ANNOUNCEMENT: ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
WORKSHOP
–
Oxford (Newton County), GA
(A training for a church or
associational outreach ministry to teach conversational English while sharing
and demonstrating the Good News of Jesus
Christ with your students without knowing their languages.)
DATES:
Thursday,
August 30, 2012, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm;
Friday,
August 31, 2012, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm; &
Saturday,
September 1, 2012, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
(Must
attend all 14 ½ hours of instruction for North American Mission Board
certification.)
LOCATION:
Macedonia
Baptist Church
108
West Macedonia Church Road
Oxford,
GA 30054
COST:
$20.00 (Includes
Workshop Manual, snacks on Thursday and Friday, and lunch on Saturday.)
Please
make check payable to: “Macedonia
Baptist Church”
Please
note on the memo line of your check: “For
ESL Workshop”
Please
mail the check to: Macedonia Baptist
Church at the address noted above
TO
REGISTER …
Contact
Karen McWaters: 404.395.9657 / lynnmc56@att.net
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE:
When
class is filled.
STATISTICAL
INFORMATION:
According
to the 2000 and 2010* U.S. Censuses, the noted percentages of the population (5
years of age
and
above) in the following communities reflect those who speak a language other
than English at home:
Athens: 13.8%* Auburn: 11.0% Bethlehem: 13.3%
Bishop: 3.9% Bogart (in Clarke
Co.):10.9% Conyers: 14.2
Greensboro:
6.1% Loganville: 5.5% Mansfield: 4.6%
Snellville:
6.4% Social
Circle: 4.3% Walnut Grove:
5.3%
According to www.PeopleGroups.info
, there are at least 117 people from 11 non-English-speaking
countries residing within the 30054 zip code area
alone. The countries most largely
represented are:
Cuba: 24 Mexico: 20 India: 19
South Korea: 12 Germany: 11 China: 7
Taiwan: 7 Vietnam: 7 Pakistan: 5
For
other information about ...
A.
other workshops,
please visit www.LiteracyMissions.org,
and click on “Workshops;” or
B.
hosting your
own workshop, please contact ...
Paulette
DeHart,
Georgia Baptist Literacy Missions Missionary
Tel.: 770.979.0588
E-mail: pdehart@gabaptist.org
Website: www.LiteracyMissions.org
“ ... and you
are to love those who are aliens ... “
- Deuteronomy
10:19
