| | OFFICERS | | Senior Laymen Officers Harold Simmons President Willie Burke V.P.-at-Large Richard Showers, Sr. 1st Vice President Antonio Christian 2nd Vice President Eddie Taylor, Sr. 3rd Vice President James Deen 4th Vice President Michael Washington 5th Vice President Jerry Williams Treasurer Thad Jones General Secretary Willie Luver Recording Secretary Junior Laymen Officers Houston Anderson President Justice Turner V.P.-at-Large Julius Cherry 1st Vice President D'Andre Richardson 2nd Vice President Trevon White 3rd Vice President Markus Snead 4th Vice President | | Calendar of Events | | January 17 - 20, 2011 National Baptist Convention
Mid-Winter Board Meeting
Burnett Ambler, Jr., Kansas 2010 - 2011 National King 
Walter Brown, Jr., New Jersey 2010 Layman of the Year 
Narique Gibbs, New Jersey
2010 National Bible Bowl Champion | | | Jack Hadley Museum Receives Award
Thomasville, GA 
Thomasville, GA -- The Jack Hadley Black History Museum, where active local, district, state, regional and national laymen member Jack Hadley is president and founder, has been selected for an Honorable Mention for the GAMG Institution-of-the-Year Award for the 2010 fiscal year.
The Museum Board's Awards Committee will host a luncheon on January 21, 2011 to bestow the awards. It will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the Tellus Science Museum Banquet room in Cartersville, Georgia.
| | President Al Folmar and Alabama Laymen Conduct Street Serviced During Convention  Tuscaloosa, AL -- On November 17, 2010, Al Folmar, president of the Alabama State Laymen delivered his annual address.
It was held at the Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, AL. The Alabama State Male Chorus was there on president's night to support Folmar.
Also during the week of the convention, the Alabama laymen conducted a street service. Modeled after the national, the men took to the streets, set up a tent and provided food for the residents.
It was the 143rd annual session of the Alabama State Convention.
| | Andrew Trotter to Chair State Convention's 100th Anniversary | 
| | Andrew Trotter | Las Cruces, NM -- The Mt. Olive Baptist State Convention of New Mexico will observe their 100th anniversary as a convention.
The anniversary celebration will be held July 18 - 22, 2011. The chairman of the anniversary committee is national laymen Andrew Trotter. (left) Rev. James Forney is the state convention president.
National Laymen budget chairman Glen Chelf is also serving on the anniversary committee. Chelf will be the chairman of the banquet. The keynote speaker for the banquet will be National Convention president Dr. Julius R. Scruggs of Huntsville, AL. | | Minister Anthony Woods Marries | 
| | Anthony Woods | St. Louis, MO -- Minister Anthony Woods who is a national laymen and supports the work on all levels, local, district, state, regional and national recently got married.
On November 21st, Woods married Carla Denise. Not only did he get married, but he and Carla moved to Columbia, Missouri which is in central Missouri and is the city where most of the state laymen meetings are held since it is in the center of the state and is between St. Louis and Kansas City.
Woods can be seen most times at the June session as he is a worker in the boys department and many times works with the Missouri basketball team. | | Men Needed to Work With Boys | 
| | I.V. Reeves | Puyallup, WA -- The National Baptist Laymen have been afforded a grand opportunity by our National Congress of Christian Education. We have been asked to teach, instruct and nurture the 3,000 to 4,000 boys and young men that attend the National Congress each year.
We are developing our plans and structure to meet and accommodate this need that we hope to implement in the next couple of years. We need your help. We need men who work with boys and young men between the ages of 9 to 18 years old.
Please share this with men in your church and associations that work with boys and young men. These men can be laymen or ministers. These men must be: - Devoted to working with boys and young men
- Live a committed Christian life
- Willing to travel to the June Congress
- Willing to finance their travel and lodging to the Congress
- Willing to submit to the authority of the leadership team
This call is open to all men that meet the above qualifications.
Please contact I.V. Reeves (above) who is receiving the names and making a list of those willing to serve. Contact him at:
6610 88th Street E
Puyallup, WA 98371
253-848-7539
ivrmsp@msn.com | | January Events
Jan. 1, 2011 - New Year's Day
Jan. 14, 2011 - Antonio Christian Birthday, Vice President
Jan. 15, 2011 - State President's Advisory Council Seminar
Jan. 17, 2011 - Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 17, 2011 - National Mid-Winter Board Meeting
Jan. 22, 2011 - Glen Chelf Birthday, Budget Chairman | | | Goals & Mission 
To enlist and coordinate the man power of the local congregation for an effective performance of essential Christian activities. - To cultivate the Christian life of laymen through study, worship, fellowship and service.
- To enlist unchurched men for fellowship in and service through the church and to bring unsaved men into vital relations with God in Christ through personal commitment to Him.
- To inspire men to support the total program of the Church in the local congregation, the community, the denomination and the world.
- To Cooperate with the pastor, officers, and other organizations in developing and stimulating the work of the Church in the local congregation.
- To Promote boys' work in the local congregation.
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