Transportation: to project

Drivers: Please make sure to take your car in before departing. I would recommend checking:

• Get your Oil Changes
• Inflate your Tires properly
• Check your wipers and replace if needed
• Be sure to have your proper car insurance card and information with you
• Have one credit card ready to purchase gas on the way down. Be sure to keep your receipts together. We will give you an envelop to store your receipts. You will also need to fill out a reimbursement form.

Directions to Project:

• We will be stopping at the Madison East Town Mall (near their food court)
• We will sleeping at the LaQuinta Inn in Richmond, Ky

Directions will be provided when your caravan leaves, or feel free to download a copy below:

Leaders_Caravan_Directions

Participants_Caravan_Directions

Reminder:

Arrive to Bethlehem Baptist Downtown - (720 13th Ave South, Minneapolis MN 55415) at 550am. We will depart at 6 a.m. Please be on time! View Larger Map

Prep Party Documents

In case you misplaced the documents from the prep party last Friday, you can find all of the documents here.

Health Insurance for the Summer

Dear Students, In order to attend the Summer Project, you must have health insurance. You might be able to get insurance from your school, or you can sign up for temporary insurance.

Blue Cross Blue Shield offers "instacare" tempory insurance for 30,60 or 90 days

Sign up online below: www.unoquotes.com/johntyler/home

click on the above link, than on the short-term tab

Question?

Contact Nick Stromwall (nick@cominneapolis.org) or 612.424.8149

Thanks!

STP Info/Prep Party Friday Night

This is just a reminder that we are having a mandatory informational meeting for Summer Training Project this Friday, May 7 @ 6pm at Bethlehem Baptist Church (North Campus) 5151 Program Ave Mounds View, MN 55112. Dinner is included. You will need to bring:

1. Your laptop (if you have one). this will be used to apply for some jobs online
2. Any support money that you have received already (must be accompanied by all of the proper documentation). If you need any of the forms, visit http://stp.cominneapolis.org/blog/support-raising/
3. Parental consent form. If your parents did not mail it in or turn it in online, then you should bring a signed copy to the meeting.

If you are unable to attend for some reason, you must email Matt Reagan mreagan@cominneapolis.org

See you Friday night!

Campus Outreach Staff

Map to the church:

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Leaders Retreat: Bridge Diagram Workshop

Larry Martini talked about some things to keep in mind when sharing the bridge diagram with people on the beach. He also did a role play with Kelsey Simmons to give us an example of what sharing the bridge diagram could look like. [display_podcast]

Leaders Retreat: Skills

Charlie Brooks concluded our time by talking about the skills of the leader. How do we apply the picture of discipleship that is laid in scripture to the everyday interactions we have with the people we are leading? His last point was to pray for the growth of the people you are leading – we often forget the importance of this. [display_podcast]

Leaders Retreat: One-on-One Workshop

Matt Messerly talked about some things to keep in mind when having a one-on-one with students from project [display_podcast]

Leaders Retreat: D-Group Workshop

Steve Discher walked us through some of the essentials to leading a d-group [display_podcast]

Leaders Retreat: Character

Andrew Knight talked on our retreat about the character of a leader. He then moved to talking about diagnosing character issues in the people that we disciple. Listen to his talk here: [display_podcast]

Leaders Retreat: Inductive Bible Study

Jens Paulson took us through the inductive Bible study method for a workshop [display_podcast]

Leaders Retreat: Knowledge

Ken Currie opened our time at the Summer Leaders Retreat with a talk on knowledge. We need to understand intellectually the truth the underlies any experience we may have in life. He also talked about the interconnectedness of knowing God, knowing self, and knowing the world [display_podcast]

Support Raising Videos Online

If you missed the support raising training this past week, then you can find a video of the training session on the support raising page. Download the support raising packet on that page and follow along with the videos.

2010 Parents Packet

If you are thinking about the project and have parents that may be interested in more information, tell them to download our 2010 parents packet

How to think through making decisions

This is a helpful article on how to think through making decisions. Read through this if you are still deciding about applying to project. Remember applying to project doesn't mean you have to go, just gives you the opportunity! (Read the below attachment)

Decision_making

Why go to STP?

Shawn Vradenburg gives testimony of why he is going back for his 3rd summer:

2010 STP Application Deadline

The deadline for applications is only 1 and a half weeks away (March 17). Click Application at the top of this page to fill out the online applications. Remember filling out an application does not commitment you to STP. Commitments will be due on April 7, 2010.

Follow the COM Blog throughout the school year

Thanks to all of you that followed this blog this summer. If you want to stay updated on COM ministry events, read posts from staff members, see student testimonies, hear talks from weekly meetings, you should visit our COM blog and subscribe by email. We will be updating it a few times a week once the school year starts.

SBP Video for Parents

A summer beach project video specifically for parents. You can hear, from a parent's perspective, about campus outreach minneapolis as well as summer beach project:

Final Theme Talk - Exiles

For our final theme talk, Andrew Knight shared about trusting in the to gospel to not miss opportunities to advance the gospel back on the campus. [display_podcast]

SBP Video Online

The 2009 SBP video is here: Visit our vimeo page to download the file if you want it on your computer.