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Tom Kuznicki died Monday, November 30, 2009…he attended IDGB # 53 and served on several more teams. Please pray for his wife, Carol and his two children as they endure this time of grief.
Tom's funeral will be on Wednesday at 11am at First
Christian Church in Valparaiso.
The
church is located at 1507 Glendale Blvd. in Valparaiso. Because Tom had embraced the Great Banquet so, Carol has decided to make that a big part of the service. She has decided on a number of Great Banquet songs, as it had become such an important part of their lives. There will be a luncheon served right after the service. They have decided to scatter Tom's ashes in Hawaii, as that is what Tom wanted. Tom's and Carol's son lives there with his wife and Tom really loved Hawaii, when they visited. |
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From Mark Robison........ Joys, Concerns and Sorrows.
I thought I would pass along to the
community a few things that have come to my attention regarding
various community members that many of you may know.
I recently learned that Betty Wray, who
was a guest at IDGB #58 this past fall, passed away on January
10th. Sonia Fabbri commented to me that, "I
know how much her weekend as a guest meant to her and I know she
carried the love of Christ she was shown by the IDGB community with
her these months since." Please keep Betty's family and friends as
well as her tablemates and new friends she met during her weekend in
your prayers.
Cece McAgy wrote to pass along some
surprising information regarding Julie Wilmoth. Julie and her
husband Ed are both snow birds who head south for the winter.
Many of you may recognize them as the couple who come in on
Saturday mornings, during a banquet weekend, and help in the
kitchen most of the day up until Candlelight, offering to do
much of the grunt or dirty work. They are viewed as angels by
the kitchen team. Please keep Julie Ed, and Julie's physicians
attending to her in your prayers. Cece wanted to pass along
this information to those who may know Julie & Ed, "Julie
is very ill with cancer and is hospitalized in Yuma, AZ. It's
been a very difficult time as we wait for test results and
treatment plans. Attached is a website that Ed has posted
information on and that family and friends may post their
regards to. It's a terrific tool for keeping up to date with
everyone. Please feel free to pass it along to whomever you
think would appreciate the information.
www.caringbridge.org/visit/juliewilmoth
Some of you have asked for their mailing address: 650 S. Ave
B #88, Yuma, AZ 85364
I will be flying out this week and will pass along all of
the good wishes and prayers. Thanks for all the support."
On a happier note, I was excited to open my email today and
pick up the news that Rob Adlard proposed, finally, to Corie
Snyder last Thursday! (She said 'yes' in case you were
wondering. haha) Many of you may know this young vibrant
couple as they have worked on numerous men's and women's
teams over the past couple of years and most recently worked
the Awakening this past fall. Rob commented to me in his
email that the Great Banquet/Awakening community is an
important part of their lives and he wanted to share this
joyous new with the community. If you have been on team
with these guys or you attend Westminster Presbyterian
Church, be sure to pass along your congratulations!
Mark Robison
IDGB Community Lay Director
Posted 01/31/2009 |
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From Mark Robison........ Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
The 72-hour prayer chart needs our attention. As of now,
there are still 108 half-hour prayer slots open. This is so
important to show our guests that they are being prayed over
and loved by so many who don't even know them. We need to
show our guests a full 72-hour prayer chart. And prayer is
what drives this ministry thru Jesus Christ.
Please contact and email those you know that may consider
praying for our guests. God bless you and those who pray
for the men we all will serve.
- go to prayer vigil and scroll down to Westville and sign on. - or just hit this website http://www.3dayol.org/Vigil/GetVigil.phtml?pvid=2916&commid=1088
And we still need more placemats, hands, posters, and
"green" agape. There are so many of God's people that want
to serve in any way they can. They just need to be aware of
the need.
Agape Love is a powerful thing. I felt it at my 72-hour
weekend. His love moves mountains.
Chris
Posted 11/03/2008 |
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Greetings IDGB Community,
I hope this email finds all of you well
and about to enjoy one of God's beautiful autumn weekends! We just
finished the fall banquet weekends and we planted and renewed 36
seedlings. It will be interesting to see how the Holy Spirit takes
these seedlings and how and where they will grow.
As is my custom, I announced the men's &
women's lay directors for the next springs banquets at the closing
ceremonies of the men's and women's weekend and I wanted to share
this with all of you.
Tom Stewart will be leading the men at
#59 in April and Mary Pawlicki will be leading the women at #60 the
following weekend. Both Tom and Mary have served on numerous teams
and have contributed a great deal to many IDGB weekends. Please
join with me in congratulating them on their assignments and please
keep them in your prayers over the coming months as they work to
assemble their respective teams to set out to do God's work.
Mark Robison
Community Lay Director
Posted 10/10/2008 |
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From Mark Robison........ Dear fellow IDGB Community members,
I have some mixed news that I thought
you would want to know.
Sadly, our good friend and Awakening
Community Spiritual Director and long time spiritual support of the
IDGB Community, Nancy Kahaian, will be moving out of the area in the
very early part of August. She has resigned as pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, Michigan City, and as the Community Spiritual
Director for the Awakening.
The great news is Nancy will become the
Interim Synod Executive for the Synod of Mid-America, based in
Kansas City where she will take a new direction in her ministry.
She asked me to relate to all of you that, "In the past several
years, it has been the members of the Indiana Dunes Great Banquet
Community who have beautifully and wonderfully incarnated the love
of God in my life. I wish dozens of IDGB'ers could know how deeply
and profoundly their cards, letters, and acts of kindness have
sustained my life. One of the most painful realities of my
departure from Indiana is leaving the IDGB Community. I thank God
for all of you."
Her comments make me feel like we do a
good job at being disciples for Christ in reinvigorating and
sustaining the pastoral community as they go about their ministry on
a daily basis while juggling spiritual and work related needs in
regards to their families and personal lives.
Nancy also stated, "It would mean
very much to me if members of the IDGB Community could be here in
Michigan City for my last Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 9:45 am. I know
we all have a spiritual home/congregation we are a part of, but if a
few of you could sneak away for one Sunday......it would mean so
very much to me because we are brothers and sisters together."
I hope that if you can make it, you
would go up and worship with Nancy on her final Sunday at Michigan
City as she leads her last worship service in this area for the
foreseeable future.
We have been truly blessed to have been
a part of her ministry here over the past years!
Mark Robison
IDGB Community Lay Director
Posted 07/15/2008 |
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From Sheryl Oksimowicz The following are items that are especially needed for the upcoming Women's Banquet #56
1. lots of bed agape
2. lots of table agape
3. pocket size prayer
cards (may be purchased at Christian Bookstore or on-line)
4. jar candles for the
bathrooms (unscented or vanilla only)
5. crafty items for poster
making kits (such as: ribbons, glitter, buttons, stickers, fun-foam
shapes, etc.)
I will be at the Men's banquet
closing on Sunday April 27th and would be more than happy to take
off your hands any of these items you wish to donate!
Thank you for all your help!!!
Sheryl Oksimowicz, Head Agape
Women's Team
DeColores!
Posted 04/16/2008 |
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From Betsy Kastak............
Congratulations to Jessica Finch and Family on the birth of their new daughter/granddaughter Alexa Lee. Alexa was born on February 20, 2008, she was 7 lbs. 19 inches. Posted 03/01/2008 |
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From Mark Robison...........
Greetings everyone and I hope you have
had a joyous and safe holiday!
The IDGB community will be gathering
on Saturday, January 26th at the First Christian Church in
Valparaiso, located at 1507 Glendale Blvd. This is the first
time the wonderful community members from this church will be
hosting a gathering and it's easy to find as it is directly
across the street from Valplayso Park.
The wonderful people here have also
agreed to provide a light supper for our enjoyment for those
people who can come between 6pm-7pm. Please bring a salty or
sweet snack or soda to share during Fellowship.
We will also be hosting our Annual
Meeting immediately after our worship service for the purpose of
electing new board members and to vote on changes to the IDGB
By-Laws.
We hope you take this wonderful
opportunity to come out and gather with your IDGB fellow
community members.
Remember, anyone is welcome at a 4th
Day Gathering. It doesn't matter if they have attended a
banquet or not!
The schedule is as follows,
6:00 p.m community supper
7:00 p.m. community worship
8:00 p.m. Annual Meeting of the IDGB Community &
fellowship to follow.
Mark Robison
IDGB Community Lay Director
Posted 01/07/2008 |
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From Harry Karabel......
Please let the community know that the Lay Directors for Awakening #16 are Terry Doubek and Chris Kern.
Thank you!
Harry J. Karabel
Posted 11/29/2007 |
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From Mark Robison......... Greetings Everyone,
I wanted to share with everyone that
there is a 4th Day Gathering "Awakening Style" this Saturday,
November 10th at St. John's United Church in Chesterton. St.
John's is located at the corner of 3rd & Lincoln Ave. or 225
West Lincoln Avenue for you MapQuest savvy people. <ed. There is
a link on the Church Directory Page>
A light supper is available between
6:00 - 7:00; Singing and Worship starts at 7:00, and fellowship
and live music finishes up the night. Please remember that 4th
Day Gatherings are open to anyone!
We look forward to seeing everyone there, especially our newest members of the community, our Sleepers from Awakening #15 which took place last weekend! Remember, anyone is welcome to attend a 4th Day Gathering!
Mark Robison,
Community Lay Director
Posted 11/09/2007 |
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From Mark Robison......... Request for missing Great Banquet Information & Pictures UPDATED & REVISED AS OF 10/11/07) We are still missing the following from our Historical records and would greatly appreciate finding people who have the following missing items. If you would be so kind as to make a copy and send me any of the information listed below that you may possess, we can update and complete our historical records of all of our Great Banquets and Awakenings. If you don’t have the means to make the copies, please send me the original, and a note letting me know if you would like it back. If you want the item back, I will make the copies and return the originals to you! Send to, Mark Robison IDGB, 1607 Carriage Drive, Valparaiso, IN 46383. If you have questions, please e-mail me at communitylaydirector@idgb.net Missing Sunday Packet Team & Guest List
(organized by table names) Missing Team & Guest Weekend Picture Missing Team & Guest Picture Roster Thanks you so very much for your help!!! Mark RobisonPosted 10/12/2007 |
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