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1) Woooo-hooooo! We’re finally in May!

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Please be patient! We might be behind, but we’re undaunted! :-) Be sure and check out the newly refreshed site here at http://www.brigada.org Check out an item and leave a comment or two. Click on the new “Archives (Yr/Mo)” listing… or browse on “Explore” and look at a flat file listing of each item back through 2008 and each [...]

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2) Talking Bibles Int’l's New Website

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

You will want to visit This new website is easy to use. Learn everything you want to know about the Talking Bible. Enjoy the testimonials and pictures. Read Harvey’s blogs.  Go to “Listen” for free Bible listening. Don’t miss listening to Harvey’s book, “Honey, We’re Going to Africa!”  Check it out to be informed, inspired [...]

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3) Kids’ Missions Participation Badges

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Recognize your kids’ accomplishments in missions with missions participation badges. WMU has several badges available, including “I Met a Missionary,” “Prayerwalking,” “Telling about Jesus,” and “World Hunger.” To order, click on “badges” at http://www.wmustore.com or call 1-800-968-7301 (USA callers can dial toll-free; others can call via Skype-out). Or email     for more information.

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4) Int’l Training Partners Shares Great Articles

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Thanks to Randy (a YWAM staff development guy) for calling our attention back to Ken’s great articles at the ITP site: http://www.itpartners.org/articles.htm There are some great topics there… “Key issues in Debriefing,” “Fifty Ways to Express Gratitude to Partners in the Ministry,” “The Interactive Process in Pre-field Training,” and much much more. Thanks for your [...]

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5) Missionary Coach Shares Lessons Learned

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Likewise, hats off to Gary Collins for sharing lots of key principles so unselfishly at… http://www.garyrcollins.com You can read newsletters on “Building Better Teams,” “Getting Through Transitions,” “Improving Communication,” and many many more. In fact, you can even subscribe so you get these via email roughly once a week. We also appreciate Team Expansion’s new [...]

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6) Intervarsity Seeks to Fill 150 Campus Ministry Positions

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is looking for men and women who love working with students and faculty, who have a minimum of 3-5 years of ministry experience. Evangelistic skills are required for planting these new groups. Applicants should review InterVarsity’s Purpose Statement and Doctrinal Basis, which is available at http://www.intervarsity.org/aboutus/ All field positions are funded through [...]

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7) People-Raising on FaceBook

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Now you have the opportunity to learn more than ever on how to raise support as Bill Dillon, President of People Raising shares practical advice from over 35 years of fund raising experience in his brand new People Raising Facebook group. Get the People Raising blog, newsletter and fund raising tips and conference alerts. Share [...]

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8) We’re Grateful…

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

…for a $20 gift this past week from Harvey at TalkingBibles.org. Thanks Harvey!!! http://www.talkingbibles.org

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9) Get Your Item at the Front of the Line

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Want your item to be seen *first*, at the top of the list in Brigada? We publish all the items we receive, however, those who pitch in to help cover Brigada’s expenses are treated with special dignity — because they’re helping pay the bills. We move them to the top, so they’ll be seen first. [...]

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10) The BackPage: Learning to Fund-raise, but a Long Way to Go

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

We recently wrote about the new challenge of learning to fund-raise for our organization. We’ve built a new home office on a new 61-acre campus and, in Team Expansion, there’s no history of a donor list, nor any kind of legacy of fundraising for Int’l Services. So it’s been a learning experience — starting from [...]

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11) Closing Stuff

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

DISCLAIMER — We can’t screen ‘em all. Please forgive us if aparticular site contains offensive information — or no information at all! We try to visit them in advance, but often write “on the road”so we simply can’t preview everything. PLEASE DON’T SUBSCRIBE US TO YOUR LIST — Sorry — nothing personal –but we’re already [...]

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