20020811 Brigada Today

THANKS TO THE ANONYMOUS SPONSOR! — Thanks to the anonymous sponsor for making a $125 donation to Brigada! Your generosity and unselfish vision will go a long way toward helping us deliver Brigada Today to a weekly readership of roughly ten thousand missions-oriented participants! May God bless you richly!!! (To take part in sponsoring Brigada Today at $25, $100, or $500 levels, just log on to: https://brigada.org and click the “PayPal” sponsorship link at the bottom of the page.)

HELP CHILDREN PRAY FOR THE 10/40 WINDOW — Go to http://www.calebproject.org/winkid6.pdf to download the children’s translation of Praying Through the Window 6: Women and “The Girl Child”. The calendar has been especially rewritten to make it child friendly for easy use. Plan to use it for October or any 31 day period!

SEVENTH ANNUAL GLOBAL MISSIONS HEALTH CONFERENCE — This conference is for anyone interested in medical missions, either in the United States or abroad. Over 1500-2000 attendees are expected to hear speakers like: Ted Yamamori, Pres. Emeritus of Food for the Hungry; Evvy Campbell, Prof. at Wheaton College; Art Jones, Founder of Lawndale Christian Health Center in Chicago, Ill.; Phil Fischer, Prof. at Mayo Clinic; and David Thompson, career surgeon in Bongolo, Gabon, who will lecture on the professional and spiritual requirements for future medical missionaries both in the United States and overseas. Information on registration and free housing, if needed, can be found at http://www.medicalmissions.com or by contacting Julie Snipp <jsnipp@secc.org> . 65 speakers will present 70 workshops on all areas of health care. All workshops are listed on the web site. Continuing educational credit is available for physicians, dentists, nurses and pharmacists. Over 85 different missions organizations will be vying for your attention as they share their unique and diverse services and opportunities. Come join hundreds of other fellow professionals from all disciplines of health care and learn about opportunities in caring for the disadvantaged both at home and abroad. This weekend will be a priceless experience that will leave you forever changed!

CHURCH MULTIPLICATION GUIDE TRANSLATION — George Patterson’s widely-read Guide is now available to be translated into non-English languages, royalty free. You can look over the instructions and download a revised original for non-American translators from <http://currah.info/www/cmg/> Any questions? Write to George at <GPatterson@CVImail.net>

SERVESAINTS LAUNCHES WEB SITE — In an effort to improve communication for all Christians everywhere and empower them to better serve one another, ServeSaints has launched its web site http://www.servesaints.com/ . ServeSaints believes it is a great privilege to be able to give our time, talents, and money to support the work of God in the world. ServeSaints hopes that together we may find joy in giving and have the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints for the Glory to God.

ENGLISH SCRIPTURE EDITIONS FOR MUSLIMS INQUIRY — A Christian Researcher in Africa asks: Do you know about any special scripture editions in ENGLISH which are published especially for Muslims? (We asked a while back … but didn’t specify English.) Bibles, New Testaments, Scripture portions? These should be currently available. What is your opinion about these? What is the Muslim’s reaction? Who supplies them? He will compile a report out of the responses. He is currently aware of: 1) “The Holy Gospel – Study Edition” NT, 2001 by UBS, Asia Pacific Region, Brisbane Australia, ISBN 0958641447 using the text of the Good News Bible, with special introduction, parallel notes and glossary. 2) “Holy Injil”, Gospel of Matthew, by IBS, using the New International Readers Version adapted to Muslim vocabulary. Please respond to <research@sim.org.za>.

TRAIN TO TEACH ENGLISH — Plan now to take advantage of a new opportunity in the new year. A TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) course will be offered Jan. 13 through Feb. 7, 2003 at the YWAM base in Lebanon, PA. The cost for tuition, room and board is a bargain at $950. For more information or an application contact <davidbbauman@cs.com>.

SHORT-TERMERS TRAINING SEMINAR — Now is a good time to make your plans to attend the 6th annual Short-Term Ministry Leaders Training Seminar conducted by ServantPrep International, COMMIT Ministries, and Gateway Mission Training Center, March 20-22, 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is a 3-day intensive interactive training seminar that provides each participant with proven, cutting-edge methods and information; everything needed to implement an effective short-term ministry program or augment existing programs. This seminar covers most all short-term issues including in depth pre-field training, team dynamics, on-site materials, and comprehensive debriefing. Since 1997, more than 650 short-term mission leaders from churches and agencies have completed this program and have had very positive results. You can too. The seminar will be held at the Ohana Waikiki Surf Hotel; cost is only $225 which includes materials and tuition. A Meal and 3 day lodging package is just $199. Other short-term ministry resources will be made available including an on-site interactive training tool that has been tested and proven in the field as well as a privately published team leaders debriefing manual. Low cost airfares are available too. Contact Greg <commit@juno.com> for registration materials or more information by e-mail or download an STML registration form at the website http://www.commitministries.org

LAUSANNE TO HOST 2004 FORUM — The biennial meeting of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) held at Belhaven College (Jackson, Mississippi) gave the final approval of plans for a 2004 Forum for World Evangelization in Southeast Asia starting 29 September and ending 5 October of that year. Mrs. Robyn Claydon, chair of the program committee, says that the 2004 Forum must not be understood as a “Lausanne III.” “It is rather 24 smaller conferences running simultaneously,” she says. For more information, contact <Kare.Melhus@Mediehogskolen.no>.

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