January 23, 2010
Dear Brother and Sister in Christ of ABCD,
WELCOME to the 51st annual ABCD conference.
I’m excited that you are here to be with us this year.
We have exciting changes in store for us this year. The
Executive Board and I have been working on something
new. We are using a three years Master theme with each
year having its own sub-theme. I want ABCD members and
visitors to understand that we must begin do better job
reaching the lost people who do not know Christ. So, we
came up with this Master Theme: “It’s our time NOW!” WE
will use 1 Corinthians 4:2 as our guide for the three
years’ master theme. It says (in NIV translation) Now it
is required that those who have been given a trust must
prove faithful. So when we say “It’s our time NOW! That
means we were given a responsibility to witness to the
unsaved people about Christ. It is time NOW to go out.
In 2010 theme, “Who are we? (Ephesians 4:1-16), we will
learn about having unity in the Body of Christ. WE each
have different spiritual gift(s) that God has given us
to use in reaching others for Christ. WE will learn how
we can be successful to understand our gifts. Then we
can go out and witness to others in need. 2011 and 2012
theme will be announced during the weekend.
I am very excited about our guest leaders for the
weekend. Our guest pastor, Duane Martin who comes from
South Carolina, is a pastor at Midlands Deaf Church in
West Columbia, South Carolina. He will preach Friday
night, Saturday night, and Sunday morning. Our guest
music leader, Marsha Forer who hails from the great
state of Texas, will lead us in music worship and teach
workshop on music. Our guest workshop leader, Richie
Noble, who is from Kentucky will teach workshop on our
theme. I am very excited for our three guest leaders to
share their knowledge and passion with each of you
during the weekend!
Finally, I want to inform you that we do have several
committee seats available to serve on. Please pray about
this and ask God’s guidance about how you can serve God
in ABCD. If you feel that God is calling you to serve on
a committee, please see Vice-President Boyd Eggers. It
is my desire to have every committee seat filled. If you
have any questions throughout the weekend, please see
any officers in the ABCD blue shirts (Friday-Saturday).
It’s our time NOW!!
In Christ we serve,
Chadwick A. Fleming
ABCD President
