Winter Semester 2011

Have you decided on a study?  Please make sure I have the details of your group so we can get it on the web for people to sign up!  Lead where you are led.  Questions?  Need help deciding?  Let me know. 

JUST ASK!

And so I did, I have asked more than 40 people to step up and step out to lead a Life Group during our church wide journey of the Holy Spirit.  If you have been asked, then please make sure you give me the day of the week you will want to meet, time that you will meet (plan for 1 1/2 hours), and whether or not you will offer child care.  If you are providing child care, please inform me if there will be a cost to that.

Also, there will be leadership training for life groups as well as information specifically for the church wide journey.  Mark your calendars for October 3rd.  This is a mandatory leader meeting, so please make sure that either you or your spouse will be able to attend.

Thanks leaders for your heart!

Off the Agenda: 10 Tips for Learning in Ministry

Off the Agenda: 10 Tips for Learning in Ministry

LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

 Check out this message from Bill Hybels with details about the Leadership Summit.  Maybe there is someone you would like to hear?  There are many GREAT speakers to choose from, and most of them you will recognize and some you won't but I would bet their message will be pretty amazing too!  Business leaders and Christians alike will enjoy this, don't be left behind!

http://app3.simplycast.com/email_view.php?group_idno=5733984&outgoing_idno=5767483&email_idno=17259

Copy and Paste if you need to...

I WANT YOUR PICTURES

If you have any pictures from your life group, I would love them!  I want to use them to liven up my office space as well as liven up our web space!  Doesn't matter what kind of pictures, as long as your life group is in it.  Don't have any, then don't waste anymore time, TAKE SOME and send them to me. 
Thanks for sharing them.   

Kicking Bear One on One - Great Outreach Event!

COME JOIN IN THE FUN!!!
AUGUST 27TH AND 28TH, 2010
What is Kicking Bear?
Kicking Bear One-on-One is a nationwide mentoring program developed by world-renowned bow hunter Ray Howell. The program encourages our sportsmen and sportswomen to get involved with today’s youth and become mentors. The campout and shoot is a great way for mentors to introduce youth to the outdoors and to the sport of archery. The program’s target is towards helping children outside of our immediate families, such as children from broken homes, in order to give them someone to look up to. Many of these children helped in the past would have never had the chance to experience the outdoors and archery, had it not been for mentors who care. By encouraging our sportsmen and sportswomen to reach outside their immediate families and become mentors, we can really enlighten a young person and make a difference in his/her life, and the future of their own family’s life to come, as well as make a difference in the growth of our outdoor sports. We suggest targeting children between the ages of 5-17, but no one will be turned down.
What is the Event?
The 2010 Michigan Kicking Bear event is two fun-filled days! Friday evening is comprised of supper, fishing, hayrides, games, tug-o-war, videos, camping, fireside stories and maybe a marshmallow roast or two! Saturday will include breakfast, lunch, safety orientation and archery shooting. After a mandatory safety meeting, there will be novelty shoots for the kids-such as shooting at apples on strings, balloon and 3D target shooting and much more. All adults are encouraged to bring children from outside their home, as well as their own children. Each child participating will receive a free t-shirt and hat. Major prizes, such as bows, arrows, targets, etc. will be given away to mentors bringing children from outside their own family. There will also be many other prizes given away at random. All archery equipment is supplied by the Kicking Bear sponsors.
Where is the Event?
The 2010 Michigan Kicking Bear event will be located at the Livingston Conservation & Sports Association on 8532 McClements Road in Brighton, Michigan. The phone number for the park is 810-227-2917. Additional information regarding LCSA can be obtained at www.lcsa.info. You may also reach the 2010 Michigan Kicking Bear event coordinator, Craig S. Mortz at 248.521.0981 or visit www.kickingbear.org for details.
When is the Event?
The 2010 Michigan Kicking Bear event will be Friday, August 27 and Saturday, August 28, 2010. Friday check-in/registration will begin at 4:00 pm. Saturday check-out is approximately 4:00 pm.
What to bring:
Each participant in the 2010 Michigan Kicking Bear event should bring appropriate outdoor wear, a tent, a sleeping bag, a pillow and the necessary toiletry articles for an overnight camp-out, EVERYTHING else is FREE!!!.

Volunteer Celebration This Sunday

Hi all!  If you are a life group leader then you are invited to this!  Kim Phillips and her Next Steps team have put together a great picnic to say "Thanks!".  After the second experience out on the softball field is where it will all be happening.  Come enjoy the company, the food and the nice weather she ordered up.
See you there!!!