Check out a story about three lives that God touched at the North American Convention of the Church of God at http://www.chog.org/ today, or here for a direct link to the article. God still works miralces at the North American Convention of the Church of God, even in this generation. Transformation and life-change do still happen at Camp Meeting. You should plan to attend this year and just see how God might touch YOUR life.

NEWS TIDBIT: The Doctrinal Discussion at NAC 2011 (Monday, June 27) will be on the controversial subject of politics. Guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Ron Fowler from Akron, Ohio. Come on out and get a sense of how Christians might best respond to political differences in the Christian and secular world.

Also, Global Communion will take place once again during Camp Meeting this year. Look forward to a global expression of unity as we take the bread and the cup and remember Christ's sacrifice for us. Praise the Lord!

Check out the new article at the Church of God Web site about NAC 2011!

The holiday season has passed and now it is time to start thinking about summer plans! Have you marked NAC 2011 (June 24-29) on your calendar? Have you planned ahead so that you can get time off work to attend? Plan now, and getting the time off might be a relatively easy task.

Is it worth the planning and the time off? Absolutely! Consider the life-change that historically occurs during the North American Convention. Consider the increase in effectiveness of your ministry that could take place because of your attendance at the many conferences related to your Kingdom work! NAC wants to help you and your church be effective, and especially this year, to be poised to Permeate! the culture for Christ!

Make it a vacation--one with physical and spiritual rewards! Anderson, Indiana is rich with Church of God history, and features interesting sights such as the mounds at Mounds Park. Much more about Anderson-area tourism can be found here. Indianapolis has much to see, as well. Learn more here.

"Trolling." It's how David Farlow, Chief of Strategic Communications at Church of God Ministries, refers to scouring the world for fascinating, compelling, or spiritually-important news relating to the Church of God. Of course, this is accomplished primarily by searching the Internet (visiting web sites of churches and state or district sites, etc.). Then, when something is found, we either find a way to publish it as-is or package it so that it's print-ready.

Like I've stated before, it's important that the broader church hear about what God is doing in local churches around the world. This is one way to get the message out.

I've found or have been assigned about seven article topics to pursue. One has been written this week (other time has been devoted to Ministries Council meeting preparation). For each of the remaining articles, I have conducted the preliminary work: sending out interview questions to the appropriate persons, filing responses accordingly, researching the topic, editing existing matierial--I love it! I love writing, especially when the story will bless the reader. And these stories surely will!

Yesterday, I met with Dr. Duncan and Doris Dale to continue to plan the World Conference of June 2013--now called THE GLOBAL GATHERING! Friends, this is going to be very exciting. I recommend marking the entire month free of June 2013 so that you can be sure to get to Anderson for this event. It will be like nothing you've ever experienced! God is gonna move in a mighty way!

There has not been much rain here in central Indiana lately. When Bethany and I arrived from Arizona, everything was very green and we had heavy rain every few days. Now the much of the grass has turned brown and I hear that August was one of the driest on record. I think Phoenix had more rain than Anderson in August!

Speaking of rain and Arizona. The playground West Side Church of God apparently had some storm debris and/or damage from a recent Monsoon thunderstorm. Mike Hodges, the pastor, said on his Facebook status that he thanks Dan Eastman and Bill Brock for cleaning up and repairing the mess. Hooray for good men of God. Folks, I will always have a connection to the Arizona churches, just face it. So I will report their good news when I hear it, even it if it may seem trivial. God is good!