This Week at ECV: 10/11 - 10/18

This Week at ECV: 10/11 - 10/18

• Life with a Living God Conference: 10/14-10/15 – Register today!
• ECV Youth Ministry Intern: George Black! - Also, join the Youth Ministry Team!
• Join Elm City Voices - Practices on Sundays from 2-3pm at United Church
• Support Famine Relief in East Africa: Purchase "Serenity" by Tina Colon Williams (at www.tinacolon.com)

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The Scoop:

Life with a Living God Conference:
a Practical Workshop on Hearing from God and Praying for Healing

Friday, 10/14: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Saturday, 10/15: 2pm-5:30pm, dinner (provided), 7:30-9:30
@ United Church on the Green (corner of Elm St. and Temple St., New Haven)

Take the plunge! Come and see what God has in store for you and our community through this conference. Register today! (It also helps us plan some of the logistics when we know who’s coming.)

What if God is real? What if God is at work in the world? What if God wants to work through us? Whether you've been following Jesus for years or are just beginning to explore life with God, this conference will be an opportunity to explore what life could look like in God's presence.

Speakers
Jamie and Michelle Wilson, Coast Vineyard (San Diego)
Robin Morrison, Basileia Community (Hollywood)

Cost
$20/person
undergraduate discount: $10/person
please don't let cost keep you from coming; feel free to pay what you can.

Saturday dinner and childcare will be provided.

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Introducing... our ECV Youth Ministry Intern - George Black!

This past Sunday, we were so excited to welcome George Black as our new ECV Youth Ministry Intern! Many of you probably know George either from hearing his awesome voice singing in Elm City Voices or on the worship team, or from his leadership in WyldLife Club (the Jr. High group that is part of Young Life New Haven, an ECV Partner) or even in his work with LEAP, a local youth development non-profit.

This year, George will be working with a team to start planning events and activities that will reach the youth (ages 11- 17yrs) in New Haven! He is currently looking for folks who are interested in dreaming and planning with him to build a youth ministry in ECV!

If you are at all interested in working with youth, please contact George for more info.

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Elm City Voices
Rehearsals on Sundays starting on 9/18
2:00 - 3:00 pm@ United Church (downstairs in the Bradley Room)

As you all heard on Sunday, the Elm City Voices are singing, having fun and praising Jesus!

All Singers are welcome to join ECV's fabulous Choir (singing Gospel music, etc.) - Rehearsals are on Sundays at 2pm! If you love music and want to find a way to connect with people at ECV, this is a great opportunity to do that. Also, if you have musical friends from the New Haven community, invite them to sing with us!

All rehearsals will be held downstairs in the Bradley Room at the United Church on the Green. If you have any questions feel free to email Shyla.

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 Support Famine Relief in East Africa: Purchase "Serenity" by Tina Colon Williams (at www.tinacolon.com)

As many of you have probably heard, the horn of Eastern Africa-- specifically the nation of Somalia-- is currently suffering from a devastating famine. According to NBC, 11 million (other sources say up to 13 million) people in the Horn of Africa need food assistance.

As we heard during Announcement on Sunday - In response, Tina and Juliet have decided to release a new studio recording of "Sincerity," written by Tina and produced by Juliet, and give all proceeds to responsible and proven organizations working against the famine in Eastern Africa.

For more info (and to purchase the song), visit: www.tinacolon.com

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What's on Deck?

• 10/23: ECV A/V Club - 2pm at United Church
• 10/30: ECV Harvest Party! - 6pm (after worship gathering) at United Church

Life with a Living God Conference

Life with a Living God: a Practical Workshop on Hearing from God and Praying for Healing
you've been hearing about this for a while; make a "pre-made" decision now by registering today

What if God is real? What if God is at work in the world? What if God wants to work through us? Whether you've been following Jesus for years or are just beginning to explore life with God, this conference will be an opportunity to explore what life could look like in God's presence.

Speakers
Jamie & Michelle Wilson, Coast Vineyard (San Diego)
Robin Morrison, Basileia Community (Hollywood)

Sessions
Friday, 10/14: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Saturday, 10/15: 2pm-5:30pm, dinner (provided), 7:30-9:30

Cost
$20/person
undergraduate discount: $10/person
please don't let cost keep you from coming; feel free to pay what you can

childcare will be provided

Vineyard Conference Opportunity- RE:FORM Conference in Baltimore

Hey everyone, I attended this conference last year and is is a great opportunity to network with like-minded folks within and outside of the Vineyard movement who are actually DOING something about key issues of our time: human trafficking, environmental stewardship, missional living in urban centers to name a few. Kathy Maskell

The 2009 RE:FORM Conference will be held at Cedar Ridge Community Church in Baltimore, Md. area Sept. 16-18. This year’s conference will focus on three of RE:FORM’s seven areas of crisis:

• Human Injustice
• Environmental Decline
• Spiritual Confusion

Each topic will be covered in a main session by practitioners followed by workshops on each of the tracks that will equip, train, and inspire churches and church leaders regarding ways to engage their congregation in addressing these issues on a local and international level. Attendees will have plenty of time to interact with speakers and workshop leaders in an environment that encourages and fosters networking, collaboration and the sharing of good ideas for the purposes of engaging others to care about topics covered in the conference.

REGISTER ONLINE

Registration	$129.00
Student Discount Registration	$59.00

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Here are our main session speakers. Workshop tracks and speakers will be added as they come available.

HUMAN INJUSTICE :: SOCIAL JUSTICE

ROB MORRIS is a co-founder and the president of Love146. Prior to establishing Love146, Rob worked with Mercy Ships International directing training schools at the International Operations Center. Rob travels internationally to speak and teach on issues of justice, compassion and human rights. Learn more about what his organization does at www.love146.com.

ENVIRONMENTAL DECLINE :: ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

LEROY BARBER is the President of Mission Year, a national urban initiative introducing 18-29 year olds to missional and communal living in city centers for one year. Rev. Barber is the Pastor of a church plant, Community Fellowships Church. He was chosen as a contributor to UnChristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity and Why It Matters and recently released his first book New Neighbor.

SPIRITUAL DEADNESS :: WHOLENESS THROUGH LIFE IN CHRIST

MARK FOREMAN is a simple man who is learning to follow Jesus wholly. He is the husband of Jan and father of Jon and Tim of the band Switchfoot. He is the lead pastor of North Coast Calvary Chapel—a “church without walls”—which has built its reputation by erasing the barriers of the church. Mark is a surfer and songwriter, and also serves as an associate professor at Bethel Seminary San Diego. He recently released his first book Wholly Jesus: His surprising approach to wholeness and why it matters today.

RE:FORM

TRI ROBINSON is the founding pastor of the Vineyard Boise Church in Boise, ID and Let’s Tend the Garden ministry and is one of the leading experts on creation care among evangelical churches. With a strong teaching background that includes a Masters degree in administrative education, he is a sought-after conference speaker and passionate about transferring his working insights and experience on church leadership to a wide spectrum of churches. Tri and his wife Nancy live in Sweet, ID, where they manage a nearly sustainable ranch.

Holy Spirit Ministry Conference - SAVE THE DATE: July 17-18

Dear ECV:

This summer we are going to host a small conference on the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The focus will be on hearing from God, life in the power of the Holy Spirit, and following Jesus against the odds.

There will be practical teaching from scripture, lots of great stories, and plenty of time for prayer and listening to God.

We have some wonderful (not to mention massively gifted) folks coming out to facilitate this meeting, including Jordan and Sonya Seng (pastors of Bluewater Mission, Hawaii), Robin Morrison (prophetic guy from Anaheim Vineyard), and David Ruis (worship leader / church planter / justice nut). These are our kind of people...you will love them.

The conference has come together in such a way that we have a strong hunch that it is going to be a really significant time for many of us. You should be stoked about this!

We may charge a nominal fee to cover some costs....but it will not be prohibitive at all. Also, there will be a small meeting for current church leaders (groups, worship, teaching, etc.) happening on Thursday night. So if that is you, please save Thursday night as well.

We will send more info nearer the time, but for now, please do two things.

1) SAVE THE DATES: Friday July 17th (evening) -- Saturday July 18th (9am-9pm)

2) SEND ME AN EMAIL TO RSVP SO WE CAN GET A SENSE OF THE NUMBERS

right on. lots of love,

-caleb.