Brigada

“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY In this issue… 1) Email Collaboration Solution Found! 2) Home-Office Field Connection 3) Cost-Free Renewal Retreats For Global Workers 4) Learn About “Storying” 5) Need A Registration Service For Your Upcoming [...]

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Looking for a secure, collaborative email solution for your organization, ministry, or team? Remember the missionaries that asked for recommendations (see the 2008/09/2 edition: http://www.brigada.org/2008/09/2-email-solution-needed.html They ended up choosing a solution called Email Center Pro http://www.emailcenterpro.com/ This solution is…*** Secure (https encryption)*** Allows collaboration among multiple user accounts*** Has a template system to help them [...]

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Our organization is going through a 20 month reinvent and one of the things we hope to accomplish is strengthen the relationship and network that exists between “the home office” and “the field.” So we figured we’d ask… What kinds of processes, technology, etc. does your organization use that promote unity in this area? Just [...]

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Barnabas International and ELIM Retreat Ministries will sponsor 9 six day retreats in the States in 2009. Each retreat is for adults only. The purpose is to provide low key but intentional times of personal encouragement and spiritual care to global workers. The emphasis is on preventative pastoral care, the Word and the Spirit, sweet [...]

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Check out… http://ion2008.ning.com/ for the skinny on Bible storytelling. They have an upcoming conference, Sept. 9-12th, but to learn about that, you’ll have to have a Facebook account and view the info at http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=56117187960 [What do you think about promoting an event exclusively on Facebook? Just click “Comment” below:

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Consider http://www.regonline.com/ They charge a tiny commission for everything, just about… and a flat rate of $3/donation if you want them to receive donations on your behalf. But if you haven’t set up a merchant account or a PayPal business account, it’s pretty competitive… and they give you great tools for building the web pages [...]

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Check out the pictures by going to: http://www.edgeoutreach.com/ And clicking on “Edge Photos” at the end of the 1st paragraph. Basically, this organization has as its passion the creation of clean water sources for all. “Water, vision and mercy” — that’s what they’re all about. Click tohttp://www.edgeoutreach.com/index2.html to learn more.

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We have a buddy from North African who wrote, this past week, “Let’s admit it. God has blesses this network we call Brigada. That’s why it kind of bothers me when I meet missionaries and missions enthusiasts who have never heard of it. Would you please share ideas (or even better yet, commitments!) about how [...]

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Catch the next GO Equipped TENTmaking course in Fort Myers, Florida, February 25 – March 1, 2009. The location is Fort Myers Florida USA, and the purpose is to learn about tentmaking missions & Business as Mission (BAM). This conference is designed for anyone wanting to investigate tentmaking, for anyone wanting to go as a [...]

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A Team Expansion missionary who has lived outside of the US for the better part of a decade says that every once in a while someone will tell him about a great movie or TV series that’s aligned with Christian values or is at least family friendly (probably rated PG or G). He’s wondering if [...]

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A Team Expansion missionary with two little boys (2 and 4-years old) is looking for great ideas for family fun. The country where he serves has some beautiful places but like many 3rd World Countries it doesn’t have many parks, playgrounds, etc. If you have an idea or have found great resources please share. He [...]

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The thing is… they’re *always* available, 24/7. Just use the “tag cloud” (left margin) to search for the item you’re seeking. Or search by date using the unfolding date-edition listing at left, above the tag cloud. You can also search for needle-in-a-haystack words using the whole-text search box above that. Either way, back-issues are always [...]

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This past week, a worker in India wrote to inquire, “Might it be good to run Brigada off of Facebook?” He explained, “I am just experimenting with that for my India email group. I was able to upload my email list in Facebook and it automatically found existing members/friends. Plus, I can invite non members [...]

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