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Winter Conference 2011
Recipe for God's Love: The 8th Street Mission
"You are the Mission!"
Apostles Mission Network Gathers for Fall Retreat.
News from the Rocky Mountains
theAM Hosts a Series of Fall Leadership Retreats
News from Rwanda





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Winter Conference 2011

February 9-12  
Greensboro, North Carolina
Winter Conference 2011

Join us at Winter Conference 2011 as we celebrate Jesus as the "Heart of the Mission!" Make plans to attend and experience challenging and inspirational teaching, practical workshops, encouraging fellowship, rich worship and more.

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Anglican School
of Ministry

Pre-Winter Conference Courses
February 4-8, 2011

Anglican School of Ministry

· Intensive Introduction to
  Anglicanism (FOU 007)


· Liturgics Workshop
  (FOU 007a)


Anglican School of Ministry is conducting a non-credit course, Intensive Introduction to Anglicanism, during the week prior to the 2011 Winter Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina. The course is designed to assist ordination candidates prepare for the distinctly Anglican issues on their exams.

The last two days of the course comprise the Liturgics Workshop, which anyone can attend without the first three days of the course.

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2010 Currents Everybody Has A Mission
NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Greetings!

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!  -Psalm 100:4
 
As we gather with family and friends next week to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, I pray we will add praise and thanks for all the Lord has done in theAM, and may our lives reflect thanksgiving each and every day.

Blessings,

2010 Cynthia's Signature



Cynthia P. Brust
Director of Communications, Chair of Winter Conference
Anglican Mission in the Americas


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Recipe for God's Love: The 8th Street Mission
8th Street Mission
The men of Faith Anglican in Cordova, Tennessee crowd around a kitchen oven, reviewing recipes and chopping vegetables as they prepare to serve plates of hot, home-cooked chow for those who could use a helping hand in Memphis, Arkansas, just across the state border. The regulars especially look forward to seconds on dessert, but good food isn't all these Men of Faith are serving up.
 
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Reggie McNeal"You are the Mission!"

Dr. Reggie McNeal challenged All Saints Church in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, over the weekend of October 29-31 with some sobering messages on what it means to be a missional church. While his presentations offered fresh perspectives on the realities of church culture, Reggie's humorous delivery had parishioners laughing while also inspiring them to put their faith into action.

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Apostles Mission Network Gathers for
Fall Retreat

AMN RetreatOn October 25-28, more than 100 leaders from 54 churches in the Apostles Mission Network gathered for their fall retreat at Rockbridge Camp nestled in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia. The time away cultivated community in an atmosphere of encouragement, relaxation and recreation.

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News from the Rocky Mountains
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Celebrating Longevity

Light of Christ ServiceMembers of Light of Christ (TLC) Anglican Church in Denver, Colorado, celebrated the church's tenth anniversary on October 31, giving thanks to God for the way He has used leaders from the congregation to plant churches in other parts of North America over the past decade.  Bishop Sandy Greene preached, founding TLC pastor, the Rev. Gerry Schnackenberg, celebrated Holy Eucharist and all enjoyed a potluck lunch afterward.

More: www.tlcdenver.org
New Birth in Denver

Church of the Advent in Denver, a church plant from Wellspring Anglican Church in Englewood, Colorado, held their first preview service on Sunday evening, October 10 with 49 in attendance.
Advent Team
The "Blood, Sweat and Tears Team" for Church of the Advent in Denver.
Contemporary music, candles, soft lighting and artistic expression created an intentional, reflective atmosphere that is drawing predominantly 20 and 30 somethings to the new church.

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Investing in Leaders

Sign postFifty leaders from the Rocky Mountain Network gathered on October 29-30 at Emmaus Anglican Church in Castle Rock, Colorado, to participate in a Fall Ministry Leaders Retreat centered on the theme: Doing Incarnational Ministry. The goal of the retreat was to communicate practical approaches that train and release congregants for ministry and leadership.

Tom McGee, former pastor and Vice President of Triple Creek Associates, an International Mentoring Organization, and the Rev. Bob Grant, Coaching Leader for theAM's Rocky Mountain region, led three interactive sessions that challenged and equipped leaders of all levels.

More: www.3creek.com, www.leaderbreakthru.com

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theAM Hosts a Series of Fall Leadership Retreats

This fall, the Anglican Mission held three retreats for leaders to share information as well as enjoy fellowship and worship together. Mission Network teams met in Little Rock October 10-13 with featured presentations by Bishop Chuck Murphy, Canon Allen Hughes and Archdeacon H Miller. Our Missionary Bishops met for a retreat in Pawleys Island November 1-4, and Bishop Murphy hosted a retreat for Anglican Mission Presbyters November 9-11. Such gatherings enhance and strengthen theAM's commitment to relational leadership and the steady flow of information.

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News from Rwanda
  • The Rwanda House of Bishops unanimously elected the Rev. Emmanuel Ngendahayo as the Bishop Elect for Byumba Diocese. He will be consecrated on January 9, 2011.
  • Bishop Elect Louis Muvunyi will be installed on December 12 as the new Bishop of Kigali Diocese.
  • Bishop Laurent Mbanda was installed November 14 as the new Bishop of Shyira.
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