Thanks to Emily Turner for snapping these shots Friday evening.

The Teachers Week brochure is now available! You can also register for Teachers Week via our website. This annual event for teachers features in-depth topics, practical work sessions, targeted workshops, and networking with growing and experienced teachers.

NEW: Schools can register multiple teachers on the same registration form.

UPDATED: Teachers Week information

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In this lecture Steven Brubaker identifies four intermediate camps on the path for Mennonite schools to become “much more.” This presentation is part one in a series of six lectures in the album “Building Effective Schools: A Vision for Mennonite Schools,” available from Christian Learning Resource. This particular lecture was delivered October 21, 2006, at a weekend event for teachers. Steven Brubaker is an instructor at Faith Builders Training Institute, a ministry of Faith Builders Educational Programs in Guys Mills, Pennsylvania. The text of this lecture is also available as a PDF document at www.fbep.org.

These podcasts are provided free of charge. If you appreciate this service, please consider supporting it by donating to Faith Builders. Thank you!

One of our Ministry Apprenticing graduates, Chad Weaver, is facing serious personal restrictions and possibly legal charges on the basis of false accusations brought by a former student at Tidings of Peace Christian School, where Chad has been ministering. We ask that you pray fervently for the Lord’s will to be done in this situation. Chad is committed to serving God wherever He leads, but his heart is in urban ministry with young people. If his appeal is unsuccessful, Chad will not be free to work in children’s ministry in the future. We also ask that you consider giving toward Chad’s legal expenses. The cost of the appeal process could total $20,000. The school board of Tidings of Peace has initiated a Chad Weaver Legal Defense Fund to meet these costs. Tax-deductible contributions may be sent to Tidings of Peace Christian School, Chad Weaver Defense Fund, 329 E Poplar St, York, PA 17403-5609, or you can make a contribution online at www.tidingsofpeace.org.

For more information, call or email our main office, or you can also contact Tidings of Peace. Contact information is listed on their website.

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This is a brief message to test postcasting. Faith Builders is experimenting with offering recorded seminars and workshops as podcasts via our blog. Full recordings are already available at www.christianlearning.org.

Thanks to these young men from Countryside Mennonite Fellowship (Ontario, Canada) for their work this past weekend! Despite the rain on Friday, they planted about 35 trees and additional greenery on campus.