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Brigada Today
11 Jan 2008
In this issue...
- THESE RESOURCES WILL HELP YOU STAY IN THE DIFFICULT PLACES
- HELP YOUR CHILDREN DO MISSIONS
- YWAM CROSSROADS DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING SCHOOL IN PA
- SHORT-TERM MISSION LEADERS' CONFERENCE
- PRAY FOR FORGOTTEN PEOPLES IN NAMIBIA
- OPPORTUNITIES AN INT'L SCHOOL/FAMILY LEARNING CENTER IN THAILAND
- REACHING JAPANESE FOR CHRIST CONFERENCES
- FINAL GIFTS ARE IN; 2007 IS DONE
- WHAT IF WE FINISHED THE BUDGET FOR 2008 EARLY?
- THE BACKPAGE: HOW CAN WE BRING VALUE TO THOSE WE SERVE?
- CLOSING STUFF
- THESE RESOURCES WILL HELP YOU STAY IN THE DIFFICULT PLACES -- Three new resources to help Christian workers stay healthy in difficult places.
Ethne-Member Care-Updates: This monthly report contains important resources regarding member care plus relevant materials from the international humanitarian, business, and health fields. The January 2008 issue is on Health and Dysfunction in the Mission Community.
http://www.ethne.net/membercare/updates
Reality Dose: This new web site has materials on member care for the mission/aid community. The initial resource is a special article on discipline/dysfunction, available in 12 languages.
http://MCAresources.googlepages.com/realitydose
CORE Member Care: This is an international weblog, with weekly entries to provide "Reflections and Resources for Good Practice." The current topic is on personal and organisational dysfunction.
http://www.COREmembercare.weblog.com
(Thanks to Kelly and Michele for passing along these tips!)
- HELP YOUR CHILDREN DO MISSIONS -- Join children from across North America and around the world for Children's Ministry Day on Saturday, February 16. On this day, thousands of children will participate in ministry projects to help hungry people. How will your kids make a difference in your community for Christ? To learn more, visit
http://www.childrensmissions.com
or email children
(at)wmu(dot)org [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address back onto one line.]
- YWAM CROSSROADS DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING SCHOOL IN PA -- Are you seeking greater intimacy with God and taste of cross-cultural missions? If you are age 30 or more, or a family with children, enroll today in the Crossroads DTS at Youth With A Mission, Lebanon, PA, USA. This 20-week dynamic journey includes 12 weeks of life-changing teaching covering Christian world missions, the Father heart of God, how to hear God's voice, intercessory prayer, spiritual warfare, and godly relationships. Students travel to Crimea in Ukraine for 8 weeks to work among an unreached Muslim people group. Lecture phase is June 4-August 27, 2008 with outreach to Ukraine, August 30-October 22, 2008. Details and application forms are on their website
http://www.ywampa.org
or call (717)274-9010 or email ywampa
(at)comcast(dot)net [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the email address back onto one line.]
- SHORT-TERM MISSION LEADERS' CONFERENCE -- The 2008 Short-Term Mission Leaders' Conference is an annual training event open to church, school, or agency leaders who lead, train, organize, supervise, or go on Christian short-term mission trips. Featured speaker for 2008 is Bob Klamser of Crisis Consulting International. Bob will train in Risk Assessment and Crisis Management: Keeping Your Short-Term Teams Safe in a Risky World. Other conference topics include: Urban Missions, Standards of Excellence in STM, STM Basics 101, Technology and Trends in STM, Training Your Team, and much more. Register online at
http://www.stemintl.org/training/stmlc
Or call 1.877.STEM.646 for more information. Early registration and group discounts are available.
- PRAY FOR FORGOTTEN PEOPLES IN NAMIBIA -- Next month, as we recognize Valentine's Day and give remembrances of our love to our family members, please remember to pray for the Forgotten Peoples of Namibia. Many know of God's love but many others have not heard. Even though God loves the many diverse people groups of Namibia, pray that they will soon hear and accept His love personally. Pray for the many people groups there, specifically the Herero, the Namibian Coloureds, the Nama/Damara and the Mbalantu. Pray that they hear His message of love and life and that they have the open hearts and minds to accept His message. For more information on how to become a prayer partner for the Forgotten Peoples of Namibia, contact forgottenpeoples
(at)telkomsa(dot)net [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address back onto one line.]
- OPPORTUNITIES AN INT'L SCHOOL/FAMILY LEARNING CENTER IN THAILAND -- Here's a Christian school in Chiang Rai, Thailand, that is "Serving the Servants" in the beautiful and tropical Golden Triangle area of N. Thailand. Currently there are opportunities for kindergarten and elementary teachers. Middle school and high school are in need of math, science, language arts and history teachers. CRICS also have a growing ESL program and needs additional teachers. Though certified teachers are desired, because CRICS is not yet fully registered and because of strong parental involvement in the education of the children, volunteers without teaching credentials are welcome for a minimum of 6 months, but preferably for 1-2 years. This is a Christian school that primarily uses Sonlight curriculum and has students and teachers from more than 7 countries. Please contact infocrics
(at)gmail(dot)com for more information. [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . and reassemble the address onto one line.]
- REACHING JAPANESE FOR CHRIST CONFERENCES -- Do you have an interest and burden for reaching Japanese who are temporarily in the USA and Canada? You are invited to participate in the following RJC Conferences: First Hawaii RJC Conference, January 19, 2008 at Makiki Christian Church, Honolulu, Hawaii. Second Southern California RJC Conference, January 26, 2008 at Calvary Chapel Mission Viejo, California. Seventh Annual International RJC Conference-Pacific Northwest, February 21-23 at Northshore Baptist Church, Bothell, Washington. For additional information please see
http://www.rjcnetwork.org/
or email donwright
(at)rjcnetwork(dot)org. [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . then reassemble the address onto one line.]
- FINAL GIFTS ARE IN; 2007 IS DONE -- And it was a great year, too. We're so very grateful for those who have chipped in a total of $300 more:
$50 from a dear couple working in Bosnia. What a boost. $75 from a great encourager from Columbia, SC. Shew. Thanks! $50 from a friend working with an unreached people group in Cen. Asia $100 from the great Canadian Perspectives students & staff, BC, Canada $25 from a great friend in Morton, IL
This, combined with the $13,918.90 balance from last edition's report makes a total of $14,218.90 sponsorships and gifts in 2007. It was a great year and, though we fell short of our financial needs ($17,150), it was still enough for partial secretarial help, along with some very much-appreciated help toward Brigada web-hosting & expansion expenses.
For 2008, we will be setting exactly the same goal as for 2007: $17,150. Already there are two gifts that have arrived:
$20 from a Texan with big dreams, wanting to "prime the pump" for '08 $25 Charleston S.C. Personal Injury lawyers, on the web at
http://www.joegriffith.com
Thank you very much for these and all those that helped in 2007! God bless you every one!!!!
- WHAT IF WE FINISHED THE BUDGET FOR 2008 EARLY? -- You already know the answer to that question. Once we reach our budgeted needs of $17,150 for 2008, we don't mention finances again for the rest of the year! What would it be like if some generous soul(s) stepped forward to help us make that budget *early* in 2008. Want to help today? Just click on the "Sponsor/Donate" page:
http://www.brigada.org/donate.html
You can pull the money from your PayPal account or from any major credit card. Or if you prefer, send a check payable to Team Expansion to: Team Expansion (Brigada secretary), 11327 Jefferson Trace Blvd., Louisville, KY 40291. (Team Expansion is a 501(c)3 incorporation so for USA citizens, your checks made out to Team Expansion are tax-deductible.) As always, be sure to let us know if you'd like us to promote any particular service or ministry, or if you'd prefer your gift be anonymous. And thank you in advance for helping.
- THE BACKPAGE: HOW CAN WE BRING VALUE TO THOSE WE SERVE? -- To me, that's a question we all need to address in 2008. We missionary-types tend to get branded occasionally as being "takers". So the question is, how can we become givers, especially to those who give to make our relationship possible. Let's say you come upon a website offering great reviews of electronics merchandise... say... like
http://www.retrevo.com/
You recognize that they offer quality reviews, plus links to purchase products at very affordable prices. You file it away in your browser's "favorites" then go on about your work. So what I'm asking is... what if you shared that information with someone that has been helpful or encouraging to you... especially if it's someone that you know is in the market for a new printer or router or monitor or stereo or PDA or camera or camcorder or scanner or phone or MP3 player. The secret is to always be thinking, "How can I go beyond being just a taker; how can I become a giver back to those around me and those afar?" So you share that one little site witht them, just in case they need it... and you make it clear that it's not your site... just something you found and thought of them. It's not much, but over time, it'll send a message: a message that we're looking out for others besides ourselves.
That's our challenge in 2008.
Doug
PS. Want to comment on this "BackPage" editorial? You can. Just browse
http://brigada.org/brigade/?p=57
and click on "Comments" below the item.
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