Indiana
Pathfinder Fair: Feel the passion and potential of many young people at this annual state-wide event held May 2–4 at Timber Ridge Camp. For details, contact Dean Whitlow at 812-829-2507, or e-mail dwhitlow@hughes.net.
Adventurer Family Weekend is a special learning and camping weekend for families with Adventurer-age children at Timber Ridge Camp, May 16–18. For registration information, contact Dean Whitlow at 812-829-2507, or e-mail dwhitlow@hughes.net.
Golf Fundraiser: Gather your friends and business associates to participate in the fourth annual Indianapolis Junior Academy and Cicero Elementary School golf outing on May 21 at Bear Slide Golf Club in Cicero. Format: four-person scramble. Proceeds will benefit the two schools. You can support this event in many ways even if you do not play golf. Sign up before May 1 by e-mailing Mark Fogg at mark.fogg@unitedagy.com. Or you may go directly to the registration forms at https://indc.netadventist.org/local/editor/IJAgolf08.pdf.
B.I.K.E. (Bike Indiana Kilometer Excursion): Join this long weekend (June 5–8) of biking between 50 and 70 miles a day in Putnam County, Ind. A highlight of this year's tour will be an opportunity to canoe down Sugar Creek. Sabbath is a layover day of rest and fellowship. Bring your own tent, etc., for overnight camping. All meals and a sag wagon (mobile snack shop) will be provided. Go to www.trcamp.org to download registration forms, or call the Indiana Conference youth department at 317-844-6201.
North Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church will celebrate their 100-year centennial on Aug. 8 and 9. All former pastors, members, friends and current members are invited to come. The church is located at 3105 N. Hwy. 7, North Vernon, Ind. If you have questions, contact Pastor Manuel Ojeda by cell phone: 812-603-8731, or e-mail: manuelojeda25@hotmail.com; or Mary Ellen Perkins at 812-591-3805.
Legal Notice: Notice is hereby given that a regular Quadrennial Session of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the Chapel building at Indiana Academy, Route 19, Cicero, Ind., on Sun., May 18, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Duly accredited delegates and delegates-at-large will be authorized to receive reports; elect a conference president, secretary-treasurer, departmental directors, a Conference Executive Committee, a K-12 Board of Education, a Standing Nominating Committee, and a Standing Constitution and Bylaws Committee; to enact, amend, or repeal Bylaws and vote recommended changes to the constitution for the Indiana Conference and Indiana Academy; and to issue credentials and licenses for the ensuing four years. Delegates will transact such other business as may properly come before the delegation. Each church will be entitled to one delegate for the church organization and one additional delegate for each 25 members or major fraction thereof. The Organizing Committee will meet the same day, Sun., May 18, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., at Indiana Academy.
Gary Thurber, president
George Crumley, secretary-treasurer
Legal Notice: Notice is hereby given that a regular Quadrennial Session of the members of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists, Inc., a corporation, will be held in connection with the Quadrennial Session of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists at Indiana Academy, Route 19, Cicero, Ind., on Sun., May 18, 2008. The first meeting of the Association will be called to order at approximately 1:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to elect a board of directors for the ensuing quadrennial term, to restate and amend the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the delegates. Delegates of the Quadrennial Session of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists are likewise delegates to the Association meeting.
Gary Thurber, president
Gary Case, secretary
Lake Region
Fourth Annual Free Kidney Diagnostic Screening and Intervention will be held at Chicago Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School, 7008 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, on May 18, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The health outreach, sponsored by the Shiloh Church Health Ministry partnering with the American Kidney Fund's Minority Intervention and Kidney Education (MIKE) Program, will provide comprehensive education, diagnostic screening, resource referral and supportive follow-up. If you have a family history of diabetes and high blood pressure, then you should be tested, for you are at a greater risk for kidney disease. For registration and pre-screening instructions, call Alleen Reese at 773-238-5646.
Planting for the Harvest—a soul-winning seminar for every church member. Presented by PROJECT: Steps to Christ at the Community Fellowship Church, Sabbath, May 31, at 2:30 p.m. You will learn how to effectively: (1) reach every home in your community with the everlasting gospel; (2) win souls no matter what your age, health or how busy you are; (3) sow seeds of truth for the final harvest; (4) hasten the soon coming of our Lord. For more information, call Casseta McGill at 248-967-6837. The church address is 27800 Southfield Rd., Lathrup Village, Mich., 48076.
Lake Union
Offerings
May 3 Local Church Budget
May 10 Disaster & Famine Relief
May 17 Local Church Budget
May 24 Local Conference Advance
May 31 World Mission Budget Offering
Special Days
May 3 Community Services Sabbath
May 10 Youth Sabbath
North American Division
150-Year Anniversary Celebration of Ellen White's "The Great Controversy Vision": Make plans to come to Dayton, Ohio, for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration on May 10. This historical anniversary celebration will take place in Kettering, Ohio, on the lawn behind the Kettering Adventist Church. Featured speakers will include Jim Nix, Jon Paulien, Jan Paulsen, Smuts Van Rooyen and Charles D. Bradford. Concerts throughout the day will be provided by The Heritage Singers; Ponder, Harp, and Jennings; and Take 6. The youth/young adult division will meet in the Kettering Church auditorium. Their speakers include Michael Knecht, Karl Haffner, Clarisa Worley Sproul and Jose Rojas. Music will be provided by Kettering College of Medical Arts, and Spring Valley, Mount Vernon and Indiana Academies. For more information, visit www.ohioadventist.org/article/php?id=134. Lunch will be provided. Free lunch meal tickets are available. The first 3,000 ticket orders will be honored. There is no limit to the number of tickets for a family or group. E-mail your order to information@ohioadventist.org (preferred method). Or phone your order to 1-740-397-4665, ext. 165. The ticket order deadline is Fri., May 2, at noon, provided tickets are still available.
The Hope of Survivors will host a Hope & Healing Conference at the Holiday Inn Select , 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, Minn., June 27–28. The purpose is to provide information and encouragement to those who have been abused by a pastor or spiritual leader. Advance registration is required. Please register online at www.TheHopeOfSurvivors.com/registration.asp. There will be a $40 per person, non-refundable charge for meals (lunch and dinner) served on June 28. Speakers include: Steve and Samantha Nelson; Tom Lemon, president of the Minn. Conference; Jennifer Jill Schwirzer; and Stephanie Dawn (providing music).
Eagle (Idaho) Seventh-day Adventist Church invites all members (past and present), family and friends to the 100th anniversary of its organization, Fri. and Sabbath, July 25 and 26, 538 West State St., Eagle. For more information, contact Myrna Ferguson at 208-939-6568, or e-mail myfer40@msn.com.
