Church visits : "Three Cups of Tea" Author's Mother at St. John UMC Saturday

Church visits

Visiting: As a student of religion, I've seen how various factors in a church visit affect spiritual growth and religious attitudes as one searches for a church home. I visit churches to observe, firsthand, how they present themselves to visitors. My visits, with a few exceptions, focus on Christian churches. This blog contains accounts of those visits, and related posts. I look for the following in my visits:
• Friendliness and warmth
• Genuine welcome, true Christian hospitality
• Effective, well-delivered bible-based main teaching
• Music deepening the worship, not just entertainment

Map to churches I have visited.
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Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson, an amateur biblical scholar and student of religions, is a member of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and Society for Biblical Literature (SBL). He enjoys AAR/SBL where he studies, first hand, with worldwide religious scholars. A management consultant, skilled in all aspects of 360-degree feedback programs and human resource management systems, he practices these skills as Workforce Consulting. He lives in Anchorage.

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"Three Cups of Tea" Author's Mother at St. John UMC Saturday

Posted by Chris Thompson

Posted: February 5, 2010 - 12:05 am

Many readers of the Church Visits blog have doubtless read the long-running bestseller, Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School At A Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. The author's mother, Jerene Mortenson, will be at St. John United Methodist Church from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, February 6 to share information about Pennies for Peace , a program of Greg's Central Asia Institute. A penny in the United States is virtually worthless, but overseas a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy.

Come share refreshments, meet Jerene Mortenson, and learn first-hand how this life changing program is making a difference to education and literacy in this far-flung area of the world. A flier containing further information about this wonderful program is attached at the bottom of this post.

You may also discover further information at the following websites:

St. John United Methodist Church

Pennies for Peace

Central Asia Institute