Video Christmas Greeting from Pastor Bill and Dori

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Winter Edition of "The Journey"

The Winter Edition of "The Journey", the quarterly publication of the Alaska Ministry Network, is now available for download here.  Excellent articles and information about coming events.

Central Region Christmas Party

Pastor Fay did an incredible job hosting the Central Region Christmas Party on Tuesday night.  MCA had the place decked out with a beautiful manger scene that you can see in the background of the pictures, and the room was very classy.  As always, the event was well planned and was a hit.  The food was excellent!

Pastor Shannon Alarid, the new Pastor at Matanuska AG in Palmer, led us skillfully in some Christmas songs.

Pastor Ryan Gluth gave a superb talk that directed our thinking on how we can lead others in adoring the Savior this Christmas season.

Pastor Bill led us in prayer as we prayed for each other and for others who may be facing difficult situations this Christmas season.  It was a moving season of prayer together.

Staff Meeting

We had a great team meeting on Tuesday at Starbucks.  We are blessed with a staff who cares about the Network and do their work with excellence.  We are currently going through the book "The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player" by John Maxwell.  We are already working on Network Conference and getting excited about it.  

Steal of a Deal on a Great Book

If you like to read books in an E-book format, Dr. Wood's newest book, "Road Trip Leadership" is on sale for 99 cents.  You can find out more here.  I have read this book and found it to be excellent and highly recommend it to you.  Dr. Wood gives great insight about leadership, life, and ministry.

Christmas Gifts!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Network Office.  Christmas decorations are up.  Christmas gifts were mailed today to all AMN credentialed ministers.  Be watching for it in the mail.  We hope you are enjoying the Christmas season.

PK/MK Retreat

The 2011 PKMK Retreat last weekend at Little Beaver Camp was a huge success. We had 50 PK/MKs from around the state join us for a fun filled weekend of activities, good food, and spiritual refreshing. The PK/MKs were the first to get to use the new sledding hill and inner tubes and they had lots of fun flying down the hill. We had a rousing broomball tournament as well as plenty of indoor board games for those who wanted to stay warm. The youth pastors, Ben & Kayla Bridgewater, from Homer were able to join us for the weekend and Ben did a great job sharing on Saturday evening about not compromising anything and being above reproach as a leader in all things.

We want to give a big thank you to the Presbytery for partnering with us to be able to make this event free to all of our Pastors and Missionary Kids around the state. Getting to invest in these young leaders during the retreat is one of the highlights for us in Youth Ministries. We look forward to next year’s PK/MK Retreat!

Baptisms in Kodiak

Pastor Tracy and Pam Hodges in Kodiak are very excited to report that they baptized 21 people on Sunday night!  That includes 4 kids, 7 adults, and 10 teens.  God is up to something in Kodiak!