Information for the 2008-2009 NWYM Bible Quiz season is available on our website. Here you will find the leader’s handbook, host church guidebook, resources for ordering materials, and a form to register your intent to be involved this year.
Information regarding the middle school leadership retreat, Samuel School I, is now available on our website. Seventh and eighth graders are selected by their local church elders to attend. An adult mentor is also selected, to follow up for six months following the October retreat.
Here’s the event schedule for the youth over this next year. For questions or to get involved, contact Rachelle Staley, Youth Superintendent.
rstaley AT nwfriends.org
Also, be sure to check out further descriptions, details, and photos of these events on the youth ministry portion of our website.
Click here to download a PDF of this calendar
Friends House-to-House is a NWYM guest directory service to connect travelers with hosts who desire to offer their hospitality free of charge. This is where you can connect with friendly strangers, stay in their homes and build bridges between your local meetings. If you dread the thought of staying in a sterile hotel as you’re passing through, on vacation, or on business, and if you deeply desire to build community and friendships with others, then Friends House-to-House is for you! What better way to connect with others than to stay in their homes! Friends House-to-House is an opportunity for both the traveler and host to bless each other.
See an article, entitled “Open Doors,” about this new NWYM service in Gar Mickelson’s newsletter.
Check out the web listing of currently available homes, or fill out the form yourself!
Questions or comments? Contact the Friends House-to-House coordinator, Ruth Longstroth friendshousetohouse AT gmail.com
Some of you who use Internet Explorer to browse the internet, were having trouble viewing the videos of the 2008 speakers. We have created new links, just for you!
Hopefully ALL internet users can now view Colin Saxton’s keynote address, as well as the three addresses by Tony Campolo. Please view our page at www.nwfriends.org/ym-sessions for these videos.
Bruce Bishop
Communications Director
The Battleground area of southwest Washington is mostly rural, and there is still a lot of farming as well as other blue-collar work.There are also many people retired from California, and others who work in Portland and commute from the country.People from the area are mostly Caucasian. There are a number of Apostolic Lutherans in the area, and many Russians have arrived in the past 5-8 years. Cherry Grove Friends Church is involved in many ministries.When they see a need, they try to fill it. (From the Spotlight on Cherry Grove.)
Other articles in this issue include
To read Gar’s entire August Tidbits, please download the PDF version here.
“Cleaning out files” August 2008
I’ve been cleaning out files recently, discarding duplicate, irrelevant, or obsolete stuff—like philosophy tests from forty years ago. In doing so, however, I find some things that strike me as worthy of sharing. Think of them not as garbage but as gleanings, okay? Discard or appropriate. Sometimes one person’s junk is another’s treasure. At other times the reverse!
Continue reading …
High quality videos from Tony Campolo and Colin Saxton speaking at Yearly Meeting 2008 are now available on our site: www.nwfriends.org/ym-sessions. You will need to download Quicktime to view them. The free Quicktime viewer is available here.
“God is in Rwanda!” From June 21 to July 13, seven youth and two leaders discovered this truth in an up close and personal way. Their purpose for traveling to Rwanda is clearly defined in the program’s name: to expand their worldview.
Also in this issue:
- Roberts Reflections - Learning from Joseph in Egypt
- One More Thought - Sherry Macy
Download the August 2008 Connection here in the PDF format.
The Connection is also available in Spanish! Get it here.
Also in this issue:
- A farewell message from Paul and Meredith Morse
- Spotlight on Josh and Audra Cadd
Download the July Keeping Current here.