JANUARY 2025

We begin the new year with some big challenges for the PBA. You will remember that we spent a lot of time last year listening to you and to God about our future. We gathered a lot of information from our listening sessions and are forming a team to review this information and make recommendations for moving forward. If you would like to serve on this team, please contact Chuck.

We are also facing a large expense to update the bathrooms at the Peninsula Association Lodge (PAL) at Eagle Eyrie. We formed a team to explore the options. We have a proposed bid from a contractor to complete this work. Consensus among our Leadership Team is that we do a fund raising campaign to allow churches to share in the cost of updating our lodge. We will make a decision on this plan in the coming weeks.

We face additional financial challenges as well. Our church contributions for 2024 fell short of our budget projection. Our financial leaders will also be meeting in the coming weeks to discuss the possibility of reducing our budget for 2025.

We know that God has a plan for our network of churches. Please pray for our leadership as we make wise financial decisions entering this new year!

For several years Rev. Charles Cheek (co-pastor of Kingdom United Fellowship) has coordinated efforts for people to spend the Martin Luther King Holiday, (January 20th) doing acts of service.

The focus this year will be on two locations: the Buckroe Baptist Church Campus (home of
Buckroe Baptist Church, Kingdom United Fellowship, and Temple of Faith Ministries) and The Lighthouse Church (formerly Parkview Baptist Church and Crossroads Christian Community Church).

Volunteers will meet at 9:00 AM for Welcome and Assignments (Coffee, Water, Juice, etc.) in the Temple of Faith Sanctuary on the Buckroe Campus. Lunch will be provided there as well. Volunteers from Huntington-Ingalls, Langley Air Force Base, and others will also participate. We would love to see a good showing from our churches as well! Contact Charles Cheek at cecheek2004@gmail.com for more information.

Our first Pastor’s Fellowship of 2025 will take place next Wednesday, January 8th at 12 noon at the PBA Resource Center. We will meet for a free meal, fellowship, and more. Please let us know if you plan to attend so that Mike can prepare lunch for everyone!

We provide this information to assist churches that are seeking a senior pastor. We can only
provide information given to us by churches, so please keep us informed! You may also let us know about other open positions in your church if you would like us to publicize them.

Churches currently without pastors:

We maintain a list of people willing to “Supply Preach” and/or serve as an “Interim Pastor”. If
you have need of someone to speak or are looking for an Interim Pastor while searching for a pastor, please check out our list on our website www.thepeninsulanet.org, under “Resources”.

Also, if you would like to be added to the list either as a Supply Preacher or Interim Pastor,
please contact us.