Brigada Today — 2013/06/09

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In this edition:
1) Special Mission Frontiers Issue
2) A New Prayer Initiative for A Southeast Asian UPG
3) Coming Soon: A Relationship Website for Single Missionaries
4) Invest a Week in Learning about the Persecuted Church
5) Learn About the Persecuted Church From a Distance
6) Curious as to Whether or Not You’re Burning Out?
7) Learn to Teach English as a Second Language in Chiang Mai
8) Pro-life Videos in Spanish
9) Mission-orientated Bible Commentaries
10) Three-Day Seminar on Storying in Louisville, KY
11) Still Interested in Aquaponics
12) Free Ebook for Mission Mobilizers
13) We’re Grateful for…
14) The BackPage: Online Collaboration Software Can Eat You Alive
15) Closing Stuff

1) Special Mission Frontiers Issue

praying Many Muslims have shown increasing openness to the gospel since 9/11, and the next issue of Mission Frontiers (MF, from the US Center for World Mission) is designed as a catalyst toward welcoming into God’s Kingdom many of the one fourth of the world which identifies itself as Muslim. The Jul/Aug 2013 issue of Mission Frontiers aims at motivating and equipping local Christians to launch disciple-making movements among their own Muslim neighbors, under the Holy Spirit’s empowering through the application of field-tested models of effective Muslim ministry.

The preview and advance quantity request option for the Jul/Aug issue is past, but you can still preview the contents at http://theMissionNetwork.org/start-movements

Please watch for the release of the full magazine on July 1st on the Mission Frontiers site: http://MissionFrontiers.org

2) A New Prayer Initiative for A Southeast Asian UPG

Pray for the MienA new prayer network called Pray For The Mien was launched on May 31 and it is really taking off. The purpose is to “Mobilize Prayer for a Church Multiplication Movement Among the Iu Mien of Southeast Asia.” You can visit this site at

http://www.PrayForTheMien.com

and subscribe to daily updates there. They have also released a prayer video at

http://youtu.be/8t07TEGmPLs

Check it out and join the movement to pray for this strategic unreached people group that resides in four countries in the heart of Southeast Asia.

3) Coming Soon: A Relationship Website for Single Missionaries

A network has come together to build MissionMate.com (not yet live). This relationship site will connect single missionaries, as well as singles who desire to serve in the mission field. For more information visit…

http://redemptionblog.com/missionmate

If you have relevant skills (e.g. graphic design, web development, etc.) contact
gerinteedatgmaildotcom

4) Invest a Week in Learning about the Persecuted Church

The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) and Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) are again offering the popular mini-terms in the Global Studies program. The university developed these mini-terms from its award-winning Persecuted Church Ministries major. These terms provide advanced learning in the areas of Christian persecution and the biblical response to worldwide suffering. Learn more at…

http://www.okwu.edu/share/global-studies/#global-studies-mini-term

Each mini-term is an intensive one-week, three-credit-hour, upper-level college course that takes place on the campus of OKWU in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The mini-terms also include a service project with VOM at the Bartlesville headquarters. Tuition for this residence program is $600 total and covers academic credits, housing, books and meals on the campus of OKWU. Each course offers academic-credit transfer options. (Thanks for the tip, Jenny!)

5) Learn About the Persecuted Church From a Distance

Visit…

https://www.vomclassroom.com/

to view a selection of free online courses that will guide you through persecution studies. These courses will deepen your knowledge of and effectiveness in ministry to the persecuted church. Each class is self-enrolled and self-paced, allowing you to study and complete the course as your schedule allows. The online courses do not count toward academic credit. Using audio lectures, video clips and reading materials, these courses offer a broad range of topics, such as Persecution Studies, History of Persecution, Preparing for Persecution, Praying for the Persecuted Church, Muslim Evangelism and Biblical Studies in Persecution and Suffering in the Old and New Testaments. (Again, we owe you one, Jenny!)

7) Learn to Teach English as a Second Language in Chiang Mai

Asia’s Center for TESOL classes in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) conducts intensive, five-week courses leading to a TESOL certificate. This certificate is supported by Cornerstone University of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. For the first three weeks the classes are Monday-Friday, 8-4. For the last two weeks, the classes are 8-12, followed by a two-hour practicum in the afternoon or evening. This totals 120 hours in class and 20 hours of practicum (10 hours observing and 10 hours teaching. Alternate course dates for Manila, Philippines can be viewed on the website.

http://www.actesol.com

Course dates for Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2013 are August 12- September 13 and November 11 – December 13. For more info, contact Melody
infothaiatactesoldotcom

8) Pro-life Videos in Spanish

Gabriel International

http://www.gabrielinternational.org

is inaugurating the Spanish version of two pro-life videos and accompanying literature with a workshop detailing how best to use this wonderful material. The workshop will be held in Medellín, Colombia on Saturday, July 27, 2013. The first video, “Una Admirable y Singular Creación,” leads viewers to understand the miracle of human life from conception to birth. The second, “Escoja La Vida,” tactfully shows the evils of abortion, and also teaches counselors how to help people heal who have already participated in an abortion. Representatives from other countries are encouraged to come to the workshop to learn how to most effectively use these tools. The workshop, DVD’s and literature will be provided free. For more information please contact Mark at
marktstringerataimdotcom or dial his Colombia telephone 57-4-268-7131.

9) Mission-orientated Bible Commentaries

UsefulBible.com publishes a series of free online Bible Commentaries which have specifically been designed for use in worldwide missions situations. These can be used as study, teaching and Gospel resources. For study, each commentary is arranged as a complete series of between 100 and 250 verse-by-verse studies. As a teaching resource, the commentaries demonstrate how to explain each verse in simple, clear English. As a Gospel resource, there is a Gospel emphasis wherever appropriate. All these commentaries are in EasyEnglish to make them easier to understand, even for those who use English as a second language. The first three books in the series are Hebrews, 1 Corinthians and Ecclesiastes, and they are now online at:

http://www.usefulbible.com/hebrews/index.htm

http://www.usefulbible.com/1corinthians/index.htm

http://www.usefulbible.com/ecclesiastes/index.htm

14) The BackPage: Online Collaboration Software Can Eat You Alive

There must be hundreds of them by now. They’re like an invading force, eating away at the very time you’re trying to save! Experience shows: You just have to pick one and go with it. Otherwise, you’ll waste so much time shopping that you won’t have time to get any of your work done! :-) I’m talking about the plethora of online collaborative software. Our organization seems happy and settled nowadays with Podio, by Citrix. But there are dozens of others from which to choose. And, “Warning Will Robinson!” — Once you get all your collaboration, plans, tasks, and events locked into a particular system, you risk never being able to get it all back out again. You see, they kind of “woo you in,” gently, so to speak. For example, six months for free on Pelotonics sounds great. Learn about them at…

http://pelotonics.com/

and see the six-months-for-free deal by entering your email at…

http://pelotonics.pelotonics.com/Account/Signup?hl=en&amp&packageId=52

Just remember: When the six months is over, be prepared to start paying the piper, or your events, strategic planning, and team-talk will be gone with the proverbial wind.

At the same time, Pelotonics normal cost is $9/month for 5 projects. They’re giving away six months on 2 projects for free. So that COULD be seen as a $30 value. That might be enough for some to jump at it, especially if you need an initiation into this genre of software. Other packages offer similar deals. Don’t forget the normal security measures. Don’t list anything you won’t want some server maintenance worker to see during a routine hard drive exam. Exceptions are programs like Podio, which reportedly use end-to-end encryption, thereby making it difficult (or impossible??) for the I.T. guys (at the company’s server farm) to read over your shoulder. Of course, you’ll have to pay a price for that kind of security. See Podio’s cost sheet at…

https://company.podio.com/pricing

But they do give you up to 5 seats for free, as long as you don’t need to control access rights. For that, you get group chat and a secure social network of your own, unlimited workspaces, basic task management, shared document storage (with an upper limit), free business apps (from the Market, or that you can write yourself) and a lot more. Remember, BaseCamp doesn’t do apps. :-) What’s more, you can always try for their non-profit grant. If you can qualify, I can promise — they’re an incredible group of staffers. Very personal. Learn more at…

http://blog.podio.com/2012/02/24/how-non-profits-use-podio-to-collaborate-and-make-a-difference/

15) Closing Stuff

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