PAL Serve: Better World Book Drive

What: A book drive in coordination with BetterWorldBooks to raise funds for Invisible Children. Here is the lowdown ;)

• You donate your books (see below for designated locations)
• PAL collects the books and ships them to BetterWorldBooks
• BetterWorldBooks sells the books and gives a portion of the profit to Invisible Children

When: May 3-19, 2011

Where: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Ledford
• Binkley
• Patterson
• Sharing Shop

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PAL Event: Across the Ocean

What: At this event, we'll have some of the missionaries, who are going overseas from Southeastern Seminary, come and share about where they will be going, what they will be doing, and who they will be working with. We invite you to attend and learn how God is at work around us and how we can support these servants of the King through prayer.

• We'll have missionaries who are going across the ocean to the following three continents:
• Asia
• Australia & Oceania
• Europe
• We'll have a potluck dinner at 6pm

When: Saturday, April 30, 2011 (6-8 PM)

Where: Jacumin-Simpson

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PAL Event: Nations Across the Street

UPDATE: This event is free of cost, but we encourage you to bring some donations for the relief effort in Japan, which we will contribute through NC Baptist Men.

What: We no longer have to travel thousands of miles across the ocean to meet people from other lands--God has brought the nations to our neighborhood. Come and learn how we can serve the nations who are now across the street from us. Feel free to invite your church leader. Dinner is included.

• Speaker: Ralph Garay, Senior Consultant - Asian Church Planting (Baptist State Convention of North Carolina)

When: Saturday, April 9, 2011 (6-8 PM)

Where: Ledford

• Please do not park in lots marked 'Silver decal' or 'Red decal'

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Japan Crisis Response: Pray & Donate

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan (Sendai) at around 2:46pm on March 11 (JST) causing damage with blackouts, fire and a 13 foot tsunami. The following is a collection of links to pray for Japan, to donate for the relief efforts, and to get more info on the natural disaster:

Pray:

• Special call to prayer for Japan
• Aftershocks and uncertainty
• Calculating the losses
• Tsunami hits Japan after 8.9 magnitude earthquake off coast
• FIRST PERSON: What can you do for Japan? Pray

Donate:

• Baptist Global Response
• Baptists on Mission
• Samaritan's Purse
• World Vision
• Yahoo: Other Options to Donate

More Info:

• Google Crisis Response
• Microsoft Disaster Response
• Wikipedia Info
• Yahoo: Collection of Raw Videos

PAL Activities for Spring 2011

The following are the PAL activities for Spring 2011. Please click on each activity for more info:

• Nations Across the Street
• Across the Ocean
• Prayer for All Lands (every Monday when school is in session)

PAL Event: Across the Ocean

What: Presentations by the following students on different cultures:

• Zsolt on Hungary> Zsolt is from Szarvas, Hungary. He is currently doing his PhD in Systematic Theology at SEBTS
• Dilara on Kazakhstan> Dilara is from Almaty, Kazakhstan. She is currently doing her Master of Arts in Inter-cultural Studies at SEBTS

When: Saturday November 13, 2010 (6-8 PM)

• 6pm> Food & Fellowship
• 7pm> Praise, Presentations, & Prayer

Where: Ledford (MPR-I)

• Please do not park in lots marked 'Silver decal' or 'Red decal'

Cost: Free

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PAL Activities for Fall 2010

The following are the PAL activities for Fall 2010. Please click on each activity for more info:

• More Than Dreams
• International Festival of Raleigh
• Across the Ocean