IN THIS ISSUE --

** Special Report -- Tsunami Adventist Aid
** NET 2005, "Prophecy Code" Registration Deadline Soon
** La Red (Descrubra) Rebroadcast January 21-29
** Adventist Family to Be Featured on "Extreme Makover: Home Edition"
** Highway Sign Prices Set to Increase Soon
** ADRA Increasing Response to Tsunami Survivors
** Regeneration Certification Class
** Health Ministries Certification Training
** 24% Discount for 2005 Spirit of Prophecy Book of the Year
** Pathfinder Teams Needed to Conduct Evangelism in Ghana, Africa
** NAD Adventurer Leadership Convention
** Upcoming Events


FRIDAY FAX
January 21, 2005
A News and Information Service for Leaders in North America

- RESOURCES -

** SPECIAL REPORT - TSUNAMI ADVENTIST AID - 7:30 - 9:30 pm Eastern
Time, Friday, January 21, on the Hope Channel, or watch by streaming
video at www.hopetv.org. (Rebroadcast times, January 22, 1:30 p.m., 3:30
p.m., and 9:30 p.m. ET).
One hundred percent of the funds raised through the Tsunami
Adventist Aid will go directly to Adventists who have lost their homes
and livelihoods, and to rebuild the work of the church in both the
Southern Asia-Pacific and Southern Asia Divisions. Report includes
interviews with division presidents Alberto Gulfan and Ron Watts, and a
video report to tell the stories of our members and how they survived
this horrific catastrophe.
Andrews University students and Adventist Information Ministries
are donating their services to answer the phones to take donations.
Contact: www.hopetv.org for other broadcast times, and call
888-446-7388 to donate.

** NET 2005, "PROPHECY CODE - BIBLE SECRETS UNLOCKED!" - March
4-26 is almost upon us. It soon will be too late to register or order
materials (January 24 dead-line) for this evangelistic series.
"Prophecy Code" will be presented by Doug Batchelor (Amazing
Facts), and uplinked from the General Conference headquarters. It will
be translated into Spanish, French and Portuguese, and will be broadcast
around the world.
Since it will be broadcast on the Hope Channel, ACN, and 3ABN,
it can be shown to large groups in churches, and to small groups in
homes. But all should register in order to get materials and so they can
be listed online for people looking for a downlink locations
"Never has there been such an intense interest in prophecy,"
says Batchelor. "Wars, freak weather, deadly natural disasters, and
terrorism are devastating every inhabited continent. Millions of
anxious people are lying awake at night, asking God for answers
regarding the future.... Please pray for this series - that God will
open the floodgates and keep this important event moving forward."
The last date for ordering brochures (US$69/1000) in time to
guarantee delivery to ZIP codes is Monday, January 24.
Contact: www.acn.info/registration.php to register, to
www.adventistevangelism.com/net2005/ to order materials and
advertising brochures. Contact: www.net05.org for still more
information, including the Coordinator's Manual. Advertise
www.prophecycode.org to the general public.

** LA RED (DESCRUBRA) REBROADCAST - January 21 - January 29, via ACN
Satellite. This series (in Spanish) is presented by Frank Gonzalez,
Speaker/Director of La Voz de la Esperanza (Spanish Voice of Prophecy),
on November 12-20. This rebroadcast will give churches a second
opportunity to participate and reach out to Hispanics in their
community.
Contact www.acn.info for details.

** ADVENTIST FAMILY TO BE FEATURED ON "EXTREME MAKOVER: HOME
EDITION," Sunday, January 23. Lise Wallace, a teacher at Pleasant
Hill Adventist Academy (California), sent information to the show about
the needs of the Sears family, with a daughter (Jhyrve') with special
environmental needs. Lise and her husband subsequently devoted hundreds
of hours in advance preparation for the project. The academy choir was
asked by "Extreme Makover" to sing for the arrival of the family.
Contact: http://ncc.adventist.org and click on "What's
New" for the full story and photos. Check your local listings for
broadcast times of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" this Sunday in
your area.

** ADRA IS INCREASING THEIR RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI SURVIVORS and is
looking at long-term development in tsunami-torn countries.
In an open letter to all church leaders and pastors, ADRA
President, Charles Sandefur writes, "In Sri Lanka, ADRA is operating a
water purification unit that processes 50,000 liters per day in addition
to supplying 300,000 water purification tablets. In Thailand ADRA is
providing protective gear to workers recovering bodies. In India ADRA
is continuing to provide food and water to 7,250 displaced people. And
in Indonesia ADRA has established a field hospital with a team of local
medical experts from regional Adventist hospitals.
"I have been so impressed by the tremendous generosity shown
by the peoples of the United States and Canada. Our North American
friends continue to provide the financial foundation for ADRA
International's response in Southern Asia and its global network.
"But we continue to need your help! Although ADRA has done
much in the initial efforts the survivors are now in greater danger.
Those who survived the tsunami face outbreaks of disease and starvation
as they are exposed to the elements and their means of livelihood is
lost."
Contact: www.adra.org for more news, as well as flyers/bulletin
inserts, pulpit announcements, and posters that you can share with your
congregations to let them know how they can help ADRA respond to this
tragedy.
To donate to ADRA for tsunami relief and other projects, contact
800-424-ADRA or www.adra.org. Funds are urgently needed.

** HIGHWAY SIGN PRICES SET TO INCREASE SOON - Because of rising
shipping and production costs, highway sign prices will increase by at
least US$5/sign. Order now to get signs before the increase.
Contact: Marvin Reeder, NAD Highway Signs Manager, during
Eastern Time work hours, at 423-396-9374, or fax 423-396-2192 to
purchase signs before the increase, possibly in February.

** REGENERATION CERTIFICATION CLASS - January 30 - February 5, in
Altamonte Springs, Florida. Prepare to facilitate a Christ-centered
12-Step Program for compulsive and addictive behaviors. Learn to help
heal family dysfunctions in our church and community, and bring hurting
people into successful sobriety, recovery, and/or freedom from their
additions.
Contact: www.plusline.org.

** HEALTH SUMMIT FLORIDA - "Empowering Leaders for Health Ministries
Health Certification Training Week," will be sponsored by the North
American and Inter-American Divisions Health Ministries Departments.
Anyone interested in conducting health evangelism should attend.
A special feature this year will be evangelism training with
Mark Finley each evening. Other speakers will include GC President Jan
Paulson, Dr. Allan Handysides, GC Health Ministries director, Governor
General Sir James Carlisle of Antigua, Dr. James Kyle II, dean of the
Loma Linda School of Health, and many others.
There will be more than 20 seminars to choose from: Diabetes,
Depression, Eight Weeks to Wellness, Smoking Cessation, Parish Nursing
Teams, Vegetarian Cuisine Instructors, Forgiveness, Hydrotherapy,
Puppets, StepFast, Community Health Assessments, Grief Recovery,
Regeneration, Celebrations, CHIP, Financial Health, Stress Management,
Weight Management, Blood Pressure Management, Grant Writing, Fitness
Training.
Contact: www.plusline.org for more information and to register.


** 2005 SPIRIT OF PROPHECY BOOK OF THE YEAR - Heaven has been chosen as
the 2005 Spirit of Prophecy Book of the Year. Heaven, a compilation of
Ellen G. White's writings on heaven, is available in both English and
Spanish, and is 25% off at your local Adventist Book Center or online at
www.adventistbookcenter.com.

** PATHFINDERS WILL BE CONDUCTING EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS from July 22 -
August 6 in the town of Kumasi, Ghana, Africa.
Kamasi is the same place where more than 500 people were
baptized as a result of a three-week evangelism campaign conducted in
August and September, 2004, by eight La Sierra University students and
university president Lawrence Geraty. The campaign was conducted with
the help of Carolina Conference ministry, Global Evangelism, The Quiet
Hour ministry in Redlands, California, and the Pacific Union Conference.
(www.adventistreview.org/2005-1503/news.html)
This year, fifteen teams of Pathfinders will conduct the series.
Each team will consist of 2-5 members and will include one Pathfinder
(10-17 years old) and a Pathfinder Staff (18 or older). More than 30,000
Bibles collected at the Faith on Fire International Pathfinder Camporee
in August will be distributed in Ghana during the evangelistic meetings
conducted by the Pathfinders.
Application deadline: February 1, or until teams are filled.
Open to North American Division members only.
Contact: www.camporee.org or 800-YOUTH-2-U to register and for
more information. To sponsor a Pathfinder call 800-YOUTH-2-U, extension
7.

** NAD ADVENTURER LEADERSHIP CONVENTION - February 24-27 in Portland,
Oregon. Focus is on training, inspiring and encouraging leaders working
with Adventurer Clubs in local churches. There will be four general
sessions, and more than 120 seminars to choose from.
Contact: www.adventistyourthministries.org.


- UPCOMING EVENTS -

A quick view of events sponsored by the North American Division. Go to
www.nadadventist.org for details, unless otherwise indicated.

* LaRed NET Evangelism series (in Spanish), "Descubra," Rerun via
ATN/ACN Special Services Channel 1, January 21-29 - www.acn.info

* Reconnecting Ministries Training Events, various dates and locations
(next event, January 29, College Place, Washington) -
www.creativeministry.org/training/reconnecting_events.htm

* LaRed NET Evangelism series (in Spanish), "Descubra," Rerun via
ATN/ACN Special Services Channel 1, January 21-29 - www.acn.info

* Health Summit, January 30 - February 5, Orlando, Florida -
www.plusline.org

* Educational Marketing Seminar, February 14-16, Dallas, Texas -
www.nadeducation.org/marketing

* Adventurer Leadership Convention, February 24-27, Portland, Oregon -
www.adventistyouthministries.org

* NET 2005 - "Prophecy Code: Bible Secrets Unlocked," March 4-26,
uplinked internationally on ACN from General Conference headquarters in
Silver Spring, Maryland - www.net2005.org and www.acn.info





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Managing Editor - Lynetta Murdoch
Consulting Editor - Halvard Thomsen