You Are Invited to a Special Christmas Party:
All of the Chinese scholars and their families are invited to our Big Christmas Celebration on Saturday, December 5, with dinner beginning at 6:00pm. Come early at 5:30pm, if you or your child would like to make a Christmas craft and visit with friends. We would like you, your family (including children) and friends to enjoy a traditional Christmas party with us. We are hoping for at least 300 Chinese friends again this year.

Celebrate the Real Meaning of Christmas:
Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, God's Son, on Christmas Day, December 25. You can experience the joy of the Christmas season and learn the real meaning of Christmas at our Big Christmas Celebration on Saturday, December 5. Plan to join us and invite your Chinese friends to come also.

Schedule for the Christmas Party:
5:30-6:00pm     Arrive and get acquainted. Those who arrive early will have the opportunity to make a Christmas craft before dinner.
6:00-7:30pm     Enjoy a delicious traditional American Christmas dinner with baked ham, vegetables and Christmas cookies.
7:30-9:00pm     (Adults) - Enjoy a game, a Christmas drama, Christmas songs and a special message about the real meaning of Christmas.
7:30-9:00pm     (Children) - A  special children's program for children 5-12 years old. They will watch a Christmas movie, sing songs, play games and do a Christmas craft.

Directions to Park Forest Baptist Church:
Our Christmas Celebration will be held at Park Forest Baptist Church, just 10 minutes from the university. The address is 3030 Carnegie Drive, State College, PA 16803.
*Take North Atherton Street all the way to the end of town to Valley Vista Drive. You will see a Sheetz gas station on your left.
*Turn left on Valley Vista Drive after the Sheetz gas station. (This is the second Sheetz on N. Atherton St.)
*Go past Lowes. Turn right on Carnegie Drive.
*Then turn left into the church parking lot. The church is a large brown building.
If you get lost or have questions, Cathy's cell phone number is 814-574-4807.

Rides
We will have plenty of food, so you do not have to register for this party. Rides will be available between 5:00-5:30pm in front of the Pattee Library East Entrance on Curtin Road.

Invite Your Family and Friends:
Please pass this email to your friends or give them a copy of this message.

Merry Christmas!
May you know the love, joy and peace that Jesus brings this Christmas.
We hope your finals go well and that you will plan to spend this Christmas Celebration with us.

Where: New Brunswick, NJ (with a day in New York City)

Last year's conference was held just outside of Washington D.C. This year's conference will be held in New Brunswick, NJ, (at the Hyatt Regency Hotel) about 45 minutes from New York City. The conference is designed to help Christians grow in their faith and ministry skills, and it is also for those who are not Christians but have an honest interest in learning more about Christian beliefs. It's always a lot of fun - we will spend one whole day walking around New York (Manhattan), and we'll have a fun New Year's Eve party at the hotel too.

The first 325 people who register for the conference will receive a $100 discount from the conference organizers. We already have several students from Penn State registered. We will drive cars and vans from State College to the conference on Monday, December 28 and return on the afternoon of January 1. Please don't be stuck in State College during that week with nothing to do - join us!

A flier is attached - all registration for the conference is done on-line. Check out the website and register at http://www.bridgesinternational.com/conferences/vision09_newyork/ as soon as possible to qualify for the $100 discount.

However, after you register be sure to let us know so that we can be sure to reserve a seat for you in our vans and cars. Ben & Cathy Bidelspach, Rebecca Sharpless and Chris Cunningham are planning to attend, so we hope that you can go with us and experience a week that can change your life.

 

 

3. Chinese New Year Pary on Friday, February 19

State College Assembly of God Church

 

You are invited to attend our big Chinese New Year Party, sponsored by CSSFM.
This party is free!

Date: Friday, February 19, 2010
Time: 6:00-9:00pm

Location: The State College Assembly of God Church
Address: 2201 University Drive, State College

6:00pm         Chinese dinner
7:30pm         A fun program for elementary aged children
7:30pm         Special entertainment to be provided by the State College Chinese Church
8:15pm         A special New Year message
8:45pm         Prizes

Rides will be provided from campus in front of the Pattee Library East Entrance on Curtin Road between 5:30-5:45pm.
Mark your calendars. Plan to attend. Invite your Chinese friends. No registration needed.

Chinese Student, Scholar & Family Ministries of Penn State University
Cathy Bidelspach, advisor CSSFM
www.clubs.psu.edu/cssfm