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When times are tough, leaders can be tempted to turn from Jesus' example of servant leadership. Yet Jesus did not call us to be servant leaders only when it feels good. He Himself washed the feet of His disciples, including Judas, on the night when He was betrayed. Where do you, like Jesus, need to draw strength from Your relationship with the Father, strength to continue serving to the end?   

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.--Psalm 23:1-3 

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Journey in Faith Looking for Seasoned Team

More than five years ago, a new Via de Cristo community was formed in Pennsylvania. A small hand full of dedicated folks joined together to start up Journey in Faith Via de Cristo. JIF has held a number of weekends since then at Camp Conquest in the beautiful hills north of Reading. Good News has helped support the new movement financially and by sending seasoned team members to supplement the very small number of people available to serve on team.

This fall, JIF will be holding a coed weekend November 8 thru 11 at a new location in a retreat center closer to Reading. While the sunsets might not be as breath-taking as those seen from the hills of Camp Conquest, there won't be the long, difficult stairs to climb. Meals will be provided by the retreat center, so there won't be a need for cooks on team.  

Alisha Barnett, the rectora for the weekend, is hoping that we might send 4 to 8 folks, both men and women, to serve as table chas (rollo room chas)palanca, chapel chas and utility chas. There is also a possibility that we might be asked to serve as table leaders (silent professors).

Please pray about whether you might be able to bless a new Via de Cristo community by sharing your serving experience on the Journey in Faith fall coed team. Attendance at team meetings is not necessary to serve! Being flexible, open to new ideas and the ability to adapt will be a must!

Please contact our Lay Director, Phil Meuser for more details.

 email: laydirector@gnvdc.org  

phone: 888-468-3295   

Sincerely,

Jim Nicolai

Lay Director's Message

Thanks to all for the thoughts, prayers, visits and well wishes during the past few weeks as I continued to deal with Kidney Stones and blood thinners. I am happy to report that all seems to be back to normal - sometimes a relative term.

Last month I was blessed to attend the National Lutheran Secretariat Annual Meeting. Judi and Cathy reported on the topics that were discussed. It was a wonderful opportunity to spend time with other Brothers and Sisters in our movement and to thank God for the Community that we have at Good News! and to know that we do well at sticking to the essentials.

One of the highlights was that Good News! and other secretariats in Region 5 were asked to step up as future hosts for the NLSM. The years in question are 2016 or 2014.

When I look at the talent we have from a musical perspective and the skills we have from a Welcoming and organizational perspective, my reaction is Yes!, and what an opportunity to serve Him and this movement that would be.

There are several questions that come to people's minds and we are in the process of trying to form a Task Force that would evaluate the feasibility and then the implementation of being host for the meeting in one of the two years.

If you would like to be a member of this Task Force, please let me or anyone from Secretariat know as soon as possible. We have received a manual that is a guide and answers many questions that we will have. The Task Force will make a recommendation to Secretariat and will take action appropriately.

Hope everyone has had a safe summer and is gearing up for school, fall activities and Weekend #51.

God Loves you and so do I!

Phil Meuser

Lay Director

email: laydirector@gnvdc.org

phone: 888-468-3295 

1.  Power point for rollos. This would be a standard version, chosen by leaders to be used by all rollistas.
2. No snacks at team meeting to help have more rest for all team members.
3. At the decuria each table would come up and present all the posters at one time.                                             
4. At the NLSAM we sang the Holy Spirit prayer at worship. This was awesome.  We also discussed the possibility of the 2014 or 2016 NLSAM meeting to be held in Michigan or Ohio. 

Please pray for... 

Please pray for...

  

Please pray for our Fall Rectors and their families:

Roger Heino, GN!VDC Weekend #24

Tina Gans, GN!VDC Weekend #21

Praise for a great early start for our fall weekend participants. Although our application deadline is Oct 1 for Men and Oct 8 for women, if the weekends fill before those dates, then applications are put on a waiting list. There is a max of 30 participants for each weekend. 

Pray for the following PARTICIPANTS of weekend #51:

Pray for the following TEAM MEMBERS of weekend #51: