26 June, 2024

News Briefs for June 19

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A Not Too Old one-day conference will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., June 29 at Villa Heights Christian Church in Joplin, Mo.  David Faust will present at the conference, designed to inspire people 55 and older to continue to walk with the Lord and each other as faithful servants of the Lord as they age.  Faust is the author of the recently released book Not Too Old: Turning Your Later Years into Greater Years, from College Press Publishing, a conference sponsor.  Registration is $25 ($40 for couples), which includes a copy of the book as well as lunch.  Learn more and register at collegepress.com.

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Passion for Planting will offer a Church Planter Residency Program. Residency participants will learn from national church planting leaders, network and build relationships with other planters, and develop contextualized strategies for planting a healthy, reproducing church. Our next cohort starts in September 2024 and runs through May 2025. Email us to reserve your spot today!

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EnterMission, a ministry of The International Conference on Missions (ICOM), is celebrating its fifth year as a gap-year program of intensive discipleship and hands-on ministry experience for young adults ages 17 to 25. The fall cohort at EnterMission will be their largest ever student group.  Participants will live and learn together at Johnson University while serving with ministries throughout the U.S. before venturing overseas to work with veteran missionaries during their second semester. Starting on August 10th, this year’s cohort will be serving with Christian Campus House at Ball State, BLOC Ministries in Cincinnati, Forgotten Ministries in Oklahoma, New InternationalMissions in Florida as well as ICOM in Lexington, Ky. Visit the EnterMission website to learn more. A few additional openings remain available for the fall cohort.

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Dr. Frank Weller, President of Great Lakes Christian College, recently announced that Jamie Wetzel has been appointed Vice President of Institutional Advancement. Wetzel will replace Phil Beavers, who will retire at the end of the year after serving 25 years as VPIA at GLCC. Wetzel starts his new role at GLCC on August 1. 

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The 88th annual Lake James School of Missions is scheduled for July 21-26. This year’s theme will be “Lord of the Nations, Lord of My Heart” and Chris DeWelt will serve as the Keynote speaker for the morning chapel. Click here for registration information.

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In January, RENEW.org launched 2 online Learning Communities for Youth Leaders. The Renew Youth Leader LC (LearningCommunity) is a group of 6-12 youth leaders in a given region who commit to renewing themselves and those they serve by meeting together every 2 months for 2.5 hours of study, prayer, and small group discussion that focuses on both their personal and ministry journeys.

The purpose of the Youth Leader LC is to engage and encourage youth workers, to provide a safe space to reflect on what they are doing and who they are becoming in the process, and to challenge them to continually return to the teachings of Jesus. Contact Chris Irwin for information about joining at Youth Leader LC.

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