Dear LTCSW Family,
We are praying for our Los Angeles family and the Hollywood Church of Christ! We are praying that you are well and safe from the fires! We are praying for a quick end to these fires!

We are 98 days from the opening of our 2025 LTCSW Convention. We trust your planning is going well.
Let me remind you of some important information:

  • Registration for our 2025 Convention opens on Thursday, January 23 and will continue until Thursday, February 27. Our registration site is accessible at https://www.ltcsw.org/wp/ltcsw-registration/. Church coordinators are given access to this site. If you are a returning church coordinator, you should already have login protocols. If you are new and need protocols, please let me know. I will host a ZOOM call on Tuesday, January 21 to give a quick preview of our registration site and to answer questions you have about the registration process. This meeting will be open to all church coordinators and those you would like to invite. This meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. I will send out a Zoom link on January 20.
  • Submissions for our 2025 Shirt Design Contest are due on January 23. Rules for the event can be found at https://www.ltcsw.org/wp/event/ltcsw-shirt-design-contest/. The winner of the contest will have his/her design used as the screen print for our convention shirt and will receive a prize of $100. Encourage your youth to submit a shirt design.
  • Instructional videos for the Sign Language event have been prepared by Jaiden Ling and are linked for viewing at our LTCSW website. The links can be found at https://www.ltcsw.org/wp/resources/. Jaiden has also scheduled a meeting for sign language event coordinators  and anyone teaching Sign Language to LTC participants, on Saturday, January 18, from 10am-12pm, at Mesa Church of Christ, in room 104. This meeting is an opportunity to ask questions about the songs and scripture, how to sign them, how to teach them, sign clarification, etc. It’s also a good time to ask about the videos, audios, and rules.
  • Plans are underway to introduce a new experience at our 2025 LTCSW Convention. We are calling it Wee Love LTC, and it will be a program for children in Kindergarten thru 2nd Grade. The experience will include activity on Saturday morning during the Bible Bowl event. Activities will include a scavenger hunt, a sampling of events offered to older youth (including song leading, chorus, memory work, artwork, service challenge and more). There will be a registration fee of $10 per child, and participation will be awarded a t-shirt, a gift bag, and a participation certificate. More details about Wee Love LTC will be released in the coming weeks, including how to register your youth.
  • The board is in the process of planning our convention special assemblies, including Opening Assembly, Friday Night Live, Senior Recognition Ceremony, Pizza Party, Celebration, and Sunday Worship. Would you like to assist? We need energetic song leaders, emcees, service help, and other volunteers. If one of these events interests you, let me know. We will find a place for you to serve.
  • We’re having another Pizza Party on Saturday of Convention. This will be held for the evening meal, between the Senior Recognition Ceremony and Celebration. Everyone is invited, and there is NO cost to attend . . . but, pizza is not free. Donations for this cost would be appreciated.
  • Our booking link for the DoubleTree Paradise Valley Resort is open for you to make overnight accommodations for your group. To receive our LTCSW room rate, you must make your reservations from this portal: https://book.passkey.com/e/50907553?utm_source=8094&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=295571680&trkid=587894054&linkid=3443167886. The booking site will close on March 6 (our discounted rate will NOT be available after this date). Bookings for our convention have been brisk and we are quickly filling up our block. If you have not yet made reservations for your group, please do so ASAP. If you have problems making reservations, please let me know.

See you in Scottsdale in 98 days!Blessings,

Jeff Foster
Minister to Aztec Church of Christ in Aztec, New Mexico

Board President, Leadership Training for Christ Southwest