Thanks – Giving!
Thank you to the churches of the Great Lakes Conference.  Knowing the sad state of economy, the Great Lakes Conference Board offered a budget to the 2009 Annual Meeting delegates that made allowances for a %15 decrease in church giving. SURPRISE!  We received more from our churches in 2009 than ever before!  The churches of the GLC sent $16,000 more in 2009 than in 2008 for a total of $518,917.

So, the faithful giving of our churches to the Mission of the Great Lakes Conference has set a new record each year for the past several years!

This encourages the board – that our churches value our common mission and see the fruit of it.

Thanks – Sharing!
Thank you also for being faithful in sharing Christ with friends, neighbors, coworkers, neighborhoods, and the world!   Because of your faithful efforts in bringing the Good News to a lost and hurting world, our churches have reported that 1,149 people have come to Christ or recommitted their lives to Christ in 2009.

This is the third most ever!  And means that for every 100 people attending our churches, nearly 10 would be new believers!

Thanks – Growing!
Thank you for inviting friends, neighbors, and coworkers to come to worship.  We believe that God is at work as His Word is proclaimed, as believers worship, as guests are welcomed and cared for.
 
The result it that we set a new record in 2009, with an average attendance of 12,107! 

This is the first time we had over 12,000 in worship!

Thanks – Sowing!
Thank you for your support of church planting.  Last year we launched 3 new churches.  In 2010, we hope to launch several more.

Last year we had 2649 attending our church plants, and they were used by God so that 682 people came to Christ or recommitted their lives to Christ.
                    
                                   

Blessed to be a Blessing: Sent to Care

Place:
New Harvest Christian Church
3540 Seaman St.
Oregon, OH 43616-2418
(419) 693-6543

The GLC Annual Celebration was designed to incorporate the business of the Annual Meeting and a celebration of the ministry of all that God has done in and through the churches of the Great Lakes Conference. Registration brochures for the 2010 GLC Annual Celebration will be mailed out to the churches at the end of February.

The cost for the event for delegates is $35 (before April 1) or $40 (after April 1) and for participants* $15 (before April 1) or $20 (after April 1). The dinner on Friday night is extra at $7.20 per person. Those who wish to attend the GLC Ministerial Association events or the Women Ministries event need to register separately with those organizations.

* a participant to the Annual Celebration is one who wishes to take part in the events but is not a registered delegate with voting privileges. Those who wish to only take part in the Friday night dinner and the worship service (but not the ministry opportunity on Saturday) do not need to register as participants or pay the participant fee but do need to sign up for and pay for the dinner in advance.
                                     

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