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Amy Zhang wrote:

Greetings!

On behalf of Touro College and Columbia University, we would like to invite everyone to the SPECTACULAR InterMed December event. The details are being worked out as we speak. At this moment, we do need a rough headcount of how many people will be interested in coming. Please forward this to your fellowships at each school. There is a group discount offered to groups that are at least more than 15 people. So please do encourage your fellow brothers and sisters to come out!

WHAT: InterMed Iceskating
WHEN: December 6, 2008 around 12pm
WHERE: Lasker Rink @ 110 St. and Lenox in Central Park North
WHO: you, Christ’s beloved
COST: $10 for unlimited skating plus skate rentals (if you have your own skates, it will cost $6)

Please RSVP by THIS SATURDAY, 11.22.08. Click here to sign up.

Our apologies for such a short notice. It has been a tough semester..and I am not even a medical student =)

Blessings,
Amy

Olivia Odhiambo, secretary of Sophie Davis’s CMA - livyzee(at)yahoo.com - wrote:

Fall 2008 Events

1) CMA weekly meetings (Every Wednesday) at the City College of New York campus.

2) Hunger and Homelessness awareness week: November 16-22, 2008.

Each year, one week before Thanksgiving, National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness co-sponsor National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. During this week, a number of schools, communities and cities take part in a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness.
The CCNY chapter of CMA plans to work alongside Students Helping Out (SHOUT) and the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) during this week. Any donations will be greatly appreciated.

3) Operation Christmas Child: November 17 – 24, 2008.

Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God’s love. Since 1993, more than 61 million shoe boxes have been packed, shipped, and delivered across the globe. People of all ages can be involved in this simple, hands-on missions project while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ.
The CCNY chapter of CMA plans to collect monetary donations, shoeboxes, and gifts throughout this week in an attempt to bring joy to the lives of young ones throughout the world. Again, donations are welcome.

4) Sunday Worship: December 7, 2008.

On December 7th we plan to host a Sunday Service on campus. We hope to invite Christian doctors and Youth leaders to direct the service and speak about their experiences during their years in Medical School and how Jesus was a part of their journey. This event will be held on the CCNY campus.

Spring 2008 Events

1) See you at the Pole

The CCNY chapter of CMA will be hosting this every semester as a prayer/worship event. It is scheduled for January 26, 2009. 8am - 9am.

2) International Praise and Worship Night: April 3, 2009.

April is our chapter’s month to host an InterMed-wide event. International Praise and Worship Night will be that event.

Last semester’s event was a huge success, and we hope next semester’s will be as well. The theme for last year’s event was rock the world. This year, we hope to have a theme that will somehow be linked directly to an organization we hope to support through voluntary donations.
Students will be able to perform poetry and recitations, sing, play instruments, dance, etc. Dinner and dessert will be served. It will take place in the Faculty Dining Room on CCNY’s campus. This event is free, and is open to the whole CCNY community. Souvenirs will be placed on each table for attendees to take with them.

–
Brian Nishinaga, an MS II at Einstein:

Albert Einstein’s Christian Fellowship would like to invite you to:
Who: Intermed!
What: Trip to the world renowned Bronx Zoo
When: Saturday Oct. 25th from 1 pm - 4 pm (or whenever you want to be there) The zoo is open from 10am - 5:30 pm and admission is $15.
Why: bc people don’t realize that the bronx offers more than J-Lo and Dunkin’ Donuts

If everyone could please try to get there around 1 pm, then we can randomly split up the different schools into different groups so that peoples can get to know one another instead of clumping together in your school fellowships. Plan on eating lunch beforehand and perhaps we can arrange dinner options at local restaurants for those who are interested.

the website, in case you want to check out what’s going on is:

http://www.bronxzoo.com/plan-your-trip/hours-and-rates.aspx

Access to the zoo is via the Bx12 which you can get to by taking the 1 train to 207th street.

Please forward this email to your respective fellowships and pass the word on to anyone who is interested! Contact me at bnishina(at)aecom.yu.edu to RSVP or if you want more details.

Some of us are going hiking to the Rockefeller State Park this Saturday, October 11th. Leaving the Bronx around 8.30-9.00 and getting back by 1.00pm. If you’d like to join, please RSVP to phow(at)aecom(dot)yu(dot)edu

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.

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

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.