Brother Mike Taylor was our Camp Pastor this year. He preached some awesome messages! "Red Letter Hero" filled the hills with lots of Praise. Brother Rickey LaBounty was the Youth Camp's Director, and Brother Matt Young always helps with the media part of both camps. These two young men are always such a help at camp. The Lord really blessed our camps this year. We had 9 Professions of faith, and 8 re dedications this week.

Sunday, May 17th, a new church, the Grace Church, of Sequoyah County was conceived in the hearts of five families. The Church is currently meeting in facilities west of Sallisaw.

Bro. Jarrod James and his wife, Sara, responded to the call of God to serve as the first pastor. Bro. Jarrod is a graduate of OBU and SWTBS of Ft. Worth. He and his wife have one son, Kieran. Please be in prayer for this new church and Bro. Jarrod and his family.

Children's Camp was a success. Brother Dale Phelps was the Children's camp Director. Brother Tommy Shropshire kept the campers on their toes with some illusions he used to teach a scriptural truths each night. Joe and Missy Funburg kept the children's campers moving as they sang many of VBS songs from the present and the past. There were many decisions for Christ during the week for which we praise the Lord (25 Professions of Faith, 8 rededications, 13 for baptism.)

We've added a new feature to ecba-tba.org. You can now listen to past worship services from our associational camps at TBA. Click on Podcasts in the site menu to check it out.

A new feature has been added to the ECBA website. Click on directory in the menu and you can find listings for association churches, evangelists, musicians, available preachers, etc. Registered users can also submit their contact information here. If you would like your contact information available to churches in the association, just add it here.

Were you at youth camp or children's camp this summer? Did you take pictures? If so, we'd love to add them to our online photo album. Just login (or create an account if you haven't yet), click on "Photo Albums" then click "Add Photo"

FBC Watts, Mt. Calvario Baptist, and Short Baptist Church are without a pastor now.