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Momentum and excitement continue to build as Anglican Mission congregations engage the communities in which they live. Enjoy this month's articles and be sure to send us your news - we want to share with the Mission what God is doing in and through you and your churches!
Cynthia Brust
Director of Communications, Anglican Mission in the Americas
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Church Planting Update
Hope Mission Church, an emerging church plant partnered with AIM Church Planting, expects to launch public worship in south Austin, Texas, on Sunday September 20. Under the leadership of the Rev. Perry Koon, Hope Mission is laying a solid foundation for the new congregation with a large, vibrant Alpha course. Perry will be ordained to the priesthood on June 14 and has created a working model of a simple, reproducible way to plant a church.
"Perry and his team's contribution will be incredibly valuable to future waves of church planters in Texas," notes the Rev. Canon Ron McCrary, Executive Director of AIM Church Planting. "As it grows, Hope Mission will become a church to visit, observe, experience and replicate.
Christ Church Plano and AIM Church Planting also recently announced a new work in the Dallas, Texas area. The Rev. Jed Roseberry and wife Stacy will be planting a new church targeting young adults in the Addison/North Dallas area. During the month of June, Jed will assemble a launch team and hold some informational meetings and worship gatherings.
"Christ Church has taught me over the years what it takes to build a passionate, Christ-centered, Biblically orthodox, mission-hearted church body that can be mobilized to change the lives of others around them," Jed explains. "This church plant is an opportunity to extend the values that have shaped Christ Church to reach out and meet a need in the Dallas area."
Anglican School for Church Planters
Building on their first School last summer and incorporating what leaders learned from last year's participants, AIM Church Planting will offer the second Anglican School for Church Planters, June 15-29, at Christ Church Plano. See info in the right column for more details or visit the AIM website.
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Soul in the City Gears Up for Outreach this Summer
Calling all middle school and high school students! Join Anglican
Mission youth from across the country July 12-17 in Jacksonville,
Florida, to participate in Soul in the City, a mission outreach
designed for students desiring an experience to reach the lost in their
own backyard.
Sponsored by YAMiA, an Anglican Mission Student Ministry Initiative, Soul in the City exposes teenagers to a mission  field that is not across a body of water, but in the same country where they live. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of work projects, including an outreach surfing ministry, Vacation Bible School (VBS) for vacationers, inner-city ministries, skateboarding ministry and work on home and churches in the area.
New Grace Church in Fleming Island, Florida, will be home base for Soul in the City participants.
Interested? Click here to contact Paul Morales, Director of Student Ministries for New Grace Church or check out details on the YAMiA website here.
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Parenting by the Book
Are you searching for a no-nonsense, traditional approach to raising children that uses the Bible as its foundation? Parenting expert and family psychologist, John Rosemond, has been a source of help to parents for 35 years. His nationally-syndicated column appears in over 200 newspapers, and he has authored twelve parenting classics, including Parenting by the Book. As both a member of Grace Anglican in Gastonia, North Carolina, and one of America's most in-demand speakers on parenting and family issues, Rosemond is making himself available to Anglican Mission churches all over the country.
Last month, Church of the Good Shepherd in Davidson, North Carolina, hosted a round table discussion event with Rosemond as guest speaker, drawing over two hundred visitors.
"People were coming out of the woodwork to express their gratitude for the impact he has made upon their families," exclaims Good Shepherd's Lead Pastor, Kyle Wallace. "I was amazed at the turn-out from his name recognition alone."
 Organized by Senior Warden Jeff Cardwell, the church creatively promoted the event in a variety of ways including a blurb in a local Ben and Jerry's e-newsletter and interview with Rosemond on a local talk radio show. Church members also sold tickets in their neighborhoods and spheres of influence.
"John's only requirement from us is that we cover his travel expenses, sell tickets for the event and give the proceeds to a not-for-profit," reports Wallace. "Those requirements ended up being a blessing for us because of the new partnerships that were created with people and organizations in the community."
For more info email John Rosemond or visit his website.
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Ministry Among Hispanics Hosts Missional Gatherings
The first of several upcoming Missional Prayer Gatherings, hosted by the Anglican Mission's Ministry Among Hispanics and led by Gabe Garcia, Director, will take place on June 13 from 9am until noon at Wellspring Church in Englewood, Colorado.
The events are gatherings created to inform and mobilize believers to reach Hispanics with the Gospel where they are heavily populated in regions of the United States. The Ministry Among Hispanics Initiative is focusing on five key states: Colorado, Arizona, California, Texas and Florida to fulfill the Great Commission.
For more information about program details email Fabian Palombo or Gabe Garcia.
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Come to the Water Retreat Participants Encounter Jesus
Ariel/ A Ministry of Proclamation, opened the Come to the Water retreat on Thursday, April 30 at All Saints in Pawley's Island, South Carolina, celebrating years of fruitful ministry in the place where foundations for the ministry were laid ten years ago. A crowd of more than 250 people representing 12 states gathered to kick off the retreat and hear Bishop Thad Barnum who spoke with great passion from Psalm 42:1-11 and John 4, encouraging listeners to come to church with an expectation to encounter Jesus.
On Friday and Saturday, participants gathered at Christ Church in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, where plenary speakers the Rev. David Bryan, Bishop Terrell Glenn, Mrs. Beth Sprinkle and Bishop Thad Barnum led sessions entitled, "Thirst for Jesus", "Thirst for Truth", "Thirst for New Life", "Thirst for Home" and "Thirst for Service". 
 What began as four small groups of women discipled by the Rev. Erilynne Barnum, wife of Bishop Barnum, in homes scattered throughout Pawley's Island ten years ago, has grown into a ministry reaching beyond the United States, extending to seven countries and touching thousands of lives.
For more information about Ariel/A Ministry of Proclamation visit their website or call toll-free 866-442-7435. | |
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Available Resource!
Parenting by the Book
"I am more than willing, as a part of my overall ministry to parents, to travel to and speak at any Anglican Mission congregation in America. I do not accept speaking fees from Anglican Mission churches, but ask only that the host church reimburse my travel expenses, open the event to the community at large and promote the event effectively. All interested churches can email me using the subject line: 'Interested Anglicans'."
--John Rosemond
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