BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Baptist Convention of Iowa - ECPv6.15.13//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Baptist Convention of Iowa X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bciowa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Baptist Convention of Iowa REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241101T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241102T123000 DTSTAMP:20260502T074811 CREATED:20240722T162805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T162037Z UID:21336-1730451600-1730550600@bciowa.org SUMMARY:2024 BCI ANNUAL MEETING DESCRIPTION:2024 BCI Ministry Conference & Annual Meeting\nFRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 1st & SATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 2nd • First Family Church\, Ankeny\n \n \n \n Iowa Southern Baptists will be gathering on November 1st & 2nd for the 2024 BCI Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting is an important opportunity for Iowa church leaders to celebrate what God is doing and partner together to reach more people for Christ. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ministry Conference (For All BCI Church Leaders & Members) • FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 1st • 9:00am-6:30pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Pastors & Wives Banquet (For Pastoral Staff & Spouses) • FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 1st • 6:30pm-8:00pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BCI ANNUAL MEETING (For all BCI Church Leaders & Members) • SATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 2nd • 8:00am-12:30pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n REGISTER NOW!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Schedule\n \n \n \n Ministry Conference • Friday\, November 1st\n9:00am – Registration 10:00am – Opening Session 11:00am – Brunch 12:30 pm – Breakout Session 1 2:00 pm – Breakout Session 2 3:30 pm – Breakout Session 3 5:00pm – Reception & Exhibits \nPastors & Wives Banquet • Friday\, NOVEMBER 1st\n6:30 pm – Pastors & Wives Banquet Start 8:00pm – Banquet End \n \n \n \n Annual Meeting • SATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 2nd\n8:00 am – Registration & Exhibitors Open 9:00 am – Annual Meeting Session 1 10:15 am – Break (Coffee\, water\, snacks) 10:30 am – Annual Meeting Session 2 12:30 pm – Lunch (Take and go lunch boxes) \n \n \n \n Messenger or Guest?\nThere are 2 types of attendees for the Annual Meeting on Saturday: “Messengers” are approved by their home church to vote in the BCI Business Meeting. “Guests” includes any other attendees and they are not approved to vote during the Business Meeting. Find out how many Messengers your church is allowed by referencing the giving table in the Messengers Info Sheet (PDF). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Childcare Information\n \n \n \n \nChildcare will be provided for children 6 months to 6th grade.\nRegistration will be required for all children. NOTE: Please register for childcare separately for each event (since not all attendees will attend all events).\nLunch and snacks will be provided during the Ministry Conference.\nDinner will be provided during the Pastors Conference. \nAfter the Annual Meeting\, parents can pick up their children and have boxed lunch together.\nDeadline to Register for Childcare is Friday\, October 25th.\n\n \n REGISTER FOR CHILDCARE\n \n \n \n Pickup & Drop Off Schedule for Parents\nFriday\, November 1stMinistry Conference\n9:30am-10:00am – Drop Off (Please feed your child breakfast before arriving\, lunch and snack will be provided)4:45pm-5:00pm – Pick Up \nPastors & Wives Banquet\n6:15pm-6:30pm – Drop Off (Dinner will be provided)8:00pm-8:15pm – Pick Up \nSaturday\, November 2ndBCI Annual Meeting\n8:30am-9:00am – Drop Off (Please feed your child breakfast before arriving\, snack will be provided)12:30pm-12:45pm – Pick Up (Grab boxed lunches for your whole family) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ministry Conference Breakouts\nBREAKOUT SESSION 1 • 12:30PM\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1-1) Developing Leaders & Laborers in Your Church – Send Network Iowa \n \n \n \n \n 1-2) Developing Missional Culture in Youth Ministry – Jonathan Meyer \n From making disciples to sharing the gospel\, this breakout intentionally focuses on strategically designing ministry to focus on living out the mission of the great commission. If you are looking for tips and ideas for getting people out of your church building and into gospel conversations\, join us! Note: You don’t have to be in youth ministry to attend. Speaker Bio: Jonathan Meyer is the Next Gen Lead at Grace Church and Founder of Ignite Youth Leadership Conference. Andrew Nippert also serves in Next Gen Ministry at Grace Church. \n \n \n \n 1-3) Building Chemistry\, Not Conflict on Your Elder/Deacon Board – Todd Stiles \n Discuss specific strategies for developing relational credibility among your entire team of leaders so that corporate chemistry flows. Speaker Bio: Todd Stiles planted and pastors First Family Church in Ankeny. \n \n \n \n 1-4) Engaging in the Marketplace – Philip Nation (Thomas Nelson Bibles)\n Each day\, members of our churches interact with the marketplace as workers\, business owners\, and consumers. Many are confused as to how they can carry out their lives with a biblical worldview\, give a witness for the gospel\, and live faithfully to the Lord. In this session\, we will interact with how to equip members to live bold and persuasive lives in the marketplace.Speaker Bio: Philip Nation is VP-Publisher for Thomas Nelson Bibles and travels frequently to preach and teach around the globe. \n \n \n \n \n BREAKOUT SESSION 2 • 2:00PM\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2-1) Helping Your Church Take Its Next Step in Church Planting – Send Network Iowa\n \n \n \n \n 2-2) Worship Ministries: A Charge & Call to Return to Local Church Mindset – Matthew & Angela Swain (MBTS) \n \n \n \n \n 2-3) A Guided Journey: Reflections & Lessons from 58 Years of Ministry – Ed Gregory\n This session will focus on the goodness and guidance of God in ministry. It will be illustrated by reflecting on experiences and lessons learned along the way Speaker Bio: Called at an early age\, Ed Gregory has served in various Pastor\, Denominational and Ministry capacities for over 50 years\, including his current assignment on the Pastoral Ministry Team at BCI. \n \n \n \n 2-4) International Missions Update – Cory Gonyo & IMB Panel\n Join us for a time of rejoicing over how the Lord is reaching the lost in Chile and Central Asia. Bring your questions to dialogue with your IMB missionaries (one of the couples is sent by our very own Cornerstone Church\, Ames!). Let’s come together and see how every believer in every SBC church is part of this great pursuit to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to every nation\, tribe\, and tongue. Speaker Bios: Our panel of IMB personnel include D & T who serve in Central Asia\, Cliff & Cinthy Case who serve in Santiago\, Chile\, and Kelly Davis who serves with the IMB in Richmond\, Virginia. The panel will be facilitated by Pastor Cory Gonyo of First Baptist Church of Bettendorf and an IMB Trustee. \n \n \n \n 2-5) Hispanic Work in Iowa (Spanish) – Israel Becerra\n \n \n \n \n \n BREAKOUT SESSION 3 • 3:30PM\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3-1) Hispanic Work in Iowa (English) – Israel Becerra\n \n \n \n \n 3-2) Beyond Egypt: Lessons from Exodus for Church Hurts & Healing (Women Only) – Kari Minter\n Being a pastor’s wife often comes with unique challenges—spiritual\, emotional\, and relational. Just as Moses faced intense opposition\, doubt\, and hardship while following God’s call to lead the Israelites\, many pastor’s wives face similar struggles in ministry. This workshop invites pastor’s wives to journey through the book of Exodus and find strength and encouragement from Moses’ story. Together\, we will explore the themes of calling\, obedience\, leadership\, and the hardships that often follow faithful service to God. Note: Thank you for honoring our request for women only to attend this breakout.  Speaker Bio: Kari Minter is an author\, Bible teacher\, pastor’s wife\, and mom to three teenagers. \n \n \n \n 3-3) Which Traits Matter? (Servant Leadership & Member Retention) – Todd Stiles\n Join Todd for a research-based look at which pastoral servant leadership traits are most correlated to the retention of members. Speaker Bio: Todd Stiles planted and pastors First Family Church in Ankeny. \n \n \n \n 2-4) Missional Leadership – Philip Nation (Thomas Nelson Bibles)\n We are called to guide congregational life in the direction of glorifying God through making disciples. Join this breakout as we look at ways to break to lead missionally and equip others to do the same. Philip Nation will give encouragement and practical guidance on how to develop a missional mindset in your church. Speaker Bio: Philip Nation is VP-Publisher for Thomas Nelson Bibles and travels frequently to preach and teach around the globe. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lodging Information\n\nLodging will be on your own this year.\nFor hotel accommodations\, we recommend Holiday Inn Express\, 2502 S Hulsizer Rd in Ankeny.\nIf your church does not have funds set aside for hotel expenses\, financial scholarships are available. Email annualmeeting@bciowa.org for information.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ministry Book Exchange – New for 2024!\nNew for this year\, we’re excited to introduce the Ministry Book Exchange at the 2024 BCI Ministry Conference! This is a fresh opportunity for you to refresh your ministry library or share valuable resources with fellow attendees. Simply bring any lightly used ministry books\, Bible studies\, or materials\, and browse through resources brought by others. Any unclaimed materials should be taken home by their original owners at the end of the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: \nBrent Leatherwood \n– ERLC President\n\n\nWe are honored to welcome Brent Leatherwood\, President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC)\, to our BCI 2024 Annual Meeting. Elected as president in 2022\, Brent brings expertise in public policy and a commitment to serving SBC churches and leaders. Prior to his role at ERLC\, he served as the executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party and held several leadership roles in government. Brent has also been a deacon at his church since 2014. He and his wife\, Meredith\, have three children. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ERLC Website URL:https://bciowa.org/event/2024-bci-annual-meeting/ LOCATION:First Family Church Ankeny\, 317 SE Magazine Rd\, Ankeny\, IA\, 50021\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bciowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2022AM-Identity-EVENTBRITE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241108T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241109T120000 DTSTAMP:20260502T074812 CREATED:20241001T215242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T154417Z UID:21611-1731069000-1731153600@bciowa.org SUMMARY:Iowa Disaster Relief Training – November 8-9 DESCRIPTION:Iowa Disaster Relief & Chaplain Training\nInterested in serving through Iowa Disaster Relief? BCI church members are invited to join one of our Disaster Relief training events!\n– Chaplain Training: November 8th & 9th – Disaster Relief 101: November 9th – Host: Crossroads Church • Grimes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We are excited about our upcoming trainings on November 8th & 9th that will be hosted by Crossroads Community Church in Grimes. There will be two tracks. The first is chaplain training and the second is disaster relief volunteer training. Register now and get equipped to serve! \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Where:\nCrossroads Community Church Grimes Community Center 410 SE Main Street Grimes\, IA 50111 \nTRACK 1: NAMB CERTIFIED CHAPLAIN TRAINING\nFriday\, November 8th • 12:30pm to 7:00pm Saturday\, November 9th • 8:00am to 12:00pm \n(You must attend both sessions to complete your certification.) \nTRACK 2: DISASTER RELIEF VOLUNTEER\nSaturday\, November 9th • 9:00am to 3:00pm \n \n \n \n \n Disaster Relief Training registration information\nRegister now using the online form. \nCost is $35 and includes the following: \n\nBackground check\nID Badge\nIowaDR volunteer hat & shirt\nAll training for the three years covered by the background check.\n\nThe registration fee of $35 can be paid online via the IowaDR Donation page.  \n \n Register Now\n \n Iowadr donation page URL:https://bciowa.org/event/iowa-disaster-relief-training-november-8-9/ LOCATION:IA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bciowa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-Disaster-Relief-Training-09-08.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR