Congregational Check Up
Sponsored by the Atlantic District Parish Support & Financial Management Task Force

Saturday, April 25, 2009
8:30am - 12noon
Hosted by Village Lutheran Church
172 White Plains Road
Bronxville, NY
Click here for more information and registration form

 
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Attention Youth Leaders & Volunteers!

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Join other Atlantic District leaders at Youth Specialties One-Day - a conference designed to equip and encourage those who minister to youth!

Cost is $55 or $59 at the door.

Four AD churches attended the NYC event on 3/21 and found the day to be valuable - don't miss this upcoming opportunity!

• Albany area: Sun. April 26; 1:30 - 7:30pm  (If you register for this event, let Jennn Partlow know so that AD leaders can meet up! jennn@oursaviorlutheran.org)
  

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Looking for a way to get your youth to reach beyond themselves?  Don't miss this opportunity to raise awareness and support for starving children both in this country and around the world.  Take part in a 30-Hour Famine!

Our Saviors, Albany will be hosting a Famine on April 24-25, from 6pm - 6pm -- while not eating for 30 hours, participants will have chances to serve the local Colonie community, gather in worship and the Word, and make new friends with other youth groups!
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Mission Grant #8 - Concordia College's Fortress Grant Fund - $2,000
PRAISE THE LORD! This mission grant has been fully funded.
 
Mission Grant #9 - Boy's Foster Home in South India - $4,000
This foster home for boys began in 2002 as a result of Atlantic District donations for Tsunami Relief.  Many of these boys lost one parent in the Tsunami. Three boys come from a fishing village that was devastated. Although brought up Hindu, all have been taught to pray Christian prayers to start and end each day and at meals, and all attend Sunday worship at the local Lutheran church. While Tsunami support is almost depleted, we are committed to these 18 boys until they graduate the public high school they attend across the street from the home (sponsored by Janet George/Judy Benke - Health and Human Care Task Force, Atlantic District).  We need $3,078.73 in mite donations to pay Grant #9.
 
Continue to send your mite money to Virginia Wirsing, Financial Secretary, 4 Garden Lane, Yaphank, NY 11980. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
 
 
LOOK! Look at the calendar! Only two months until we hear the majestic music of the opening service at the 2009 LWML convention in Portland, until the beautiful district banners triumphantly enter the assembly hall, and until we join with thousands of our LWML sisters in prayer and praise to Look to the Hills...God Reigns.
 
Have you made your travel plans? Now is the time to finalize your plans to be part of the LWML convention June 25-28, 2009! The registration deadline is mid-May. You don't want to miss strolling through Evergreen Park, the exhibit area, or helping at the Servant Connection. It's also time to get in shape for "Mission in Motion," the pledge walk that includes two walking trails to raise money for missions along with a low/no impact exercise option. All contributions go toward our LWML mite goal, so start obtaining those pledges now.  The pledge form is available at www.lwml.org.

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WHO: Christian Missionaries, Missiologists, Religious Scholars, and Ethno-musicologists in the global arena will teach and make presentations.

WHAT: To equip mission practitioners, mission executives, presidents/bishops, clergy, and laity who desire to have an in-depth knowledge of Eastern Religions with a passion to engage in Gospel outreach.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 23 to Friday, June 26, 2009

WHERE: Concordia College campus, Bronxville, New York

Registration: includes tuition, materials, and lodging; meals are not included:
$275-double occupancy; $375-single occupancy

To register or for further information, call (914) 337-9300, x2261 or email: ejr@concordia-ny.edu

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The theme for the Conference is, Before the Face of God: Worship as Formation in the Lutheran Congregation.  The speakers will be Dr. Paul Westermeyer from Lutheran Seminary in St. Paul Minnesota, and the Rev. Dr. Scott Bruzek from St. John's Lutheran Church in Wheaton, Illinois. 


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Attention All SonRise Campers!!!

The 2009 ISM Enabling Conference is designed to bring together experienced ISM workers/volunteers and "interested and new" people to learn together and encourage one another in this ministry among international students.

The conference will be on the campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, with lodging at nearby Fontbonne University. This event, offered only every two years, involves worship, Bible study, workshops, and interaction with some very knowledgeable and Christ-centered leaders in this specialized ministry.

Click here for detailed information.
 
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Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ will celebrate its 40th anniversary in June of 2010 with its annual Summer Training and an alumni reunion. 

A recognized service organization of the LCMS, OAFC has touched the lives of over 36,000 youth and adults who have learned to share Jesus in a simple way during its 40 year history.  Many have become pastors, teachers, DCEs and committed lay members of our local congregations because of their experiences in OAFC. 

Now we need to find you!  OAFC alumni are encouraged to register on the Alumni page at  www.oafc.org/alumni.html.  Alumni interested in helping to plan the 2010 reunion may contact OAFC staff member Dan Barz and alumnae Tammy Granner Mackie at alumni@oafc.org or call Dan at 269/429-7521."
 
Please contact by e-mail or phone with any questions:
 
Mr. Daniel Barz
Assistant to the Executive Director of
Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ
 
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