ECBA JOY Ministry

12/23/2025

If you're 55 or over, come join us!

East Cullman Baptist Association

11/05/2025

Thank you, David James, member Northbrook, for your beautifully hand-crafted woodwork door prizes you provided!

11/05/2025

11/03/2025

ECBA J.O.Y. Ministry 55 years & older, as well as all of our ECBA pastors, please make plans to join us tomorrow for Thanksgiving Fellowship.

09/26/2025

Updated with Funeral Arrangements for Wintford Haynes:
Visitation will be Saturday, September 27th, 5:00 - 9:00 pm at Moss Funeral Home. The funeral will be on Sunday, September 28th at 2:00 pm in the chapel at Moss Funeral Home. Wintford will be buried at Cullman City Cemtery with a graveside service, also.
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It is with sadness for us here at the East Cullman Baptist Association, as our brother Wintford Haynes went to be with Jesus, yesterday. Yet, we are rejoicing in the fact that we will all have a great reunion with him one day.

Wintford loved serving in our East Cullman Baptist Association Disaster Relief, as well as many other ministries. He served as Director of the East Cullman Baptist Disaster Relief for several years and continued to serve as a volunteer.

Please be in prayer for Wintford's wife, Martha, and their family.

The family is making arrangements this morning. We will share them when they become available.

08/08/2025

08/07/2025

Walter Baptist Church loves sharing in this ministry.

East Cullman Baptist Association Churches, our ECBA WMU Team is working on details of our Annual Christmas Backpacks Collection. Final Details will be shared next week. Please monitor our website at https://www.ecba316.org/christmas-backpacks-ministry/, as well as on our page.

Thank you in advance for your partnership in this ministry over the past 10 years!

History of Total Backpacks Collected in the ECBA:
2015 – 168 Backpacks
2016 – 321 Backpacks
2017 – 700 Backpacks
2018 – 992 Backpacks
2019 – 1,124 Backpacks
2020 – 505 Backpacks
2021 – 528 Backpacks
2022 – 656 Backpacks
2023 – 637 Backpacks
2024 – 637 Backpacks
10 Years Total: 6,268!!! That's 6,628 children/ teens who have been ministered to and who have been provided with the gospel!

07/10/2025

Today our Just Older Youth met at Center Grove for our Independence Day Celebration. Our guest speaker was Kira Sims, Cullman County Extension Director. She spoke about fall gardening and different types of seeds & plants. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed a delicious lunch of grilled hamburgers & hotdogs, several side dishes, fresh tomatoes, fresh fruit, desserts, and three kinds of homemade ice cream. Before everyone left, Teresa Foust, J.O.Y. Ministry Director awarded several door prizes. It was a great summertime fellowship. Thank you to all who prepared food and to Center Grove for being great hosts of the J.O.Y. Ministry events.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 11th, 10:00 am, as we will celebrate everyone's birthday! 🎉🎂 We will have great food and birthday cake as well as playing games and there will be more door prizes! Come join the fun!

04/11/2025

Thursday, April 10th, was our J.O.Y. Annual One Day Revival. We were blessed with the congregational singing of many favorite hymns, led by David Garrison. Pastor Mike Allums of Lake Catoma Baptist Church preached a great message. It was a great time of worship for all. Afterwards, our group enjoyed a time of fellowship with one another as we had a delicious spaghetti lunch. Before everyone left, spring themed door prizes were awarded.

Our next J.O.Y. event is our Annual Independence Day Celebration that will be on Thursday, July 10th, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon. We will be having a Picnic Theme. Make plans to join us for grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, homemade ice cream and more! It will be a wonderful time together. More details to come soon.