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Worship Arts Conference
March 18-20
Christ Church
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Need a Creative Boost? Attend this conference and find out how you can creatively express your God-given gifts to communicate the Gospel in your church and community. Course tracks include acting, liturgical dance and visual arts.
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Church Planting Summit Anglican 1000
February 22-23
Christ Church Plano
Plano, Texas
Anglican Mission Bishops Todd Hunter and Doc Loomis are keynote speakers at the Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit hosted by David Roseberry this coming February. Reflecting theAM's focus, vision and passion for church planting over the last 10 years, the event is designed to help Anglican leaders plant Orthodox churches across North America.
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Journey to Wholeness Conference
February 25-27
New Covenant Church
Winter Springs, Florida
Scars of life often prevent us from becoming the persons God originally intended. If you desire freedom in relationships, faith and calling, plan to attend the Journey to Wholeness Conference led by Conlee and Signa Bodishbaugh.
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Renewal Mission 2010 - Spring Renewal Conference
March 15-17
Harvest City Church
Vancouver, BC
St. Simon's Church and the BC Christian News are co-sponsoring a Spring Renewal Conference in Vancouver.
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Living in Confidence
April 24
Via satellite
Women, kiss your insecurities good-bye and discover the joy of living in confidence. Best-selling author and Bible teacher Beth Moore is broadcasting a message of freedom across North America. Experience the transforming power of Christ to set women free from insecurities. Christ Church, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina is the host site for the closed-circuit broadcast.
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COAST Camp
July
Panama City Beach, FloridaChrist Church Plano is sponsoring an Anglican Summer camp: COAST Camp. Final dates to be determined.
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Greetings!
As 2010 marks a new year and a new decade for theAM, I encourage each of you to commit to praying for the Lord to work mightily in and through us individually and corporately. As a Mission, we kick off the year with Winter Conference 2010 celebrating our 10th anniversary and anticipating new and exciting things to unfold in our life together. Blessings,  Cynthia P. Brust
Director of Communications, Chair of Winter Conference
Anglican Mission in the Americas
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Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund
Bishop TJ Johnston is in Haiti this week to assist with aid efforts in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake that devastated the country. He has taken medical supplies and is working with individuals on the ground to coordinate future relief teams.
The Johnston family has a 20 year history of ministry in Haiti, and Bishop Johnston urges theAM to pray diligently for the people of Haiti as they begin their long recovery process. "Please continue in prayer for Haiti that out of this destruction a new day would actually come upon a country and a people who have had and certainly have today - very little to hope for...." Read the Bishop's open letter here.
You may also send a check to Relief Fund at the address below. Please indicate "Haiti Earthquake Relief" on the subject line.
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Many "Join the Journey" at Winter Conference 2010
 With Winter Conference only 9 days away, the team is finalizing operations and preparing to welcome over 1,190 participants in Greensboro, North Carolina.
On-site Registration is available, so if you can make it, book a local hotel reservation and come. We would love to see you! Get hotel and travel info here.
If you are unable to "join the journey" on location, look for Winter Conference 2010 articles and updates on theAM's website and in future editions of Currents!
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US Army: Experiencing Christ in Christmas
 "Every year young men and women training to be soldiers in the United States Army are given the opportunity to go home for Christmas. Unfortunately, not all personnel make it home during the "Christmas Exodus". To help ease the pain, forty-three parishioners from Apostles Church in Columbia, South Carolina, participated in a Christmas service held at the Ft. Jackson Chapel. Soldiers from all across the country as well as Egypt, Guam, and Lebanon, experienced "Christ" in Christmas enjoying fellowship, food and prayer with Apostles' members.
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Kansas Team Inspires Rwandan Youth
 Responding to the call to "Remember your Creator in the days of your youth" (Ecclesiastes 12:1), over ninety young Rwandans committed their lives to Jesus last month at an annual youth camp in Cyangugu, Rwanda. In their fifth year of participation, a team from Cambridge Church in Leawood, Kansas, helped lead the camp for 250 youth ages 14 to 30. Team members taught on purity, leadership and following God...
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Vision Makes a Difference
 "Now we are getting visions of changing our country and the rest of the world," reports a student at Sonrise School in Rwanda in a new short film, produced by Mark Rosengren and the Rev. Jay Greener of Church of the Redeemer in Highland Park, Illinois. Journey to Hope catalogs stories of transformation among the Sonrise students. Click here to see how God is using one Anglican Mission congregation to make a difference.
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New Rwandan Bishop
 The Anglican House of Bishops in Rwanda unanimously elected the Rev. Dr. Laurent Mbanda to succeed Bishop John Rucyahana as Bishop of the Shyira Diocese in Musanze, Rwanda. He will be consecrated on March 28, 2010 and will assume responsibility for the diocese on November 14, 2010 - Bishop John's 65th birthday.
Bishop-elect Mbanda was born in Rwanda, but grew up as a refugee in East Africa. He moved to the US where he earned graduate degrees, became an ordained minister and worked for Compassion International in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for many years.
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Bishop Murphy Appoints New Canon
 In the historic church,governance and polity are significant components as these contribute to the way we organize our life together. Bishop Chuck Murphy, in consultation with theAM's Council of Bishops, has appointed the Rev. Kevin Donlon to serve as Canon for Ecclesiastical Affairs. In this role, Kevin will continue to provide advice and counsel on matters of church order, particularly about the complexities of canon law and ecclesiological principles. In addition, Kevin will assist in promoting a greater understanding of the norms of the Church in general and Anglicanism in particular with a focus on how the Province of Rwanda relates to the wider church.
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City Times photo: John Pendygraft
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