Heritage Day 2011 — A Missional Celebration
Sunday, June 12 will mark the 47th birthday of HRBC. What better way to celebrate our founding anniversary than with our partners in missions?

Joining us that day, either in person or on video or through Skype, will be persons representing as many of our missions relationships as we can possibly accommodate. They are too numerous for me to list in this column. Suffice it to say there will be ample opportunity for you to engage with a large number of persons around the world, in our region, in our community and even within our church, who are on mission either with or through HRBC.

Because the day will be uniquely different, our schedule and format will also vary from the norm.

Join us under the courtyard tent for coffee and donuts at 9:30. Here we will fellowship and hear information and instructions for the day.

Sunday School will consist of conversations with our missions partners, beginning at 10:00. You will select a missions “track” for the hour and interact with a variety of missions areas.

Heritage Day worship will be one combined service at 11:15. We will celebrate God’s blessings upon our past, God’s call to mission in our present, and God’s vision for our future.

A covered dish luncheon at 12:30 will be an opportunity for further conversation and interaction with old and new friends and with our missions guests. Eat inside or under the tent!

Make every effort to be present for this unique day. As we continue to seek ways to “be, love and serve” locally, regionally and globally, Heritage Day will serve as the way we look beyond ourselves to the world God has called us to impact with the gospel of Jesus Christ. See you there!

Bert Browning