Brigada Today
20 of June, 1997
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Compiled by Doug Lucas, Cincinnati, Ohio
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This one wins the "Best Price
Of The Year" award for 1997 (so far). Tom Wood is distributing his new
"Mission Resource Kit" for $2! Get a copy from AD2000 and Beyond
Movement, 2112 So Circle Drive, suite 2112, Colorado Springs, CO
80906 (719)576-2000. These are brand new (I haven't even gotten mine yet),
custom-prepared for GCOWE '97 in South Africa -- but available to
everybody. With 530 Megs. of info, he's got the Adoption Guidance Program
on there, along with the entire text of the Praying Through the Window III
book and calendar, the new Praying Through the Window video (driver
included), six other mission videos, the Joshua Project database, Power
Point presentations (with viewer), people group prayer profiles, the Caleb
Project website and contact lists for further research. In addition, he's
added the new listing of the nearly 600 of the 1739 Joshua Project peoples
still lacking mission effort -- prime candidates for church adoptions. This
is a blockbuster list at a bucks-buster price! (But the real measure of
this CD is going to be whether or not he put the Brigada web site in the
mix!
Just kidding.
Of course if he had, the royalties would have
killed the price, ya know.
)
You'll recall we
asked recently (June 6th Brigada Today) "WHY AREN'T I HEARING MUCH
ABOUT OCTOBER?" Now interestingly enough, my obsession with the English
phrase "aren't I" (why do we use a plural verb with a singular pronoun)
attracted almost as much attention as the real meat of the question (what
does that tell you about PTW3??? !
),
but I will say that it's
drawn a lot of mail. In fact, remember that you can get a
summary of
comments by emailing
hub@xc.org 
with only the line,
One additional item that came in this week was a
note from Mark Paterson at Global Mapping. They've put together a map of
the Joshua Project 2000 people clusters and they're making it available in
several configurations (8 1/2 x 11 inches, 11 x 17 inches, and 22 x 34
inches) at very reasonable prices (suggested retail prices are: US$1.00,
US$2.50, and US$5.00, respectively, plus shipping). Discount prices for
quantity orders are available. There are several sources for these,
including WorldChristian News & Books, YWAM Publishing, and Caleb Project.
We've attached to the file a special promotional piece from WorldChristian
News & Books. They seem to be pricing the stuff very aggressively! You
can also order quantities at wholesale prices direct from GMI. To get all
the source info., just send email to
hub@xc.org with only the line,
get brigada ptw3maps
And by the way, you can now get the
"Praying Through The Window III" Calendar in the Portuguese language from
teureino@nutecnet.com.br. (Thanks to "Thy Kingdom Come -- Intercession
Network"!) We should be able to measure the interest level in each PTW
campaign by the number of maps ordered.
Where's Barna when we need
him.
And you thought
language learning was hard! Sorry that the link given in
last week's
item (by this title) turned out to be somewhat of an evolutionist's
nightmare -- a "missing link!"
So Kerstin has done her homework and
would like to offer these two substitutes:
Evidently, enough wasn't enough
--
because we're still hearing more about the "enough is enough" item, which
you'll recall dealt with the question we all ask ourselves when serving in
full-time Christian ministry, "When is enough enough? Have I given enough
time to the work this week and am I giving enough time to my family, etc.?"
Judi King
jltmking@juno.com wrote with a few recommended books,
including
Here's a gal willing to help you find out! Dianne Palmer-Quay
R_DQuay@compuserve.com is doing a major research piece on
ethnomusicology. She's trying to put together a ga-zillion articles on how
to make music that "fits" your host culture. If you've tried that, send her
your ideas. She's doing more than a Brigada compilation. She's writing a
whole book. (Could this be another chance for stardom?
So she's
asking, " Do you use music based on traditional tunes or ethnic instruments
in your worship services? Do you "adjust" western hymns or praise choruses
to make them more appealing to non-western believers? Have you ever tried
to, or asked someone else to, compose a new worship song in an indigenous
style? Would you like to make some changes in how worship is experienced by
the people you serve but are not sure how to proceed?" Well if your answers
are "yes" to any of those, then has she got a research piece for you!
Write her with your ideas, samples, tunes, etc.
She'll give us an
abstract. I bet. You will, won't you Dianne Palmer-Quay?
Recent days have shown no relief from the
violence and disorder which have hung over Albania. However, several Youth
With A Mission (YWAM) staff braved the unrest for a visit. They found that
in the absence of foreign missionaries, members of the evangelical
community (all of whom are no more than 7 years old in the faith) are
assuming leadership roles. Because of the foreigner's absence Albanian
Christians are growing in faith, trust, courage and leadership for the
Kingdom.
to
Pasha Damyan, Shpalernaya 60, block 1, St Petersburg, Russia. Tel:
812-271-9102, Fax: 812-127-8646. If you have questions, maybe Jane can help
you at
janeb@ge.om.org.
Well, I've got to eat crow again.
Remember my comments about Compuserve... I mean CIS??? (Last week's item,
"
THE TRUTH ABOUT '=3D' CODES IN COMPUSERVE.") Well now David
DavidHousholder@XC.Org has pointed out (accurately, I might grudgingly
admit) that they've changed their name from Compuserve Information Service
("CIS") to "CSi" (CompuServe Interactive). Guess they gave up on competing
with a commonwealth after all!
Thanks David. I reckon.
) to an alpha signature
(like DougLucas@compuserve.com) prior to unsubscribing your old address
from a Brigada conference, now there's hope for you after all!!!
Christel found out from CompuServe Tech services that you canMeanwhile, moderators (who have been getting zillions of requests for help from unhappy subscribers) will be thrilled that you can take care of your own electronic needs without having to ask for their assistance in this easy-to-fix matter.
Don't forget to subscribe again after you've restored your new alpha
setting.
I know this seems like a hassle, but believe me, . . . when
you're tracking zillions of bounces, if even a few faithful friends take
the time to clean up after themselves, it can make a big difference to an
already overworked (and obviously underpaid volunteer moderator!). I'm
preparing a "form letter" that I'll use to explain this approach to any CSi
users who ask me for help... and I have urged all moderators to do the
same. Thanks for your cooperation! This CSi name change business has got to
be the largest massive time-waster in the history of online email
conferencing!
Starting Monday, it appears
that PGP will take a great leap forward! Rod has tipped us off that PGP
has created a major upgrade to their already popular email privacy
products. You can read the details at
http://www.ifi.uio.no/pgp/pgp50.shtml
or just go to
http://www.pgp.com and check it out! Early beta-testers say
it's much friendlier and besides that,
the free version
is great!
What's more, word on the street (again, thanks Rod!) is that the PGP 5.0
source code books, published in the US on June 14, have been legally
exported to Europe! Work is now going on to scan in all the 6000+ pages and
make the program available to PGP users worldwide. Expected release is
early July. That could mean that immediately we won't have to worry about
a USA version and an international version any more!!! Finally -- a break
that could simplify personal email!!! Thanks Rod!
His report tugged at my heart-strings for more reasons than one. We "mobilizer types" tend to see the world at the "macro" level. "Show me a map of the globe and let me see the little polygon bubbles for all the people groups in ___ [fill in the blank with your favorite region or country]." That's what we say. We worry about the thousands -- or millions . . . and sometimes lose touch with the fact that real change takes place one life at a time, one family at a time.
I think that's why my buddy's comments hit me so hard. I realized what a big job we had in front of us. Then I read his next paragraph, "I had a taste of heaven on Sun. morn. Over 15 tribal peoples were gathered together under the same roof to worship the King of Kings! Wow! Standing room only!" And I guess it brought me back to reality that we really do have a great God. He has a great army. We have to view life one person or one family at a time, but thank God, we have a huge force of believers to mobilize.
But for this Biblical principle to work, we must all stay involved for
the long haul. We can't have people fading in, fading out, getting tired
of this fad, tired of that fad. To make a long-term change, we will need
more than a church planting team on-site in each of the people groups of
the Joshua Project 2000 list. We'll need thousands of Christians excited
about their beliefs, their personal lives, and their walk with the Savior.
I hope you're able to stick around for a few years.
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