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Ted Ferenczy says:

1) Concert!
Shane & Shane, Bethany Dillon and Phil Wickham
When: Friday, December 5th, 7pm
Where: Barnegat NJ
Tickets: itickets
I plan on purchasing tickets on Wednesday evening (Oct. 1) for myself and people who are definitely going. This is a seated concert at a small church with room for 600 people and it’s expected to sell out. You can email me by tomorrow or purchase tickets on your own later on. Let me know if you are going to be able to come and we’ll take a field trip to NJ!!
Barnegat is about 2 hours from the city and we’ll arrange rides as we get closer to the date of the concert.

2) Caroling!
When:Friday, December 12th, 5:30pm
Where: Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn NY
Caroling at the County has become an annual tradition at for Downstate students. Typically we sing on the pediatrics floor of the hospital, but details have not been finalized for this year. Join us in spreading Joy and the Gospel with song! We’ll try to have a social hour with hot chocolate and hot apple cider afterwards as well!
Subway Directions:
2 train to Winthrop stop,
Exit, walk on Parkside Ave. across Nostrand Ave.
Continue on Parkside one block, Parkside comes to a T at New York Ave; take a Right on New York Ave.
Walk down New York Ave. take first Left on Clarkson Ave.
Main entrance of Kings County Hospital Center is 451 Clarkson, on your Left.

Dr. Ali Ko, the NYC area director gave a talk on missions at Chinese Evangel Mission Church of Queens (http://cem.xboxplayer.com) where council member, Dr. Elaine Eng, attends service. Located at 203-10 Rocky Hill Rd., Bayside, Queens 11361, the church is led by Pastor George Ibach, whose daughter Michaela leads the CMDA fellowship at the New Jersey Med. Dr. Ko gave her talk at the 9:30 am service, highlighting missions trips to New Orleans, Pakistan, and Morocco as well as the events through which God brought her to her position as the area director for Greater NYC. She encouraged both physicians and non-physicians to serve in the missions field, citing Acts 2:42-47 as her personal encouragement to seek the Lord’s will and to lead others to become saved. For those interested in missions opportunities, please go to the tab on the upper right or click here.

Five residents/fellows and an equal number of attendings attended this recent gathering hosted by Mike and Rennie Rhee (PGY-4 Physiatry at Kessler & PGY-1 Medicine at NYU). We were glad to welcome newcomers, both attendings and a resident, from the Bronx. An amazing spread of soba noodle salad, three incredibly large platters of sushi, and fried rice were enjoyed by those present. Worship was led by the hosts, and we discussed how to listen to God’s will as well as how to remain faithful when God’s voice is not clear to us.

Michaela Ibach & Megan Gaffey are the CMDA student leaders at UMDNJ-Newark!
Michaela says:

Our CMDA meets Mondays from 5-6 PM in our Medical Sciences Building, Room 609B.
They can use my email (ibachmg(at)umdnj.edu) as well as Megan’s (gaffeymm(at)umdnj.edu).

You can find more about UMDNJ-Newark’s events at the new ‘NJMS‘ tab on the left side panel

Dr. Ali Ko had this to say about the retreat:

Twenty physicians, dentists, residents,and their families participated in the First Annual Greater NYC Retreat at Camp of the Woods for a time of Rest & Restoration. It was a wonderful time of praying, sharing, and community building. Dr. Elaine Eng led a powerful devotional focused upon Acts 1. Dr. Brad Cruse shared his testimony. Dr. Rebekah Kim led worship. The Council convened for their quarterly business meeting and all attending physicians and dentists were welcome. All had a chance to enjoy God’s creation as they hiked amongst the stunning fall foliage. The Saturday evening bonfire with S’mores gave us all chance to relive childhood memories and create new ones. We now have two attending physicians, Drs. Elaine Eng & Olympia Kovich, who are spearheading attending fellowship and future gatherings.

Approximately 60 students and 3 attendings from Columbia, Cornell, Mount Sinai, New York COM, New York Medical College (NYMC), New York University (NYU), Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ), Sophie Davis, SUNY-Downstate, and Touro COM, attended this gathering held in Riverbank State Park. We were blessed by a brisk but sunny October day. Worship was led by a couple students and then David Chen from RWJ helped break the ice by having everyone introduce themselves and then have us spray each other with silly string! After grace was said by Dr. Ako Tabetah, a picnic lunch was served. Group photos of those attending were taken and those present broke off to fellowship with each other. Dr. Ali Ko offered spiritual support to the students as well as opportunities to meet with Christian Attendings.

Kelly Siano has put out a schedule for NYMC:

NYMC Schedule for Fall-Winter 2008:

LARGE GROUP FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS:
Tuesdays @ 7pm: October 14, October 21, October 28

SPECIAL EVENTS:
Dr. Travin - November 18 @ 7pm
Christmas Party - December 9 @ 7pm

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
NY Cares Service Event - October 18
Thanksgiving Service Event - November 27

ON-GOING SMALL GROUPS:
Reading and Bible study groups!

Elijah Kim helped set up this talk with Dr. Harold Paul Adolph. Dr. Adolph spoke at Surgery Grand Rounds at Beth Israel on October 2, 2008 at 8 am and then with InterMed at 7 pm at NYU School of Medicine. He spoke about how God has answered his prayers during his career as a missionary doctor and surgeon, spending time in areas as diverse as Taiwan, Bangladesh, Niger, and Ethiopia. Students from Albert Einstein, Columbia, Mt. Sinai, and NYU attended this event to hear the words of this career missionary. He encouraged all those who are led to missions work and advised those interested to seek a residency with a broad experience. Please look at the website of the hospital in Ethiopia that he help build - www.soddo.org and how surgeons in this country may spend their time training local physicians overseas - www.paacs.net

Ted Ferenczy states:

This year, the focus of our weekly bible studies will be examining Christianity as both a family and a community.

Through studying the bible, eating meals, playing games and serving the community together we hope to foster the development of friendships between class years at Downstate.

We’d also like to introduce our students to Christian attendings in the area and provide the opportunity for those relationships to form.

We meet every Thursday night at 5:30pm at the Downstate Student Center, Reading Room at 394 Lenox Rd. Brooklyn, NY 11203. Dinner to follow at 6:45 pm.

Upcoming gatherings:
Thurs, Oct. 2 Dr. Ko; being a Christian attending physician.
Thurs, Oct. 9 Social event: Keith and Sharon’s apt
Thurs, Oct 16 Bible study: Prodigal son; the father
Thurs, Oct 23 Bible study: Prodigal son; the elder brother
Thurs, Oct 23 Bible study: Singleness/relationships/dating

Service Project: (in progress)
Fri, Nov. 7 we are looking into/planning on helping with the “Dine and Learn Healthy Man” Symposium at the Brooklyn Tabernacle.