Calendar of Events

To add or change an event, contact Debbie Bass.

2018 EBA Events and Observances

January

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
7-14		January Bible Study: 1st Peter: Living as Strangers in a Secular World (click here)
8	Mon	Ministers' & Wives' Conference	7 p.m.	Rocky Grove

Sun

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

EBA Churches

February

“True Love Waits” Emphasis Month

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
3	Sat	WMU Leadership Team and WMU Directors	10:00 a.m.	Mt. Hermon
19 new	Mon	Executive Committee Meeting	7 p.m	Salley
12		Racial Reconciliation Sunday
12-18	Mon-Sun	Focus on WMU
17	Sat	Children's Mission Day	10 a.m.- 1 p.m.	Windsor First

March

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
4-11	Sun-Sun	Season of North American Missions (study, prayer, offering) Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (https://www.anniearmstrong.com/)		EBA Churches
5	Mon	Ministers' & Wives' Conference	7 p.m.	Oak Grove
11	Sun	Daylight Savings Time Begins, set clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m.	2 a.m.
18	Sun	Church Planting Emphasis Sunday		EBA Churches
18	Sun	Substance Abuse Prevention Sunday		EBA Churches
22	Thur	WMU Executive Board Meeting		North Augusta First
23-24	Fri-Sat	WMU Missions Encounter and Annual Meeting, First Church		North Augusta First
24	Sat	SC Missionary Parents Fellowship		North Augusta First
24	Sat	SC BNF Annual Meeting		North Augusta First

April

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
1	Sun	Easter
2	Mon	Ministers' & Wives' Conference	7 p.m.	Berlin
7	Sat	Camp La Vida Workday
8	Sun	Cooperative Program Day (http://www.scbaptist.org/cooperative-program/)		All Churches
10	Tue	WMU Spring Meeting		Tabernacle
27-28	Fri-Sat	WMU Executive Board Orientation Retreat		Camp La Vida
22	Sun	SBC Seminaries Sunday (http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/entities/seminaries.asp)		EBA Churches

May

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
3	Thur	National Day of Prayer http://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/
7	Mon	Executive Committee Meeting & Music Directors	7 p.m.	Pleasant Hill
5	Sat	WMU Leadership Team & WMU Directors meeting, *Health Kits Due*	10:00 a.m.	Bethcar
6		Senior Adult Sunday
13-19		Christian Home Week
13	Sun	WMU Mother's Day & Mother's Day Offering
18-19	Fri-Sat	WMU Associational Training
20-27	Sun-Sun	Baptist Association Emphasis
27	Sun	Life Commitment Sunday		EBA Churches

Check with EBA Churches for 2018 VBS Schedules

June

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
4	Mon	Ministers' & Wives' Conference	7 p.m.	Salley
11-15	Mon-Fri	GA/Acteens Week		Camp LaVida
10-11	Sun-Mon	WMU SBC Missions Celebration & Annual Meeting		Dallas
12-13	Tue-Wed	Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (http://www.sbcannualmeeting.net/sbc18/)		Dallas
14	Thurs	Flag Day (https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/flag-day)
17	Sun	Fathers Day (resources: https://www.namb.net/baptist-men)
18-22	Mon-Fri	GA/Acteens Week		Camp LaVida
22-23	Fri-Sat	Mother/Daughter Overnight		Camp LaVida
23-30	Sat-Sat	Mission Trip to Miami (YOUTH) pre-registration required	7 a.m.	EBA Youth meet at Springfield First
25-27	Mon-Wed	Mother Daughter Minicamp		Camp LaVida
27-29	Wed-Fri	GA/Acteens Minicamp	.	Camp LaVida
29-30	Sat-Sat	Mother/Daughter Overnight		Camp LaVida

July

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
1	Sun	Citizenship and Religious Liberty Sunday		EBA Churches
4	Mon	Independence Day
9-13	Mon-Fri	GA/Acteens week		Camp LaVida
16-18	Mon-Wed	GA/Acteens Minicamp GA Leader Training		Camp LaVida
18-20	Wed-Fri	Children in Action/Youth on Mission Minicamp		Camp LaVida
23-27	Mon-Fri	Children in Action/Youth on Mission		Camp LaVida
22	Sun	Send Relief Sunday (Love Loud Sunday)		EBA Churches
30-Aug. 3	Mon-Fri	GA/Acteens Minicamp GA Leader Training		Camp LaVida
30-31	Mon-Tues	SEND Conference (NAMB)		Atlanta

August

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
6	Mon	Executive Committee Meeting & Music Directors (bring written committee reports for clerk records)	7 p.m.	Seivern
6	Sun	Social Issues Sunday
12	Sun	Student Evangelism Day
19-25	Sun-Sat	Worship Music Week (click for resources)
25	Sat	Woman2Woman		Seivern

September

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
2	Sun	Discipleship Rally Sunday Single Adult Sunday (SBC, click here)
3	Mon	Labor Day
10	Mon	Ministers' & Wives' Conference	7 p.m.	New Holland
9-16	Sun-Sun	Season of Prayer for State Missions - Janie Chapman Offering
16	Sun	Anti-Gambling Sunday (SBC resources)
18	Tue	Missionary Day		Camp LaVida
22	Sat	CA/GA Day at Connie Maxwell		Greenwood

October

Pastor Appreciation Month

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
1	Mon	Ministers' & Wives' Conference	7 p.m.	Mt. Ebal
6	Sat	SC Missionary Parents Fellowship		Columbia
7	Sun	Personal Evangelism Commitment Day
13	Sat	WMU Executive Board meeting		SCBC
14	Sun	Global Hunger Relief Sunday (SBC resources)
19-20	Fri-Sun	Carolina Girls (click for information) Lawndale Baptist Church		Greensboro, NC
20	Sat	YOUTH RALLY		Mt. Hermon
28	Sun	EBA Annual Meeting	3 p.m.	Tabernacle
31	Tue	Light the Night, Churches Together for Kids	6 pm- 8 pm	Wagener

November

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
4	Sun	Daylight Savings Time Ends, set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m.	2 a.m.
4	Sun	Disaster Relief Appreciation Day
5	Mon	Ministers' & Wives' Conference	7 p.m.	Mt. Hermon
5	Mon	Baptist Women's World Day of Prayer
11	Sat	We're Here for You Mission Action
13-14	Tue-Wed	SCBC Annual Meeting		Charleston
23	Thu	Thanksgiving
tba		Prisoner Packets due to EBA		tba

December

Date	Day	Event	Time	Location
2-9	Sun-Sun	Season of Prayer for International Missions (Lottie Moon Offering)		EBA Churches
3	Mon	EBA Ministers' & Wives' Christmas Party	7 p.m.	Tabernacle
3	Mon	Prisoner Packets due to SCBC		St. Andrews Baptist, Columbia
4	Tue	Christmas at Camp La Vida
25	Mon	Merry Christmas

… John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!...” John 1:29 (NIV)