August 28, 2019
The Church Health Team would like to invite pastors, elders, church staff, and ministry leaders near Portsmouth, VA to a one-day workshop. This workshop is designed to help us to begin thinking and living missionally. The term "missional" has been a hot-button word in the church for the last 10 or more years and, quite frankly, it’s difficult to pin down an actual definition for it. For our purposes, we are working toward ministry events and initiatives that reach into the greatest mission field God has given us: the communities in which we worship, live, work, and play.  The day will include practical, hands-on teaching and sharing around the things that are working well in our churches, so your participation is greatly valued! 

Please consider joining us and bringing along anyone in your church who could benefit from an event like this, especially elders and ministry leaders! 

The cost is only $10 per person, which will be collected at the door. Please register each member of your group through the online form. The schedule and break-out sessions will be available at www.efcer.org/oneday.
Churches Seeking Lead Pastors : Alliance Friends Church (OH), Mansfield Friends Church (OH), Trinity Friends in Martinsville (VA), Pelham Friends (Ontario, Canada), and Putnam Friends (NC). Contact Randy Heckert for details.

North Olmsted Evangelical Friends Church is seeking a part-time A/V Coordinator (10-15 hrs/week). Those interested in applying can download the job profile & application by visiting www.noefc.org/employment. Contact Q uestions Tim Labrado with questions.
Tony and Agi Frei  - Pray for the church plant in Budapest, Hungary that began 3 months ago. Pray that they work in faith, labor in love, and endure with hope through the Lord Jesus (I Thessalonians 1:3).

Congratulations to Clark Hoopes, recipient of the Malone University 2019 Alumnus of the Year award. Clark has served EFC-ER for over 40 years, and currently serves as the EFC-ER Yearly Meeting Moderator and as a member of the Finance & Administration Team.

Congratulations to Deborah and Ron Robinson, recipients of the Malone University Early Bailey Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the Malone University Alumni Association, intended to recognize friends, faculty, and administrators for their significant achievement professionally and for distinguished human service. Deb is a member of the EFC-ER Oversight Board, and Ron is the lead pastor of Trinity Friends Church in Lisbon, OH.

You can read more about these award recipients here. Find out about the Malone University Homecoming events here.
Leadership Development Team Online Class Opportunity
The Leadership Development Team will pilot a course in this fall that will utilize online learning modules. It will entail two face-to-face, group meetings: one at the beginning of the course and one at the end. This will be a four lesson course titled “Introduction to Theological Studies - Building Your Theology.” Completion of the course will count for 5 Equipping Units for those who have received recording of ordination.

Find out more and register online or download the course description here. The deadline to register is Friday, September 6, 2019.
Hymn Revival Tour
Tickets are still available for the the Hymn Revival Tour on Sunday, September 8 at First Friends Church in Canton, OH. Doors open at 5:00pm and the concert begins at 6:00pm. The cost is $5 per person. Tickets are available  here .

More information is also available on  Facebook. Contact First Friends at (330) 966-2800 if you have questions.
Visit the events calendar on our website at www.efcer.org/events .

* September 13-14 - Malone University Homecoming. Schedule and details here .
* September 13-15 - Men's Retreat at Camp Gideon in Mechanicstown, OH. Info here .
* September 20-22 - Southern Women's Retreat in Kitty Hawk, NC. Event info available
 here . Download the brochure here .
* September 23-24 - Church Health Team Meetings at the Evangelical Friends
Headquarters (EF HQ).
* September 23-24 - Leadership Development Team Meetings at the EF HQ.
* September 25-26 - Multiplication Team Meetings at the EF HQ.
* September 26 - Finance & Administration Team Meeting at the EF HQ.
* September 27 - Oversight Board Meeting at the EF HQ.
* October 11-13 - Northern Women's Retreat in Sugarcreek, OH. Download the brochure here .
* October 19 - One Day Equipping Workshop in Portsmouth, VA. Details available here .
Quotes for the Week

" He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."
- Jim Elliot

"So we fix our eyes not on what is see, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." - 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)