News! The acclaimed Mick Gilliam, worship pastor for many years at East Side Church of God in Anderson, Indiana, will be leading worship in Reardon Auditorium each night of Camp Meeting. Those who attend NAC 2011 will be blessed to worship under the leadership of Mick Gilliam, whose experience and heart for worship is evident in his music-making and lifestyle.

Mick is member of the Worship Planning Team for the NAC Task Force, and member of the Society for Church of God Worship. You may remember the variety of styles he incorporates into worship services, and the jazzy arrangements of familiar tunes often heard during preludes, offertories, and postludes.

In other NAC news, Church of God Ministries is planning to develop a video presentation of the Five Strategic Values of the Church of God and highlight one congregation per Value that is fully engaged in the practice of that Value. NAC 2011 attendees will be blessed to hear the stories of tranformation taking place in across North America: stories of the Great Commission (Ignite!), stories of the Great Commandments (Permeate!), stories of God's work in finances (Free!), stories of spiritual-gift emphasis (Cultivate!), and stories of unity and connection (Refresh!). You won't want to miss this!

Sidewalk Prophets, a contemporary Christian band that has played for the youth at the North American Convention of the Church of God (Camp Meeting), had a concert today during Anderson University's chapel. The two founders of the group are graduates of AU. They have recently won a Dove Award and have had two major recent hits on the radio, "The Words I Would Say" and "You Can Have Me." I took my lunch break to go hear them in Reardon Auditorium, since it is just across the parking lot from Church of God Ministries. It was an excellent, worship-filled concert!

The Dormers, new Church of God missionaries to Kenya, have now reached 100 percent of their Living Link budget and 100 percent of their start-up costs. They are now free to leave for Kenya and will begin their work in November. Congratulations to them, and may God bless their work for the Kingdom!