Agenda

Reception 5:30 p.m.

Dinner 6:30 p.m.

Meeting after Dinner

Location

This meeting will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Needham

Our Guests

Mr. Matt Cost Author/Writer
Rev. Linda McKenzie First Baptist Church
Framingham
Rev. Ryan Revely Chelmsford Bible Church
Mr. John Burke Director
Boston Baptist Social Union
Mr. Robert Rowe Vice President
Boston Baptist Social Union

Meeting Agenda

Welcome President Wesley Babbitt
Song “Amazing Grace”
Invocation Rev. Ryan Revely
Dinner  
Business  
Program “At Every Hazard: Joshua Chamberlain and The Civil War”
Benediction Rev. Linda McKenzie

November Meeting

November 2nd, 2026

Program

About the Speaker

Our speaker this evening is author Matthew Langdon Cost. Over the years , Cost has owned a video store, a mystery book store, and a gym. He has also taught history and coached just about every sport imaginable. Since age eight, his true passion has been writing.

I am Cuba: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution was his first traditionally published novel. Cost has now written three historical fiction standalones, six books in the Mainely Mystery series, starting with Mainely Power, six books in the Clay Wolfe Trap series, starting with Wolfe Trap, and two books in the Brooklyn 8 Ballo series, starting with Velma Gone Awry. Everything vs Max Creed is book two in the Max Creed Chronicles. In November 2026, he will debut a new series with 1955.

Cost lives in Brunswick, Maine with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. Saint, a.k.a. Danger, the four footed canine, helps edit. Cost now spends his days at the computer writing.