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Dear Fellows, friends and supporters of CSLI Annapolis,

You know the focus of CSLI Annapolis since its founding in 2009, has been to "Make Disciples" and our main tool for doing this has been the Fellows Program.  See http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Fellows_Program for more information on this.
 
To date, over 100 Fellows from 30 or more churches, representing over 20 denominations have graduated from this program.  This year alone, 28 Fellows are participating in our Year 1 and Year 2 Fellows Programs with 19 mentors meeting with them monthly to help guide their journey.
 
These Fellows have gone on to do amazing things for the Kingdom, some of which I have shared with you in the past.  But "the harvest is plenty, and the laborers few", and while God has leveraged the Fellows graduates to do significant things in His Kingdom, we have been led into the fields and given a new tool so that a greater harvest can be realized.
 
Three years ago, four U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen asked if they could do a "shorter version of the Fellows Program" because they did not have the time or availability to commit to the rigors of being a Fellows.  A tailored program was designed for them (a subset of the Fellows curriculum) which we named "The Associates Program".  These four midshipmen and a mentor tested the curriculum, and the following year, three different midshipmen helped refine the program.  This year, 24 midshipmen seniors are participating and we are getting great feedback from them, and the staff at the U.S. Naval Academy, on the transformational effect on their lives and the midshipmen in their sphere of influence.
 
In addition, one of our Fellows decided to do a slightly different version of The Associates Program to enable lay persons in his church to benefit from the content of the Fellows Program - people who were unable to commit to the rigors of the Fellows Program.  This past year, 25 people is this local church are participating in this program with similar results as the midshipmen and now we have additional pastors asking if they can use the curriculum in their churches as well.  Can you say "Praise God"!
 
We could never have envisioned or planned the results we are seeing from the Associates Program, nor could we have envisioned that the Fellows Program has now graduated from being a "Discipleship Factory" to being a "Mentor Factory"; that is, the mentors in the USNA Associate Program are Fellows graduates, and those wishing to facilitate an Associates Program in their local church are Fellows graduates.
 
I am very excited about where this may lead!  Can you imagine: Instead of having 20, 30 or 40 Fellows each year, which we will continue to encourage because they are our future mentors; we could have hundreds of students and 10's and 20's of churches (even hundreds?) participating in the Associate's Program.  This would put our discipleship making on a entirely new trajectory!!
 
CSLI Annapolis' vision has always been "to be a partner to the Church to help in its mandate to 'go and make disciples'".  With the Fellows Program as our "Discipleship and Mentor Factory", and the Associates Program as a medium for mass discipleship, I am excited about the prospect of seeing this vision realized - even in my lifetime.
 
Love you all...
 

Jim Phillips
C.S. Lewis Institute
City Director, Annapolis
717-421-5544 (m)
J.Phillips@cslewisinstitute.org


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Calendar of Events:

March:
* Year 1 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, Mar 4 | 8:45am | Brice House Conference Room 
* Year 2 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, Mar 4 | 8:45am | Paca House Conference Room 
* SJC Men's Discipleship Group | Tuesdays | 7:30pm | Aslan House 
* SJC Women's Discipleship Group | Wednesdays | 2:30pm | Aslan House 

April: 
* Year 1 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, Apr 1 | 8:45am | Brice House Conference Room 
* Year 2 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, Apr 1 | 8:45am | Paca House Conference Room 
* SJC College Fellowship Retreat | Friday/Saturday, April 7-8 |Osprey Point 
* CSLI Annapolis Annual Banquet | Friday, Apr 21 | 6:30 pm | DoubleTree Hotel 
* SJC Men's Discipleship Group | Tuesdays | 7:30pm | Aslan House 
* SJC Women's Discipleship Group | Wednesdays | 2:30pm | Aslan House
 
May: 
* Year 1 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, May 6 | 8:45am | Brice House Conference Room 
* Year 2 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, May 6 | 8:45am | Paca House Conference Room 
* Pastor's Luncheon | Wednesday, May 4 | Noon | YellowFin Restaurant 
* SJC Men's Discipleship Group | Tuesdays | 7:30pm | Aslan House 
* SJC Women's Discipleship Group | Wednesdays | 2:30pm | Aslan House 

June: 
* Year 1 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, Jun 3 | 8:45am | Brice House Conference Room 
* Year 2 Fellows Meeting | Saturday, Jun 3 | 8:45am | Paca House Conference Room 
* Fellows Graduation Picnic | Saturday, Jun 3 | Noon | Paca Gardens 
* SJC Men's Discipleship Group | Tuesdays | 7:30pm | Aslan House 
* SJC Women's Discipleship Group | Wednesdays | 2:30pm | Aslan House




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