20030720 Brigada Today

THANKS TO THOSE PARTNERING WITH US! — Thanks *tons* to those partnering with us as sponsors. Included this week are Charmaine (who sent $40 via PayPal) and Eric (writing from Sweden, having sent $25, commented, “Doug, … I rejoice in the Lord for all that Brigada has meant to me over the years. I can’t remember when I first subscribed, but its been a good while. I may be like many an ole missionary who reads them, or more accurately, scans them, gleans from them and thanks God for your labor to put it together! Please know that you have ministered to me through your labor many times and more than once I found more than information, I found motivation! God Bless YOU and the team, e” — Thanks Eric!). These anonymous partners aren’t giving to promote the sale of a product. They just believe in the Brigada “Cause”. They’ve been added to our sponsors page at: https://brigada.org then click on “Sponsors” Thanks to your gifts and our new secretary, we’re catching up on a back-log of Brigada Today editions that were way too far delayed. Thanks for your patience!!!

PEOPLE GROUP WEBSITE — Search more than 11,000 people groups by name, country, religion, language or status of evangelisation. You can download a list of all the world’s people groups as well as related tables and charts. http://www.peoplegroups.org (Thanks Tony!)

SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIP LEADERSHIP MANUALS — Innovative Mission Opportunities’ http://www.imoi.org mission is to share Jesus with those people groups that have never heard His name or the truth about Him. Innovative staff leads two week trips into the 10/40 Window. Innovative is wanting to write a manual for team leaders. Do any readers know of any manuals out there Innovative may be able to obtain for ideas and assistance? Innovative has a basic outline of what to include in their manual but thought they might get some other ideas and suggestions from other manuals/organizations. Members of the staff have read about short-term trip leading training on Brigada. Please contact rpickens@imoi.org with any questions. Once they complete their team leader manual, we’ll ask Innovative to make copies available here on Brigada.

10,000 PRAYERS FOR NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED! — NK Missions (The World Center for North Korea Missions) is calling people worldwide to join together in urgent prayer for North Korea. As part of NK AWAKE, an International Prayer and Mobilization Campaign, NK Missions is boldly calling for 10,000 prayers to be posted online for North Korea. May these prayers stir others to pray and may they be used to open the doors of North Korea. visit http://www.nkmissions.com/prayers/

TOOLBOX FOR PRODUCING MISSIONS VIDEOS — Here’s a virtual toolbox to help you produce your next mission video, thanks to Brigada sponsor John Walton. Entitled “Toolbox for Video Storytelling,” it’s the one best source to help you learn to document your cross-cultural work via video in a top-notch manner. Please check out the book at John’s website, http://www.VillageAve.com/Brigada so he’ll know you saw his sponsorship link here. John helps you think through your storyline (thinking stories, not topics), organize your ideas, and develop your script (using “modules”). Then he models video and photography tips while providing great examples on the accompanying CD inside the book’s back jacket cover. He addresses both the technical side of things (e.g., sound, lighting, and camera technique) as well as the artsy side (shooting a picture story, continuity, and organization). By the way, John, the author, just sent a sponsorship payment of $110 for our new Brigada secretary! He wrote, ” 22 books ordered, through the end of August, $110 to Brigada. That’s 2 more than I hoped would sell.” So… John… thanks for the sponsorship… and Brigada audience, thanks for ordering John’s book! :-)

GET A SCRIPTURE-ADDRESS WHILE YOU RAISE FUNDS — Need to raise funds? Want to showcase the Word? Check out.. http://www.scripturemail.com/Index_02.lasso They fix you up with a scripture verse email address (addresses start at $9/year), then when you generate other scripture mail, you raise new support for your venture. We aren’t promoting it as a fund-raise for Brigada, but maybe you would want to choose to do so for your own ministry funding. (Thanks Mark!)

MISSIONARY TRAINING CAMPS — Something has happened in your heart, you feel you have a call to missions involvement; now what do you do? The Missionary Training Camps present a wide range of spiritual and practical issues to help people prepare for missions work. Pastors, missions leaders, prayer warriors, those called to short term and career missions have attended the camps. One worker, now in the 10-40 window, said the camp jump started his missions call. For those desiring further help, mentorship and certification follow the camps. The next missionary training camp is in Virginia, October 2-5, 2003. For details regarding training content, dates, places of other upcoming camps, see the Elijah Company web site at http://www.elijahcompany.org or write to info@elijahcompany.org or call (757) 639-2906.

NEED DATA COMM OR VOICE COMM INTO DIFFICULT AREAS? — Try GRC. They’ve already got folks consulting in Iraq with government agencies. See them at http://www.grcomputing.net

OPERATION IMPACT: MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE — Azusa Pacific University’s Master’s Degree in Social Science with an emphasis on Servant Leadership is being offered in the Philippines every summer in the month of June. The program can be completed in 3-8 years, depending on each student’s time available. This is an administrative degree tailored to most leadership positions, both in the secular field as well as the Christian field. During summer 2004, organizers plan to offer: Ethics in a Changing Organizational Environment, Leader as an Agent of Change, Current Issues in Leadership, Group Dynamics and Conflict Management. For more information contact: Melody Kuka kzkuka@jmf.org.ph

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