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VOLUNTEER
SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 4, 2012

The Volunteer Ministries Team hopes your church can set aside time on Sunday, November 4 to lift up the gifts and dedication of your volunteers. Download the Volunteer Sunday Resource Packet.

BUS TRIP TO GREEN LAKE CANCELED BUT … Ronny Lanier has had to cancel her May bus trip to Green Lake but as it turns out, she's got other places to get to before she gets to the Missions Conference.

…REV. RONNY LANIER AWARDED HONORARY DOCTORATE SO... Rev. Ronny Lanier will head even further West than Green Lakes -- to the American Baptist Seminary of the West, to be exact -- where she will receive an honorary Doctorate of Divinity at its commencement on May 19, 2012. Read the story at www.internationalministries.org/read/42615.

...COME TO AN OPEN HOUSE FOR RONNY ON THURSDAY, MAY 31 Attention! Son #6,000 invites you to an OPEN HOUSE to congratulate Rev. Ronny Lanier with a smiling face on Thursday, May 31 from 4-8 p.m. at the Lanier Mission House, located at 102 Tremont Street, Melrose, MA. (Call 781-662-7235 for directions.) Ronny will/did receive an honorary doctorate of Divinity from the American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, CA on May 19 at 2 p.m. She reminds everyone to Be of Good Cheer!


2012 CRAIGVILLE COLLOQUY: JULY 16-20 "Breaking News in a Broken World: The Gospel Unbound in the Mainline Churches" is the theme of this year's Craigville Colloquy on July 16-20 at the picturesque Craigville Retreat Center on Cape Cod. Key presenters include Bill McKinney, former President of Pacific School of Religion and a tele-conference with Martha Grace Reese, author of Unbinding the Gospel.

The Craigville Colloquy is an experience that feeds the mind and heart: keynote presentations, workshops, small-group conversation and daily Bible study help the community explore the subject in depth, while two ecumenical celebrations of Holy Communion, daily Morning Prayer in a meditative style, Taizé Vespers and sacred music inspire with praise and song.

Rev. Jim Hinds, pastor at First Baptist in Gardner, is a member of this year's planning committee and shares this letter with us that provides more insight and details on the Colloquy.