Historic Adventist Village

Dec. 10 and 11, 4:00–7:00 p.m.: Victorian Christmas—carols, choirs, Village lantern tours, Food Bank offering, Chet Damron as the Story Teller. For more information on this event, contact Stanley Cottrell, Village director, at (269) 965-3000; or visit website: www.adventistheritage.org.

From Nov.–Apr., the Village is open only on Sabbaths from 2:00–4:00 p.m., and for specially-scheduled group tours during the week. From Jan.–Mar., only the Dr. John Harvey Kellogg Discovery Center and the James and Ellen White Home are open for tours. To schedule a group tour, call (269) 965-3000; or e-mail: adventistvillage@tds.net. A donation of $5/person helps keep the Village open.

Indiana

Tri-Town Christmas Program: Enjoy the beautiful music of the season with an adult mass choir, the Indiana Academy Keynotes, band, and bell choir on Fri., Dec. 2, 7:00 p.m., at the annual community musical program held at the Cicero Adventist Church, 24445 State Road 19 North.

Journey to Bethlehem: Come experience a bustling Judean village. Meet Herod the Great, and search with the shepherds and wisemen for the real meaning of Christmas. Enjoy live animals, a narrated tour, and more than 100 costumed cast members. New scenes this year. Event times: Dec. 3, 6:00–9:00 p.m.; Dec. 4, 5:00–8:00 p.m. at the Cicero Adventist Church, 24445 State Road 19 North. For more information, call (317) 984-4860; or visit website: www.sdachurch.com.

Winter Ski Fest will be held Jan. 26–29 at Timber Ridge Camp for youth in grades 7–12, with supervision. The weekend includes Fri. skiing at Paoli Peaks, and will be full of spiritual programs. Options available. Contact the Indiana Conference youth department at (317) 844-6201 for an application.

Lake Union

Offerings:

Dec. 3 Local church budget

Dec. 10 Inner City

Dec. 17 Local church budget

Dec. 24 Local conference advance

Dec. 31 Local church budget

Thirteenth Sabbath Offering:

Dec. 24 Southern Asia Pacific Division

Special days:

Dec. 3 Bible Sabbath

North American Division

Oregon Conference Family Ministries: Go to LoveTakesTime.com or HopeForTheFamily.com for free marriage, family, parenting, and single's resources. Also, we now have Marriage Matters resources by Harvey and Kathy Corwin. For more information, call toll-free: (800) 337-8225.

International Website for Adventist Nurses: Adventist Nursing Connection (ANC) is the name of the new website designed specifically to link the world-wide community of Adventist nurses. Visitors will find a variety of information plus a discussion forum. The focus is on attracting men and women to the nursing profession and supporting and encouraging those who are in practice. This virtual community should prove especially welcome to those nurses who practice in isolated areas of the world. ANC needs your assistance in reaching all Adventist nurses with the news of this new virtual community so that it grows into a beneficial service world-wide. Website address: www.adventistnursingconnection.org.

AdventSource and PlusLine are pleased to announce their upcoming merger, which will officially take place Jan. 1, 2006. For more than 24 years AdventSource has concentrated solely on the distribution of ministry resources in North America, equipping local leaders in ministry with the tools to succeed. PlusLine began as an experimental question and answer service in the Pacific Union Conference in 1993, but was expanded the next year to all nine union conferences. Since then it has grown to include information services, event registration, and event planning services for the Adventist church throughout the North American Division (NAD). In June 2005, the NAD decided to combine these two efforts and their funds. AdventSource will soon be known as the one-stop source of information for everything Adventist. Visit www.adventsource.org.

Union College Homecoming Weekend: Alumni, friends, and former faculty are invited to Celebrating a Century of Service—Golden Cords (1906–2006), Apr. 6–9, 2006. All Union College alumni who had a golden cord hung in their honor are invited to this special celebration. Special honor classes: 1936, '46, '51, '56, '66, '76, '81, '86, and '96. For more information, contact the Alumni office at (402) 486-2503; 3800 South 48th St., Lincoln, NE 68506; or e-mail: alumni@ucollege.edu.