I would like to invite you to join our District Leadership and myself for the annual Speed the Light Golf Tournament. This year we will be hosting the tournament at Jackson Chase Golf Course in Middletown, VA on Tuesday, September 7th. The goal of the STL Golf Tournament is to meet he needs of our
missionaries as quickly as possible. We can meet this goal through your added support above and beyond the required minimum. Help us this year by extending the heart of this tournament to your family, friends, and surrounding businesses that would be willing to join and/or sponsor you. Let’s believe that we can gather together to not just play golf, but to change the world.
JOHN MAY
POTOMAC DISTRICT YOUTH DIRECTOR
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The official 2009-10 theme for Speed the Light is “This Changes Everything.” The cross of Jesus Christ is perhaps the single most recognizable Christian symbol. It reminds us of sacrifice; it reminds us of suffering; it reminds us of selflessness; it reminds us of love…the love of God to give His Son and the love of the Son to be willing to die. But the message of the cross doesn’t end in death, for though Jesus came to earth to die, He also came to live. In death and in resurrection, He gave us life…and this changes everything.
His story is the one we are called to tell. His cause is the reason we pursue our responsibility to provide our missionaries with the “essential transportation and creative communication” tools they need for effective evangelism.
What Is Speed The Light?Speed the Light (STL) is the student-initiated ministry that provides transportation and communications equipment to missionaries across the nation and in over 150 countries around the world.
STL has its humble beginnings in 1944 when Ralph W. Harris (then head of the NYD), prayed for a way to give A/G youth the opportunity to help missionaries in their work. Today, STL is one of the most effective missions programs in the church world. Assemblies of God students have accepted a great responsibility to voluntarily raise funds to purchase the equipment. Since its inception, STL has raised a total of $136,407,483.15 for missionary equipment around the world.
Speed the Light has one guiding principle: All assistance must go to purchase equipment directly related to evangelism (“evangelism” is defined as propagating the gospel and instructing converts). STL equipment has not been nor is presently given for promotion, solicitation, or normal administrative funds.