English for Beginners Class

International students, migrant employees and immigrants who want to learn English are invited to an "English for Beginners" class at Grace Bible Church.  This 6-week program starts Saturday, January 22, 2011, and will on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.  Cost: free!

Registration and English placement testing will be held on Saturday, Jan. 22.

Grace Bible Church is located at 3625 S. 19th Ave. in Bozeman.  The class will be held in rooms 801 and 802.  For more information, call Jim at 587-3879 or email Jspady @ isiwebnet.net (without the spaces in the email address). 

Grace Bible Church is a Love INC partner church; this is a program sponsored, organized and run by Grace Bible Church.

Christian Ed Workshop - Addendum

Here's an addendum to the Teacher Enrichment event at E-Free Church announced in our previous post.  Kathy Braaksma (Resource Room Teacher, Bozeman Public Schools) will be teaching the workshop, "Reaching Children with Special Needs" along with Sherilyn Renner (Reading Intervention Teacher, Bozeman Public Schools).

Christian Ed Teacher Enrichment

The Evangelical Free Church in Bozeman is offering a Teacher Enrichment program, free of charge, to area Christian church school educators, mentors and parents. The event runs from 8:45 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at the church (1701 S. 19th Ave.).  A luncheon keynote speech will be delivered by Jim Carlson, President of Montana Bible College.

Topics include:

• Engaging Attention Getters (Sam Summers, MDiv, Pastor of Spiritual Formation - Journey Church)
• Reaching Children with Special Needs (Sherilyn Renner, Reading Intervention Teacher - Bozeman Public Schools)
• Teaching 101 (Chris Stuckey, Kids' Ministry Director - Journey Church)
• Youth Mission Trips (Ann Dickensheets, Coordinator of Youth & Family Ministries - Bozeman United Methodist Church)
• Make It Memorable (Gus Nollmeyer, Center of Discovery; Highly Effective Teaching)
• Young Adult Panel Discussion (variety of participants)
• Memory Verses, an Important Foundation (Robby Lynne Playle, full-time teaching ministry)
• Mentoring Preschoolers (Robby Lynn Playle)
• Tweens: Gotta Love 'Em (Kelly Krueger, Minister of Youth & Children - Dry Creek Bible Church)

Participants at the event will be able to choose four topics (workshops) to attend.  Registration is required by January 24, 2011.   Call 587-3337 or email fehlberg @ efcb.org (no spaces in the email address, though) to register.

The Evangelical Free Church in Bozeman is a partner of Love INC.  Many of the workshop leaders are members of Love INC partner churches as well.  This event is not a Love INC event, but is organized, sponsored and offered by E-Free Church.