[DioNJ] Step into Africa

[Ann Notte]

Dear Colleague in Ministry,

>From May 30 to June 2, we all have an exceptional opportunity to inform and
unify our congregations and communities about a global issue that is
devastating the lives of children in Africa.  How?  By encouraging our
staff, members, friends and youth to “step into Africa” via “World Vision
Experience Africa: AIDS,” a multi-media, interactive exhibit.  Exhibit
tours take up to 30 minutes as visitors are transported into a sub-Sahara
village and the life of a child.  The exhibit will visit 80 cities in 2008.
Selected by World Vision -- a non-profit humanitarian organization -- as
the only Delaware Valley site, First Presbyterian Church cordially invites
your participation in several ways:

- Free Tickets.  We hope that all who are interested will reserve tickets
at www.worldvisionexperience.org.  Please see the attached Exhibit Fact
Sheet for times.
(Note: parental discretion is advised for children under age 12.)

-  Pastors’ Breakfast on Friday, May 30, at 8 am.  I cordially invite you
and your associates to hear Rev. Emmanuel Mutangana, a former World
Vision-sponsored child, share his dream of achieving double graduate
degrees at Georgetown University after fleeing ethnic violence in Rwanda
with his family.  The breakfast will be followed by personal tours of the
Experience Exhibit.  Please RSVP.*

-  Youth Coffee House on Friday, May 30, from 6 to 9 pm.  Teens and youth
groups will hear Emmanuel’s dramatic story and tour the Exhibit.  Special
music, tactile activities and refreshments will provide an opportunity to
share and express their responses to the journey of an AIDS-affected child.
Please RSVP.*

-  Help Spread the Word.  We would be pleased to make available the
following materials for your ministry - send me an email or give us a call
and we'll put them in the mail to you:

1. Black and white reproducible Bulletin inserts (2 sided, 4 ¼ by 5 ½
inches)
2. Four-color posters (11 x 17 inches)
3. 2-sided Fact Sheets (included as an attachment: World Vision Exhibit
Fact Sheet)
4. Bulletin paragraph announcement – below

    Meet Kombo, Babirye and Mathabo – three African children whose lives
have been devastated by AIDS and whose
    stories unfold  in the extraordinary interactive, multi-media exhibit
“World Vision Experience: AIDS” at the First
    Presbyterian Church in Moorestown, NJ, May 30-June 2.  The exhibit is
free  – Special exhibit hours are available by
    reservation for area churches on Sunday afternoon from 2 pm (at least
30 minutes should be allowed for tours)
    www.worldvisionexperience.org.   Request information about special
events with guest speakers at
    experience at fpcmoorestown.org.

We hope you agree that this outstanding experience can unify our members
and those with whom we come in contact as to the life-and-death challenges
to millions of children in Africa and around the globe.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

In Christ,
Jonathan Miller, Senior Pastor
First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown

*While tickets for the public are reserved on the World Vision  website, we
request that RSVPs to the Breakfast and/or the Youth Coffee House be sent
to:  experience at fpcmoorestown.org or by calling the reservation hotline at
(856) 235-1097.

(See attached file: Experience_Africa_ExhibitFactSheet-FINALMay1.doc.zip)
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   The Rev. David L. Snyder                                                                
   Executive Director | Advancement | New Jersey                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
   Phone 609.386.4650 | Fax 609-386-4650 | dsnyder at worldvision.org                         
   29 Yubas Ave. | Burlington, NJ 08016 USA                                                
   World Vision | Building a better world for children | www.worldvision.org/newyork       
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
   World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with         
   children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by    
   tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.