Thanks For Doing This!

I look forward to learning from all of you as the Blog grows legs and becomes a way for us to communicate.

Fred Black
Holy Trinity - Chapel Hill
NC Synod Council Member

Thanks for the invite. I have thought of becoming a blogger, but never did. I guess I have found a place now to learn.

Bernice Bland akaB2.

African Descent Strategy

There are several strategies:

The Southeastern Synod's African American/ Black Mission Strategy for outreach can be found at:

http://www.elca-ses.org/Docs%20and%20forms/AfricanAmericanStrategy.pdf

This is found on the Southeastern Synod website under Multicultural Commission

http://www.elca-ses.org/Multicultural_Ministries.htm

In addtion to that we have a National African Descent adopted by the Churchwide Assembly in August 2005 and can be found on the following ELCA Multicultural Ministries Website:

http://www.elca.org/multicultural/ADindex.html

The direct link is

http://www.elca.org/multicultural/pdf/african%20desent-vr2.pdf

Campus Ministry

Here at Abiding Savior, Durham NC we have been doing Campus Ministry at North Carolina Central University for the past 6 years. We have begun developing a new service learning program modeled after what Reggie Price is doing at Morgan State and have found it to be a great way to make and build relationships with students who are not at all aquainted with "lutheran".

We are looking for funding to be able to hire a part-time campus minister rather than our current method of using semminary Interns. If anyone has any funding source suggestions, please pass them along. Also if you know someone who would be appropriate for the part-time postion, please pass along their name as well. ... Its all about networking.

Thanks!
Gordon

Electronic Version of ADS

I am looking for two things. First, I would like to know where on the net or electronically is a copy of the African Descent Strategy (ADS). I would like to link it so individuals can refer to it when the actual work begins. As for the executive summary of mission opportunities and goals, I feel the executive summary needs to be on the blog so anyone can quickly see it when they log on. Jaqui, I like your idea of linking. Let's not just stop there. There has got to be other ADS organizations within the ELCA that may be of interest and wish to participate.

Open letter

I truly hope that this will be a vehicle of open and frank discussion with the African Decent Community in Region 9. Wes as soon as you are ready I would like to link this blog on the GA-AALA website and send it out to the chapter members. Congratulations on getting it up and running within weeks of being asked. Thank you for this new tool of ministry and communication.

Be brave.

When you accept the invitation to join the blog, please comment or post to the blog. I am going to erase just about all the posting once we get the hang of how to do things. So, go ahead and try some things. Most of all remember your gmail account and password. If you get locked out and just cannot get back in send me an email at yohomeywes@gmail.com with your problem. I keep saying, lets have fun.