I hope many of you were able to join us at our recent workshop in Nashville this past mid-April - there were over 100 members who attended. John Kyle, Missions vice president for the BCA Nashville workshop, asked for member participation in a missions effort for a local ministry, Cool Springs Christian Ministries (CSCM). Be sure to check out the letter of a personal thank you from CSCM for the generous donation of school supplies and the cash donation of $433.00 of those who helped out. Items donated will be used to enhance their tutoring ministry and to better equip their students in the classroom.

Any twitters out there? Come on, you know who you are ... how about Facebookers?

Keep up with relevant information, inspire, inform and share with more than 250 members. Follow BCA on twitter @BaptistComm or hop on Facebook and check our group for members! If you were at the workshop in Nashville, chances are your photo was captured, thanks to our BCA paparazzi. The BCA Fan page on Facebook is live now as well, so become fan, tag yourself in photos and watch for updates in your News Feed.

Also, as you renew your membership this year we'll be introducing you to a new private, social network called Ning. Watch for an invitation to http://baptistcommunicators.ning.com after renewing, and help us start developing this resource.

We have a handful of new members who have joined the rest of us creative folks to inspire, challenge, and build relationships along with you, their fellow members of the Baptist Communicators Association. Welcome them! Stop by http://www.baptistcommunicators.org/membership/ and grab a few names you may know, and a few you don't, and send out a quick hello and get those networking muscles working.

Please note, membership renewals will be coming soon, so stay tuned for those notices in the mail and on the BCA website. We would love to upload any new photos of you for the membership directory - you know you want to share that new hair cut or your hottest tie with others - or if you have news you would like to share with your fellow members (i.e. a new position, a wedding or baby announcement, or change in email, etc.) Send your photos and info. to mmdempsey1@bellsouth.net and she'll get your info to the right people for you.

Among our members, we have an author in our midst - Rob Phillips. Phillips, Director of Communications at LifeWay Christian Resources, is debuting his book, "The Kingdom According to Jesus." The book is set to release in the Fall of 2009, but is available now on Crossbooks.com. Drawing from his 20 years of experience in preaching, teaching and training Phillips shares how to "contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once and for all." (Jude 3)

Not like Uncle Sam wants your money, we only want your thoughts. Just two surveys - ten minutes of your time or less.

1. Visit the BCA 2009 Post Workshop Survey. Tell us what you think worked and what made Nashville's workshop successful, and perhaps a few things we can do better.
2. Visit the BCA 2010 Pre Workshop Survey. Fill out this short pre-survey to help us make the best of next year's conference in Chicago. The 2010 BCA Workshop will be held April 6-10 in conjunction with the interfaith Religious Communicators Congress (RCC). This is a once-a-decade combined meeting of various faith-based communicators groups. Think of the potential opportunity here - be a part of it and mark it on your calendars now.