Brigada Today
22 Mar 2002
In this issue...
- SUMMER INSTITUTE OF MUSLIM STUDIES
- GET TESOL IN PA
- INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS
- CHECK OUT THESE SITES FOR HELP ON CHURCH-PLANTING
- SHARPEN YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
- SERVE IN TURKEY/ISTANBUL THIS SUMMER
- NEW TRIBES MISSION'S FIRM FOUNDATIONS VIA RADIO?
- NEW UNLIMITED WORLDWIDE LONG DISTANCE
- COACH AND PLAY BASKETBALL IN CHINA
- CLOSING STUFF
- SUMMER INSTITUTE OF MUSLIM STUDIES -- Want to attend the Summer Institute with the most storied profs. in Islam? Gotta' write <76361.3344@compuserve.com>. July 8th - Aug. 9th, week by week, it's the best there is for training in reaching out to Muslims.
- GET TESOL IN PA -- YWAM, Lebanon (PA) is offering another four-week TESOL course June 17 to July 12. An optional two week outreach to Ukraine is available at additional cost. For information, e-mail .
- INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS -- CIT is offering a course on health, wellness, and prevention of disease. Attendees will gain an understanding of typical diseases encountered on an international level as well as their appropriate treatments. Teaching methods include lecture, slides, demonstrations, hands-on individualized practice sessions, and case studies. A primary focus will be given throughout the program on how to appropriately communicate the knowledge and skills cross-culturally in o
- CHECK OUT THESE SITES FOR HELP ON CHURCH-PLANTING -- Are you trying to launch a church-planting movement? Thanks to Jerry for keeping his word. We now have these new resources: The Bible league: www.BibleLeague.org YWAM Church Planting Coaches: http://cpcoaches.pngusa.net/ Train and Multiply: http://www.trainandmultiply.com email: pwr@telus.net "Church Growth" at Southern Nazarene University: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/chgrowth.htm " Christian Associates: www.christianassociates.org World Team: http://www.churchplanting.net. The Alliance for Saturation Church Planting offering the Omega Course at http://www.alliancescp.org/html/omegacourse.html "Church Planting Movements," (available on-line, produced by the International Mission Board), www.imb.org/GlobalVision/NewDirections Prepare: http://www.prepareint.org or write <prepareint@hotmail.com> Church Planting Resources: http://www.missionresources.com/churchplanting.html http://genesis.acu.edu/cplant/resources.html http://www.fcpt.org http://www.nextchurch.org http://members.optushome.com.au/churchplanting www.plantingministries.org UIM International: www.uim.org Antioch Network: www.antiochnetwork.org Global Missions Fellowship: www.gmf.org (Thanks Jerry!)
- SHARPEN YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS -- International Training Partners offers Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills Workshops in different parts of the world. These five-day, highly interactive workshops focus on biblical application of skills in relating to one another and to the host people.
Two of the upcoming workshops are: Idyllwild, CA, April 21-26, 2002 and Colorado Springs, Co September 22-27, 2002. Contact Paul <itpartners@earthlink.net> for information.
Go to http://www.RelationshipSkills.com for details on all of the workshops and information on ITP. If your mission is interested in sponsoring a SYIS workshop, contact Paul at <itpartners@earthlink.net>.
- SERVE IN TURKEY/ISTANBUL THIS SUMMER -- Are you wondering whether or not God might be leading you into cross-cultural work? Would you like an experience to really see how you would do immersed in an unreached Muslim people group? Mission to Unreached Peoples summer has 3-week and 6-week opportunities in Istanbul and Turkey designed especially for you to explore the possibilities and see what God is already doing, and how you might plug into His work. Dates: June 27-July 17. ($2500) East Coast De
- NEW TRIBES MISSION'S FIRM FOUNDATIONS VIA RADIO? -- Anyone ever done New Tribes Mission's "Firm Foundations" via radio? If so, Mark would love to know. His goal is to end up to end up with 50 English scripts and 50 scripts in specialized English. He'll share in a future Brigada regarding any scripts that he develops.
- NEW UNLIMITED WORLDWIDE LONG DISTANCE -- With EDUTalk Voice Communicator you can TALK to anyone in the WORLD without any time LIMITS! EduTalk offers High Quality Unlimited Worldwide Voice communications, Group Conferencing with up to 50 participants, Private "One on One" conversations, & Private or Group Text Messaging. It has "Push Technology" for Sharing Educational & Web Materials, Presentations, Photos, etc. It's a wonderful cost effective alternative to traditional long distance to communic
- COACH AND PLAY BASKETBALL IN CHINA -- Get involved in an outreach to unreached minority people in rural villages. Bring your hops and heart and minister to people at a Basketball Camp this summer. This camp starts on July 15th and runs for two weeks. It's not too late to apply! Cost is about $2600 based on length of stay. For more information, call Jeff at Mission to Unreached Peoples, 1-888-847-6950 or log on at http://www.mup.org/SummerOpp.htm .
CLOSING STUFF
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