONAL BAPTIST LAYMEN
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CURRENT EVENTS

~ CORRECTION ~
Laymen Classes
Laymen Housing Available
Houston, Texas
Congress of Christian Education
June 21 - 25, 2010
 
Desoto, TX

Dear Friends:

All of our meetings will be held in the George R. Brown Center....classes and general session.

The daily room rate at the Hyatt is $155.00/day + 17% taxes.

Please contact the Assistant General Secretary to reserve your room.

Bill Campbell
972-224-8644 Home
214-682-6548 Cellular
dc4091@sbcglobal.net

Please reserve your room in the laymen's headquarter hotel before the rooms open up to the general convention public.

Thad Jones
General Secretary

NBCUSA, Inc.  Haiti Disaster Plan
From President Harold Simmons

Our convention has published a Disaster Plan for the earthquake victims of Haiti.

Please click on the link below to view the plan.

NBCUSA, Inc. Disaster Plan

Harold Simmons

2010 Mid Winter Board Meeting News

The 2010 Mid-Winter Board meeting will be held in Nashville, TN. January 18 -  22, 2010.

The housing forms are available by calling or e-mailing Bill Campbell. There have been only 70 rooms allotted to the laymen at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel.

The rate is $95.00 per night plus tax. It is on a first come first serve basis.

Bill Campbell
972-224-8644
dc4091@sbcglobal.net

Thad Jones
General Secretary

Houston Housing Forms Available
National Congress of Christian Education
Houston, Texas
June 21 - 25, 2010

The housing forms are available for the National Baptist USA, Congress of Christian to be held in Houston, TX, June 21 - 25, 2010.

The Laymen's headquarter hotel will be the Hyatt Houston, located one mile from the George Brown Center and eight miles from the Reliant Center.

The rate is $154.00 per night plus taxes.

The laymen have been allocated 150 rooms.

To receive a housing form for the Hyatt please contact Asst. General Secretary Bill Campbell.
dc4091@sbcglobal.net
972-224-8644

Thad Jones
General Secretary

2008 Year in Review:  A Photojournal of the Activities of the National Baptist Laymen

National Baptist Laymen Minister to Queensgate Correctional Facility
Cincinnati, Ohio - November 2008

The Prison Ministry team visited the Louisville Metro Correctional Facility on two occasions and was escorted by Chaplain Samuel Whitlow.
 
There were sixteen volunteers participating in the two visits on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

On Tuesday night the team visited the women’s facility where there were approximately sixty inmates in attendance. After the preaching twenty-nine women gave their lives to Christ and were baptized on site. After the baptism they were served communion.
 
On Wednesday the team ministered at the men’s facility of the Louisville Metro Correctional Facility.
There were approximately 40 inmates in attendance. Fifteen men gave their lives to
Christ and were baptized on site.

For the two nights of ministering at the facility, a total of forty-four persons gave their lives to Christ and were baptized.
 
The visits and ministering on both nights was comprised of a worship service where there were devotions, songs, prayers, testimonies and preaching. Prison Ministry Chairman Emerson Turner, Tucson, AZ, arranged the visits and coordinated the activities and was assisted by Joe Miller of Baltimore, MD.
    
On Thursday, Turner sponsored a workshop to train more than 146 Louisville residents on the how to minister in prisons and jailhouses.
 

Reported by
Thad Jones, General Secretary, National Baptist Laymen

PRESENTING...The Laymen of the Louisiana State Convention, "LIVE AT NEW ZION" CD

The CD was recorded by the Laymen of the state under the name the Louisiana Laymen Ensemble.

The "Live At New Zion" CD is a compilation of songs rendering praise and worship. The CD is dedicated to the memory of their late state president Aaron J. Cains. The proceeds will go to their scholarship program for young men and general junior laymen activities.

CDs are $10.00 and Cassette Tapes are $5.00.  Great Christmas Gifts!

CLICK HERE FOR THE ORDER FORM

National Baptist Laymen Photograph Gallery

Click on the above link to view photographs from recent Laymen events.