[3.7.08] : NO Crossroads but Mission Weekend, Volunteers for Bible study prep, Election update, Spring Picnic on 3/29

1. NO CROSSROADS BIBLE STUDY THIS FRIDAY, but there is "Mission Weekend" retreat invitation from GCCC
2. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30-9pm @ Park 16th Apt # 4
3 Friday Bible Study Seeks Volunteers : contact Andrew
4. CROSSROADS OFFICER NOMINATION AND ELECTION
5. LAKE YALE RETREAT (Facebook: LY '08 - *REBIRTH*) : May23 - 25
6.GCCC Spring Picnic at Lake Wauburg - Mark your calendar for 3/29/08 !!!
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*** NO CROSSROADS BIBLE STUDY THIS FRIDAY, but there is "Mission Weekend" retreat invitation from GCCC

We invited Rev. Zhang Luke to preach the Gospel and mission message.
The schedule is as follows:

Friday dinner (6:30-7:20pm) Church will provide dinner and charge $2 and $1 for adult and children, respectively. You don't have to bring dish but I encourage you bring your friends
night (7:30-9:00pm) The contents of the Mission: The Gospel message.

Saturday workshop (4:30 PM - 6:00 PM): Healthy fellowship - The support of the Mission: How a healthy fellowship can help the Mission and how to build a healthy fellowship.
night (7:30 PM - 9:00 PM): Into communities - The reach of the Mission : How to follow the Mission starting local communities.

Sunday morning (9:00 AM - 10:30 AM) : Individual Christian life - The enrichment of the Mission : Sharing how the vision of Mission affect your Christian life; how the individual Christian life affect the Mission.
sermon (11:10 AM - 12:10 AM)

For more information about Rev. Zhang, please check the following link, http://www.lukezhang.com/.

*** Friday Bible Study Seeks Volunteers
For the rest of the semester, the bible study leaders would like volunteers to help with lesson preparation. Beginning the week after spring break, we will be meeting on Thursday nights to plan (time and location TBA). If you are interested, please contact Andrew at akuo@ufl.edu. Also, we would love for any advisors who are available to come and participate as well.


*** CROSSROADS OFFICER NOMINATION AND ELECTION

Nominees can take themselves off the list, please send reply to Valere.
If you need more time to think about it, take your time, make sure to let me know before the Monday (3/17) after we came back from spring break.

Crossroads Officers Positions for Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009.
PRAY for nominees !

If nominees have any questions regarding any officer position, please contact:
President Josh: jnlin85@ufl.edu
Internal VP Doris: fangd@ufl.edu
External VP Lindsey: lindzr@ufl.edu
Secretary Valere: valere@ufl.edu
Historian Nick: sinkin86@ufl.edu
Treasure Zi : zxz130@ufl.edu
Webmaster Joe Liu: srth@ufl.edu

Fri 2/29 Nominations Ends THIS FRIDAY, accept / decline nominations
Fri 3/7 SPRING BREAK, no Crossroads
Fri 3/14 SPRING BREAK, no Crossroads
Fri 3/21 Election DAY + meeting with current and elected officers after church : 10pm-10:30pm

Also, please think about SUMMER and FALL leaders
bible study, guys/girls groups, prayer meeting and music worship.


*** LAKE YALE RETREAT (Facebook: LY '08 - *REBIRTH*)

The THEME for this year: "What is living the life God intended? And what's ethnicity and culture got to do with it?" (It has to do with our Asian American culture and Christianity)

Lake Yale is an annual Chinese and Asian American Churches Summer Retreat held
this year from Friday, May 23 to Sunday, May 25.

We will DEFINITELY have 2 speakers this year. One for the youth (middle school - high school) and one for the young adults (college and up). This is VERY exciting because the speakers have a background in raising churches specifically for Asian Americans. (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc.) Tell your friends! They do NOT have to be Chinese since the audience for our theme will cover the broader Asian-American arena and will be applicable to people from other ethnicities as well. This year will include Christians from Korean and Vietnamese churches around Florida.

Orlando Chinese Evangelical Christian Church (OCECC) is looking for anyone who
would be interested in helping out in this year's several
categories of services:

Follow-Up Ministry
Hospitality
Music Worship
Media
Youth Counselors
College/Young Adult Counselors
Prayer Team
Speakers Workshops and Assistants

If you are interested in helping out, please look over the attached form [Lake
Yale 2008-Volunteers] which will explain in further detail. Contact Josh at jnlin85@ufl.edu, or 407-923-5788 if you want to help or if you want to attend. Check out facebook group: LY '08 - *REBIRTH*. If you want to help out we need to know ASAP.

***GCCC Spring Picnic at Lake Wauburg - Mark your calendar for 3/29/08!!!
More information to come.