A Taste of S.A.L.T.

As the days are getting shorter and the weather's getting cooler, we begin to get ready for the fall. Personally, fall is my favorite time of year because 1) I love wearing sweaters and 2) there are so many activities going on. While summer seems to last forever, the fall/winter goes by so fast. In October, we're getting ready for Festifall, after that's over and before you know it, we're getting ready for TurkeyBowl and Thanksgiving, then its Christmas and the PR1ME Christmas Banquet and bam, its 2009.

While all this is going on, your SALT team will be hard at work putting together something that we as a group are very excited about. The past few months we've been discussing/praying about putting together a Singles Conference and God answered us big time! Now my initial reaction to having a Single Conference was, wow…how are we going to get people to come out to this? I mean, honestly, we all know what is going to be talked about. Relationships, sexual purity, finding the right mate, etc…and, yes, these topics will be discussed. However, the vessel that God provided to talk about these topics is somebody who is perfect for the job. Most of us know Pastor Tae Shin (www.pastortae.org)…he's spoken at our church on Sundays and was our speaker at one of the past Family Camps. He conducted a Marriage Conference for our Homebuilders last year but did you know that his real passion is for us singles?

A few months ago, the SALT team met with Pastor Tae to discuss how this conference could work. The things he would talk to us about were so insightful and so well put together that we came out of the meeting energized and excited about this event. We can read the books of the Gospel hundreds of times and each time we'll get something new and exciting out of it. Think of this Singles Conference as the same thing. We will be talking about topics you've heard before, but you'll get a lot of new things out of it. We're really excited to plan this event not just for you but for all of us…and if it were lame, trust me…we would squash it like a bug. It's going to be great.

-Your Friendly Neighborhood SALT Team

[written by Daniel "Miami" Song]

A Taste of S.A.L.T.

PRIMErs!

Summer is coming to an end! Did you enjoy your summer small groups? Are you sad that summer is over? What is something that you look forward to this season? One thing that I look forward to and also enjoy the most is seeing the transition from summer to fall. Although I've spent most of my life in California, I still enjoy seeing some leaves turn colors, even though I know that it doesn't compare to the mid-west or east. The anticipation of seasons changing seems to put a big smile on my face every year.

For many of us in the PRIME ministry, the season change will also bring moments of joy, frustration, excitement and fear! With new additions to our ministry through Route-28 graduations as well as new attendees, I realize that transitions can be tough, overwhelming and disheartening. I hope that we as S.A.L.T. and as well as "old" PRIMErs can be an encouragement to our new additions. The Single Adult Leadership Team continues to pray that our ministry could serve and challenge one another to build a community that fosters spiritual growth.

Once again, we want to welcome Steve Min, Hardy Oh, Christina Oh, Diane Cho, Christina Lee, Andrew Kang, and Patrick Cho to PRIME! I know that the start of this season with PRIME will be one that God will use to bring blessing and spiritual growth! I'm excited to see what's in store for our ministry!

Christine Lee on behalf of S.A.L.T.