“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.
  

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