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MMK RALLY INFORMATION
January 2010
Dear MMK Leaders,
Thank you for being willing to lead the next generation on a journey of learning about what God is doing all over the world. I trust that you are finding our current lessons useful and meaningful as you teach. Because of some significant difficulties this past year, there are only eight lessons available for the 2009-2010 school year. I apologize for any inconvenience to you, and hope that you will be able to be creative in filling any gaps with previously unused material, or a missionary family lesson from another year.
We have enjoyed the use of the ETS facility for our annual rally for the last few years. However, because of some cut-backs, they will no longer be open on Saturdays, which means we will have to go back to asking a church to host our rally. Salem E.C. Church in Lenhartsville will be hosting a fall Missions Rally (formerly WorldFest) in October 2010, and has graciously offered to host our MMK rally on the same day. Their new facility is very large and able to accommodate our needs. By combining the fall Missions Rally and the MMK rally, we will be able to use one set of volunteer workers to prepare the facility and serve lunch, and we will be able to use one set of missionaries to speak with both the adults and the children on the same day. We will also be better able to focus our theme for the year, introducing it in the summer with the VBS Missions Moments and beginning our lessons in September. We will then have our rally in October, and finish out our theme with monthly lessons through May.
Although the MMK rally was originally moved to March to avoid the winter and spring sports seasons, evidence tells us that every Saturday throughout the year is filled with many activities available to every child. Since we have been offered a facility that meets our needs, with missionaries already in attendance, we have moved our 2010 rally to Saturday, October 9th. Please enter this event in your church calendar, and begin now to talk to your children about the coming rally. Our theme for 2010 will be Nepal. It will be introduced through the VBS Moments next summer and our October rally will center around what God is doing in Asia. The September through April lessons will be about the people of Nepal and how God is working through the EC Church there, with a ninth lesson on one of our EC missionary families.
I always welcome your questions and value your input. Please let me know how I can be of assistance to you as we serve God together.
In Christ,
Kathy Friedlund
MMK Coordinator
484-553-7550
The Theme for the day is Come Fly with Us. Our Missionaries that will be joining us for the day are Dana Abernethy, Kurt & Nancy Graff, Ken Sears and Dr. Brock. So come spend the day with us for a fun adventure.