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SUMMARY:Fall Pastors' Retreat 2024
DESCRIPTION:Location: Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center\, Oregon\, OH\n \nRegister Online: Click here \nBrochure & Register by Mail: Click here to download the 2024 Fall Pastors’ Retreat Brochure [pdf] \n \n \nInstructions for Reserving Cottages:\nCottage Map: Click here to download [pdf] \nOne wing of Maumee Bay Lodge will be undergoing some roof replacement while we are there. During the construction\, those accomodations will be unavailable to us. We are instead receiving 2- and 4-bedroom cottages at the same price as the rooms in the lodge. The number of people expected to come to the retreat will require that we use al of the rooms/cottages that are available to us. \nThe 2-bedroom cottages have one bathroom; maximum occupancy (for this retreat) will be either one couple or two people of the same gender and the minimum occupancy will be one person. In the 4-bedroom cottages with two bathrooms\, the maximum occupancy will be two couples or four people of the same gender and the minimum occupancy will be three people. There are 16 2-bedroom cottages and two 4-bedroom cottages. Registration for the cottages will be on a first come first served basis. \nTo register for a 2-bedroom cottage\, indicate on the registration form that you would prefer a cottage. If a cottage is available when you register\, one will be reserved for you. Otherwise\, if a cottage is not available\, a room ni the lodge wil be reserved for you. You will be notified as to which accommodation has been reserved for you. \nTo register for a 4-bedroom cottage\, cal Peg Wolter at 248-921-8336 and she will email\nyou the link for the online registration for a 4-bedroom cottage. Each couple or individual is responsible to register and pay for themselves\, but you will need to know who will be sharing the cottage with you to start the cottage registration process. \nRates:\n4-bedroom cabin\n2 couples; $370 per couple 4individuals – $185 each\n3 individuals – $215 each
URL:https://greatlakes.cc/event/fall-pastors-retreat-2024/
LOCATION:Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center\, 1750 State Park Rd #2\, Oregon\, OH\, 43616
CATEGORIES:GLC
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SUMMARY:Responding to God’s Call for Your Community Cohort (4 Sessions)
DESCRIPTION:A Learning and Equipping Cohort for Mission Advancement \nDates: Jan 30\, Feb 13\, Feb 27\, Mar 13 \nLocation/Time: All four Zoom sessions are from 7:00-8:00pm CST \nCost: None \nRegistration Deadline: January 28\, 2025 \nRegistration: To register your team (or an individual)\, send an e-mail to Peg (Kohring) Cichon pegkohring@gmail.com with contact information:  Name(s)\, Church\, City/State\, e-mail\, phone.  The team (or individual) will receive confirmation of registration and the zoom link for the series. \nWould you like to see more people begin to follow Jesus through your ministry? Join leaders from other GLC churches to strengthen your outreach ministry in a 4-session cohort experience\, “Responding to God’s Call for Your Community” starting January 30\, 2025. \nThe 4 Sessions include: \n\nJanuary 30\, Jody Eidnes and Peg Cichon (Conference Offices) will help you to lay the foundation for reaching out to your community. You will go through a short workbook that can help to prepare your congregation for community outreach. Then you will be shown some of the basics of MissionInsite*\, a demographics program that can help you to understand the unique makeup and needs of your community. Following the session\, a member of your team will be invited to work with Jody to generate a MissionInsite demographic report of your neighborhood or community that you can use to help develop plans for the future.\nFebruary 13\, Alex Rahill II\, Lead Pastor of Life Church Livonia\, will share time-tested outreach ministry techniques (used commonly in church-planting) to connect in meaningful ways with people in your community.\nFebruary 27\, ECC Director of Evangelism\, Iesha Hawley will help you develop skills to talk about Jesus to those in your community.\nDate TBD\, In the last session\, Peg Cichon\, the GLC Vitality Liaison\, will discuss how to use the information from the past three sessions to develop a fall kickoff campaign to reach your community for Christ.\n\nAll four zoom sessions are from 7:00-8:00 pm CST. We recommend that (at a minimum) a member of the pastoral staff and an elected church leader or members of your Outreach Ministry Team (if you have one) participate in this cohort together.  For the MissionInsite* work it helps to have a tech-comfortable person on the team. \n* MissionInsite is a demographic analysis tool that has proven to be remarkably helpful to GLC Churches in understanding their neighbors and developing strategies for connecting with them.  See the website here:  https://www.acstechnologies.com/missioninsite
URL:https://greatlakes.cc/event/responding-to-gods-call-for-your-community-cohort-4-sessions/
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SUMMARY:GLC Annual Celebration 2025
DESCRIPTION:Where:\nCamp Mission Meadows\n5201 East Lake Road\, Dewittville\, NY 14728 \n\nRegistration & Brochure:\nRegister Online \nRegister by Mail [pdf] \nDownload the full 2025 Brochure\, including Schedule\, Workshops\, Places to Stay\, and More [pdf] \n\nDownload PDFs:\n2025 Annual Celebration Schedule \n2025 Annual Meeting Presentation – Ministry Planning Cycle \n2025 Annual Meeting Presentation – Ministry Planning Cycle 2 \n2024-2025 Delegate Documents \n2025 Church Prayer Card \n2024-2025 Financial booklet \n2025 Board Nomination Bios Booklet \n\nPlaces to Stay:\n\nCamp Mission Meadows has secured a block of rooms at these nearby hotels. When calling to book\, please let them know you are with the Camp Mission Meadows group. These rates are good until April 1st.  \nCamp Mission Meadows\n5201 Route 430\nDewittville\, NY 14728\n716-386-5932\n$40/PP/night\nShared room and bathroom\nBreakfast Included \nChautauqua Suites\n215 W. Lake Rd\nMayville\, NY 14757\n716-269-7829\n$140/night \nChautauqua Harbor Hotel\n10 Dunham Ave\nCeloron\, NY 14720\n716-489-2800\n$139/night \nHoliday Inn Express & Suites Jamestown\n2811 N. Main Street Ext.\nJamestown\, NY 14701\n(716) 487-0001\n$115/night \n\nDelegate Selection:\nMember congregations shall be entitled to representation as follows: congregations up to 100 members\, two delegates; congregations with 101 to 200 members\, three delegates; congregations with 201 to 300 members\, four delegates; congregations with 301 or more members\, five delegates. \n\nQuestions?\nPlease contact Jody Eidnes at jody@greatlakes.cc\, 248-595-8098. \n\n\n \n\n\n\nGLC Ministerium\n\n \nGLC Ministerial Annual Meeting\n\nFri\, May 2\, 2025 – 9:00am-12:00pm \n\n \nCamp Mission Meadows\, 5201 East Lake Road\, Dewittville\, NY 14728 \n  \n\n \nMinisterial Association Dues\n\n\n\n \n\nPay Dues Online \n\n \n \n\nDownload Paper Dues Form [pdf] \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://greatlakes.cc/event/glc-annual-celebration-2025/
LOCATION:Camp Mission Meadows\, 5201 NY-430\, Dewittville\, NY\, 14728
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SUMMARY:Fall Pastors Retreat 2025
DESCRIPTION:Location: Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center\, 1750 State Park Road #2\, Oregon\, OH 43616 \nRegistration: You can now register for the Fall Pastors Retreat – be an EARLY BIRD! This is a wonderful time for us to be together\, be encouraged\, and be equipped. \n\nClick Here to Register Online\nBrochure & Register by Mail: TBD (Please watch your email and regular mail for a brochure.)\n\nCost: \nWe recognize the cost is significantly more than in previous years and acknowledge this as one of the concerns many of you expressed in the survey following our 2024 retreat. These costs reflect the substantial increase in the costs charged to us by Maumee Bay (food costs at the retreat center increased over 33% compared to 2024 and the room rates went up by 12%). \nThe amount you are asked to pay does not reflect the full cost of the retreat. The actual costs quoted by the Lodge are $370 per person (double occupancy) for the room and meals. But our GLC Staff is committed to raising funds to reduce the cost by $50 per person to $320. Costs for the speaker\, musicians\, and other miscellaneous costs are paid for out of GLCMA funds from your dues. We are looking at additional ways to reduce these costs and will notify you if there are any changes. \nAdditionally\, there are scholarships available. Please contact one of us if you are in need of a scholarship. OUR GOAL is that finances would not prevent anyone from attending. \nWe have looked for other venues to try and reduce the costs. However we have not been able to find any that are of sufficient size and “somewhat centrally located” for our geographically diverse conference. If you have any suggestions for future years\, please feel free to forward them to any of us on the Executive Committee. \nThe Speaker: \nOur speaker for this year is Dr Gary Burge. Gary is s a scholar in New Testament studies specializing in the gospels and the cultural context of first century Judea. In particular\, Gary has written extensively on the Gospel of John and this will be the primary focus of his time with us (details to be provided in the forthcoming brochure) In addition to sharing with us on the Gospel of John\, we expect that Gary will be providing an optional workshop on the Middle East\, particularly the Promised Land\, another one of his focused areas of expertise. \nOriginally from Southern California\, Gary was an undergraduate at the University of California\, Riverside\, and The American University of Beirut\, Lebanon. He attended Fuller Theological Seminary and King’s College\, The University of Aberdeen\, Scotland. In Scotland he studied with I. Howard Marshall and earned a Ph.D. in New Testament. He served on the faculties of King College (Tennessee)\, North Park University (Illinois) and after 25 years at Wheaton College (Illinois) he joined the faculty of Calvin Theological Seminary (Michigan) in 2017 as Visiting Professor of New Testament. He moved from regular faculty to adjunct in July 2023. Gary is currently attending Thornapple Covenant Church in Grand Rapids on a fairly regular basis. \nWe look forward to seeing you in September\,\nThe GLCMA Executive Committee\nKendall Churchill\, Chair \nEmail: kendallchurchill@gmail.com\nPhone: (425) 635-8572
URL:https://greatlakes.cc/event/fall-pastors-retreat-2025/
LOCATION:Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center\, 1750 State Park Rd #2\, Oregon\, OH\, 43616
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