1. Exploring the Mission of the GLC Part 2: Missional= Pursuing Christ’s Priorities in the World
GLC Annual CelebrationGLC Annual Celebration
May 8May 8--10, 201410, 2014
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H O S T E D B Y – G A T E W A Y C O M M U N I T Y C H U R C H
P O W E L L , O H
Welcome! From Pastor John Atkinson
All of us at Gateway Community Church are excited to
welcome the Great Lakes Conference Annual Celebration to
our church this Spring. We are also continually grateful to
the conference for all the support and help we have received
over the years.
We hope you all will join us at the Annual Celebration. We
know Ohio might be a bit of a drive for many of you, but we
would be grateful to you for making the trek and supporting
our little area of the conference. We have great churches in
the Columbus area including Sanctuary Columbus (committed
to reconciliation and interracial ministry); Faith Covenant
Church, the first Covenant church in Columbus and the planter
of Gateway; and Revival Covenant Church, a ministry to East
Africans in the Columbus area.
In Powell you will be just a couple of miles from the number
one rated zoo in the country (led and developed by the famous
Jack Hanna). Our events team has been brainstorming on
ways we can give you a special
hosting experience. So far we have
vetoed egging the cars as they enter
the parking lot, casino night with real
money and tapping kegs in our main
street area (our next door neighbors
told us that is how they raise all their
money at their church festivals). So we are probably just
going to stick with the Garth McGrath and Jody Eidnes dunk
tanks.
We invite you to come join us so we can celebrate Garth's
first year as well as grow, worship and learn together during
the conference. Let's support the powerful ministry that is
the Great Lakes Conference.
Sincerely in Christ,
John Atkinson
Pastor: Gateway Community Church
Invitation from Superintendent Garth McGrath
It is my privilege to invite the 87 churches of the Great Lakes Conference to
send delegates to our 2014 Conference Annual Celebration at Gateway
Community Church in Powell, Ohio, on May 8-10, 2014. While focusing on
the “missional” dimension of our collective commitment to being a conference
of “healthy, missional churches,” we will hear stories of how churches
pursuing revitalization are regaining their missional traction. We’ll be
encouraged by the Kingdom advances being made through our church
plants. We’ll celebrate the strides forward we made this past year in the area
of leadership development. And we will give thanks for the fruit that is being produced through
the outreach efforts of congregations across our conference. In the midst of our celebration, we
will approve a budget that will fund the ministries that are central to our mission. We will elect
wise, skilled, gifted, and spiritually mature women and men to serve on our Conference Board.
We’ll have opportunities for training in both evangelism and compassion-mercy-justice
ministries to help our churches go further in mission. And we will connect with other lay
persons and pastors of churches in our sister churches to encourage them and to be encouraged
by them. I look forward to greeting everyone at Gateway Community Church for the GLC
Annual Celebration to celebrate our partnership in God’s mission field known as the Great
Lakes Conference.
I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. …. I have
come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:9-10)
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you
an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor
is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. (John 13:14-16)
C O N T E N T S :C O N T E N T S :
Welcome Pg. 1
Schedule Pg. 2
Workshops Pg. 2
Hotels Pg. 4
Registra on Form Pg. 5
Reg. Instruc ons Pg. 6
Area Map Pg. 7

2. S C H E D U L E
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
 12:00pm-5:00pm Registration for Ministerial
Association and the GLC Annual Celebration
 2:00pm-5:00pm Ministerial Association Meeting
 6:00pm Combined Ministerial Association and GLC
Dinner and GLC Award Presentations
 7:30pm-9:00pm Combined Ministerial Association
and GLC Worship Service
Friday, May 9, 2014
 7:30am-9:00am Registration
 8:30am-12:30pm GLC Business Meeting/Annual
Meeting
 12:30pm-1:00pm Lunch Pick-Up to Go to Workshop
 1:00pm-2:30pm Ministerial Association and GLC
Workshops Session I
 2:45pm-4:15pm Ministerial Association and GLC
Workshops Session II
 6:00pm Barbecue and Fun (optional event)
Saturday, May 10, 2014
 9:30am-12:00pm Children’s Ministry Seminar (see
insert)
 9:00am-3:00pm Service and Outreach
Opportunities through Revival Covenant Church (an
African immigrant church) and Sanctuary Columbus
(a church plant)
Evangelism- Alex Rahill, Senior Pastor, Life Church, Canton, MI
We’re called to “go and make disciples.” We all want to obey Jesus’ great command to his followers, but most of us
don’t. Why is that? Is it fear? Confusion?
Making disciples begins with evangelism. Join us as we explore some practical things we can do to reach out and share
our faith with people all around us who are far from God.
S E S S I O N I (1:00PM-2:30PM)
F R I D A Y W O R K S H O P S
S E S S I O N I I (2:45PM-4:15PM)
Compassion, Mercy, Justice, and Evangelism: How to do holistic, life-changing ministry in
places where needs are high– Semmeal Thomas, Senior Pastor, City Covenant Church, Detroit, MI
This workshop will outline the crucial steps that churches need to take in order to do holistic ministry that meets both
real spiritual needs AND real physical needs for food, shelter, transportation and employment. The workshop will be
particularly helpful to churches situated in communities or locations that suffer from higher than average levels of pov-
erty. However, it will also be helpful to more highly resourced churches who want to partner with a church in an under-
resourced community. The workshop will cover “tools for understanding your community,” “how to grow partnerships
with agencies and other churches for effective ministry,” and “how to connect compassion ministries with intentional,
life-changing evangelism.”

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4. H O T E L S
Quality Inn and Suites
3950 Tuller Rd
Dublin, Ohio. 43017
888-489-9290
614-764-0770
www.qualityinn.com/hotel-dublin-ohio-OH281
$69.99 for king
$74.99 for two double beds
Includes hot breakfast buffet
Room Block Under: GLC
Chase Suites
4130 Tuller Rd
Dublin, Ohio. 43017
800-237-8811
614-766-7762
www.chasehoteldublin.com/
$99 plus tax for king with sleeper sofa
$99 plus tax for two doubles with sleeper sofa
Includes hot breakfast buffet
Room Block Under: GLC
Room Block Expiration: 4/7/14
Hampton Inn
3920 Tuller Rd
Dublin, Ohio. 43017
614-889-0573
www.hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ohio/hampton-inn-
columbus-dublin-CMHNWHX/index.html
$102 plus tax for king or two double
Room Block Under: “Great Lakes Conference”
Expiration of Room Block: 4/21/14
 Alarm Clock Radio
 Ergonomic Desk Chair
 LCD Flat Panel TV
 Coffee Maker
 Complimentary Hot Breakfast
 Hairdryer
 High Speed Internet
 Iron/Ironing Board
 Lap Desk
 Newspaper M-F (USA Today)
 On-site fitness center
 Pool
The GLC Annual Celebration team at Gateway Community Church has kindly set aside blocks of rooms at the fol-
lowing hotels. Please note the block name and expiration date for each hotel. If you do not wish to use one of these
hotels you are free to make other arrangements.
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 Exercise Room
 Free Coffee
 Free Continental Break-
fast
 Cable/Satellite TV
 Free Hi Speed Internet
 Free Local Calls
 Free Newspaper Mon-Fri
 Hair Dryer
 In-Room Coffee Maker
 In-Room Desk
 Iron & Ironing Board
 Microwave
 Refrigerator
 Voice Mail
 Wake-Up Service
 Complimentary Hot Break-
fast Buffet every morning
 Complimentary internet
access
 Complimentary use of near-
by Health and Fitness Cen-
ter
 Guest Laundry Facility on
site
 Business Center
 Outdoor Pool and Spa
All suites feature the follow-
ing amenities:
 Pullout Sofa Sleepers in
all Suites
 Voicemail
 CD/Alarm clock/radio
 Breakfast bar
 Coffee and Tea service
 Iron and ironing board
 Hairdryer

5. Name_________________________________________________
Street_________________________________________________
City___________________________St.______Zip____________
Daytime phone (_____)__________________________________
Email_________________________________________________
Church_______________________________________________
Cell Phone________________________________________
GLC Delegate- A person chosen by their
church to attend the events of the GLC
Annual Celebration and to be an official
voting representative at the 2013 GLC
Annual Meeting. Delegates will receive delegate information
prior to and during the Friday Annual Meeting.
GLC Participant- A person who, although not an official
delegate of their church, wishes to participate in the GLC
activities. They may attend the GLC Annual Meeting but
they will not receive the delegate information for the Annu-
al Meeting nor may they vote.
* anyone may attend the Thursday night worship service or
purchase a ticket for the Thursday night dinner.
2014 GLC Annual Celebration and GLC Ministerial Association Registration Fees: place check
mark next to dollar amount (early bird registration or the later registration) of the desired type of registration be-
low.
□ Ministerial Association only- Early Bird registration by 4/1/14: $20 _____ ; registration after 4/1/14:
$30_____ (includes Ministerial Association Meeting, Workshops, and Service and Outreach Opportunity)
□ Ministerial Association and GLC Delegate- Early Bird registration by 4/1/14: $50 _____ ; registration af-
ter 4/1/14: $70____ (includes Ministerial Association Meeting, GLC Annual Meeting, Workshops, and Service
and Outreach Opportunity)
□ GLC Delegate only- Early Bird registration by 4/1/14: $40 _____ ; registration after 4/1/14: $50 ____
(includes GLC Annual Meeting, Workshops, and Service and Outreach Opportunity)
□ GLC Participant only- Early Bird registration by 4/1/14: $10 _____ ; registration after 4/1/14: $15____
(includes Workshops and/or Service and Outreach Opportunity)
Meals
□ Thursday Banquet- $16.50 ……………….$________
□ Friday Lunch- $7.00……….…….$________
□ Friday Dinner $8.50………...$________
□ Saturday Lunch- $7.00……….…….$________
□ No Meals…………………………………...________
Please Make all checks payable to: Please Make all checks payable to:
“Great Lakes Conference” “Great Lakes Conference”
Total Due $___________Total Due $___________
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Saturday:
Service and Outreach Opportunity
I will be participating _______
I am interested but need more info______
I will not be participating _______
I will be bringing Legos for the Lego Project________
I will be bringing a monetary donation for the Lego Project________
No thank you, I would not like to participate at this time_______

6. R E G I S T R A T I O N I N S T R U C T I O N S
See Registration Form on page 5
1. Please read the registration form carefully.
2. Fill in the personal information.
3. Choose to register as one of the following: Ministerial Association only, Ministerial Association and GLC
Delegate, GLC Delegate only, or GLC Participant only.
4. Determine whether or not you are an “early bird” registrant.
5. Indicate meals in which you would like to participate.
6. Choose to or not to take part in the service/outreach opportunity (or ask for more info as these opportuni-
ties are in the final planning stages).
7. Add up the registration fees and the cost of any meals you choose and place the total in the blank at the
bottom of the registration page.
8. Enclose registration form and check in an envelope and mail it to:
Great Lakes Conference
6900 N. Haggerty Rd., Suite 90
Canton, MI 48187
9. Register and pay on line at www.greatlakes.cc; go to the homepage and click on the link to the 2014 GLC
Annual Celebration. Costs to register on line are slighter higher to cover on line fees.
10. Registrations may also be faxed to the GLC office at 734-451-4672.
11. For questions call 734-451-4670 or email jody@greatlakes.cc or go to the GLC website at
www.greatlakes.cc.
12. To register for the Saturday Children’s Ministry Seminar, go to www.4fcc.org (website for Faith Cove-
nant Church, Farmington, MI) and click on “Children’s Ministry Seminar” icon or call Joy Marie Zug at
248-702-6416.
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Gateway Community Church
(yellow marker)
8794 Big Bear Ave.
Powell, OH 43065
614-791-9449
Chase Suites (green marker)
4130 Tuller Rd
Dublin, OH43017
800-237-8811
Quality Inn and Suites (red marker)
3950 Tuller Rd
Dublin, OH 43017
888-489-9290
Hampton Inn (blue marker)
3920 Tuller Rd
Dublin, OH 43017
614-889-0573
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LOCATION OF CHURCH AND HOTELS
LEGO PROJECT
What is it about Lego that is so engaging? Put a few
Legos in someone’s hand and they will snap the
bricks together. Give them a few more bricks and
next thing you know they have built something.
God’s word is also very engaging and has a lot to
say about crea on and building. The GLC has com-
bined Lego with God’s word into the Lego Project.
While at the Annual Celebra on take a look at our
Lego City. It is our hope that your church will con-
sider using the Lego Project as an outreach into its
community.
On a prac cal note the Lego Project could use
some more Lego bricks and kits. It would be great if
each delegate brought a li le Lego– new or used
(but it needs to be real Lego). If you don’t want to
go to the trouble of finding Lego but would like to
help, you may bring a dona on toward recently
purchased Lego kits.

8. G R E A T L A K E SG R E A T L A K E S
C O N F E R E N C EC O N F E R E N C E
6900 N Haggerty Rd6900 N Haggerty Rd
Suite 90Suite 90
Canton, MI 48187Canton, MI 48187
Phone: 734Phone: 734--451451--46704670
Fax: 734Fax: 734--451451--46724672
EE--mail: jody@greatlakes.ccmail: jody@greatlakes.cc
www. greatlakes.ccwww. greatlakes.cc
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