Texas Baptists Family Gathering

The Texas Baptist Family consists of about 5,500 churches in Texas of multiple ethnicities and languages.  This year a "Gathering" of this Texas Baptist Family has been planned for July 14-17 in San Antonio.  This is a historic event.  Usually the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) takes place in the fall.  Throughout the year other BGCT-affiliated fellowships also have their annual meetings such as the Hispanic Baptist Convention (Convención), the African-American Fellowship, the Vietamese Fellowship, the Chinese Fellowship and the Western-Heritage ministry (Cowboy churches).  When the BGCT met in McAllen a couple of years ago, messengers voted to have a gathering of all these fellowships in one place at one time every five years to celebrate what God is doing throughout the state in our churches and ministries.  This is the first one of those!

The various fellowships will have their meetings throughout the day, workshops of different kinds will be offered, and each night there will be a corporate worship celebration (including the Lord's Supper on one of the nights).  Because the meeting is in the summer there will be a track for students and a day camp for children.  There will even be a "Baptist Day" at Fiesta Texas on Saturday.  You can see more information about the schedule, the venue, the speakers and the hotel block here: Texas Baptist Family Gathering

Any interested person is welcome to attend.  Any Calvary member may be elected as a messenger.  A messenger is able to vote on officer elections, budget adoptions and other decisions brought to the floor.  Any Calvary member, at his/her request, may be elected as a messenger to the BGCT and/or to "Convención" (and to any other fellowship he/she might be interested in).  If you or someone you know would like to serve as a messenger to this meeting(s), please contact Alma Escobar in our church office by Friday, April 19 and indicate to which of the conventions/fellowship you would like to be a messenger.  (Keep in mind that you can be a messenger to more than one of these regardless of which service you attend at Calvary or of your ethnicity.  This is based on your interest only).  On Sunday, April 21, the church will vote to elect the messengers.

Whether you plan to attend as a messenger or simply as a participant, I encourage you to check out the hotel information at your earliest convenience since there are number and date limitations on this block.