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Go to http://groshlink.net/gallery/1/10_August_Prayer_Calendar.pdf to print our August 2010 Prayer Calendar and continue to walk with us in prayer over the course of coming month.

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

We rejoice in your standing with us in so many ways during a full year of sharing Christ in the complex mission field of higher education.  Pray for us as we jump into a new "academic term" of ministry at PSU-Hershey Medical Center with a Christ-centered passion, intensity, and "call to care." Pray for the new students (medical, nursing, and graduate) who are arriving to "get settled," find their way around, and come into contact with the various new year activities provided by CMS.  Key upcoming activities/dates to remember in prayer:  orientation beginning (8/2), 1st classes (8/9), 1st CMS weekly lunch outreaches (8/10).

A few updates:

1.  The August Prayer Calendar is posted at http://groshlink.net/gallery/1/10_August_Prayer_Calendar.pdf.  Note: page 2 has a list of upcoming events.  For those 

• In Pittsburgh, let us know if you're available to connect when we're in the area August 21-22. We're in process of arranging a Saturday late afternoon/evening reception, details tba.
• In Central PA
  • August 31 (7 pm):  Invitation to Partnership:  Dental & Health Care Professionals. Speaker: Scott Boyles, Northeast Regional Director of the Christian Medical & Dental Association (CMDA).  Location:  Acorn Farms, 3141 Mount Joy Road - Mount Joy, PA 17552.  Please feel free to pass information regarding this event to health care professionals.  RSVP to tgrosh4@aol.com.
  • Sunday September 26 (12:30 pm):  Challenging sexual ethics issues Christians face today.  Christian Scholar Series featuring Dennis Hollinger, President of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.  Visit http://www.etownbic.org/hollinger/ to RSVP and for information on the whole morning at Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ(sermon on Head, Heart & Hands, adult elective on Christian Ethics in Life & Death).

2.  Fiscal Update: Many of you have asked and given sacrificially during a stretching economic time.  Thank-you.  We rejoice in your concern and your standing with us in prayer, gifts [financial, office supplies, food, household (especially with Eden), time, skills, even services], and encouragement. The numbers are in and the bottom line is that we ended with a shortfall of $5,318 (reduced from the anticipated $15,000 shortfall). This will be addressed in the 2010-2011 fiscal year by adding the amount to the $92,000 which we're budgeted to raise in the coming fiscal year.  Please email us if you desire some detail regarding our budget and unique forms of giving/volunteering to advance the work.

1. Not the end of the story:  At the beginning of July, we received a $2,000 gift to further address the shortfall, adjusting the number at $3,318.  What a blessing, another example of how God provides through His people through His means in His timing.  As we have shared before, we have been blessed in immeasurable ways by your friendship, prayers, encouragement and giving.  Furthermore we are confident that God intends for us to touch campuses throughout Central PA (with PSU-Hershey Medical Center receiving a significant attention) and Emerging Scholars on the national scene (through conferencing, presenting, writing, blogging on http://blog.emergingscholars.org).  As such he will provide for our needs.  To God alone be the glory for the provision and the work on campus! 
2. Anchor Team:  If you sense a desire/interest (even call) to become part of a team/network of resource people to develop new and creative ways to fund and advance this pioneering work, please drop us a line by email or phone.  It is our intention to enter the new calendar year with a firm plan as to how to address the shortfalls which we experienced this year.  An important component of this plan, involves the development of a new team of donors to walk alongside us in the pioneering work among Christian scholars and health care professionals.