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Greetings to the VNSETN community!!

WOW! What a great set of weekends for our community. Welcome to our new butterflies. The weekends are over, and we are now preparing for weekend #3 in September.

Plan on coming to the “La Vida Loca” party at the Apison Retreat Center on March 23^rd, from 5:00pm until 7:00pm. There will be some crazy games, good food, lively praise and worship, and some powerful testimonies. Bring a desert to share. You are welcome to bring family and friends who have not attended a VN weekend and use the party as a recruiting tool.

The governing body of VNSETN is the Council. The Council is made up of adults and youth who make the decisions that guide the community. Our next Council meeting is March 18, 2019 at 6:30pm at the Apison Retreat Center in the Chapel. The Council meetings are open to all VNers and others desiring to support VNSETN. Whether you are an adult member or youth member, we have a place for you and would value your input. We have several Council positions described below that we will be filling this month:

• Communications – Responsible for communicating with our community through various social media platforms and serves as the Administrator of those media sites. This person participates in the overall guidance and planning of VNSETN activities. This an ideal position for some of our younger members.
• Youth Representatives – This can be a team of two of our youth members (under 25), preferably one female and one male. They would provide a youth’s perspective and input for our community and activities.
• Men’s Leader – Responsible for training new Directors and assisting in team formation for the weekends.

To be eligible for these positions you must have participated in a VN weekend, preferably several weekends. In addition, the Men’s Leader must have served as Tres Dias Rector or VN Director. If you would like more information or to be considered for any of these positions, contact Ray Newby at rlnewby@epbfi.com or 423-488-5478.

The Directors for our fall weekends (September 6-8 and 13-15, 2019) are starting team formation now. If Karen Reno or Barry Eaton contact you, please respond to them in a timely manner.Please visit our website www.vnsetn.org for more information. We will transition to online candidate applications for future weekends, but paper applications will still be accepted. Also, watch the website to sign up on the list desiring to serve future weekends. As we grow our community, not everyone who desires to serve may be able to serve immediately, but keep on applying to serve.

De Colores!

On Your Mark – Get Set, GO!

The first VN weekends are just two short months away. Now is the time to sign up your 15 and older teens. DON’T WAIT ANY LONGER!

Send in applications for Candidates to attend VNSETN #1, which are September 7-9 for young women and September 14-16 for young men. Applications must be mailed to our PO Box, listed on the application. The applications are available on the VNSETN and TDSETN Facebook pages and the VN website and the Tres Dias website. Applications will be accepted and placed on the list by the postmark date. Please be sure to read the application thoroughly. Our Pre-Weekend Team, Kay and Don Provonsha are responsible for processing applications. The weekend fee for Candidates and Team is $80, with an additional $20 team fee for Team Members.

If you would like to donate to VNSETN to help offset startup costs or provide scholarships for candidates and/or team, please send contributions to: VNSETN, PO Box 115, Apison, TN 37302. Make checks out to TDSETN and note VNSETN on the “for” line.

Ray Newby

Got Teens?

School break is here, and now is the time to sign up your 15 and older teens for the first Vida Nueva of Southeast Tennessee weekends.

We are now accepting applications for Candidates to attend VNSETN #1. Applications will currently only be by “hardcopy” mailed to our PO Box listed on the application. The applications are available on the VNSETN and TDSETN Facebook pages, and also available on our new website – www.vnsetn.org. We will eventually be able to register online, but a hardcopy signed application will still have to be mailed. Applications will be accepted and placed on the wait list by the postmark date. Please be sure to read the application thoroughly. Kay and Don Provonsha are our Pre-Weekend Team responsible for processing applications. The weekend fee for Candidates and Team is $80, with an additional $20 team fee for Team Members.

We have two VNSETN Council/Steering Committee positions to fill at our June 18th Committee meeting. Anyone is welcome to attend the Committee meeting, which begins at 6:30pm at the ARC. Prayerfully consider serving the VN community by volunteering to serve as:

Post-Weekend Team (equivalent to Fourth Day Couple in Tres Dias)
Food Team

These positions can be singles or married couples, but two people are recommended. We are calling these “Teams” rather than “Couples” to allow younger people to serve that may not be married. If you would like detailed description of the position duties or are willing to be nominated, contact Ray Newby (rlnewby@epbfi.com).

If you would like to donate to VNSETN to help offset startup costs or provide scholarships for candidates and/or team, please send contributions to: VNSETN, PO Box 115, Apison, TN 37302. Make checks out to TDSETN and note VNSETN on the “for” line.

Ray Newby

We are kicking it into high gear preparing for our first set of weekends September 7-9, 2018 for Young Women, and September 14-16, 2018 for Young Men.

Sarah Roberts and Larry Byrd from the North Georgia VN Community have accepted God’s call and have begun their journey. They are calling team members now. If you are called, please respond promptly. We really would like TDSETN Pescadores that are under 25 to step up and serve. If you are interested in serving and have not contacted Sarah or Ray Newby, please do so quickly.

Young Women’s weekend – Sarah Newby
Young Men’s weekend – Ray Newby

We are now accepting applications for Candidates to attend VNSETN #1. Applications will currently only be by “hardcopy” mailed to our PO Box listed on the application. The applications are available on the VNSETN and TDSETN Facebook pages, and also available on our new website – www.vnsetn.org. We will eventually be able to register online, but a hardcopy signed application will still have to be mailed. Applications will be accepted and placed on the wait list by the postmark date. Please be sure to read the application thoroughly. Kay and Don Provonsha are our Pre-Weekend Team responsible for processing applications. The weekend fee for Candidates and Team is $80, with an additional $20 team fee for Team Members.

We have two VNSETN Council/Steering Committee positions to fill at our May 21st Committee meeting. Anyone is welcome to attend the Committee meeting, which begins at 6:30pm at the ARC. Prayerfully consider serving the VN community by volunteering to serve as:

Post-Weekend Team (equivalent to Fourth Day Couple in Tres Dias)
Food Team

These positions can be singles or married couples, but two people are recommended. We are calling these “Teams” rather than “Couples” to allow younger people to serve that may not be married. If you would like detailed description of the position duties or are willing to be nominated, contact Ray Newby.

If you would like to donate to VNSETN to help offset startup costs or provide scholarships for candidates and/or team, please send contributions to: VNSETN, PO Box 115, Apison, TN 37302. Make checks out to TDSETN and note VNSETN on the “for” line.

Ray Newby

A lot has happened in the last few weeks for our Vida Nueva of Southeast Tennessee (VNSETN) community efforts. Sarah Newby and Mandy Ledford observed Young Women’s NGVM #56 and Ray Newby, Kelvin Stamper and Josh Cheresnick observed the Young Men’s weekend. At our March 19^th Council/Steering Committee we selected two outstanding Directors for our first Weekends in September. Sarah Roberts and Larry Byrd from the North Georgia VN Community have accepted God’s call and are excited to get started on their journey.

The dates for VNSETN #1 are:

September 7-9, 2018 for Young Women, and
September 14-16, 2018 for Young Men.

Click here to submit an application for a candidate.

We are now ready to start accepting applications for Candidates. Applications will currently only be by “hardcopy” mailed to our PO Box listed on the application. The applications will be available on the VNSETN and TDSETN Facebook pages, and will soon be available on our website – www.vnsetn.org. We will eventually be able to register online, but a hardcopy signed application will still have to be mailed. Applications will be accepted and placed on the wait list by the postmark date. Please be sure to read the application thoroughly. Kay and Don Provonsha are our Pre-Weekend Team responsible or processing applications.

There will be positions for some TDSETN Pescadores to serve on the weekends, so if you are interested contact:

For Young Women’s weekend – Sarah Newby, ssnewby@epbfi.com, and

For Young Men’s weekend – Ray Newby, rlnewby@epbfi.com.

We really would like TDSETN Pescadores that are under 25 to step up and serve. We will be providing recommended names to Sarah and Larry.

The weekend fee for Candidates and team is $80, with an additional $20 team fee for Team Members.