Indiana

Enroll at Indiana Academy: If you want to attend an Adventist academy with a strong spiritual emphasis and an excellent academic program, IA is the place for you! Unique work opportunities, such as Certified Nursing Assistant training and a year-round Magabook program, help to make an Adventist education at IA affordable. Visit our website at http://www.iasda.org/, or call Bill Hicks, development director, at 317-984-3575 ext. 228, to learn more about IA or to request an enrollment package and consultation.

Canoe Trip: Join the youth of Indiana on a summer canoe trip down the Current River in South-Central Missouri Aug. 9–12. For information regarding this trip, which is sponsored by the Indiana Conference youth department, go to http://www.trcamp.org/ and click on youth events.

Home School Outdoor Education Week is Aug. 20–24 at Timber Ridge Camp. For additional information or to register, contact Dean Whitlow at dwhitlow@hughes.net or 812-829-2507.

Hispanic Family Retreat is Aug. 31–Sept. 3 at Timber Ridge Camp. For information, contact Sheri DeWitt at the Indiana Conference office at 317-844-6201.

Elders' Prayer Conference is Sept. 14–15 at Timber Ridge Camp. For registration information, contact Sheri DeWitt at the Indiana Conference office at 317-844-6201.

Women's Ministries Fall Weekend Retreat is Sept. 21–23 at the Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park. Guest speaker will be Carla Baker, women's ministries director for the North American Division. For registration information, contact Julie Loucks at the Indiana Conference office at 317-844-6201; or Shari Blackburn, Indiana Conference women's ministries director, at 260-450-2534.

Lake Union Conference

Offerings:

Jul 7 Local Church Budget

Jul 14 Women's Ministries

Jul 21 Local Church Budget

Jul 28 Local Conference Advance

Special Days:

Jul 7 Home Study International Promotional Day

Addictions Conference: Want to learn how to better build your ministry skills as you deal with those struggling with addictions in your church, school, or community? Attend the Addictions Conference at Andrews University July 12–15. This Conference is sponsored by the North American Division Ministerial Association, Office of Education, and Health Ministry Department. It is for pastors and church leaders, church members and community friends, health professionals and counselors, teachers, educators, and students. Register now online at www.plusline.org/events.php.

A Stewardship Seminar for Pastors, by G. Edward Reid (North American Division stewardship director), will be held Dec. 2–4 in Pioneer Memorial Church, Berrien Springs, Mich. Persons interested in attending should contact their local conference stewardship director.

North American Division

Tell the World. Tell Them Now! Experience the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries' (ASI) Annual International Convention, Aug. 1–4, at Louisville (Ky.) International Convention Center. Dynamic speakers, member testimonies, music, seminars, exhibits, fellowship, youth programs for all ages. For additional information, visit www.asiministries.org.

Pine Tree Academy (Freeport, Maine) 2007 Alumni Weekend will be Oct. 26–27. Honor classes: 1977, '82, '87, '92, '97, 2002. For more details, visit the alumni section of www.pinetreeacademy.org.

Student Bible Kit. Many academy or high school graduates will be attending public colleges and universities this coming Sept. Recently, a Bible Kit for Adventist students attending public secular colleges or universities was developed as a pilot project. Pastors may wish to have a special recognition/dedication service for those students in their church and present the kit as a gift to the young adult heading off to a public college or university. For nearly fifty years similar kits have been presented to Adventists entering military service. The NSO Kit has helped sustain links between the member in uniform and the Church. The Student Bible Kit consists of a full Bible, New Living Translation version, bonded-leather with matching color nylon carrying case, a modern version of Steps to Christ, a small book on the Sabbath and creation, a Bible Textionary, a card on how to obtain a complimentary subscription to Dialogue magazine, and information on Adventist Christian Fellowship (ACF). The Student Bible Kit is available from AdventSource (www.adventsource.org) in limited quantities. A small charge to cover handling and shipping fees will be assessed per kit. For further information, contact Chaplain Gary Councell at e-mail: gary.councell@nad.adventist.org.