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of Religious Activities with YouthP.R.A.Y. God and Country News Bulletin Fourth Quarter 2008 Welcome to P.R.A.Y.’s God and Country News Bulletin. This Bulletin is written for pastors, counselors, mentors, and parents associated with Protestant and Independent Christian churches. It includes program helps, best practices, and special features to support a God and Country ministry. We hope you enjoy this bulletin and take the time to share it with others. NEW ADULT AWARD RECOGNIZES 
GOD AND COUNTRY COUNSELORS P.R.A.Y. has announced a new award called the “Building Faith in Youth Award.” This award is designed to recognize adults who have used the P.R.A.Y. programs to disciple young people and their families and to support the Christian Education program of the local congregation. Nominations must come from the church; the only signature required is the pastor’s. This is a distinguishing feature of the new award. Whereas most of the adult religious recognitions are joint recognitions on behalf of the church and a Scouting agency, the “Building Faith in Youth Award” is strictly a church recognition. Congregations will now have a way of honoring their adult members who are non-Scouts and yet active in the religious emblems program. The P.R.A.Y. Board of Directors wanted an adult award that could be used by a church to recognize its own church members. The emblem features a four-colored cross. The colors correspond to the four levels in the P.R.A.Y. series, i.e. God and Me (red), God and Family (yellow), God and Church (blue), and God and Life (green). The four colors converge into a point to create an “X” at the center of the cross. “X” is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ, and it is symbolic of how Christ should be at the center of our lives. The award package includes a medal that can be worn around the neck, a ¾” lapel pin, and an 8 ½” x 11” certificate. Nominations are being accepted now, but the awards won’t be shipped until sometime in December so please plan your presentation ceremony in January 2009. Click here for the Building Faith in Youth nomination form . UPDATES FROM P.R.A.Y.
DORIS DOTSON ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Doris Dotson has announced her retirement after working 25 years at P.R.A.Y. Doris was hired in 1983 shortly after the passing of Eugene Hazlewood (Mark Hazlewood’s father). Mark remembers calling Doris from the airport and actually hiring her over the phone. Doris worked primarily with order processing and fulfillment. She has seen a lot of changes over the years. For example, when Doris first started at P.R.A.Y., all the orders were handwritten, and it was a big deal when the invoices went “carbonless.” Now P.R.A.Y. is doing the unthinkable and actually taking orders electronically! P.R.A.Y. recently celebrated Doris’ retirement and presented an honorary God and Service Award for her many years of faithful service. Please join P.R.A.Y. in wishing God’s richest blessings upon Doris on her retirement. SHARE THIS GOD AND COUNTRY BULLETIN WITH OTHERS Please forward this email to other people you feel may benefit from this God and Country Bulletin. You could share this information with your pastor, youth group leaders, Sunday school teachers, Scouting leaders, and others. To sign up for our God and Country e-mailing list, please email JenniferH@praypub.org or use our signup form on our website. (If you received this as an original email from P.R.A.Y., you’re already on our mailing list.) UNSUBSCRIBE If you feel that you have received this email in error, or would prefer not to receive these emails, please reply to this email with “Unsubscribe from God & Country” in the subject line or use this link to send an email directly to jenniferh@praypub.org to be removed. Thank You! |