IN THIS ISSUE -

** TBN to Air Vop "Exploring the Word" Program
** Get the Latest Tsunami News and ADRA's Response
** Adventist Preaching DVD, "Cures for the Common Christian"
** Operation 30,000
** Adventist Single Adult Ministries Conference
** Young Adult Ministries FACT Information
** Impact St. Louis 2005 - Youth and Young Adults
** "Let's Talk" for ages 15-25 and GC President Jan Paulsen
** Business Card Service Upgrade
** GC Session 2005 Meal Tickets Must be Pre-purchased
** Prayer Quest in Oregon
** Screening of Desmond Doss Video as Fundraiser
** eChurch of the Year 2004 Awarded
** eChurch of the Month
** Jobs and Resume Sites
** Upcoming Events


FRIDAY FAX
January 27, 2005
A News and Information Service for Leaders in North America

- RESOURCES -

** TBN TO AIR "SEEKING GOD," an "Exploring the Word" program from the Voice of Prophecy, January 31, at 9:00 a.m., PST. Share this with your friends and family and encourage them to watch, and write a note to say how much you appreciate the program, and that you would like to see more like it.

Write to: The Evidence TBN, P.O. Box A, Santa Ana, CA 92711.

** THE LATEST TSUNAMI NEWS and ADRA's response to it and other global news can be found online at http://adra.org/news.html. Email updates will be sent directly to you if you fill out the form on the right hand side at this site.

** ADVENTIST PREACHING DVD, Volume 9, features Karl Haffner and a six-part series, "Cures for the Common Christian." The series was taped at Southern Adventist University's Student Week of Prayer. The sermons are appropriate for many venues, such as youth ministries, worship services, prayer meetings, and a church lending library.

Contact: www.acn.info and by calling 800-ACN-1119. Beginning this year, the Adventist Preaching DVDs are also available through AdventSource (800-328-0525) and in many Adventist Book Centers. Cost: US$24.95.

** HEALTH MINISTRIES SABBATH AND OPERATION 30,000 - So far, 72,000 Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2) surveys have been returned, but another 30,000 are needed to reach the goal of making this a successful and viable study of more than 100,000 completed surveys. AHS-2 is requesting that all churches join in "Operation 30,000 on Health Ministries Sabbath, February 19, or on another Sabbath in February or March. Churches will receive further information, a new video, and new brochures.

Contact: 800-247-1699 for more information.

** ADVENTIST SINGLE ADULT MINISTRIES (ASAM) CONFERENCE, February 21-24 - Attend the country's largest training event for Single Adult Ministry (SAM) leaders at the interdenominational SAM Convention, February 21-23. It will be followed by the 2nd Annual ASAM Leadership Training Conference, February 24. Both will be held in Orlando, Florida. Featured speakers are Elder José Rojas, NAD Director of the Office of Young Adult Ministries; and Richard Stenbakken, newly appointed NAD ASAM Coordinator.

Contact: To receive a substantial discount, you must register for the SAM Convention through Lorraine Thomas, Adventist Coordinator at LthomasASAM@aol.com or call 951-929-4178. Register for ASAM at 800-732-7587 through February 17.

** YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES - Even though the young adult and singles population has become a larger and more significant segment of the population, only one congregation in five has an ongoing program of young adult ministries or single adult ministries, according to surveys. There is no statistically significant difference in survey results between Adventist congregations and other faith groups except in occasional or seasonal events, according to the FACT Survey and information in the January 26 issue of "Creative Pastor," electronic newsletter for pastors available from the Center for Creative Ministries. However, Adventist churches are more likely to have an annual event such as "Singles Sabbath" or other events during the year.

Contact: www.creativeministry.org/research/ and click on "New Fact Information" to see information from past issues of "Creative Pastor."

** IMPACT ST. LOUIS 2005 - Youth & Young Adult Community Impact, June 29-July 9, 2005 - A youth evangelism training event running concurrently with the General Conference Session. Plans are for 400 youth and young adult delegates from around the world to be trained and actively involved in street evangelism. Ministries include building projects, compassion/grief ministry, prayer ministry, drama ministry, puppet ministry, prison family ministry, and much more.

Contact: www.adventistyouthministries.org

** "LET'S TALK" - One ministry for young adults has been personally initiated by our General Conference president, Jan Paulsen, who launched the "Let's Talk" broadcasts, aimed at the 15-25 years age group.

Contact: http://letstalk.adventist.org/ to learn more or to get involved. Young adults can go online and send questions and comments directly to the Office of the President, and participate in discussions. They are also invited to submit their artwork, short stories, photos, and poems, to be viewed by the "Let's Talk" Community. Copies of the first unscripted, hour-long conversation between Pastor Paulsen and Seventh-day Adventist young people can be ordered at the website. One can also view the program online.

** BUSINESS CARD SERVICE UPGRADE - The business card ordering system at adventmall.com, designed specifically for Adventist administrators and pastors, has received a major upgrade incorporating several new features. Now you can add your own photo or other graphic such as a local church logo, or select from a gallery of inspirational art. English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French versions of the Adventist logo are available. It includes several colorful new templates, and includes options of up to 12 lines of contact information.

Contact: www.adventmall.com or call 208-362-8006.

** GC SESSION 2005 MEAL TICKETS MUST BE PRE-PURCHASED - Attendees at GC 2005 must plan ahead for meals during the 10-day meetings. Only a very limited number of meal tickets will be available onsite, and the number of food outlets open in downtown St. Louis after 4 p.m. is limited.

Books of 20 US$10 meal tickets are on sale for lunch and dinner. Download the order form at www.gcsession.org, print the form and return via postal mail with check or money order for US$200 payable to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. You can also request the form by calling 301-680-6216.

Breakfast and snacks will be available a la carte in the Bistro, which is located near the Lobby Plaza entrance at the America's Center. Delegates and technical staff should check with your division or supervisor before purchasing meal tickets. Some tickets may be provided for you.

** PRAYER QUEST WILL BE FEBRUARY 18-21 in Gladstone Park Holden Convention Center in Gladstone, Oregon (near Portland). It's a call to prayer for men and women who want to experience life-changing time in God's presence. Take home resources for prayer ministries in your local church.

Speakers include NAD President Don Schneider; Ginny Allen, Women's Ministries speaker and author from Washington; Ron Clouzet, Theology Department Chair at Southern Adventist University; and others. Registration by February 2 required.

Contact: www.oregonconference.org/homepage/homepage.aspx?departmentID=25, or call 503-652-2225, Ext. 402. US$50 registration fee includes 8 meals.

** SCREENING OF DESMOND DOSS VIDEO EXTENDED - "The Conscientious Objector" documentary video about experiences of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Desmond Doss, is still available to use as a fundraiser for Worthy Student Funds by Pathfinder groups, schools and churches.

Contact: www.plusline.org/events to register your organization.


- PRIME SITES -

The 2004 eChurch Award of the Year goes to the Camelback Seventh-day Adventist Church in Phoenix, Arizona. See the award-winning site at www.camelbackchurch.net/.
The January, 2005, eChurch Award winner is the Vallejo Drive Church, in California (http://www.graceunconditional.com/).

Contact: www.plusline.org/article.php?id=4695 for evaluation criteria for eChurch Awards and to link to winners of the month.

Jobs and Résumés - Here are two more sites where jobs and résumés can be found or posted:

* Professional Communicators: www.adventistcommunicator.org.
* Adventist Professionals' Network: http://apn.adventist.org.
(See December 10, 2004, Friday FAX for more listings)



- UPCOMING EVENTS -

A quick view of events sponsored by the North American Division. Go to www.nadadventist.org for details, unless otherwise indicated.

* LaRed NET Evangelism series (in Spanish), "Descubra," Rerun via ATN/ACN Special Services Channel 1, January 21-29 - www.acn.info

* Health Summit, January 30 - February 5, Orlando, Florida - www.plusline.org

* Reconnecting Ministries Training Events, various dates and locations (next event, February 12, Lincoln, Nebraska) - www.creativeministry.org/training/reconnecting_events.htm

* Educational Marketing Seminar, February 14-16, Dallas, Texas - www.nadeducation.org/marketing

* Adventist Single Adult Ministries (ASAM) Training Conference, February 24, Orlando, Florida - www.adventistsingleadultministries.org/

* Adventurer Leadership Convention, February 24-27, Portland, Oregon - www.adventistyouthministries.org

* NET 2005 - "Prophecy Code: Bible Secrets Unlocked," March 4-26, uplinked internationally on ACN from General Conference headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland - www.net2005.org and www.acn.info

* "From This Day Forward" Marriage Conferences, March 12/Albuquerque, New Mexico; and April 30/Kansas City, Missouri - www.adventistfamilyministries.org/article.php?id=5

* Se7en Signs, Acts 2 discipleship training, via satellite on ACN, April 2-9 - www.sevensigns.net

* Nonprofit Leadership Certification Program, April 18-22, Hinsdale, Illinois - www.plusline.org




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Managing Editor - Lynetta Murdoch
Consulting Editor - Halvard Thomsen
lynetta.murdoch@nad.adventist.org
Fax 301-680-6464
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