…….connecting hopes and gifts……….

Dear Friends,

The AFRECS conference is coming up soon!  Are you registered yet?  Do you have your hotel and air reservations?   There are two other conferences in San Jose that week so don’t wait until the very  last moment.  Please note that in order to ensure effective planning for our 150-200 conference attendees, we’ve had to impose a late fee of $25 for every registration after Feb 1^st.

What an array of talent will be there conference weekend!

• Brian D’Silva of USAID – economist and Sudan expert

• Andrew Natsios, Director of USAID – We are hoping he will accept our invitation

• The Rev. Enock Tombe – Provincial Secretary of the Episcopal Church of Sudan

• Harriet Baka Nathan – Trainer for the Mother’s Union

• Charles Barker – negotiation strategist from CMI Concord Group and consultant to the Episcopal Church of Sudan

• Michael Kavane, recent author of a book on Economic Development in Sudan

• Sudanese men and women who are leaders in Sudanese communities all over the USA

Workshops featuring:                 

• Mobilizing Americans to Assist in Darfur

• Theological Education in Sudan: Recent Developments

• Online Theological Education: Possibilities

• History of the Episcopal Church of Sudan

• Discussion of the Peace Process in Sudan: Practically Speaking

• Authors Mark Bixler of the Atlantic Constitution (The Lost Boys of Sudan) and Judy Bernstein (They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky)

• The Rev. Grant LeMarquand author of a book to be released Jan, 2006 on the Rev. Marc Nikkel

• How to Engineer Your Story (How to Get Your Story in Print)

• Sudanese Women in America: Challenges and Successes

• Worshipping Side by Side: Evolving Sudanese Congregations

Circulate the conference materials and tell people everywhere about the conference.

And don’t forget to send in the $50 membership fee as well. 

God’s peace,

Nancy Frank

Executive Director

American Friends of the Episcopal Church of Sudan