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Entries from November 2008

2008/11/30 — Brigada Today

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Thanks for your patience as we ‘catch up’ with the publishing date.) In this issue… 1) You Have A Staff Of Thousands At Your Disposal 2) Free: 270-Page Pdf Book On Centrality [...]

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1) You Have A Staff Of Thousands At Your Disposal

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Have too much to do? Needing help in the area of graphic design, multimedia, writing, translation, administrative support, law, engineering, etc.? Have you about died waiting for your college buddy to do the job for you for free? elance.com http://www.elance.com/ has 134,834 “experts” that could help. Just summarize what you need and the experts (from [...]

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2) Free: 270-Page Pdf Book On Centrality Of Christ

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

A missionary in South America has compiled a great collection of quotes that seek to incite a conspiracy of single-minded focus on Christ. We sometimes forget that it’s all about *him*. If you would like to download a free copy, you can get it in either of two forms. First, directly from the author, he [...]

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3) Don’t Loose Perspective In 2009

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Keeping a kingdom perspective during trying economic times is essential. The Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course may be your answer to help you refocus and find your place in extending God’s kingdom in the nations. Perspectives covers the biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic basis for missions. ICM (International Christian Ministries) offers the course [...]

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4) Deepen Your Walk Book Set

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Master Design (a Christian book publisher) is offering a special book set of four titles for only $14.95 plus shipping. Only 1000 sets are available. This set includesDr Greg Frizzell’s, “How to Develop a Powerful Prayer Life,”Dr Rowland Myburgh’s (missionary in South Africa), “Holiness – Right Living in Post Modern Society,”Bertha Smith’s (missionary to [...]

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5) Help Children Minister In Their Communities On Valentine’s Day

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Invite children from your church and community to participate in the second annual Children’s Ministry Day on February 14, 2009. On this day, thousands of children’s groups will participate in ministry projects to show Christ’s love to their communities. This year’s emphasis is health-care ministry. To learn more about Children’s Ministry Day (CMD) and read [...]

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6) Gmail: You Can Get It Offline

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Unless you’ve been vacationing on Mars lately, you probably know that Google’s “Gmail” web app is the hottest webmail portal this side of the Andromeda Galaxy. With over 7 gigs of online storage space for free over an “https” secure socket, what’s not to like about it? (Sign up at any time by navigating to [...]

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7) Gotta Send A Big Prayer Letter File Home To Supporters?

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Did you ever wish you could send a huge database or spreadsheet to an email recipient, but you felt guilty because you would be bombing out his/her email account with a mongo file? And maybe you don’t have an FTP site (or maybe you don’t even care to learn what one is?). Well there’s an [...]

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8) Big Thank You To 3 Unique Cities

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

What do Fargo (North Dakota), Fayetteville (Arkansas), and Topeka all have in common? In each of those cities, there’s a much-appreciated Brigada participant who officially became a “True Fan” of Brigada tonight. And with these gifts of $300 — which instantly became *$600* because of the generosity of a visionary international church in the Middle [...]

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9) Only 17 "True Fans" Needed: Would You Step Up To The Plate?

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Would you, your group, or your church be willing to step up to the plate to become a “True Fan” of Brigada by giving or pledging $100? We only need 17 more… (because each of those 17 gifts will be doubled thanks to the visionary international church in the Middle East… and the entire $3331.75 [...]

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10) The Backpage: Can Webinars Build True Community?

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Our organization (Team Expansion) has been trying out the webinar concept on a trial basis to see if it can help our full-timers build more camaraderie with one another across continents. Early [anecdotal] indications are that it can indeed help, but I can’t help but think we’re still trying to get it right. I imagine [...]

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11) Closing Stuff

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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2008/11/23 — Brigada Today

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Thanks for your patience as we ‘catch up’ with the publishing date.) In this issue… 1) Cdts: Be Discipled To Reach The Nations 2) ‘safe Travel Solutions’ For Missions Teams 3) Local [...]

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