IN THIS ISSUE —

** Florida Camp Meeting Sermons Online
** Doug Batchelor Dates on National Geographic Movie Channel
** Convention to Improve Social Action Ministry Leadership Skills
** The June eChurch Award Goes To . . .
** New Sharing Tool for Hispanic Immigrants
** Book by Barry Black — _From the Hood to the Hill: A Story of Overcoming_
** Upcoming Events


FRIDAY FAX
June 9, 2006
A News and Information Service for Leaders in North America


— RESOURCES —


** NO TIME TO ENJOY CAMP MEETING? Were you so busy producing camp meeting, leading out in departments, or giving seminars that you weren’t able to attend meetings? For the first time, Florida Conference is posting video streams of their camp meeting programs online. This is in addition to the MP3 audio files of the sermons.

Enjoy 2006 camp meeting speakers such as Ron Halvorsen, Jr.; Tony Moore, David Osborne, Henry Wright and Mike Cauley. Sermons from 2005 are also online.
Contact: http://www.floridaconference.com/campmeeting/.

** NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TO AIR DOUG BATCHELOR INTERVIEW — Several months ago, Doug Batchelor, speaker/president of Amazing Facts, was interviewed three times by National Geographic TV for a special prophecy program called “Secrets of Revelation.” The film crew told him that his explanation of Revelation made the most sense of any interview they had filmed.

“Secrets of Revelation” will air on the National Geographic Movie Channel on Sunday, July 16, at 6 p.m. Pacific / 9 p.m. Eastern, 9 p.m. Pacific/ 12 a.m. Eastern; Saturday, July 22 at 6 p.m. Pacific / 9 p.m. Eastern 9 p.m. Pacific/ 12 a.m. Eastern.

** LEARN THE LATEST STRATEGIES AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS to successfully lead social action ministries. See greater results in your ministry and take your outreach to the next level. Register now for the Adventist Community Services Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 29 - October 3, with the focus on "Modeling Jesus: His Heart, Our Hands." A new feature, the "New-Comers' Session," is especially designed for anyone who has joined community services within the last three years.

Contact: http://www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=157 to register.

** THE HANSON PLACE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN BROOKLYN, New York has been awarded the June eChurch of the Month Award for the North American Division.

Contact: www.hansonplace.org to see the winning site.

** NEW SHARING TOOL FOR HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS — From _El Centinela_ magazine and Pacific Press, "Todos Somos Inmigrantes" (Homeland for All), will help to reach out to Hispanic immigrants. Hispanics make up 80 percent of the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. The brochure is based on the idea that “we are all immigrants.” This 32-page, full color sharing booklet introduces readers to Christ and offers information about free Bible study guides. It also addresses the challenges immigrants face in immigrating to a new country and offers practical resources to the reader.

Contact: www.AdventistBookCenter.com, www.LibreriaAdventista.com, or 800-765-6955 to order or to see a sample copy. Quantity discount pricing starts at US$.49 each.

** BOOK BY BARRY BLACK — _FROM THE HOOD TO THE HILL: A Story of Overcoming_, is a story by and about Barry Black, first African-American and first Adventist U.S. Senate Chaplain. Royalties from the first 20,000 copies sold will benefit the Bradford-Cleveland-Brooks Institute at Oakwood College. It reveals how God chooses and uses His servants to fulfill His plans, provides short-cuts to excellence, and shows how to find blessings in affliction, harness prayer power, and learn to lead.

Contact: www.admiralblack.com to order, or look for it at local book stores. Contact the Public Relations Office at Oakwood College at 256-726-7202 or pr@oakwood.edu for more information.



— UPCOMING EVENTS —

A quick view of events sponsored by the North American Division

* 11th International Conference on Philanthropy & Leadership Symposium, June 27-30, Jacksonville, Florida - www.philanthropicservice.com

* Summer Camp Meeting ACN Uplinks – Central California, July 13-22 – www.acn.info

* Global Control Tobacco Summit — July 14-16, Washington, D.C., www.nadadventist.org/hm

* Adventist Family Conference, “Coaching Families toward Wholeness,” July 20-23, Andrews University – www.plusline.org

* ASI 2006 International Convention, August 2-5, Grapevine, Texas – www.asiministries.org

* NAD K-12 Teachers’ Convention, August 6-9, Nashville, Tennessee – www.nadeducation.org

* “Creating Vervent Congregations” Symposium for Creative Ministry, August 27, Ontario, California – www.plusline.org




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Editor – Lynetta Murdoch
lynetta.murdoch@nad.adventist.org
Fax 301-680-6464
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