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2009-11-03T18:29:00.000-05:00

Homeschooling Increases in Popularity

2009-01-08T19:50:00.000-05:00

The Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics reported that 1.5 million children are now learning at home, an increase of 75 percent since 1999 and a 36 percent rise in just the last five years.

A 2007 survey asked parents why they choose to homeschool and allowed them to provide several reasons. The following are the most popular responses:

* Concern about the school environment, including reasons such as safety, drugs or negative peer pressure — 88 percent
* A desire to provide religious or moral instruction — 83 percent
* A dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools — 73 percent
* Nontraditional approach to children's education — or "unschoolers" who consider typical curriculums and standardized testing as counterproductive to quality education — 65 percent
* Other reasons, such as family time, finances, travel and distance — 32 percent
* Child has special needs (other than physical or mental health problems) that schools cannot or will not meet — 21 percent
* Child has a physical or mental health problem — 11 percent

Parents who report that they homeschool to provide religious or moral instruction increased from 72 percent to 83 percent from 2003 to 2007.

Above all other responses, parents cited providing religious and moral instruction as the most important factor in the decision to teach their children at home (36%). The second most important issue was concern about the school environment (21%), while the third reason was dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools (17%). [worldnetdaily.com]

“Our Greatest Need”

2008-12-15T21:46:00.000-05:00

If our greatest need was information;
God would have sent us an educator.
If our greatest need was technology;
He would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need was pleasure;
He would have sent us an entertainer.
If our greatest need was money;
God would have sent us an economist.
But our greatest need was forgiveness;
So God sent us a Saviour.

by Roy Lessin

GROWTH MINISTRIES HOUSE CHURCH NETWORK

2008-12-09T11:01:00.000-05:00

Dear Family and Friends, please pray for us:

Discpleship Groups - Please pray for those who are leading Discipleship Groups that they would be sensitive to the folks they are helping to grow in Christ.

Internship - Please join us in thanking God for LaToya Person who has join our internship. She is being mentored by Alice. Please pray that God would send us more laborers who have a heart for leading house churches.

House Church News - Please pray for House Church Leaders in Iran and China who are being persecuted for the faith.

House Church Rally - Please pray for our upcoming House Church Rally on December 20th that God would touch the heart of those who don't know Him.

Missionaries - Please pray for our new missionaries that God would continue to bless the work that they are doing and that funds would come in to support their work.

Speaking Engagements - Please pray for Alice and I who will be speaking at InterVarsity's Large Group meeting at NCSU on February 12th and March 26th.

TNARS - Please continue to pray for the students at TNARS both in the United States and around the world.

Volunteer - Please pray for God's favor for those of us who are volunteering to mentor students at Barwell Road Elementary School.

Maryland Congress on Discipleship - Please pray for the fundraising efforts of those in our East Raleigh House Church who are trying to raise funds to go the Navigators AFAM Discipleship Conference in the DC Area.

Blessings,

--
Jerry Kinard
Lead Pastor and Founder
Growth Minstries House Church Network
548 Mountain Lake Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27610
919.854.4752 (Office)
www.raleighhousechurches.com

CAT Services to Wake Tech

2008-12-02T16:27:00.002-05:00

CITY COUNCIL APPROVES CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SERVICE FOR WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

The City Council on November 18 approved an agreement for Capital Area Transit (CAT) to extended transit service to Wake Technical Community College. The Wake Tech bus service will begin on January 5, 2009. The regional express route will travel between Moore Square Station and Wake Technical Community College, 9101 Fayetteville Road with a stop at a to be determined park-and-ride lot in Garner. For more info,
call David Eatman at 919-996-4040.

NAMI-Wake Holiday Party

2008-12-02T16:24:00.001-05:00

NAMI-Wake Holiday Party
Join us for food & fun!

Sunday, December 7 - 2 – 4 PM

At the Dix Community Relations building (The House of Many Porches) at 701 Palmer Drive on the Dix Campus.

Bring your favorite holiday dessert or snack to share.
NAMI-Wake will provide drinks.

If you would like to volunteer to help with set-up or clean-up, contact:
Christine Olson
NAMI-Wake Volunteer Coordinator
OlsonChr@aol.com
919-662-0764

A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

2008-11-25T21:23:00.004-05:00

Dear Father,

We gather together to give thanks and praise
For who You are and all You have done for us,
For our friends and family both near and far,
For Your mercy, grace, and forgiveness,
And most of all for the gift of salvation through
Your Son Jesus Christ.

We thank You for our country, the United States
of America, Founded upon the sacrifices and
hard work of many before us. You have granted
to us this beautiful and bountiful land, Filled
with the fruits of freedom, worship, and hard work.

Help us to be truly thankful for the many blessings in our lives;
Remind us to be humble in our abundance,
And guide us to live a life that is pleasing to You.

In Jesus' Name,
Amen.

O give thanks to the God of heaven,
For his steadfast love endures forever.
- Psalm 136:26

Leadership Summit

2008-11-20T20:55:00.002-05:00

On behalf of Bishop Cranford Davis and Fresh Anointed Tabernacle of Deliverance, we invite you to take the time and come out to join us for our Leadership Summit on December 5-6, 2008.

Please come and bring everyone that you can to be a part of this exciting move of GOD.

If you need more information please do not hesitate to respond to the email or call me.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OF YOU THERE!!

Be Bless

Natalie Dobbin
Fresh Anointed Tabernacle of Deliverance
PO Box 916
Henderson, NC 27536
252-438-5559
www.freshanointed.org

Harvest Time Revival

2008-11-19T20:46:00.002-05:00

New Destiny Christian Fellowship is embarking upon our annual Harvest Time Revival; Thursday, November 20^th- Friday, November 21^st, 2008. The theme is Miracles Still Do Happen (John 2:11). All of the services will be held 7:30pm nightly at our new location~ 100 Jones Franklin Rd. in Raleigh, NC. Our special guest pulpiteer on Thursday night is Apostle J. L. Spence of Greater Word Empowerment Cathedral of Durham, NC. On Friday night our very own Pastor Maurice L. Wright will be the speaker. We are expecting a high time in the Lord and invite you to come and experience a miraculous move of God. Please contact Pastor Maurice L. Wright at 919-475-4877for any further questions, comments, or concerns. May God's countless blessings continue to flow freely in your lives.

A Prayer of Gratitude for God's Blessings - Acts of Thomas

2008-11-19T18:28:00.001-05:00

O Lord and Vivifier,
Your grace has achieved for us
all that You had spoken and promised.
Grant us access to the place of Your peace.
For You are our Vivifier,
You are our Consoler,
You are our life Remedy,
You are our Standard of Victory.

Blessed are we, O Lord,
because we have known You!

Blessed are we,
because we have believed in You!

Blessed are we,
because we bear Your wounds
and the sign of Your Blood on our contenances!

Blessed are we,
because You are our great hope!

Blessed are we,
because You are our God forever!

25th Anniversary of World AIDS Day

2008-11-18T18:10:00.002-05:00

December 1 is the 25th Anniversary of World AIDS Day. As in years past,
again this year the Faith Ministry Program of the Alliance of AIDS Services- Carolina in partnership with various faith communities will host the annual World AIDS Day Interfaith Worship Service – a time for all of us to remember those of our friends, family and members of our communities who are living with and/or have died as a result of HIV/AIDS. This year our
interfaith service will be hosted by and held at Temple Beth Or, 5315 Creedmoor Road in Raleigh on Monday evening, December 1 beginning at 7:00 p.m. In addition to the worship experience, the service will also serve as the Opening Ceremony for the 20 panels of the Names Project (the AIDS Memorial Quilt) which will be on display at Temple Beth Or through Wednesday, December 3. The Closing Ceremony will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest - and, am optimistic
that you will join us. You may respond by email at
carolyn.mcclendon@co.wake.nc.us or by telephone at 212-9450.

Thanks for considering our invitation - and responding soon.
Carolyn

Rev. Carolyn McClendon, Ed.D
Faith Ministries Program Director
Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina
212-9450

We remember those lost, those living and those we must protect. And, the
Alliance thanks you for remembering, too.

www.aas-c.org and www.werememberaids.org

CROWN JOURNEY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM SEMINAR—DECEMBER 6

2008-11-17T11:17:00.002-05:00

We are having our last Journey to True Financial Freedom seminar in the Raleigh area for 2008. Please make copies of attached pdf and/or place information in the church bulletin and businesses in the area. I have also included an insert of the seminar information below.

The Seminar will be in English and in Spanish.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Event information:
December 06, 2008
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Pilgrim Church
5420 Ebenezer Church Rd
Raleigh, NC 27612
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On December 06, 2008, Crown Ministries will host a seminar, A Journey to True Financial Freedom. This seminar is a must for all Christians who want to live according to God’s principles of finance. This seminar will help you learn to detect and avoid hazards that cause the most problems for the family and how to successfully manage each hazard. Equipped with wisdom from God’s Word, you will learn how to establish a workable financial plan, live a debt free life, improve communication with your spouse, and become“ free to serve” as God directs. This Crown Financial Ministries seminar provides teaching on the Biblical principles of handling money. Christian families have been blessed by learning and applying God’s “how-to” for family finances.

The seminar answer questions like:
1. What does God's Word say about handling money?
2. What are financial traps to avoid?
3. What is financial freedom?
4. How can we develop a plan to ensure there's enough money at the end of the month?
5. What about the future?
6. And many more!

The cost is $25.00 per person. This will be an excellent investment into your financial journey. The seminar will be on Saturday, December 06, 2008 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at Pilgrim Church, 5420 Ebenezer Church Rd, Raleigh, NC 27612. Register at www.crown.org/events

If you have any questions, please call Pedro Rosario, Area Director for Crown Financial Ministries at 919-264-3332 or email at raleigh@crown.org.

In Christ,

Pedro Rosario, Area Director
Crown Financial Ministries
809 Spring Forest Road
Suite 1000
Raleigh, NC 27609
crown.org
919 264 3332

Mission Statement:
Equipping people worldwide to learn, apply and teach God's financial principles so they may know Christ more intimately, be free to serve Him and help fund the great commission.

World AIDS Day

2008-11-11T13:57:00.001-05:00

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2008-11-10T22:47:00.000-05:00

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