Shalom friends,

As we step into the new year of 2006, I'd like you to know about some upcoming events on the UMJC calendar. I hope you can join us in some of them.

This month, I'll be representing the UMJC as part of the third Road to Jerusalem conference, in Los Angeles on January 20-21. This is a ministry "bringing peace and reconciliation to Jews and Gentiles in Yeshua," which understands that Messianic Jews are essential to the process. Click on www.roadtojerusalem.org for details.

March 17-19 is the date for our East Coast Twenties Conference, Kabbetz HaEsrim, in Baltimore, MD. This year's event expands a successful Mid-Atlantic young adults conference coordinated by the UMJC Twenties Committee, which seeks to "Connect, Educate, and Empower" a whole new generation within the Messianic Jewish Community. Keep watching this website for more details, including online registration.

April 12-20, Passover

April 13-June 2, UMJC Prayer Campaign
Passover begins on the evening of April 12 this year, which means that the traditional countdown to Shavuot (the Festival of Weeks, or Pentecost-Leviticus 23:15- 6) starts after sundown on April 13. As in recent years, the UMJC is sponsoring a Prayer Campaign through these seven weeks, culminating in an offering for Shavuot on June 1-2. This year, we will pray for strength and fruitfulness for Messianic Jewish congregations worldwide and in Israel. As in our highly successful 2003 campaign, half the offering will go to the Israeli Messianic Jewish community, reflecting the command to offer two loaves to the Lord at this festival.

May 25-28, Northeast Regional Conference
"Back to the Future: A Celebration of Jewish Life" is the theme of this year's UMJC Northeast regional conference, in Sturbridge, MA. The conference opens with a Thursday evening musical retrospective of Messianic Judaism by Stuart Dauermann, and continues the next day with a panel on the future of Messianic Judaism, seminars, worship, and study through Sunday morning. Click on the link right here at this website for details and online registration.

June 1-2, Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks
This festival is the culmination of the UMJC Prayer Campaign, when we gather an offering to share with Messianic congregations in Israel. More details coming to this website.
(Note: some Messianic congregations interpret Leviticus 23:15-17 to mean that the counting of the omer begins on the Sunday of Passover week, so that Shavuot always falls on the seventh Sunday afterwards, or June 3-4. If you're of this persuasion, you can join the UMJC Prayer Campaign April 15 through June 3.)

June 28-July 9, Israel 2006
This year's tour is co-sponsored by the UMJC and Congregation Ruach Israel, Boston. Contact Sue Nichol right away at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for a copy of the itinerary. Your deposit needs to be in by February 1!

July 27-30, UMJC International Conference
Enable, Encourage, Energize! is our theme in Portsmouth, VA (the Virginia Beach-Norfolk metro area). This year's conference will emphasize practical equipping, especially for leaders, staff, elders, shammashim, and ministry leaders, but it's open to all and relevant to anyone interested in Messianic Judaism. Friday evening through Sunday afternoon will be an extended Shabbaton of study, worship, and celebration in Yeshua.

Also coming this summer:
-    Our annual Young Messianic Jewish Scholars Conference, co-sponsored by the UMJC and Chosen People Ministries, scheduled for the east coast this year.
-    Messianic Jewish Theological Institute classes in Southern California, as detailed on this website.

In all these activities, our goal is to strengthen and multiply congregations for Yeshua within the house of Israel. Thank you for being part of this prophetic restoration!

May you have a joyous and fruitful 2006 in Messiah Yeshua.