Brigada – 2024-10-27

1) Help! Mission Display Upgrade

1) Help! Mission Display Upgrade

A Brigada reader plans to upgrade his mission display at his church from an unengaging dated bulletin board to a digital interactive touchscreen system. They are looking for recommendations and reviews as to the best system and approach.  Please comment!  What do you currently do at your church?
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2) Satellite Hotspots Available?

2) Satellite Hotspots Available?

A fellow Brigada reader is seeking equipment that can create internet Wi-Fi hotspots via satellite, rather than relying on cell towers, and that is also solar-powered. This is for a missionary heading to a remote rural area without access to power or internet service. Could you provide guidance on where to find such equipment? Please comment!
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3) 15 Days Prayer For Hindus

3) 15 Days Prayer For Hindus

Join Christians around the world from Oct 24 – Nov 7 to pray with love and respect for Hindu people during Diwali – the Hindu Festival of Light. The annual 15 Days of Prayer for the Hindu World Guide is calling the global Church to take 15 days to learn about and pray for over one billion Hindus. The theme this year is Hindu Background Believers Amidst Persecution.  For more information go to https://worldprayerguides.org/15-days-of-prayer-for-the-hindu-world-2024/.

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6) Media and Our Kids

6) Media and Our Kids

Our kids are bombarded with information and opinions through all sorts of media platforms/sources and we want to equip them with insight and tools to sift through it all as we seek truth together. Check out this free resource from Axis to help you equip your kids and continue the conversation as a family on media literacy and discernment located at https://axis.org/resource/media-literacy-and-discernment/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20One%20Conversation&utm_content=327019690&utm_source=hs_email. (Thank you, Maleah).

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7) Call to Prayer for the Muslim World

7) Call to Prayer for the Muslim World

Join others to pray for the Muslim world on Sunday November 10 at 3pm ET. The guest speaker lives
in the Middle East where they reach out predominately to a minority Islamic offshoot. They are committed to home groups and children’s groups where they study the Word, praise God in song & pray together. To receive the ZOOM LINK – send an email to info@calltoprayer.global.

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10) Following Up on Last Week’s Item About a New Missionary Laptop

10) Following Up on Last Week’s Item About a New Missionary Laptop

Brigada readers are the best. Last week’s request for input on guiding field workers who are content creators in purchasing a new laptop produced a wide variety of great input from multiple Brigada participants. (See “Your Pick for the Ideal Connected Cross-Cultural Laptop?” at https://brigada.org/2024/10/20_41638.) Obviously, all of us have opinions – but then, that’s Brigada. : ) Much appreciation to those who pitched in.

Once you choose a laptop, then next step will likely be how to move one’s existing files and settings to the new machine with as little down-time as possible. Just click “Read More” for the full guide on how to make the jump to move all your applications, files, and settings.  read more…

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