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Dr. Jim Phillips will be leading a marriage retreat on November 6th and 7th at the Rend Lake Resort in Ina.  The Friday meal will begin at 6pm and the Conference begins at 7 pm.  Saturday Conference will dismiss at 1 pm.

This retreat is being sponsored by Calvary Free Will Baptist Church.  The theme is Building a Covenant Relationship Through Marriage.  The cost is $72 per couple and includes the conference, 2 meals, and room.

Registration will be limited to 30 couples.  For additional information contact Tim Hayes at (618) 323.6812.

The deadline for reservations has been extended and should be sent no later than September 21st to:

Tim Hayes
5150 Centennial Lane
Iuka, Il 62849

The National Association of Free Will Baptists will be meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio in just a few short weeks.

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Mrs. Ferguson has secured a discount Rate at the Fairfield Inn, in Mt.Vernon, IL for CTS participants.  The cost will be $82 per night and King and Doubles are available.

Fairfield Inn & Suites

217 Potomac Blvd
Mt Vernon, IL 62864
(618) 244-2300

If you have any further questions, contact Peggy Ferguson at the First Free Will Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon.

Here’s Dr. Reid’s first message at this year’s Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists.  There are 3 messages in this series and you will want to hear them all. Continue Reading

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On Friday evening of the State Meeting we had the privilege of singing Revelation 19 together.  It was quite a treat to hear everyone sing, especially a couple of boys from Mt. Vernon who sang with all they had.

The recording isn’t all that great, but I think you’ll get the spirit of the song as well as our fellowship from this special evening.

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If you’d like to view some of the pictures from the State Meeting, you can see them here

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Here’s part three of Dr. Reid’s series on the cross.  This message was delivered on Saturday morning of the 2009 State Association of Free Will Baptists.

Dr. Garnett Reid Speaking about the Cross

Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2.

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Here’s part two of Dr. Reid’s series on the Cross.  This was delivered at the Friday night service of the Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists.

Dr. Garnett Reid Speaking about the Cross

Here are links to Part 1 and Part 3.

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We are excited to introduce the new ILFWB website.  The old one had served its purpose, but we have been desperate for an upgrade.   I think you will enjoy some of the features of the new website.  Here’s a few for starters:

1. You can subscribe to the news articles by email, or get them in your favorite feed reader.  (I’m an avid google reader fan.)  Just click on the orange RSS icon at the top right of the page.

2. You can actually comment on articles.  Have a question about Camp Hope?  Really enjoy the last Disaster Relief Trip?  Let us know about it.  Just click on the comments link at the bottom of any article to view or leave comments.  We’d love to hear from you.  (If you would, leave some comments at the bottom of this article to let us know what you think about the new site, or what else you might like to see.)

3. You can add content.  If you have information or news concerning Free Will Baptists in the state, we’d love to post it on the site.  If you’d like to be a regular contributor send us an email, and we’ll be glad to set you up with an account.  You can also always just send an email with the content you would like to have displayed.

4.  You can easily access news from other Free Will Baptist Organizations.  If you follow the right hand column down the page, you’ll see two “feeds” we are currently serving.  One is from the Media Commission and the other from the WNAC blog.  These articles will continue to be updated as the authors from these websites add information.   We hope to be adding a feed from ONE magazine later this spring.

We hope you’ll enjoy the new look, and more importantly an even better way to get the content that you need.