The Scattered Chatter
Fall 2008, Volume 12-No. 1
Keeping the Conference Family Connected
http://NWMCmission.org
104th
New Wilmington Mission Conference, July 18-25, 2009
Confirmed Speakers
for NWMC 2009:
Dr. Kang Na (Morning
Meeting), Dr. James Edwards and Dr. Joan Gray (Adult Bible Hour)
Shane Bennett (Young Adult), Rev. Augustine Jebakumar (Evening Meeting)
Congratulations to the 2009 Summer
Service Team! Kyle
Joachim will lead the team to Berlin, Germany!
(See the Summer Service Blog for pictures and more details)
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Joshua Blessing, 21, Decorah, IA
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Claudia Brown, 20, Pittsburgh, PA
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Renee Hilbelink, 20, Oostburg, WI
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Emilie Humes, 21, Mercer, PA
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Luke Joachim, 21, Boardman, OH
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Nicole Merritt, 19, O’Fallon, MO
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Steve Nelson, 21, Ann Arbor, MI
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Ben Oegema, 21, Lawton, MI
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The 2008 NWMC was a great week!
We broke the 1,000 delegate threshold for registrations! Let’s
go beyond that in 2009! If you were blessed by Conference last
summer, pass along that blessing to others. Who can YOU personally
invite to join us next summer? Help promote NWMC by encouraging others
to watch the Power Point presentation on the webpage (search: 2009 NWMC
Power Point.) Download it and share it with your youth group.
Urge your youth director to attend with youth from your church.
NWMC is great for leadership development. Youth who attend often
go home and provide strong leadership in their youth groups.
We would like to advertise NWMC at
youth leader events and regional APCE meetings. If you plan
to attend one of these, will you share NWMC information there?
Contact the office or Pam Pope Courtney (mail@dcourtney.net)
Update on the “Chosen Generation
Missions Conference” in Malawi in July, 2008: Fletcher Matandika
reports that the Lord moved in a mighty way for the Conference participants: “I trust that in a few years,
the world will see wave after wave of Malawian Christians going out
for battle against the forces of darkness all around the world.”
Operation Christmas Child:
Thanks to everyone who helped with our service project! From donations
of toys and other items, to writing gift notes, to sorting and assembling
the individual boxes, you ALL will touch the lives and hearts of
572 children this Christmas!
Highlights from the NWMC Board
of Managers meeting on October 10 and 11, 2008:
--The
2009 Day of Prayer (Friday, July 17) will overlap with the Presbyterian
Association of Musicians (PAM) conference; both groups will have
to adapt. Some staff will not be able to occupy their rooms until
Saturday afternoon. NMWC Registration will not begin
until 3:00 PM on Saturday (not the usual 1:30 PM time)
AND it will take place in the Social Room of the New Wilmington
Presbyterian Church (NOT the Field House!) Check your registration
packets for more updated information on the 2009 Conference registration,
time and place.
--Westminster
College will renovate several dorms next summer. Browne
and part of Eichenauer are not available for use.
--Anderson
Auditorium: Roof repairs recently completed were under
warranty. Audio, visual, and electrical
repairs and improvements will be made
in 2009.
Want to be on NWMC staff?
This year many children experienced NWMC through the Child Care program.
They had fun, but we were short on staff. We are recruiting Child
Care staff early this year. If you are 21 years of age or older
and love to work with children, we NEED you! We welcome Grandparents,
Aunts, Uncles and Grandparent wanna-bees. Child care staff is
needed for two sessions – morning and evening. Four rooms need
to be staffed: infant, toddler, preschool and grade school.
Take your choice on a first-come, first-served basis. Your
cost for a week of NWMC on Child Care staff is just $80. If interested,
contact Ann McCord (330-668-7159) or mccordr@aol.com. Remember, our Child Care program is
only as good as the volunteers who agree to work in it!
Upcoming NWMC DATES: July
24-31, 2010; July 23-30, 2011; July 21-28, 2012.
Watch for your blue 2009 NWMC brochure;
pass it on after you check out the photos, or print one off the website
for a friend!
GOOD NEWS! The 2009 rates will remain the same!
Would you like to receive NWMC Emails throughout the year? Send/update your email address to the office.
Also, contact the office if you wish to receive monthly email prayer requests for NWMC.
Remember Early Bird registration by May 1, 2009, the Super Saver Youth Group Special, AND online registration & payment.
Need some financial help to attend NWMC next summer? Scholarship assistance is available for high school and young adult Dining Hall workers, limited positions for Junior High luggage carriers on the opening day of NWMC, and limited lifeguard opportunities during the week of NWMC.
Also, if a church has not been involved with NWMC in the past, there are some first-timer church grants available. Contact the office (724-946-9770) for information!!
Please see the NWMC web site for pictures and more information!!
NEED TO CONTACT US???
NWMC, 229 S. Market Street, New Wilmington, PA 16142
Phone: 724-946-9770
Email: office@nwmcmission.org
To the Church Triumphant: Delores
Skinner has entered the joy the Lord has prepared. We rejoice
for her and are thankful for her love of the Lord and NWMC.
We pray God’s comfort for her family as they miss her presence.
During the 2008 NWMC you had a lot of
fun, made new friends, and helped to support the NWMC Endowment
Foundation by your participation in the “Walk Around the Lake”,
which produced $3050 and the Golf Outing, which netted $1715
to help underwrite future conferences. Thank you to all who participated
in those events!
For over 100 years, the New Wilmington Mission Conference has issued
the clear call to young people to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
and to serve Him in mission and ministry vocations. Thousands
have come to know Christ through NWMC, and many have accepted the call
to a life of service.
If you are reading
this Scattered Chatter, NWMC has touched your life in some way.
What better way to give back to Conference than to ensure continued
visionary leadership by supporting the Director’s Compensation
Endowment Fund? What better way to challenge tomorrow’s
leaders in mission and ministry than by expanding their opportunities
to experience global mission by supporting the Summer Service Endowment
Fund? If you are interested, check the NWMC website or email
Brian Stack at b.stack@sbcglobal.net
