Saturday, March 28, 2009

West Coast Seminar

The next Mission Education and Preparation Seminar is beginning on April 2nd at 7 PM at the Firm Foundations Christian School in Battle Ground, WA. It will continue at 9AM April 4th. The first night will seek to bring the Mission closer to you, and the Saturday session endeavors to bring you closer to the mission! Dennis Hilman and I look forward to being with you! Please email me at foreignmission@comcast.net for more information.
Please see the Guatemala trip posted below.

Guatemala Trip

Please be reminded that there is a Foreign Mission sponsored trip to Guatemala. This is dates on this trip are June 16-25. Please contact me by email at foreignmission@comcast.net or jthree16@comcast.net for more information including the costs of the trip. The cut off date for this trip is May 1st. We desire to have time to get a trip packets and plenty of information to all that are going. Also, please apply for your passport right away if you do not have one. No visa is needed.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Ironwood Seminar Complete

Dennis and I had another mountaintop experience in Ironwood this weekend. We had a wonderful turnout with people coming from at least 10 different midwest congregations with many driving over 5 hours! We have been greatly blessed by our time with so many Christians as we conducted the Seminar. On Wednesday March 25 we will be in Tapiola Michigan for a service and on Sunday March 29 if the Lord so wills we will be at the Esko Minnesota ALC for FM presentations and services. After that in Battle Ground and Hockinson WA from April 2-5. We would love to see you at one of these locations!

Friday, March 20, 2009

Ironwood Seminar

The Ironwood Mission Education and Preparation seminar has now begun. Last night, Thursday the 19th of March was the first session! We traveled the world and spent extended time in India and Russia, and some time in Vietnam.
Tonight at 7 PM we go to South Africa, the Philippines, and Guatemala as well as other places.
On Saturday (tomorrow), we go into detail about the various aspects of work in the field mission work. We will follow a workbook developed by Pastor Dennis Hilman, a twenty year missionary, and by Doctor and Pastor Earl Kaurala. This will not be a lecture series, but rather an interactive session in which we can all learn more about mission work! We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Ironwood! If you live out west, we will be coming there soon! See the announcement below for that seminar!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Next up -- Ironwood !!!

The Mission seminars are now complete in South Carolina! Please feel free to join us in Ironwood starting Thursday March 19th. This first night will be a relaxed time of information with pictures and stories from the mission field in far off places. Friday night we will have special meetings with groups or another presentation evening by demand, and Saturday is the in depth seminar! We are thanking the Lord for the wonderful time we had at the South Carolina seminar with Christians that have an interest in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ being spread around the world!
We hope to see you in Ironwood on the 19-21st or in WA on April 2 and 4.
See updated information on the Seminar invite below!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Seminars plus India Blogs!

The seminars are the next big FM event. Please know you are invited. (see below) The Blog for India is further below. As always, newest posts are at the top of the blog!

Seminar invite!



ANNOUNCING: Mission Education and Preparation Seminar
YOU ARE INVITED!
Sponsored By: The Foreign Mission of the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
Instructor: Pastor and full time FM Missionary: Dennis Hilman
Assistant: FM Administrator John Ruotsala
Where: Ironwood, MI Apostolic Lutheran Church and on the WEST COAST in Battle Ground WA at Firm Foundations Christian School
When:
Ironwood, MI: March 19 and 20th 7PM-9 and Saturday March 21st 9AM to 4PM Main Seminar
West Coast: April 2 7PM to 9PM and Sat. April 4th 9AM to 4PM At Firm Foundations Christian School. Also Sunday April 5th after lunch at the Hockinson ALC.
Intended Audience: Christians who have an interest (a) in participating in short-term foreign mission visits, (b) in supporting foreign mission work, or (c) in learning more about foreign mission endeavors d) people of all ages are welcomePurpose:The purpose of these sessions is to prepare individuals for short-term mission visits and to inform participants in general about the nature of the foreign mission field.We look forward to sharing, and we invite your participation in that which the Lord is allowing The Foreign Mission to do around the world as we endeavor to be obedient to the words of our Lord Jesus when He said: “…go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Please feel free to email me at foreignmission@comcast.net or jthree16@comcast.net with any questions that you may have!There is no charge for these seminars (donations will be accepted) and will cover a whole range of topics pertaining to work in the mission field.