Brigada Today
26 of April, 1996
Now with 2452 Participants!
News and Notes about Brigada, Your Gateway to Missions Networking!
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The new prices, announced yesterday, are as follows: The poster size (24x36"), full color map of least reached peoples: $6.95 (this is printed on 80 pound glossy paper, rolled and shipped in a tube)
The Large (36x64"), wall-sized map of least reached peoples: $9.95 (big enough for church foyers and reception areas, again, in a tube)
These prices are nearly 1/3 of what we originally thought would be needed... and we owe a huge debt to Brigada readers and others for standing together to make this kind of order a possibility.
Again, thank you for your terrific response... and please, once again, do not call, fax or write MSA for additional maps at this time. Wait until Wednesday, May 1st..... $6.95 / 9.95. Thanks! And many thanks to MSA for fielding zillions of requests for these maps!!! We owe you one MSA!
, send your mailing address to
signup@juno.com for more info. Or check out their web site at
http://www.juno.com/ You can also call 1-800-799-JUNO (tell them "Extension
F" and when they ask for your "personal response code", tell them this was a
referral). They give you free personal software for email... and you're in
business! If you find this to be helpful, tell a friend who has been
complaining about the monthly cost an email subscription would entail.
Then suggest to your friend that he/she subscribe to Brigada!
Mark's kindness will be limited by the number of emails he
receives!!!
There are tons of resources available there. For example, if you would like
an e-mail report on the progress of "Joshua Project 2000" and its goal to
see church planting teams sent to 1,850 peoples most needing a church send a
message to
hub@xc.org and on the first line of the message write:
Get brigada-pubs-missionfrontiers MF96.03-04.16-JP2000
[you can probably copy that line to your "clipboard" then paste it in your email software???]
Thanks to Rick Wood and all the folks at the US Center for doing a great job
on their Brigada conference
Congratulations for the growth!
But the truth is.... sometimes it's not "just luck". I'm reminded of Steve Martin's movie, Parenthood. Remember the part in which Martin's character, a father of a young boy of 9 or 10, describes to his wife the great catch their son had made (playing little league baseball that evening). She replies, "Well what do you expect!?!! You must have hit 12 million pop flies to him over the past 5 years out in the back yard!"
Wednesday night it occurred to me that it's not luck at all if we happen to catch a pop fly... or blast a soccer ball into the far post corner of the goal... IF we've just invested zillions of practice attempts the week or two before, trying to prepare for the one special time when we'll have the opportunity for a catch... or a full-volley airball kick.
Likewise, for those laboring on-site in some cross-cultural setting, is it "just luck" when someone finally accepts Christ, or attends church??? Never. First there are the years of preparation in Bible college and ministry. Then there's the language learning that got you there. Then there's the countless hours of relationship building, door-to-door calling, teaching, strategizing, presenting, praying, painting (getting a building ready for services maybe???), shopping (for supplies for a retreat maybe???), ... the list goes on and on. We rehearse our presentation, we practice our sermon, we investigate the scriptures. When it all comes down to it... when that cell group leader finally succeeds in launching a new home group, is it just luck??? Nope. Is it any wonder? You've got the Spirit of God on your side plus years of "pop flies" in the back yard.
My conclusion? The practice time pays off. If you're rehearsing the language, if you're studying the culture, if you're working on the sermon, ... etc., etc., etc.... the practice time pays off.
Wednesday night I shot my first full volley into the far post of the soccer
net during a game situation on a field full of other adult men and women,
many of which (about half, in fact
) were trying to stop me. Was it
just luck? Nope. Was it skill that I naturally possess??? Not a chance.
(Believe me on that one!!! Not a chance!!!) A few weeks ago, my
nine-year-old and I stood alone on a windy soccer field tossing each other
"serves" for hours just to practice this one kick... so we could full
volley a ball directly out of the air into the far post ... without
hesitation, without fear, without missing.
Just luck last night??? Not a chance.
Wizardry??? Not hardly.
Practice? Yes.
More needed? You bet..
Happy? Ecstatic!
So keep up the practice on-site workers... on the language, the culture, the
Bible, the sermons, the supplies, everything... Keep it up. We're cheering
for you from the sidelines!!! And in fact, we're on the field with you in
support!!!!! God bless your week!
Doug
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Global Glimpses: John Hanna, Caleb Project,
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ADVANCE: Mark A. Kelley, Kainos Press,
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jonathan@xc.orgBrigada Customer Service Manager: Revis Ann Massey,
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DLucas@TeamExpansion.organd many other occasional contributors too numerous to
mention! But thanks for working together! That's the dream of Brigada!
26 of April, 1996
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