Brigada Today
12 of May, 1995
News and Notes about Brigada, Your Gateway to Missions Networking!
Compiled byDLucas@TeamExpansion.org
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NETWORKING QUESTS FOR MOROCCO AND ESTONIA
This past week, we rec'd a note
from Allen Page
brud@esslink.com asking that we put word out for the
"hutterian brethren", who are searching for an email contact in Morocco. If
you have information or would like to check out this quest, write to
brud@webbsco.esslink.com.
Note: As in all cases regarding Muslim
countries, please be sensitive to the kinds of messages you send to
believers in Islamic areas. Some email hubs -- and sysops -- are wide open
to scanning for key words in subject lines and text. Yet another user is
apparently looking for contacts in Estonia -- "Norie L. Roeder"
73611.1555@compuserve.com.
These were evidently broadcast on "MissionNet"
by Ron Smith.
THE YEAR 2000 HAS MEANING FOR OTHERS BEYOND LUIS BUSH!
Did you happen to
catch the LA Times on May 2? (What? You don't
read the Times each day?
) Check out page E1. The material is copyrighted, so we won't
republish it here, but you can probably locate a copy at your public
library. Briefly stated, the article describes all kinds of "end of the
millennium" celebrations that will occur, including comments and plans by
Jack Hayford, Robert Schuller, and even the Pope himself. For those of us
in missions circles, we can only hope that this era of celebration would
help draw attention and momentum to the plans and prayers we're laying
before the Lord. Interestingly enough, a large section of the article
consists of quotes and comments from author Jay Gary. The LA Times quotes
Gary as saying, "'No one would let their grandmother's 100th birthday go by
without a tremendous celebration,' says author Jay Gary. 'So we shouldn't
let the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus pass without giving him a
magnificent tribute.'" Of Jay, the paper reports, "Gary, 40, a Colorado
consultant who refers to himself as 'the Millennium Doctor,' is top
cheerleader for a turn-of-the-century Christmas spectacular. He has written
a book ("The Star of 2000"), cranked out press releases and created an
Internet forum to promote the idea." As a matter of fact, the author of the
Times article seems fairly positive toward Jay's book. He writes, "Gary's
book offers a multitude of suggestions: religious pilgrimages (Rome, for
example, is reportedly expecting an extra 10 million visitors in 2000),
Jesus video parties (watching Franco Zefirelli's six-hour epic "Jesus of
Nazareth" with friends at home), walking in a worldwide March for Jesus
(this May 27 and continuing each year until 2000), attending plays such as
"Godspell" or "Jesus Christ Superstar," or making a special donation to
charity. Even a small act is meaningful, he says, quoting an ancient
proverb, "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." And
what about his own plans for Christmas, 2000? On that point, the Millennium
Doctor remains surprisingly uncertain: 'My calendar is still open.'"
Most interesting to Brigada followers will be the fact that Jay often
frequents Brigada conferences himself --
jgary@rainbow.rmii.com!
Congratulations Jay! Great to have a "famous person" on board the Brigada
network!
KURDS COMING TO CHRIST, BUT MAYBE NOT AS FAST AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED!
Thanks [again] to Bob Skiles, who sent word last week that "over 100 Kurds
had recently come to Christ in one of the greatest "people movements" of our
day." This week, Bob gave a slight correction to his comments, mentioning
that he has now learned that these 100 comments had apparently come over a
more extended period of time throughout the past few years. So we can still
rejoice that God's word is spreading, and pray that this is a prophetic
error???
BRIGADA-PEOPLES-ARAB PARTICIPANT SUGGESTS MIDDLE EAST NEWS SOURCE
So what
goes on in all those conferences below Brigada's "top level"? At the least,
resource sharing! Take Bill Kelley's comments this past week, for example.
"If you are looking for a email news service that focuses on the Middle
East, I'd suggest MSA news. Subscribe to
MSANews-request@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu.
One word of warning: This list
produces an awful lot information. Does anybody else have a favorite
news source?" Bill is a CrossConnect member at
BillKelley@XC.org. Keep up
the good work, Bill!
BRIGADA-PUBS-GCOWENEWS OFF AND RUNNING
Never have so many bytes been
broadcast so quickly!!! If GCOWE 95 does nothing else, it will at least
produce lots of text!!!
The Brigada-Pubs-GcoweNews channel is up and
running. Many Brigada participants sleuthed it out this past week before it
was even officially announced and have already subscribed and begun
receiving material!!! Throughout the next couple of weeks, Brigada will go
"on site" at the Global Consultation on World Evangelization with
interviews, reports and chronicles of the biggest and most global Christian
event of the decade... and maybe in history. If you can't travel to Seoul,
but want lots of email reports in your in-basket, send email to
hub@xc.org
with only the following words in the text of the message:
subscribe brigada-pubs-gcowenews
You'll begin receiving near-daily reports immediately. When you do
subscribe, you will already have missed several mailings. If you'd like to
catch up on everything in one fell swoop, send email (again) to
hub@xc.org
with only the following words in the text of the message:
get brigada-pubs-gcowenews.9505
This command will send you the archive record of all of the conference's
mailings in one shot.
Here are some of items already posted... so you can get a sense of GCOWE
without having to endure jet lag!
- gcowe-intro.bush - An article by Luis Bush describing what GCOWE hopes to
accomplish
- intro-for-gcowe-delegates.950512 - Text taken directly from the
Introduction section of the GCOWE Participants' Notebook
- gcowe-sched.950512 - Daily schedule for GCOWE delegates, from the
beginning to the end of the consultation
- natl-plans.950512 - GCOWE notebook text describing the purpose and format
for meetings based around plans for each nation in attendance
- partnership.950512 - Excellent section of GCOWE notebook dealing with the
development of partnerships. Get this one if you don't get any other.
Make sure you observe "case" on these files (i.e., don't use upper case when
the file name is given in lower case).
INTERESTED IN ENCRYPTION?
The Brigada-Projects-Security conference
continues to brainstorm regarding communication in and out of sensitive
areas. Recently, Speed the Need operator, David Hatch
speed@netnet.net,
found a great FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file on the WorldWide Web.
To view it, point your browser at:
http://www2.infoseek.com/Titles?qt=encryption+faq
Remember that Compuserve users now have 3 hours per month on the www
included in their base monthly rate (when using Version 1.4).
ATTENTION GCOWE DELEGATES AND THEIR FRIENDS/FAMILY
Wanting to send email
to a delegate at GCOWE? Pete Holzmann, who is in Seoul working frantically
to lay the groundwork for the conference, informs us that the mailbox,
gcowe-message@xc.org
can be used for this purpose. Users should make sure they put the person's
name at the top of the form. Volunteers in Seoul will print the message,
then post it on the message board. Those expecting to receive emailed
messages should check the board daily.
In addition, Pete has issued the following contact phone numbers, just set
up as of last night! Message center: fax number 82-2-570-7729; Message
center telephone #: 82-2-570-7720,7721,7722.
Pete also adds, that telephone line adapters are available locally for about
$4) each.
And MOST importantly -- Pete writes, "If anyone has not told us their travel
plans (flights, dates, times), send it in NOW. We can't pick you up
otherwise. AND, if you are booked for a hotel room and don't show, YOU WILL
BE BILLED FOR IT. Hotels are holding out huge piles of rooms for GCOWE
delegates; no-shows are responsible for their own rooms.
NEW CONFERENCES
Watch for special announcements for several new
conferences to be added in the next few days. Already launched is a new
conference called
brigada-orgs-uscwm-budelpeople
that tracks
developments and opportunities in India as chronicled by US Center for World
Mission. For a current list of other
Brigada conferences, complete with a one-line description of each, send
email to
hub@xc.org with only the following words in the text of the message:
conferences
LOOK AT THE WWW & SEE HOW WE'LL SUBSCRIBE TO CONFERENCES IN THE FUTURE
If
you've got access to the worldwide web, point your browser to this
experimental page:
http://www.xc.org/Brigada/howtofor.html
This is a cooperative experiment between Brigada and CrossConnect's Jonathan
Marsden. In short, using a WorldWide Web page form, you'll be able to
subscribe to any conference you choose and automatically start receiving
updates in your inbasket. No more commands to remember -- and no more
sending messages to the 'hub'. We hope this will answer one of the primary
areas in which Brigada users experience difficulty. Watch in the future for
the full activation of this new approach. Thanks to Jonathan Marsden for
his cooperation on this venture -- for the benefit of all CrossConnect
conferences!
Have a great week!
BRIGADA TODAY -- 12 of May, 1995
