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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi all, and especially those in NSW.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The item below may be of some interest, so I pass it on FYI.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Australia@langham.org [mailto:Australia@langham.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 31 July 2013 9:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> kevinrietveld47@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Langham AU] Unique opportunity to hear first-hand about the Church in the Middle East<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read this message on the web at <a href="http://maillist.langhampartnership.org/lt/t_go.php?i=10256&e=a2V2aW5yaWV0dmVsZDQ3QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==&l=http://langham.org/resources/au/enews/2013-07-31.html">http://langham.org/resources/au/enews/2013-07-31.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#EFEFEF'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://maillist.langhampartnership.org/lt/t_go.php?i=10256&e=a2V2aW5yaWV0dmVsZDQ3QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==&l=http://au.langham.org/"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=105 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE8E3D.6586DED0" alt="Image removed by sender. 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Rev Dr Riad Kassis, Syrian-Lebanese Theologian, Author and Scholar, Internatinoal Director, Langham Scholars & ICETE (International Council for Evangelican Theological Education)"></span><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-left:15.0pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><div style='margin-top:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CB3427'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt' id=myanmar2><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CB3427'>Unique opportunity to hear first-hand about the Church in the Middle East </span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CB3427'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I begin with a sincere apology to all our Langham friends who are unable to avail themselves of this great opportunity to hear from Rev Dr Riad Kassis about the Church in the Middle East, and to say we <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>are</span></em> aware Australia is not just NSW and Victoria! Please read on …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Riad, is the International Director of our Langham Scholars Programme, a Syrian-Lebanese Theologian, Author and Scholar, based with his family in Lebanon. Riad is also the International Director of ICETE, the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education; and we have the privilege of him very briefly stopping in Australia on his way to Indonesia for the Asia Theological Association's General Assembly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We have arranged a public gathering 7.30pm on Friday 9 August at Sydney Missionary and Bible College, 43 Badminton Road, Croydon, NSW.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please if you are able to pass this information on to friends, colleagues, family in the Sydney region, that would be wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You may have read a little about Riad in our November 2012 Langham Newsletter "Welcome Riad Kassis" <a href="http://maillist.langhampartnership.org/lt/t_go.php?i=10256&e=a2V2aW5yaWV0dmVsZDQ3QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==&l=http://au.langham.org/newsletter-2012-11/">au.langham.org/newsletter-2012-11/</a> or a recent article on the website written by Riad <a href="http://maillist.langhampartnership.org/lt/t_go.php?i=10256&e=a2V2aW5yaWV0dmVsZDQ3QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==&l=http://au.langham.org/its-friday-but-sundays-coming/">au.langham.org/its-friday-but-sundays-coming/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in the Middle East, for Riad and his family, and his vital role in that region and the Global Church scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>[p.s. Riad is also speaking at Merrylands East Presbyterian Arabic Service on Sunday 11 August. 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