District Conference Registration Extended!
Registration for District Conference has been extended. You can now register through Wednesday, August 29th, 2018.
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Registration for LIFE-on-life Formation
The Mid-Atlantic District is partnering with LIFE-on-life Formation to provide a space to address the needs of the whole person. The purpose is to produce spiritually mature men and women committed to incarnational ministry. This series of 9 cohorts spans three years.
Last day to register is August 31st!
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You Will Be Missed
Ruth Andrew, Kitchen Manager at the Overflow
Café, passed away Sunday morning.
Prayers for her family and the Café family are much appreciated.
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Available Dates for Missions Emphasis
Todd Adams:
- Sun. January 13, 2019 (Evening) - Wed. January 16, 2019
- Sun. January 20, 2019 (Evening) - Wed. January 23, 2019
- Sun. February 3, 2019 (Evening) - Wed. February 6, 2019
The Masons:
- Fri. May 3, 2019 - Sun. May 5, 2019
If you do not already have a confirmed date for hosting an International Worker, please visit the links below to select your dates:
You may choose either WEEKEND ONLY dates with the Mason family OR a traditional tour schedule with Todd Adams.
If you are arranging your own Missions Emphasis rather than using the District Office, please complete the following form: Click here.
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2018 Dream Incentive Grant Application
Church Ministries is delighted to have received funds for another year of Dream Incentive Grants designated for small to mid-size churches. Please see the
attached informational pages and application for the 2018 grant.
All applications must be submitted by September 15 to
vincentk@cmalliance.org
or to the following address-the C&MA, Attn: Kim Vincent,
8595 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80920
. We look forward to seeing what the Lord is placing on the hearts of our churches for greater Kingdom impact.
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Children's Disciplemaking Leadership Certificate (CDLC)
Applications Now Open!
We're implementing changes and have hired new staff. It's going to be amazing! If you have not found our
Facebook page yet, check it out and give it a like. You'll find distinctive CDLC content, including quotes, videos, encouragement, and more. We would love to see you start on your certificate this fall. Applications won't be open for long.
Visit
CMAllianceU.org
to apply today. The course is available in English and Spanish.
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The Gathering
The Gathering is next week on
S
eptember 5th, 2018 at 7pm!
LIVE SITE: West End Church - 3915 Francistown Road, Henrico, VA 23294.
WE NEED MORE SATELLITE SITES!
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Kovio Roof Project
The Christian and Missionary Alliance legacy for missions (domestic and abroad) has generations of history, much of which we will never know of this side of eternity. It is even more exciting though, whenever we can participate or facilitate in expanding the gospel during our own lifetime. John and Betty Arnold, currently missionaries in Burkina Faso, have worked many years in this field and can relate fascinating experiences battling for the gospel in this otherwise spiritually dark and hostile country. One of these stories started in 1996 with the miraculous beginnings of a church in Kovio (Ko-v-o) when four young men came to Christ. The village witch doctor afterwards falsely accused one of these men for the recent death of a young girl and incited the village to kill him in response. Two villagers followed through while the young man was sleeping only to see him walking the next morning. Through this and other circumstances related here,the village started coming to Christ.
The original Kovio church of 100 now has over 1000 Christians and needs our help. They have outgrown their existing church facilities and began construction of a larger building to enable the church to meet together. The walls are standing, but they need a $50,000 roof structure to hold it together. Unfortunately, the rainy season begins this spring and without the roof, the existing walls are unlikely to survive.
What can I do?
The Kovio roof installation needs to be funded by the end of 2018 so they can construct it in January to ensure the existing walls survive the rains. To help, please contribute by marking your gifts as "Kovio Church Roof Project" so that your church can forward them to the national office in time to start building.
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Renewed Vision
From Brian Gowing, Business and Technology Manager, Great Lakes District
The Great Lakes District is becoming an authorized reseller of the Renewed Vision product line (makers of ProPresenter presentation software) and will offer churches a 10-percent discount of Renewed Vision products. This includes full products with modules, NOT upgrades, media, or Bibles. The Great Lakes District is selling them at cost and will be able to contribute 10 percent of the proceeds from each sale to the GCF.
The Great Lakes District will fund the $3,000 nonrefundable initiation fee, and Brian Gowing hopes to build an initial list of churches interested in purchasing a new (not upgraded) version of Renewed Vision products. Each purchase will count toward the $3,000 fee, so if those interested can begin an initial group purchase, they can recoup the cost quickly and then purchase individual products going forward.
As Renewed Vision maintains retail pricing among all the resellers, we ask that our churches not share this information outside of Alliance churches; otherwise our reseller agreement will be voided. If your church is interested in purchasing Renewed Vision products, please e-mail Brian Gowing, brian@greatlakesdistrict.com, indicating what you are interested in and a possible purchase date.
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August 27-28
LO&CC
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August 30
Church Health Team
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September 3
Labor Day
OFFICE CLOSED
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cmallianceKIDsTraining
Kids Ministry Volunteers and Parents,
Join Melissa McDonald for a one-day cmallianceKIDS training event hosted at
First Alliance Church in Silver Spring on April 13th, 2019.
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Impact Summit 2019
January 11-12, 2019
Early Registration:
$99 (Through October 1)
Registration:
$149 (Through January 1)
Late/Onsite Registration: $199
Location:
Living Faith Alliance Church
1987 S. Lincoln Avenue
Vineland, NJ 08361
Contact: Caleb Howard, Family Ministries Coordinator at Living Faith Alliance Church
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LEAD Training & Certification
Cohort Director Training will take place on September 17-18, 2018 in Columbus, OH. Certification to be a LEAD Cohort Director is valid for five (5) years. Certification and the cost of the training weekend is $1,000.
Register Here
Registration closes September 7th.
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Free Resources for Community Connections
Next Door
This is a website and app that helps you connect with your neighbors. It's also useful for knowing how to pray for the neighborhood, since people will often post about services or information they need as well as issues like lost dogs or traffic accidents.
Meet Up
This website and app enables you to find or create groups of actual, real-life people near you who share your interests. You can find groups for interests like biking, hiking, book clubs, learning a language, cooking, finances, photography...the options are almost endless.
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Personnel and Church Updates
Personnel Updates:
Church Closures:
Church Location Changes:
New Church Plants:
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Official Directory and Prayer Guide News
At its last meeting, the President's Cabinet modified the schedule for the C&MA Official Directory and Prayer Guide. The directory will transition from an annual to a biennial release in a non-Council year. This means that there will
not be an Official Directory and Prayer Guide distributed in January 2019. The next Official Directory and Prayer Guide will be released in 2020.
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Fair Share and Church Multiplication Update
July 2018
Fair Share (YTD):
Budget: $31,309.41
Received: $26,599.61
Deficit: $4,709.80
Church Multiplication (YTD):
Budget: TBA
Received: $13,885.56
Deficit: TBD
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