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

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.

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

and here

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.

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.

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.

You won’t want to miss the Drama at Dinner on Friday entitled Don’t Kick the Turkey’s!

This play is about a Pastor who moves into his new church and begins to cause a stir.  It is a humorous presentation, but with a message.  Hopefully you’ll go away from this event ready to kick a few turkeys yourself.  

Tickets for the Dinner Theater are $10 for Adults, $5 for ages 6-12 and ages 5 and under are free. The proceeds will be going to the Calvary CTS. 

SEATING IS LIMITED so tickets are first come first serve. If you would like to go ahead and purchase your tickets, please send your money to:

Attn: Kathy Hayes
Calvary Free Will Baptist Church
2868 South Broadway
Salem, IL 62881.

Our speaker this year for the Illinois State Association is Dr. Garnett Reid. Continue Reading