Ski/Snowborad Trip 2009

The ninth annual College Ministry Ski/Snowboard trip for the Pacific Southwest District will be held January 8^th-11^th 2009. Young adults across Southern California, Arizona and Nevada will converge on Mammoth Mountain for a weekend of fun, fellowship, and bonding. The purpose is to get away from the busyness of life and enjoy God’s creation. January 8^th is a travel day and time to relax for those early birds. We will hit the slopes on the 9^th and 10^th from 9 AM to 4:30 PM. We will relax back at the cabins in the evening. Each evening there will be a Bible Study, a time for prayer and we will have Worship on Saturday night. Check out of the cabins is at 10:30 AM on the 11^th and lunch is on your own.

Fees:

Registration with lift ticket (postmarked before December 4^th) $265

Registration without lift ticket (postmarked before December 4^th) $160

Late registration with lift ticket (postmarked after December 5^th) $295

Late registration without lift ticket (postmarked after December 5^th) $180

*NO PERSONAL CHECKS*

All payment must be made through your church.

Need a church to sign-up with? Contact Brandon Heath at Christ La Mesa (bheath@christlamesa.org) or Pastor Seth Moorman at Bethany Long Beach (smoorman@bethanylutheran.org ).

All fees include 3 nights in a cabin at Convict Lake Resorts, at least 6 meals and a T-shirt. Fees with lift tickets also include a two day lift pass at Mammoth Mountain, T-shirts cannot be guaranteed after December 4^th.

Each group needs to fill out a registration form and each person must fill out a medical release form.

Find forms by clicking here.

Make all check payable to PSD College Ministry and send to:

PSD College Ministry

Attn: Brandon Heath

7929 La Mesa Blvd.

La Mesa, CA 91941

Why are Vegans Pro-Abortion? - Preparing for the Anti-Christian Morality of the University

Are you heading off to college in the fall? Are you prepared for the challenges to your faith the college life/professors will send your way? Well, Shepherd of the Hills (SOTH) would like to help prepare your mind and heart for these challenges. A one time workshop has been prepared to answer the question “Why are Vegans Pro-Abortion?” and many other questions related to the intellectual and faith climate on college and university campuses.

DATE: August 6, 2008

TIME: 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Chapel West of Shepherd of the Hills

COST: Free

Both parents and students are encouraged to attend. Presentation by Matt Hutter, Claremont Graduate University, School of Information Systems and Technology & Dave Rueter, DCE @ SOTH and Ph.D. student @ Talbot School of Theology.

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
6080 Have Ave.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737

To Register call Dave at 909-989-6500 or e-mail to drueter@soth.org.

Servant Event Opportunity

Catalina Servant Event

August 2 – 8, 2008

$160 per person

Come and make a difference for the people and environment on Catalina Island!! We will refurbish, repair, and replant the church and town surrounding areas including the coast! This is a great opportunity to help this tiny town witness and disciple people in Jesus’ name!!

Please sign up before June 30^th

What will we be doing?

We will have several work crews doing the following:

Construction Painting Yard Work

Evangelism Beach Clean Up

Breakdown of Costs for this event:

Transportation costs $65.00/per person

Food cost (6 days) $80.00/per person

Additional work supplies $15.00/per person

TOTAL $ 160.00 per person

If you are interested in an opportunity to serve either this trip or in an up-coming trip please contact Shelli Haynes at shellihaynes@sbcglobal.net.

Transition to College

The following is from the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding:

Walt Mueller recently sat down with CPYU's College Transition Initiative Director, Derek Melleby, to discuss what youth ministers can do to help their college-bound students make a healthy transition from high school to college. With high school graduation just around the corner, Derek offers some practical advice that parents and youth workers can pass onto their students.

Click here to download this podcast. (27.8MB .mp3 file)

Confabulation

Confabulation
"early bird" deadline extended to April 7

See Confabulation post below for details on the Confabulation.

Mexico Mission Reminder

Just thought it would be good to remind you all about the up-coming Mexico Mission outreach with Concordia University. For all the details and such see the article below. http://psduniversity.blogspot.com/2008/01/mexico-mission-trip-april-18-19-2008.html

Choosing a college

Hey all! I was parousing the net and found this article by Walt Mueller on choosing a college and thought it might be interesting to pass along. Enjoy! https://www.cpyu.org/Page.aspx?id=305254

“Bask in the SON” at 2008 Confabulation in Tampa

“Come, Bask in the SON,” based on Isaiah 60:1 and Matthew 11:28-30, is the theme of the fourth-annual LCMS Campus Mission Confabulation, which will be held May 17-20, 2008, at the Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore.

Confabulation participants will be taught whole-life wellness and ways they can offer whole-life wellness to others upon their return home, which will also open doors to sharing the Gospel at the colleges and universities they serve.

The opening banquet keynote speaker will be Ben Glenn, an internationally-acclaimed public speaker, comedian, and author who is known as "The Chalk Guy."

Glenn was diagnosed as “learning disabled” when he was in the third grade. He later found out that he had attention deficit disorder and dyslexia.

At Confabulation, Glenn will share his testimony of growing up “special,” how he came to know the Lord, and the ways this changed his life. He will use comedy and personal anecdotes to help take the stigma out of being “different” or “special.”

Rough Draft will perform a concert at the opening banquet and will be the house band throughout Confabulation. Rough Draft, an alternative Christian rock band from Fort Collins, Colorado, performed at the 2007 LCMS National Youth Gathering in Orlando.

Confabulation will also include a social outing with intentional witnessing opportunities at Busch Gardens, one of the United States' premier theme parks.

Breakout sessions will address spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Confabulation is for everyone who's interested in sharing Christ's love on campus, whether they're starting a campus mission, already involved in a vital campus mission, or reviving an existing but struggling campus mission.

Confabulation is hosted by the Lutheran Campus Mission Association (LCMA), in partnership with LCMS World Mission, to promote and expand campus missionministry on its behalf. LCMA will subsidize a portion of the costs, thanks to funding from LCMS World Mission.

Confabulation is also hosted by Lutheran Student Fellowship, a partner of LCMA and LCMS World Mission.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is the corporate sponsor of the 2008 Confabulation, and it has provided a generous grant to help cover a portion of the costs.

Early bird registration, with discounted fees, ends on April 1, 2008. Regular registration ends on April 15, 2008.

For more information and to register, go to www.lcma.info.

Mexico Mission Trip - April 18-19, 2008

Our annual Mexico Mission Trip is rapidly approaching so we thought that we would provide the all 411 that you might need in order to put your group together to join us as we again work on providing improved housing for the less fortunate in the Tijuana area.

• Date: April 18-19, 2008
• Cost: $35
• Contact: Gilbert Fugitt @ Concordia University, Irvine
• Friday Night Accommodations: Christ Lutheran Church, La Mesa
• Friday Night Contact: Brandon Heath
• Individual Participant Form
• Amor Ministries Information Packet
• Passport Information - All must have a valid passport to participate.
• Participants Under 18 MUST have a notarized letter of release which can be found in the Information Packet
• Make Church checks payable to Concordia University and mail them to:

Concordia University
Attn. Gilbert Fugitt, Office of Servant Leadership
1530 Concordia West
Irvine, CA 92612

• Groups are required to bring their own sack lunch into Mexico. Supplies for lunches can be purchased while staying Friday night in La Mesa.
  
• Breakfast will be provided for all participants courtesy of Christ Lutheran Church, La Mesa
• Registration Deadline: March 28, 2008
• Please include with your Individual Participant Forms, a completer Group Registration Form.