Are you praying for others? Recently I came across this very interesting and very simple way on how we can pray for one another. Called the Five Finger Prayer it seems different and yet a simple way to pray for people. My prayer is that it will give you an opportunity to think and reconsider your intercession for other people.

1. Your thumb is nearest to you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our loved ones is, as C.S. Lewis once said, "a sweet duty".

2. The next finger is the pointing finger. Pray for those who teach, instruct and heal. This includes teachers, doctors, and ministers. They need support and wisdom in pointing others in the right direction. Keep them in your prayers.

3. The next finger is the tallest finger. It reminds us of our leaders. Pray for the president, leaders in business and industry, and administrators. These people shape our nation and guide public opinion. They need God's guidance.

4. The fourth finger is known by many as the ring finger. Surprising to many is fact that this is our weakest finger; as any piano teacher willtestify. It should remind us to pray for those who are weak, in trouble or in pain. They need your pray- ers day and night. You cannot pray too much for them.

5. And lastly comes our little finger; the smallest tinger of all. Which is where we should place ourselves in relation to God and others. As the Bible says, "the least shall be the greatest among you.". Your pinky should remind you to pray for yourself By the time you have prayed for the other four groups, your own needs will be put into proper perspective and you will be able to pray for yourself more effectively.

The 57th General Conference Session of Seventh-day Adventists will soon be taking place next year in Toronto, Canada,and you are invited to be a part of this very special event.

The world wide Seventh-day Adventist family of over 10 million members will be represented by 2000 delegates pardcipating in business sessions, plus thousands of visitors from almost 200 countries of the world.

The event which is held every five years in different parts of the world has a theme "Almost Home", which will set the tone and atmosphere of the session. Daily devotionals, displays and exhibits and inspiring reports from the world divisions will augment the times reserved for business.

Our own district is planning to take a busload of our people for the first weekend which will be from June 29 - July 2, of next year.

If you have not already done so you need to receive an application from Brett McAlister or Sylvia Budd. For your own information you will need to plan to spend about $80-100 for the bus, $200 for 2 nights stay in a nearby hotel and $100 spending money for food, etc.

We want to encourage you to come... It will be an event you will never forget.

We want to give a special welcome to our newly baptized members who made their commitments as a result of having attended the Amazing Facts meetings. We would like to introduce you to each of them: Their names are: Cora Pool, Amaris, Nicole and Jackie Tatum, Mary Yeager, Teresa Dirrim, Rosemarie Shaw, Earl Torrance, Jim Carpenter, Jason Truman, and Sandra McCabe. We also want to congratulate Jeff Squires who has now joined the church family, after having first contacted the church by attending the Wohlberg series three years ago.

We welcome you to our church family and are pray that God will bless you always.

Beginning on August 10, 1999 approximately 15,000 young people will attend the North American Division International Pathfinder Camporee that will be held at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Known as the world's largest youth event ever held for ages 9-16 in the Adventist church, the camporee is designed to highlight the wonderful cultural diversity that exists within our church and also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Pathfinder club.

Included in the 4 day event will be powerful Christ centered programming, daily airshow, an international talent bowl, exciting games and activities, and special teens only programming.

Our own Ft Wayne club is planning to attend, under the leadership of Jeff Miller and Yvonda Roberts.

We ask for your prayers that the young people from our church will get a real blessing from this experience.

Amazing Facts is once again bringing a Bible seminar to Ft. Wayne, this time through the use of satellite technology.

The seminar known as "Millennium of Prophecy" will be broadcast through the 3ABN satellite network from New York City to the entire world, with Pastor Doug Batchelor as the speaker of the series. The seminar will be broadcast this fall, beginning Oct. 15 and will run through Nov. 15. In this series there will be 24 dynamic presentations which will be augmented by state of the art visuals and newly revised full color Storacle lessons. Our own church will be presenting this series by providing videotapes of the series 1-2 weeks later to those who are willing to open their homes for people to watch the series.

Watch for more details and plan to invite your friends.

3ABN is making a limited quantity limited time offer to buy a lifetime subscription to see their programming through a small dish digital satellite system.

Three Angels Broadcasting Network is a Seventh-day Adventist station that broadcasts 24 hours of SDA programming out of central Illinois. Over the years they have won hundreds of souls to Christ through their ministry and enriched the spiritual lives of their viewers. To help further their ministry they are now offering you the opportunity to see their programs by purchasing a lifetime subscription to Dominion Sky Angel.

The offer includes purchase of a DISH brand satellite system for $184 and the lifetime subscription for $295, bringing it to a total price of $479, plus 3ABN is offering this to ten people per church. If the church is able to get 10 people to subscribe then the church is eligible to get one system FREE.

We will have at the church s signup sheet for those who wish to make this purchase. If you are interested we encourage you to sign up as soon as possible as the offer expires soon.

The Aboite SDA school will open its doors on August 23 for our youth and we want to encourage you to consider having your children attend our eight-grade school.

Our church school has been in operation for many years, and was originally located at the church where the Community Services Center now is.

Our school is well qualified to offer good Christian education. Situated in Aboite township the school has a natural setting conducive to learning, with few distractions. The school facility was once a church which was purchased by Fort Wayne first several years ago. We have computers, and the latest software to keep the children current in the latest programs.

School registration will be at the Fort Wayne church on August 8, from 4-7 pm. Our school teacher, Nannette Wolcott will be there to answer any questions you may have.

The Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is once again having their annual Women's Ministries retreat scheduled for October 1-3, 1999 at the Spring Mill Inn, located at Mitchell, Indiana. This years retreat is entitled Living a Life of Grace. Guest speaker for the retreat is Becky Wang Cheng, a physican, writer, co-host of a weekly TV program and also a parent. There are also 2 seminar speakers scheduled, Cathy Sanchez, Woman's ministries director for Pioneer Memorial church and Ronnie Hackelman, a certified trust officer for the Indiana conference.

There is typically good music and fellowship for the weekend. We encourage as many of our ladies to attend as possible. We invite you to call Marcia Klinker, Sylvia Budd or Sharon Blackbum for an application form.