Wednesday, January 31, 7:00 pm
Film screening:
“Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur.
Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
(Every dollar raised will go back into film production.)
PANA Institute’s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents the screening of Divided We Fall, a film about the untold American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a moving story that brings us to the intersections of violence, identity, and power in America, and forces us to confront where we stand as a people. Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in her car and began driving across the country. A man from her community had just been murdered. An elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories sent across e-mail lists were not making the nightly news, only the towers falling over and over again between headshots of turbaned and bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the two faces of America— the unity of a grieving nation and the fear dividing her country. At the end of September 2001, she left behind her junior year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America. Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage into a feature-length (110 min) documentary. The crew retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a second phase of production on 16mm film and interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 2001. The team has created a film that explores what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.
For more information about the film:
http://www.dwf-film.com/
Sponsored by:
PANA Institute, UC Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara Sahib, El Sobrante, and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).
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Upcoming events of interest to friends of PANA:
Sunday, January 28, 1:15-3:15pm
Community Reception for Carolyn Ho, mother of Lt. Ehren Watada
Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA
Carolyn Ho will speak at Presbyterian Church in Chinatown at 12 noon, and a public community reception will follow at Cameron House, one block away. Hosted by APIs Resist! and the Lt. Ehren Watada Support Committee.
Wednesday, January 31, 7:00 pm
Film screening: “Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur. Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
Friday, February 9, 12:00 pm
A Brown Bag Luncheon with Dr. Rachel Bundang
“The Challenge of Asian/Pacific American Feminist Theology”
PANA Offices, 2357 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, CA
This presentation draws from an ongoing project to articulate an ethics of method for constructive feminist theologies that address Asian/Pacific American (APA) women’s cultural realities and religious experiences. It challenges assumptions about the liberative intent and capacity of feminist theologies and ethnic studies both. This work has been deemed “groundbreaking” and “foundational” scholarship in feminist religious studies, addressing questions of religious pluralism, theological understanding of the self, and the formation of a moral community.
Rachel A.R. Bundang received her Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 2006, and is now the Bannan Fellow at Santa Clara University’s Bannan Institute for Jesuit Educational Mission and the Department of Religious Studies. Trained in Christian ethics, she teaches and writes on feminist ethics and theologies, Catholic moral theology, and Asian Pacific American (APA) religiosity. Her recent work has appeared in Semeia, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and the collection Pinay Power: “Peminist Critical Theory.” She is also a consultant on issues such as race and religion, religious pluralism, and liturgy. Her current project proposes disruptive personhood as a corrective to the erased self in APA feminist theoethics.
Tuesday, February 13, 5:00-6:30 pm
“Faith under Fire”
Bishop Eli Pascua: General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pacific School of Religion President William McKinney and the PANA Institute invite you to a presentation by, and reception for, Bishop Eli Pascua General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Bishop Pascua will address the human rights violations and political killings of clergy, journalists, human rights workers and activists in the Philippines.
Human rights monitoring groups report 787 unarmed citizens killed and 187 disappeared in the last five years under incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, numbers higher than during the Marcos era. Twenty-seven Christian clergy and church workers belonging to the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church have been killed, most notably Supreme Bishop Alberto Ramento who was assassinated in October, 2006.
Numerous church bodies, including the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the Northern-California- Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, have already issued resolutions or statements condemning the killings and calling for investigations. Come find out why this is happening and what you can do for justice.
Parking is available in the PSR lot, on Scenic Ave. near the corner of Virginia St.
Friday, March 2, 12:00-1:00 pm
World Day of Prayer – Ecumenical Vigil at State Capitol for Human Rights in the Philippines
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St., Sacramento, California.
Saturday, March 3, 4:00-8:00 pm
Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTs – Chinese New Year Parade contingent
San Francisco, CA
The Network on Religion and Justice for Asian American and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People (NRJ-API-LGBT), of which PANA is a coordinating member, is sponsoring a contingent of APIs to march in public religious support of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance float in the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade. API clergy in robe and stole are especially encouraged to march with us. Contact PANA to register.
For more information about NRJ-API-LGBT:
http://www.clgs.org/api
For more about the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade:
http://www.chineseparade.com
Wednesday, March 7, 5:30- 8:30 pm
Community Visit—El Sobrante Gurdwara
Led by Jaideep Singh, Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for the PANA Institute’s Civil Liberty and Faith Project, and instructor of PSR course RSHR-1070: “Presumed Guilty: Race, Religion, and the Post-9/11 Racialized State”
Join us for a visit to the gurdwara in El Sobrante, one of the oldest and most beautiful in the state. (www.mygurdwara.com) One of the founders of the gurdwara will give us a tour and describe the struggles the local Sikh American community encountered in the early days, as well as more contemporary social issues facing the community. Other speakers will address the role of women in Sikh communities and the sacred text of the Sikhs, and the rash of murders of Sikh American cab drivers in the Bay Area since September 11, 2001. Contact PANA to register.
For more information about the gurdwara:
http://www.mygurdwara.com/
Saturday, March 24, 3:00-8:00pm
Community Visit—Masjid Al-Noor in Santa Clara
Led by Jaideep Singh, Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for the PANA Institute’s Civil Liberty and Faith Project, and instructor of PSR course RSHR-1070: “Presumed Guilty: Race, Religion, and the Post-9/11 Racialized State”
Join us for a glimpse into the lives of our Muslim American neighbors, with a visit to the largest mosque in California. We will learn about Muslim religious life, as well as social issues that concern Muslim Americans. In particular, we will discuss the effects of domestic terrorism directed at Muslims in the wake of 9/11.
Jaideep Singh is the Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for the PANA Institute’s Civil Liberty and Faith Project, and instructor of PSR course RSHR-1070: “Presumed Guilty: Race, Religion, and the Post-9/11 Racialized State”
April 26-29
Pilgrimage to Manzanar
Led by Joanne Doi, M.M., instructor of PSR course STHR-1395: “America’s Internment: Manzanar”
Join us for active participation in and theological reflection on the 38th annual pilgrimage to the former WWII site of Japanese American internment at Manzanar, California (now a National Historic Site and National Park Service Interpretive Center). Contact PANA to register.
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Spring 2007 PSR courses sponsored by PANA:
“Presumed Guilty: Race, Religion, and the Post-9/11 Racialized State”
(RSHR-1070, 3.0 units)
Instructor: Jaideep Singh, Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for the PANA Institute’s Civil Liberty and Faith Project.
Weds 2:10-5:00pm, plus contextual immersion events and day-long conference.
This course examines the daily racialized realities of life for Asian Americans in the post-9/11 United States, with specific emphasis on the newly-articulated relationship between the state and various Asian American communities, especially Arab, Muslim, and South Asian Americans. Of particular interest in our analysis will be the role of religion in marking targeted Asian Americans as “other,” and the Christian-centric national discourses which continually marginalize and suppress the voices of non-Christians of color. Over the course of the semester, we will utilize lectures, textual resources, videos and films, media analysis, guest speakers and site visits to engage the complex, serious issues raised by the experiences of these communities in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Among the issues explored in the course will be the ominously clandestine mass detentions, disappearances and deportations in Muslim American communities; the renewedly aggressive reassertion of racial profiling in law enforcement; and the numerous errors enacted by the state and news media which exacerbated the national hate crime epidemic of historic proportions which followed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Students will begin the seminar by working in groups to analyze mainstream news reports in the weeks immediately following the terrorist attacks. We will then move to other primary source documents, many from community organizations working to deal with the horrors of domestic terrorism visited upon their communities in the wake of the attacks on New York City and Washington, DC. We will examine news reports, press releases by community level organizations, as well as scholarly work dealing with the hate crimes and the newly circumscribed civil liberties resulting from the passage of ostensibly anti-terrorist legislation. Students will then spend the last portion of the quarter researching a term paper on a topic of their choosing, ideally on a subject that piqued their interest during their studies during the semester.
“America’s Internment: Manzanar”
(STHR-1395, 1.5 units)
Instructor: Joanne Doi, M.M.
In preparation for the active participation and theological reflection on the 38th annual pilgrimage to the former WWII site of Japanese American internment at Manzanar, California (now a National Historic Site and National Park Service Interpretive Center), this interdisciplinary course will examine the practice of pilgrimage and its inter-religious nature (Buddhist, Christian, Shinto folk practice with Taoist elements), identity and race in Asian American history through place and memory (social, geography, racial formation theory) and a framework for theological interpretation. This PANA-sponsored course will take place in East Bay Area Japanese American churches and include community members. First meeting is April 3, 2007 from 6:30-9:30pm at Buena Vista UMC, Alameda and will meet 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/27 and 5/8/07. Pilgrimage will be 4/26-4/29/07. [12 max enrollment; faculty permission required; auditors with permission of faculty.]
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Special Announcement from PANA:
Employment Opportunity at PANA
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific and Asian North American Religion (PANA Institute)
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PANA Institute
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of
Pacific and Asian North American Religion
http://pana.psr.edu
Sharon Hwang Colligan, Administrative Assistant
(510) 849-8244 shcolligan@psr.edu
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 01.28.07
This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -
1. Prayer update for Pastor John Tung (DC area) and his cancer.
2. "Thrive 07" church leadership conference near Sacramento, 4/26-28.
3. Seattle church seeks pastor for youth (6-12th grade).
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1. Prayer update for Pastor John Tung (DC area) and his cancer.
Last fall, I shared a special request for Pastor John Tung, English Pastor at the Chinese Bible Church of Maryland for the past 16 years. When his cancer was first discovered, doctors thought he might only have about one year to live. However, since then, his cancer was diagnosed more precisely as a relatively rare cancer that grows more slowly. He has also been on a relatively new drug that is reducing the size of his tumors. His doctors are now hopeful John will be able to survive at least another five years and possibly much longer.
To receive future prayer updates on John's condition, please click here.
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2. "Thrive 07" church leadership conference near Sacramento, 4/26-28.
Angela Yee (who was instrumental in helping MESA with conference brochure design and coordinating Asian American Women's conferences) is currently working with Bayside Church (near Sacramento) to coordinate this fun-filled, inspiring church leadership conference called "Thrive 07."
Please note the early registration deadline is Feb 1, so please check out their website ASAP at
http://www.thrive2007.com/thriving/
The number of breakout speakers will be doubled on this website when it is updated next week.
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3. Seattle church seeks pastor for youth (6-12th grade).
Cornerstone Christian Fellowship located in Bellevue Washington, is looking to hire a full time pastor to minister to 6th - 12th grade students. We are looking for someone who can effectively teach, lead a team of adult volunteers, and oversee the ministry to our youth. For more information about our church please visit our web site: www.cornerstoneseattle.com .
For questions or to receive an application please contact:
Kirie Tsuchida, Administrator
Cornerstone Christian Fellowship
(425) 450.9899
1. Prayer update for Pastor John Tung (DC area) and his cancer.
2. "Thrive 07" church leadership conference near Sacramento, 4/26-28.
3. Seattle church seeks pastor for youth (6-12th grade).
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1. Prayer update for Pastor John Tung (DC area) and his cancer.
Last fall, I shared a special request for Pastor John Tung, English Pastor at the Chinese Bible Church of Maryland for the past 16 years. When his cancer was first discovered, doctors thought he might only have about one year to live. However, since then, his cancer was diagnosed more precisely as a relatively rare cancer that grows more slowly. He has also been on a relatively new drug that is reducing the size of his tumors. His doctors are now hopeful John will be able to survive at least another five years and possibly much longer.
To receive future prayer updates on John's condition, please click here.
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2. "Thrive 07" church leadership conference near Sacramento, 4/26-28.
Angela Yee (who was instrumental in helping MESA with conference brochure design and coordinating Asian American Women's conferences) is currently working with Bayside Church (near Sacramento) to coordinate this fun-filled, inspiring church leadership conference called "Thrive 07."
Please note the early registration deadline is Feb 1, so please check out their website ASAP at
http://www.thrive2007.com/thriving/
The number of breakout speakers will be doubled on this website when it is updated next week.
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3. Seattle church seeks pastor for youth (6-12th grade).
Cornerstone Christian Fellowship located in Bellevue Washington, is looking to hire a full time pastor to minister to 6th - 12th grade students. We are looking for someone who can effectively teach, lead a team of adult volunteers, and oversee the ministry to our youth. For more information about our church please visit our web site: www.cornerstoneseattle.com .
For questions or to receive an application please contact:
Kirie Tsuchida, Administrator
Cornerstone Christian Fellowship
(425) 450.9899
Thursday, January 25, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 01.25.07
This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -
1. Register for BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention and Leaders Seminar/Lunch ASAP!
2. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event with Warriors game on Fri March 16, 7:30pm.
3. Ministry needs.
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1. Register for BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention and Leaders Seminar/Lunch ASAP!
Please register your church for BASS on March 1-3 ASAP (www.bassconvention.org). Also, please note that space is limited for the special Leaders Seminar lunch program on Thurs March 1 with Dr. John Townsend. Dr. Townsend will present two one-hour sessions for the Leaders Seminar on Thurs afternoon and then serve as our general session speaker later that same evening. Pastor Paul Sheppard will speak on Friday evening and Pastor Francis Chan will speak on Saturday morning. The Asian American track of workshops includes presentations in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and for the first time, in Korean!
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2. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event with Warriors game on Fri March 16, 7:30pm.
The Warriors have given me full control over an official post game program on March 16 in exchange for my purchase of at least 1000 discounted upper level tickets. I took this step of faith because I believe this is a terrific opportunity for churches in the Bay Area to partner together in using this event to share the gospel with unchurched friends.
Praise the Lord that about 500 tickets have been purchased or reserved for purchase at this time. But I need your help in selling the other 500 tickets ASAP!
Please consider having your church use this event as an effective and relatively easy outreach opportunity. Encourage your church members (or your church?) to provide complimentary tickets to take unchurched friends to the game as their treat. Let them know we will be giving away a number of autographed items as doorprizes.
Pastor Steve Madsen, senior pastor of the Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, will present a gospel message. We will have everyone fill out response cards afterward. Those who are unchurched will be designated as our "special guests" and the best doorprize (a basketball signed by the entire Warriors team!) will be given to a special guest chosen by random from the response cards. Partner churches will be asked to follow up on those expressing interest on these response cards.
Please also consider having your church (or parachurch ministry) become an official "partner" for this outreach event. Partners simply commit to pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount. Please see our current list of partner churches and ministries listed below. I would like to add at least another 15 partners by the end of January and my goal is to have at least 50 partners by March 16.
Please forward the general promo note down below to anyone who might be interested. Thanks!
March 9, 2007 "Slam Dunk" Outreach Event - Partners
(Partners commit to help pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount)
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
Golden Gate Christian Church (San Francisco)
Greenhouse Youth Ministries - San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Dear brothers and sisters of the Bay Area,
Allow me to introduce myself. I have had the privilege of serving in full time ministry since 1979 (serving in the Bay Area since 1981) as a pastor and through various parachurch ministries (BASS, PCC, etc). (please see below for a description of my current ministry, MESA)
I am helping to organize a special outreach event that will follow immediately after the Golden State Warriors basketball game on Friday, March 16, 2007 vs the Minnesota Timberwolves (pretty good game!). Because I have agreed to pre-purchase at least 1000 special discounted tickets (50%+ discount!) for this game, the Warriors will allow us to control this entire special event. This event will be totally dedicated to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I am trusting the Lord to bring together at least 50 evangelical churches and ministries to partner together for this outreach event.
Here is a draft of the program we are planning -
(Worship band plays as crowd comes down to the lower level seats when the game ends)
Welcome/doorprizes/introduction of testimony 5 min.
Testimony of Christian athlete (TBA) 5 min
Speaker (gospel message) (Pastor Steve Madsen, Cornerstone, Livermore) 20 min.
Response cards 5 min.
Final doorprize, close 5 min.
total time for special outreach program = 40 min.
The response cards will be introduced as an opportunity for folks to express interest in follow up on any questions or concerns they may have about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (these cards will be used later in a drawing for several terrific doorprizes including Warriors autographed items!) The audience will be assured these response cards will not be used for any mass mailing lists. Response cards will be distributed to churches for follow up based on geographical location.
The name for this outreach event is the "Bay Area Slam Dunk!" This use of the basketball term "slam dunk" provides an illustration of the power and finality of God's provision of His only Son, Jesus Christ, His victory over sin and death.
Would your church/ministry consider becoming a "Partner" for this outreach event? Partners will commit to pray, promote (purchase any number of these discounted tickets), and provide financially (any amount) to help with expenses (honorarium for guest speaker, printing of response cards and promo materials, etc).
Current partner ministries include -
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
Golden Gate Christian Church (San Francisco)
Greenhouse Youth Ministries - San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Tickets for this March 16 game are now available through me for just $20 each. These are $35 upper level tickets (face value).
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thanks!
Louis Lee
MESA
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians) is a non-profit parachurch ministry started by Rev. Louis Lee in 1988. The mission of MESA is to promote greater harmony within the evangelical Asian American (EAA) community by focusing on two primary ministries: conferences and regional fellowship meetings for EAA leaders. Board of Director members include Rev. Dr. Brian Owyoung, Mr. Peter Lum, and Mr. Ron Sugimoto. Louis served as a pastor for 20 years after graduating from the University of Michigan (1975) and Dallas Theological Seminary (1979). He served full time with Promise Keepers from 7/96 to 10/98 as their National Asian Coordinator. Since 10/98, Louis has worked full time under MESA organizing 18 different conferences designed for English speaking Asians in six different locations around the nation as well as serving as a part time interim pastor for various Asian churches in the Bay Area.
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3. Ministry needs.
"Chinese Independent Baptist Church of Oakland is searching for a full-time English Congregational Pastor. CIBC is 100 years old, located in Oakland Chinatown, and is dedicated to loving God, loving others, and making disciples. Qualifications include: a graduate from a Bible believing seminary, 8 years of pastoral experience, and consistent and recognized spiritual maturity along with the characteristics described in I Timothy 3:1-7. If you are interested please contact either Pastor Jason Kim at 510-452-1772 or Deacon Darwin Fong at 925-376-0268.
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One of the English ministry leaders at the Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church in Pleasanton (where I am currently serving as the part time interim English pastor) is seeking help to care for his father in Berkeley. Please forward this note to anyone you think may be able to help. Thanks.
Home-helper requested to assist an elderly male recovering from a stroke. Person lives with wife in Berkeley home. Multiple 24-hr shifts preferred. Cantonese-conversant desirable. Contact rchow15ATsbcglobalDOTnet or 925-606-1366 for details.
1. Register for BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention and Leaders Seminar/Lunch ASAP!
2. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event with Warriors game on Fri March 16, 7:30pm.
3. Ministry needs.
**********************************************************************************************************
1. Register for BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention and Leaders Seminar/Lunch ASAP!
Please register your church for BASS on March 1-3 ASAP (www.bassconvention.org). Also, please note that space is limited for the special Leaders Seminar lunch program on Thurs March 1 with Dr. John Townsend. Dr. Townsend will present two one-hour sessions for the Leaders Seminar on Thurs afternoon and then serve as our general session speaker later that same evening. Pastor Paul Sheppard will speak on Friday evening and Pastor Francis Chan will speak on Saturday morning. The Asian American track of workshops includes presentations in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and for the first time, in Korean!
******************************************************************************************
2. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event with Warriors game on Fri March 16, 7:30pm.
The Warriors have given me full control over an official post game program on March 16 in exchange for my purchase of at least 1000 discounted upper level tickets. I took this step of faith because I believe this is a terrific opportunity for churches in the Bay Area to partner together in using this event to share the gospel with unchurched friends.
Praise the Lord that about 500 tickets have been purchased or reserved for purchase at this time. But I need your help in selling the other 500 tickets ASAP!
Please consider having your church use this event as an effective and relatively easy outreach opportunity. Encourage your church members (or your church?) to provide complimentary tickets to take unchurched friends to the game as their treat. Let them know we will be giving away a number of autographed items as doorprizes.
Pastor Steve Madsen, senior pastor of the Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, will present a gospel message. We will have everyone fill out response cards afterward. Those who are unchurched will be designated as our "special guests" and the best doorprize (a basketball signed by the entire Warriors team!) will be given to a special guest chosen by random from the response cards. Partner churches will be asked to follow up on those expressing interest on these response cards.
Please also consider having your church (or parachurch ministry) become an official "partner" for this outreach event. Partners simply commit to pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount. Please see our current list of partner churches and ministries listed below. I would like to add at least another 15 partners by the end of January and my goal is to have at least 50 partners by March 16.
Please forward the general promo note down below to anyone who might be interested. Thanks!
March 9, 2007 "Slam Dunk" Outreach Event - Partners
(Partners commit to help pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount)
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
Golden Gate Christian Church (San Francisco)
Greenhouse Youth Ministries - San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Dear brothers and sisters of the Bay Area,
Allow me to introduce myself. I have had the privilege of serving in full time ministry since 1979 (serving in the Bay Area since 1981) as a pastor and through various parachurch ministries (BASS, PCC, etc). (please see below for a description of my current ministry, MESA)
I am helping to organize a special outreach event that will follow immediately after the Golden State Warriors basketball game on Friday, March 16, 2007 vs the Minnesota Timberwolves (pretty good game!). Because I have agreed to pre-purchase at least 1000 special discounted tickets (50%+ discount!) for this game, the Warriors will allow us to control this entire special event. This event will be totally dedicated to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I am trusting the Lord to bring together at least 50 evangelical churches and ministries to partner together for this outreach event.
Here is a draft of the program we are planning -
(Worship band plays as crowd comes down to the lower level seats when the game ends)
Welcome/doorprizes/introduction of testimony 5 min.
Testimony of Christian athlete (TBA) 5 min
Speaker (gospel message) (Pastor Steve Madsen, Cornerstone, Livermore) 20 min.
Response cards 5 min.
Final doorprize, close 5 min.
total time for special outreach program = 40 min.
The response cards will be introduced as an opportunity for folks to express interest in follow up on any questions or concerns they may have about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (these cards will be used later in a drawing for several terrific doorprizes including Warriors autographed items!) The audience will be assured these response cards will not be used for any mass mailing lists. Response cards will be distributed to churches for follow up based on geographical location.
The name for this outreach event is the "Bay Area Slam Dunk!" This use of the basketball term "slam dunk" provides an illustration of the power and finality of God's provision of His only Son, Jesus Christ, His victory over sin and death.
Would your church/ministry consider becoming a "Partner" for this outreach event? Partners will commit to pray, promote (purchase any number of these discounted tickets), and provide financially (any amount) to help with expenses (honorarium for guest speaker, printing of response cards and promo materials, etc).
Current partner ministries include -
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
Golden Gate Christian Church (San Francisco)
Greenhouse Youth Ministries - San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Tickets for this March 16 game are now available through me for just $20 each. These are $35 upper level tickets (face value).
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thanks!
Louis Lee
MESA
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians) is a non-profit parachurch ministry started by Rev. Louis Lee in 1988. The mission of MESA is to promote greater harmony within the evangelical Asian American (EAA) community by focusing on two primary ministries: conferences and regional fellowship meetings for EAA leaders. Board of Director members include Rev. Dr. Brian Owyoung, Mr. Peter Lum, and Mr. Ron Sugimoto. Louis served as a pastor for 20 years after graduating from the University of Michigan (1975) and Dallas Theological Seminary (1979). He served full time with Promise Keepers from 7/96 to 10/98 as their National Asian Coordinator. Since 10/98, Louis has worked full time under MESA organizing 18 different conferences designed for English speaking Asians in six different locations around the nation as well as serving as a part time interim pastor for various Asian churches in the Bay Area.
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3. Ministry needs.
"Chinese Independent Baptist Church of Oakland is searching for a full-time English Congregational Pastor. CIBC is 100 years old, located in Oakland Chinatown, and is dedicated to loving God, loving others, and making disciples. Qualifications include: a graduate from a Bible believing seminary, 8 years of pastoral experience, and consistent and recognized spiritual maturity along with the characteristics described in I Timothy 3:1-7. If you are interested please contact either Pastor Jason Kim at 510-452-1772 or Deacon Darwin Fong at 925-376-0268.
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One of the English ministry leaders at the Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church in Pleasanton (where I am currently serving as the part time interim English pastor) is seeking help to care for his father in Berkeley. Please forward this note to anyone you think may be able to help. Thanks.
Home-helper requested to assist an elderly male recovering from a stroke. Person lives with wife in Berkeley home. Multiple 24-hr shifts preferred. Cantonese-conversant desirable. Contact rchow15ATsbcglobalDOTnet or 925-606-1366 for details.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
PANA Update - Bishop Eli Pasqua speaks, Feb. 13, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 5:00-6:30 pm
Bishop Eli Pasqua: General Secretary of the United Church of Christ
in the Philippines (UCCP)
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pacific School of Religion President William McKinney and the PANA Institute invite you to a presentation by, and reception for, Bishop Eli Pasqua General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Bishop Pasqua will address the human rights violations and political killings of clergy, journalists, human rights workers and activists in the Philippines.
Human rights monitoring groups report 787 unarmed citizens killed and 187 disappeared in the last five years under incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, numbers higher than during the Marcos era. Twenty-seven Christian clergy and church workers belonging to the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church have been killed, most notably Supreme Bishop Alberto Ramento who was assassinated in October, 2006.
Numerous church bodies, including the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the Northern-California- Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, have already issued resolutions or statements condemning the killings and calling for investigations. Come find out why this is happening and what you can do for justice.
Please RSVP for the reception here
Parking is available in the PSR lot, on Scenic Ave. near the corner of Virginia St.
_________________________________
Other upcoming events:
Wednesday, January 31, 7:00 pm
Film screening: “Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur. Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
(Every dollar raised will go back into film production.)
PANA Institute’s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents the screening of Divided We Fall, a film about the untold American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a moving story that brings us to the intersections of violence, identity, and power in America, and forces us to confront where we stand as a people. Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in her car and began driving across the country. A man from her community had just been murdered. An elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories sent across e-mail lists were not making the nightly news, only the towers falling over and over again between headshots of turbaned and bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the two faces of America— the unity of a grieving nation and the fear dividing her country. At the end of September 2001, she left behind her junior year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America. Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage into a feature-length documentary. The crew retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a second phase of production on 16mm film and interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 2001. The team has created a film that explores what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.
For more information about the film:
http://www.dwf-film.com/
Sponsored by:
PANA Institute, UC Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara Sahib, El Sobrante, and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).
Sunday, January 28, 1:15-3:15pm
Community Reception for Carolyn Ho, mother of Lt. Ehren Watada
Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA
Carolyn Ho will speak at Presbyterian Church in Chinatown at 12 noon, and a public community reception will follow at Cameron House, one block away. Hosted by APIs Resist! and the Lt. Ehren Watada Support Committee.
For more information about Lt. Watada:
http://www.thankyoult.org
Friday, February 9, 12:00 pm
“Embodying the Invisible: In Search of the Asian Pacific American Self.”
PANA Offices, 2357 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, CA
A Brown Bag Talk with Dr. Rachel Bundang on her 2006 dissertation.
This presentation draws from an ongoing project to articulate an ethics of method for constructive feminist theologies that address Asian/Pacific American (APA) women’s cultural realities and religious experiences. It challenges assumptions about the liberative intent and capacity of feminist theologies and ethnic studies both. This work has been deemed “groundbreaking” and “foundational” scholarship in feminist religious studies, addressing questions of religious pluralism, theological understanding of the self, and the formation of a moral community.
Tuesday, February 13, 5:00-6:30 pm
Bishop Eli Pasqua: General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pacific School of Religion President William McKinney and the PANA Institute invite you to a presentation by, and reception for, Bishop Eli Pasqua General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Bishop Pasqua will address the human rights violations and political killings of clergy, journalists, human rights workers and activists in the Philippines.
Human rights monitoring groups report 787 unarmed citizens killed and 187 disappeared in the last five years under incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, numbers higher than during the Marcos era. Twenty-seven Christian clergy and church workers belonging to the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church have been killed, most notably Supreme Bishop Alberto Ramento who was assassinated in October, 2006.
Numerous church bodies, including the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the Northern-California- Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, have already issued resolutions or statements condemning the killings and calling for investigations. Come find out why this is happening and what you can do for justice.
Please RSVP for the reception: pana2@psr.edu
Parking is available in the PSR lot, on Scenic Ave. near the corner of Virginia St.
Friday, March 2
World Day of Prayer – Vigil at State Capitol in Sacramento on Philippines Human Rights
Saturday, March 3, 6:00 pm
Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTs – Chinese New Year Parade contingent
San Francisco, CA
The Network on Religion and Justice for Asian American and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People (NRJ-API-LGBT), of which PANA is a coordinating member, is sponsoring a contingent of API religious people to march in public support of the the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance float in the the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade. API clergy are especially encouraged to march with us.
For more information about NRJ-API-LGBT:
http://www.clgs.org/api
For more about the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade:
http://www.chineseparade.com
Saturday, March 10
Sikh Community Immersion
Meet with local Sikh American community and religious service visit to the El Sobrante Gurdwara. Led by Jaideep Singh, Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for the PANA Institute’s Civil Liberty and Faith Project.
http://www.mygurdwara.com/
Apr 27-29
Manzanar pilgrimage
_______________________________________________
PANA Institute
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of
Pacific and Asian North American Religion
http://pana.psr.edu
Sharon Hwang Colligan, Administrative Assistant
(510) 849-8244
Bishop Eli Pasqua: General Secretary of the United Church of Christ
in the Philippines (UCCP)
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pacific School of Religion President William McKinney and the PANA Institute invite you to a presentation by, and reception for, Bishop Eli Pasqua General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Bishop Pasqua will address the human rights violations and political killings of clergy, journalists, human rights workers and activists in the Philippines.
Human rights monitoring groups report 787 unarmed citizens killed and 187 disappeared in the last five years under incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, numbers higher than during the Marcos era. Twenty-seven Christian clergy and church workers belonging to the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church have been killed, most notably Supreme Bishop Alberto Ramento who was assassinated in October, 2006.
Numerous church bodies, including the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the Northern-California- Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, have already issued resolutions or statements condemning the killings and calling for investigations. Come find out why this is happening and what you can do for justice.
Please RSVP for the reception here
Parking is available in the PSR lot, on Scenic Ave. near the corner of Virginia St.
_________________________________
Other upcoming events:
Wednesday, January 31, 7:00 pm
Film screening: “Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur. Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
(Every dollar raised will go back into film production.)
PANA Institute’s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents the screening of Divided We Fall, a film about the untold American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a moving story that brings us to the intersections of violence, identity, and power in America, and forces us to confront where we stand as a people. Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in her car and began driving across the country. A man from her community had just been murdered. An elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories sent across e-mail lists were not making the nightly news, only the towers falling over and over again between headshots of turbaned and bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the two faces of America— the unity of a grieving nation and the fear dividing her country. At the end of September 2001, she left behind her junior year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America. Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage into a feature-length documentary. The crew retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a second phase of production on 16mm film and interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 2001. The team has created a film that explores what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.
For more information about the film:
http://www.dwf-film.com/
Sponsored by:
PANA Institute, UC Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara Sahib, El Sobrante, and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).
Sunday, January 28, 1:15-3:15pm
Community Reception for Carolyn Ho, mother of Lt. Ehren Watada
Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA
Carolyn Ho will speak at Presbyterian Church in Chinatown at 12 noon, and a public community reception will follow at Cameron House, one block away. Hosted by APIs Resist! and the Lt. Ehren Watada Support Committee.
For more information about Lt. Watada:
http://www.thankyoult.org
Friday, February 9, 12:00 pm
“Embodying the Invisible: In Search of the Asian Pacific American Self.”
PANA Offices, 2357 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, CA
A Brown Bag Talk with Dr. Rachel Bundang on her 2006 dissertation.
This presentation draws from an ongoing project to articulate an ethics of method for constructive feminist theologies that address Asian/Pacific American (APA) women’s cultural realities and religious experiences. It challenges assumptions about the liberative intent and capacity of feminist theologies and ethnic studies both. This work has been deemed “groundbreaking” and “foundational” scholarship in feminist religious studies, addressing questions of religious pluralism, theological understanding of the self, and the formation of a moral community.
Tuesday, February 13, 5:00-6:30 pm
Bishop Eli Pasqua: General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pacific School of Religion President William McKinney and the PANA Institute invite you to a presentation by, and reception for, Bishop Eli Pasqua General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Bishop Pasqua will address the human rights violations and political killings of clergy, journalists, human rights workers and activists in the Philippines.
Human rights monitoring groups report 787 unarmed citizens killed and 187 disappeared in the last five years under incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, numbers higher than during the Marcos era. Twenty-seven Christian clergy and church workers belonging to the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church have been killed, most notably Supreme Bishop Alberto Ramento who was assassinated in October, 2006.
Numerous church bodies, including the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the Northern-California- Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, have already issued resolutions or statements condemning the killings and calling for investigations. Come find out why this is happening and what you can do for justice.
Please RSVP for the reception: pana2@psr.edu
Parking is available in the PSR lot, on Scenic Ave. near the corner of Virginia St.
Friday, March 2
World Day of Prayer – Vigil at State Capitol in Sacramento on Philippines Human Rights
Saturday, March 3, 6:00 pm
Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTs – Chinese New Year Parade contingent
San Francisco, CA
The Network on Religion and Justice for Asian American and Pacific Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People (NRJ-API-LGBT), of which PANA is a coordinating member, is sponsoring a contingent of API religious people to march in public support of the the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance float in the the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade. API clergy are especially encouraged to march with us.
For more information about NRJ-API-LGBT:
http://www.clgs.org/api
For more about the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade:
http://www.chineseparade.com
Saturday, March 10
Sikh Community Immersion
Meet with local Sikh American community and religious service visit to the El Sobrante Gurdwara. Led by Jaideep Singh, Visiting Scholar-in-Residence for the PANA Institute’s Civil Liberty and Faith Project.
http://www.mygurdwara.com/
Apr 27-29
Manzanar pilgrimage
_______________________________________________
PANA Institute
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of
Pacific and Asian North American Religion
http://pana.psr.edu
Sharon Hwang Colligan, Administrative Assistant
(510) 849-8244
Friday, January 19, 2007
PANA Update - C.S. Song retirement reception
Rev. Dr. Bill McKinney requests the pleasure of your company
at a reception honoring
Dr. C.S. Song’s upcoming retirement
after 22 years of teaching
at Pacific School of Religion
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Speakers will include
Badè Museum, PSR
1798 Scenic Avenue
Berkeley, CA
For more information, please contact
Tricia Wong (510) 849-8263
at a reception honoring
Dr. C.S. Song’s upcoming retirement
after 22 years of teaching
at Pacific School of Religion
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Speakers will include
Rev. Dr. Mary Donovan Turner, Dr. Fumitaka Matsuoka, Bishop Roy Sano, Rev. Jim Lockwood-Stewart, and Rev. Jonah Chang
Badè Museum, PSR
1798 Scenic Avenue
Berkeley, CA
For more information, please contact
Tricia Wong (510) 849-8263
Thursday, January 18, 2007
PANA Update - Screening of "Divided We Fall"
PANA Institute’s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents the screening of the film
“Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
written and produced by Valerie Kaur
directed and produced by Sharat Raju
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7:00 pm
2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB), UC Berkeley
$5.00 at the door; or free with any valid student ID
Divided We Fall is a film about the untold American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a moving story that brings us to the intersections of violence, identity, and power in America, and forces us to confront where we stand as a people.
Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in her car and began driving across the country. A man from her community had just been murdered. An elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories sent across e-mail lists were not making the nightly news, only the towers falling over and over again between headshots of turbaned and bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the two faces of America— the unity of a grieving nation and the fear dividing her country. At the end of September 2001, she left behind her junior year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America.
Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage into a feature-length documentary. The crew retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a second phase of production on 16mm film and interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 2001. The team has created a film that explores what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.
Please visit the film website http://www.dwf-film.com for more information.
Every dollar raised will go back into film production.
For more information or directions, please contact:
Jaspreet Kaur: (916) 396-3397; or
Shelley Kaur: (661) 917-7295;
Sponsored by:
PANA Institute, UC Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara Sahib, El Sobrante, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).
_______________________________________________
PANA Institute
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of
Pacific and Asian North American Religion
Sharon Hwang Colligan, Administrative Assistant
(510) 849-8244
“Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
written and produced by Valerie Kaur
directed and produced by Sharat Raju
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7:00 pm
2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB), UC Berkeley
$5.00 at the door; or free with any valid student ID
Divided We Fall is a film about the untold American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a moving story that brings us to the intersections of violence, identity, and power in America, and forces us to confront where we stand as a people.
Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in her car and began driving across the country. A man from her community had just been murdered. An elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories sent across e-mail lists were not making the nightly news, only the towers falling over and over again between headshots of turbaned and bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the two faces of America— the unity of a grieving nation and the fear dividing her country. At the end of September 2001, she left behind her junior year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America.
Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage into a feature-length documentary. The crew retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a second phase of production on 16mm film and interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 2001. The team has created a film that explores what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.
Please visit the film website http://www.dwf-film.com for more information.
Every dollar raised will go back into film production.
For more information or directions, please contact:
Jaspreet Kaur: (916) 396-3397;
Shelley Kaur: (661) 917-7295;
Sponsored by:
PANA Institute, UC Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara Sahib, El Sobrante, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).
_______________________________________________
PANA Institute
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of
Pacific and Asian North American Religion
Sharon Hwang Colligan, Administrative Assistant
(510) 849-8244
Monday, January 15, 2007
PANA Update - PANAAWTM Conference 2007 (NYC)
Of Interest to Friends of PANA:
Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) Conference 2007
March 22-24, 2007 at Union Theological Seminary, New York
Theme: “Religion and Politics in Difficult Times”
Speakers and workshop leaders include:
Rita Nakashima Brock, Anne Dondapati Allen, Anne Joh, Namsoon Kang, Kwok Pui Lan, Boyung Lee, Unzu Lee, Regina Shin, Elizabeth Tapia, Seung Ai Yang
There will be a celebration of the forthcoming PANAAWTM anthology Off the Menu: Asian and Asian North American Women's Theology and Religion (Westminster Press, fall 2007)
Please note:
* The scholarship deadline is February 15
* The conference website is http://www.panaawtm.org/conference.html
Following below are
* Conference Schedule
* Registration form
These forms are also available from the conference website.
___________________________________
Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM)
22nd Annual Conference
March 22-24, 2007
Union Theological Seminary, New York
3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
"Religion and Politics in Difficult Times"
The conference is for Asian, Pacific, and North American Asian women. The evening panel on March 22 (Thursday) is open to the public.
Become acquainted with the work of our leading religion scholars.
Think about and discuss your own ideas and work.
Participate in the Doctoral Seminar: for those in a doctoral program.
Network with other women.
Share your hopes and concerns.
Meet new sisters from all over North America.
Worship together in various traditions.
Learn new dimensions of religious work and leadership.
Speakers and workshop leaders include the following and others:
Anne Dondapati Allen
Rita Nakashima Brock
Namsoon Kang
Kwok Pui Lan
Boyung Lee
Unzu Lee
Regina Shin
Elizabeth Tapia
Seung Ai Yang
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Thursday, March 22
3:00 -5.30 pm Arrival and Registration
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
7:30-9:00 pm Opening Panel: (Open to Public)
Asian and Asian North American Women’s Critique on Empire
Friday, March 23
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast
8:45-10:15 am Opening Service and Introductions
10:30-10:45 am Introducing PANAAWTM and the Conference
10:45 am-12:30 pm Panel II: Implications of Empire from Your Context
Followed by small group discussion
12:30-12:45 pm Group Picture
12:45-2:00 pm Lunch and Break
2:00-3:15 pm Workshop I
1) Meeting with Panel II Speakers
2) How to apply to a Ph.D. program
3) Teaching Strategies
4) Teaching and Preaching Difficult Texts
5) Art and Spirituality
3:15-3:45 pm Break
3:45-5:00 pm Workshops II
1) Sexuality
2) Spiritual Direction
3) Art and Spirituality
4) Forum on theory and methodology
And others to be arranged
(Faculty advisors meeting)
5:15-6:15 pm Seminar for Recent Doctoral Graduates and Junior Faculty
6:15-7:30 pm Dinner
7:30-10:00 pm Gift Exchange and Dancing
Saturday, March 24
7:30-8:45 am Breakfast
8:45-9:15 am Devotion
9:15-10:30 am Panel III: Vocation and Career
11:00-12:00 noon Business meeting
12:00 -1:00 pm Lunch
The annual conference concludes here. The seminar for doctoral students begins at 1:30 p.m.
1:30-4:30 pm Doctoral seminar
6:00 pm Dinner
___________________________________
Instructions for Filling Out Registration and Scholarship Forms
This conference is for Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian women only.
Applications may be submitted by downloading forms and mailing them with payment to PANAAWTM, c/o Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (check payable to Pacific School of Religion, earmarked for PANAAWTM).
Please note the following deadlines (postmarked):
FEBRUARY 15: Deadline to apply for scholarship (late applications will not be eligible for awards).
FEBRUARY 28: Deadline to register to attend the entire conference with housing. Last day to cancel with refund, minus $25 processing fee. No fees refunded after this date.
· Notice of scholarship awards will be sent via email. Be sure you have written your email address correctly.
· Travel information will be sent via email to all registrants.
About the Doctoral Seminar:
If you are already enrolled in a Ph.D or Th.D. program as a full-time student, you are eligible to attend the doctoral seminar Saturday afternoon. Students may discuss questions that concern their work in the their programs, such as advisors, exams, publishing, job searches, and writing. If you wish feedback on a proposal or dissertation chapter, please send it by email by FEB. 28 to Su Yon Pak (spakATuts.columbiaDOTedu)
Check List of Enclosures (Please be sure you have enclosed all necessary items):
_________ Registration form (required)
_________ Registration Fee (required--$45) payable to Pacific School of Religion and earmarked for PANAAWTM
_________ Scholarship application form, if applying for scholarship
_________ Room deposit fee of $50 to reserve housing, if you are applying for a scholarship, OR total amount for room and board, $100 for two nights, $150 for three nights.
_________ Commuter Fees for meals
Mail all necessary forms and payment check (made out to Pacific School of Religion and earmarked for PANAAWTM) to:
PANAAWTM, c/o Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
For questions, email Su Yon Pak at spakATuts.columbiaDOTedu
Registration Form
Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM)
Annual Conference, March 22-March 24, 2007
Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Name: ___________________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
City____________________________ State _______ Zip _______________
Home Phone: ________________________________
Work Phone: ________________E-mail: (required)_________________________
Profession or degree program:_____________Area of Study/interests: ______________
If you are a doctoral student, will you attend the doctoral seminar on Saturday from 1.30-4.30 p.m.? _________________________
Your reason(s) for being interested in attending the conference ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Optional: Ethnicity________________________Languages spoken___________
Religious affiliation________________Other PANAAWTM conferences attended_____
PAYMENTS ENCLOSED:
Registration fee $45 Fee Paid $__________
Room/Board Deposit ($50 scholarship applicants) OR full amount ($50 per person per night.) If you have circumstances that you can’t meet the fees, please write to us.
Accommodation required: Thurs ______ Fri ______ (Sat ______ for faculty/ doctoral students attending the seminar only)
Roommate preference: ________________________________ (due to the cost of housing in NYC, each room will accommodate 3 – 4 participants.)
Total room/board $_____________ _____ I need a handicap accessible room.
Meals (commuters only):
Thursday dinner______($10)
Friday: lunch _______ ($5) dinner______ ($10)
Total meals $__________
Dietary Restrictions: ___________________________________________________
Total Amount Enclosed $__________
PANAATWM Scholarship Application
March 22-March 24, 2007: PANAATWM Conference
The maximum travel scholarship is $200. The maximum room and board scholarship is $100 (if you stay three nights) or $50 (if you stay Thurs and Fri. nights). Scholarships will be issued after the conference. Original receipts for travel must be provided.
Name ____________________________________________________________
Phone ___________________________E-mail (required)______________________
Students are encouraged to seek funding from their educational institutions and churches.
I will need the following from PANAATWM:
a) Travel scholarship (maximum $200) ________
b) Room and board (maximum $100—three nights stay (for doctoral students only) or $50—two nights stay) ________
Signature: __________________________________________________________
Date of application: __________________________________________________
Return registration, completed scholarship form, and payment to:
PANAAWTM, Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
_______________________________________________
PANA Institute
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of
Pacific and Asian North American Religion http://pana.psr.edu
Sharon Hwang Colligan, Administrative Assistant
(510) 849-8244 Email
Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) Conference 2007
March 22-24, 2007 at Union Theological Seminary, New York
Theme: “Religion and Politics in Difficult Times”
Speakers and workshop leaders include:
Rita Nakashima Brock, Anne Dondapati Allen, Anne Joh, Namsoon Kang, Kwok Pui Lan, Boyung Lee, Unzu Lee, Regina Shin, Elizabeth Tapia, Seung Ai Yang
There will be a celebration of the forthcoming PANAAWTM anthology Off the Menu: Asian and Asian North American Women's Theology and Religion (Westminster Press, fall 2007)
Please note:
* The scholarship deadline is February 15
* The conference website is http://www.panaawtm.org/conference.html
Following below are
* Conference Schedule
* Registration form
These forms are also available from the conference website.
___________________________________
Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM)
22nd Annual Conference
March 22-24, 2007
Union Theological Seminary, New York
3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
"Religion and Politics in Difficult Times"
The conference is for Asian, Pacific, and North American Asian women. The evening panel on March 22 (Thursday) is open to the public.
Become acquainted with the work of our leading religion scholars.
Think about and discuss your own ideas and work.
Participate in the Doctoral Seminar: for those in a doctoral program.
Network with other women.
Share your hopes and concerns.
Meet new sisters from all over North America.
Worship together in various traditions.
Learn new dimensions of religious work and leadership.
Speakers and workshop leaders include the following and others:
Anne Dondapati Allen
Rita Nakashima Brock
Namsoon Kang
Kwok Pui Lan
Boyung Lee
Unzu Lee
Regina Shin
Elizabeth Tapia
Seung Ai Yang
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Thursday, March 22
3:00 -5.30 pm Arrival and Registration
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner
7:30-9:00 pm Opening Panel: (Open to Public)
Asian and Asian North American Women’s Critique on Empire
Friday, March 23
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast
8:45-10:15 am Opening Service and Introductions
10:30-10:45 am Introducing PANAAWTM and the Conference
10:45 am-12:30 pm Panel II: Implications of Empire from Your Context
Followed by small group discussion
12:30-12:45 pm Group Picture
12:45-2:00 pm Lunch and Break
2:00-3:15 pm Workshop I
1) Meeting with Panel II Speakers
2) How to apply to a Ph.D. program
3) Teaching Strategies
4) Teaching and Preaching Difficult Texts
5) Art and Spirituality
3:15-3:45 pm Break
3:45-5:00 pm Workshops II
1) Sexuality
2) Spiritual Direction
3) Art and Spirituality
4) Forum on theory and methodology
And others to be arranged
(Faculty advisors meeting)
5:15-6:15 pm Seminar for Recent Doctoral Graduates and Junior Faculty
6:15-7:30 pm Dinner
7:30-10:00 pm Gift Exchange and Dancing
Saturday, March 24
7:30-8:45 am Breakfast
8:45-9:15 am Devotion
9:15-10:30 am Panel III: Vocation and Career
11:00-12:00 noon Business meeting
12:00 -1:00 pm Lunch
The annual conference concludes here. The seminar for doctoral students begins at 1:30 p.m.
1:30-4:30 pm Doctoral seminar
6:00 pm Dinner
___________________________________
Instructions for Filling Out Registration and Scholarship Forms
This conference is for Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian women only.
Applications may be submitted by downloading forms and mailing them with payment to PANAAWTM, c/o Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 (check payable to Pacific School of Religion, earmarked for PANAAWTM).
Please note the following deadlines (postmarked):
FEBRUARY 15: Deadline to apply for scholarship (late applications will not be eligible for awards).
FEBRUARY 28: Deadline to register to attend the entire conference with housing. Last day to cancel with refund, minus $25 processing fee. No fees refunded after this date.
· Notice of scholarship awards will be sent via email. Be sure you have written your email address correctly.
· Travel information will be sent via email to all registrants.
About the Doctoral Seminar:
If you are already enrolled in a Ph.D or Th.D. program as a full-time student, you are eligible to attend the doctoral seminar Saturday afternoon. Students may discuss questions that concern their work in the their programs, such as advisors, exams, publishing, job searches, and writing. If you wish feedback on a proposal or dissertation chapter, please send it by email by FEB. 28 to Su Yon Pak (spakATuts.columbiaDOTedu)
Check List of Enclosures (Please be sure you have enclosed all necessary items):
_________ Registration form (required)
_________ Registration Fee (required--$45) payable to Pacific School of Religion and earmarked for PANAAWTM
_________ Scholarship application form, if applying for scholarship
_________ Room deposit fee of $50 to reserve housing, if you are applying for a scholarship, OR total amount for room and board, $100 for two nights, $150 for three nights.
_________ Commuter Fees for meals
Mail all necessary forms and payment check (made out to Pacific School of Religion and earmarked for PANAAWTM) to:
PANAAWTM, c/o Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
For questions, email Su Yon Pak at spakATuts.columbiaDOTedu
Registration Form
Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM)
Annual Conference, March 22-March 24, 2007
Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Name: ___________________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
City____________________________ State _______ Zip _______________
Home Phone: ________________________________
Work Phone: ________________E-mail: (required)_________________________
Profession or degree program:_____________Area of Study/interests: ______________
If you are a doctoral student, will you attend the doctoral seminar on Saturday from 1.30-4.30 p.m.? _________________________
Your reason(s) for being interested in attending the conference ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Optional: Ethnicity________________________Languages spoken___________
Religious affiliation________________Other PANAAWTM conferences attended_____
PAYMENTS ENCLOSED:
Registration fee $45 Fee Paid $__________
Room/Board Deposit ($50 scholarship applicants) OR full amount ($50 per person per night.) If you have circumstances that you can’t meet the fees, please write to us.
Accommodation required: Thurs ______ Fri ______ (Sat ______ for faculty/ doctoral students attending the seminar only)
Roommate preference: ________________________________ (due to the cost of housing in NYC, each room will accommodate 3 – 4 participants.)
Total room/board $_____________ _____ I need a handicap accessible room.
Meals (commuters only):
Thursday dinner______($10)
Friday: lunch _______ ($5) dinner______ ($10)
Total meals $__________
Dietary Restrictions: ___________________________________________________
Total Amount Enclosed $__________
PANAATWM Scholarship Application
March 22-March 24, 2007: PANAATWM Conference
The maximum travel scholarship is $200. The maximum room and board scholarship is $100 (if you stay three nights) or $50 (if you stay Thurs and Fri. nights). Scholarships will be issued after the conference. Original receipts for travel must be provided.
Name ____________________________________________________________
Phone ___________________________E-mail (required)______________________
Students are encouraged to seek funding from their educational institutions and churches.
I will need the following from PANAATWM:
a) Travel scholarship (maximum $200) ________
b) Room and board (maximum $100—three nights stay (for doctoral students only) or $50—two nights stay) ________
Signature: __________________________________________________________
Date of application: __________________________________________________
Return registration, completed scholarship form, and payment to:
PANAAWTM, Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
_______________________________________________
PANA Institute
The Institute for Leadership Development and Study of
Pacific and Asian North American Religion http://pana.psr.edu
Sharon Hwang Colligan, Administrative Assistant
(510) 849-8244 Email
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Consultation on the Future of SF Chinatown Churches
On Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, over 45 representatives from several Chinese churches in San Francisco's Chinatown gathered at the First Chinese Baptist Church of San Francisco to discuss the future of Chinese churches in Chinatown. The day-long session was facilitated by Rev. Don Ng, the Senior Pastor of First Chinese Baptist Church. This consultation kicked off the public phase of the Bay Area Chinese Congregational project, led by Rev. Dr. James Chuck, and sponsored by ISAAC. In the next several months, Chinese church consultations will be held in the South Bay and East Bay areas.The consultation notes will be available in the next few weeks. Check back to the ISAAC website for these notes.
Dr. Chuck's presentation can be downloaded here.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA)
This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship Update includes the following notes -
1. World Christian Conference (WCC) 2007 is Feb. 16-19, 2007.
2. Bay Area Sunday School (BASS) Convention/Leaders Seminar on March 1-3.
3. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event follows Warriors game on Fri March 16.
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1. World Christian Conference (WCC) 2007 is Feb. 16-19, 2007.
WORLD CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE (WCC) 2007 IS COMING
Asian Americans need...
* A like-minded community of peers, leaders and mentors
* A sacred place where God shows up and they hear his voice
* An equipping forum to grapple with identity,purpose, and calling.
WCC 2007 is that community, that place, and that forum.
Date: February 16-19, 2007 Place: San Mateo Marriott Plenary Speaker: Dr. Thom Wolf
Theme: Embolden by His Love, Empowered by the Spirit - Eph. 3:16-19
Register: Early January 2007 online http://www.xanga.com/worldchristianconf
http://wcfellowship.org/wcc/2007/
Theme: Embolden by His Love, Empowered by the Spirit - Eph. 3:16-19
The Father's love surpasses knowledge and fills our hearts with His acceptance. Many of us have learned to heed God's call, but we find ourselves walking in fear and not in acceptance. Many of us have done our best to follow through in obedience, yet we still find ourselves tapping in the well of our own strength and not the Lord's. We've allowed the world's chatter regarding performance and results to oppress us when we step out in faith.
However, the Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesian church denies this oppression. Our Heavenly Father pours out love and a wealth of resources, particularly the Spirit, to empower and strengthen us. A deeply rooted, abiding and receiving of His love gives us the courage and security to say, "Yes, Lord!" and respond to His commands; the Spirit gives us confidence and the ability to continue in obedience in whatever God asks us to do.
In previous years of WCC, we've discovered that there's no greater joy and no sacrifice too great in following our Father. We've also discovered that we're immeasurably gifted for the glory of the Lord. Additionally, the Lord has set us free to push everything away so that we can walk with Him. And as we walk with God out of faith and obedience, we can be sure that He's the One whose tremendous love removes fear and replaces it with calm and peace. We no longer have to rely on ourselves because the Father's love has overcome weakness and fear to embolden and empower us by the Spirit!
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2. Bay Area Sunday School (BASS) Convention/Leaders Seminar on March 1-3.
Please register ASAP for the 2007 BASS Convention on March 1-3, 2007. Register also for the BASS Leaders' Seminar which this year includes a lunch program for the first 150 leaders who register ($25 includes lunch, $15 for seminar only). Dr. John Townsend will speak during this Leaders lunch program as well as twice for the Leaders Seminar. He will also be the general session speaker on Thursday evening.
Friday evening general session speaker is Pastor Paul Sheppard of Abundant Life in Mountain View. The general session speaker on Saturday morning is Pastor Francis Chan of Cornerstone in Simi Valley. Please check out the website at www.bassconvention.org .
The annual BASS Convention is a terrific time of worship, fellowship, and learning with thousands of Christian workers and leaders from all over the greater Bay Area.
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3. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event follows Warriors game on Fri March 16.
The Warriors have given me full control over an official post game program on March 16 in exchange for my purchase of at least 1000 discounted upper level tickets. I took this step of faith because I believe this is a terrific opportunity for churches in the Bay Area to partner together in using this event to share the gospel with unchurched friends.
Praise the Lord that almost 400 tickets have been purchased or reserved for purchase at this time. But I need your help in selling the other 600 tickets ASAP!
Please consider having your church use this event as an effective and relatively easy outreach opportunity. Encourage your church members (or your church?) to provide complimentary tickets to take unchurched friends to the game as their treat. Let them know we will be giving away a number of autographed items as doorprizes.
Pastor Steve Madsen, senior pastor of the Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, will present a gospel message. We will have everyone fill out response cards afterward. Those who are unchurched will be designated as our "special guests" and the best doorprize (a basketball signed by the entire Warriors team!) will be given to a special guest chosen by random from the response cards. Partner churches will be asked to follow up on those expressing interest on these response cards.
Please also consider having your church (or parachurch ministry) become an official "partner" for this outreach event. Partners simply commit to pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount. Please see our current list of partner churches and ministries listed below. I would like to add at least another 15 partners by the end of January and my goal is to have at least 50 partners by March 16.
Please forward the general promo note down below to anyone who might be interested. Thanks!
March 9, 2007 "Slam Dunk" Outreach Event - Partners
(Partners commit to help pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount)
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Dear brothers and sisters of the Bay Area,
Allow me to introduce myself. I have had the privilege of serving in full time ministry since 1979 (serving in the Bay Area since 1981) as a pastor and through various parachurch ministries (BASS, PCC, etc). (please see below for a description of my current ministry, MESA)
I am helping to organize a special outreach event that will follow immediately after the Golden State Warriors basketball game on Friday, March 16, 2007 vs the Minnesota Timberwolves (pretty good game!). Because I have agreed to pre-purchase at least 1000 special discounted tickets (50%+ discount!) for this game, the Warriors will allow us to control this entire special event. This event will be totally dedicated to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I am trusting the Lord to bring together at least 50 evangelical churches and ministries to partner together for this outreach event.
Here is a draft of the program we are planning -
(Worship band plays as crowd comes down to the lower level seats when the game ends)
Welcome/doorprizes/introduction of testimony 5 min.
Testimony of Christian athlete (TBA) 5 min
Speaker (gospel message) (Pastor Steve Madsen, Cornerstone, Livermore) 15 min.
Response cards 5 min.
Final doorprize, close 5 min.
total time for special outreach program = 35 min.
The response cards will be introduced as an opportunity for folks to express interest in follow up on any questions or concerns they may have about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (these cards will be used later in a drawing for several terrific doorprizes including Warriors autographed items!) The audience will be assured these response cards will not be used for any mass mailing lists. Response cards will be distributed to churches for follow up based on geographical location.
The name for this outreach event is the "Bay Area Slam Dunk!" This use of the basketball term "slam dunk" provides an illustration of the power and finality of God's provision of His only Son, Jesus Christ, His victory over sin and death.
Would your church/ministry consider becoming a "Partner" for this outreach event? Partners will commit to pray, promote (purchase any number of these discounted tickets), and provide financially (any amount) to help with expenses (honorarium for guest speaker, printing of response cards and promo materials, etc).
Current partner ministries include -
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Tickets for this March 16 game are now available through me for just $20 each. These are $45 and $35 upper level tickets. Those who purchase tickets ASAP will receive the better $45 tickets while they last.
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thanks!
Louis Lee
MESA
AsianPK@aol.com
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians) is a non-profit parachurch ministry started by Rev. Louis Lee in 1988. The mission of MESA is to promote greater harmony within the evangelical Asian American (EAA) community by focusing on two primary ministries: conferences and regional fellowship meetings for EAA leaders. Board of Director members include Rev. Dr. Brian Owyoung, Mr. Peter Lum, and Mr. Ron Sugimoto. Louis served as a pastor for 20 years after graduating from the University of Michigan (1975) and Dallas Theological Seminary (1979). He served full time with Promise Keepers from 7/96 to 10/98 as their National Asian Coordinator. Since 10/98, Louis has worked full time under MESA organizing 18 different conferences designed for English speaking Asians in six different locations around the nation as well as serving as a part time interim pastor for various Asian churches in the Bay Area.
1. World Christian Conference (WCC) 2007 is Feb. 16-19, 2007.
2. Bay Area Sunday School (BASS) Convention/Leaders Seminar on March 1-3.
3. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event follows Warriors game on Fri March 16.
****************************************************************************************
1. World Christian Conference (WCC) 2007 is Feb. 16-19, 2007.
WORLD CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE (WCC) 2007 IS COMING
Asian Americans need...
* A like-minded community of peers, leaders and mentors
* A sacred place where God shows up and they hear his voice
* An equipping forum to grapple with identity,purpose, and calling.
WCC 2007 is that community, that place, and that forum.
Date: February 16-19, 2007 Place: San Mateo Marriott Plenary Speaker: Dr. Thom Wolf
Theme: Embolden by His Love, Empowered by the Spirit - Eph. 3:16-19
Register: Early January 2007 online http://www.xanga.com/worldchristianconf
http://wcfellowship.org/wcc/2007/
Theme: Embolden by His Love, Empowered by the Spirit - Eph. 3:16-19
The Father's love surpasses knowledge and fills our hearts with His acceptance. Many of us have learned to heed God's call, but we find ourselves walking in fear and not in acceptance. Many of us have done our best to follow through in obedience, yet we still find ourselves tapping in the well of our own strength and not the Lord's. We've allowed the world's chatter regarding performance and results to oppress us when we step out in faith.
However, the Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesian church denies this oppression. Our Heavenly Father pours out love and a wealth of resources, particularly the Spirit, to empower and strengthen us. A deeply rooted, abiding and receiving of His love gives us the courage and security to say, "Yes, Lord!" and respond to His commands; the Spirit gives us confidence and the ability to continue in obedience in whatever God asks us to do.
In previous years of WCC, we've discovered that there's no greater joy and no sacrifice too great in following our Father. We've also discovered that we're immeasurably gifted for the glory of the Lord. Additionally, the Lord has set us free to push everything away so that we can walk with Him. And as we walk with God out of faith and obedience, we can be sure that He's the One whose tremendous love removes fear and replaces it with calm and peace. We no longer have to rely on ourselves because the Father's love has overcome weakness and fear to embolden and empower us by the Spirit!
****************************************************************************
2. Bay Area Sunday School (BASS) Convention/Leaders Seminar on March 1-3.
Please register ASAP for the 2007 BASS Convention on March 1-3, 2007. Register also for the BASS Leaders' Seminar which this year includes a lunch program for the first 150 leaders who register ($25 includes lunch, $15 for seminar only). Dr. John Townsend will speak during this Leaders lunch program as well as twice for the Leaders Seminar. He will also be the general session speaker on Thursday evening.
Friday evening general session speaker is Pastor Paul Sheppard of Abundant Life in Mountain View. The general session speaker on Saturday morning is Pastor Francis Chan of Cornerstone in Simi Valley. Please check out the website at www.bassconvention.org
The annual BASS Convention is a terrific time of worship, fellowship, and learning with thousands of Christian workers and leaders from all over the greater Bay Area.
***********************************************************************
3. Bay Area "Slam Dunk" outreach event follows Warriors game on Fri March 16.
The Warriors have given me full control over an official post game program on March 16 in exchange for my purchase of at least 1000 discounted upper level tickets. I took this step of faith because I believe this is a terrific opportunity for churches in the Bay Area to partner together in using this event to share the gospel with unchurched friends.
Praise the Lord that almost 400 tickets have been purchased or reserved for purchase at this time. But I need your help in selling the other 600 tickets ASAP!
Please consider having your church use this event as an effective and relatively easy outreach opportunity. Encourage your church members (or your church?) to provide complimentary tickets to take unchurched friends to the game as their treat. Let them know we will be giving away a number of autographed items as doorprizes.
Pastor Steve Madsen, senior pastor of the Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, will present a gospel message. We will have everyone fill out response cards afterward. Those who are unchurched will be designated as our "special guests" and the best doorprize (a basketball signed by the entire Warriors team!) will be given to a special guest chosen by random from the response cards. Partner churches will be asked to follow up on those expressing interest on these response cards.
Please also consider having your church (or parachurch ministry) become an official "partner" for this outreach event. Partners simply commit to pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount. Please see our current list of partner churches and ministries listed below. I would like to add at least another 15 partners by the end of January and my goal is to have at least 50 partners by March 16.
Please forward the general promo note down below to anyone who might be interested. Thanks!
March 9, 2007 "Slam Dunk" Outreach Event - Partners
(Partners commit to help pray, promote, and provide financially, any amount)
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Dear brothers and sisters of the Bay Area,
Allow me to introduce myself. I have had the privilege of serving in full time ministry since 1979 (serving in the Bay Area since 1981) as a pastor and through various parachurch ministries (BASS, PCC, etc). (please see below for a description of my current ministry, MESA)
I am helping to organize a special outreach event that will follow immediately after the Golden State Warriors basketball game on Friday, March 16, 2007 vs the Minnesota Timberwolves (pretty good game!). Because I have agreed to pre-purchase at least 1000 special discounted tickets (50%+ discount!) for this game, the Warriors will allow us to control this entire special event. This event will be totally dedicated to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I am trusting the Lord to bring together at least 50 evangelical churches and ministries to partner together for this outreach event.
Here is a draft of the program we are planning -
(Worship band plays as crowd comes down to the lower level seats when the game ends)
Welcome/doorprizes/introduction of testimony 5 min.
Testimony of Christian athlete (TBA) 5 min
Speaker (gospel message) (Pastor Steve Madsen, Cornerstone, Livermore) 15 min.
Response cards 5 min.
Final doorprize, close 5 min.
total time for special outreach program = 35 min.
The response cards will be introduced as an opportunity for folks to express interest in follow up on any questions or concerns they may have about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (these cards will be used later in a drawing for several terrific doorprizes including Warriors autographed items!) The audience will be assured these response cards will not be used for any mass mailing lists. Response cards will be distributed to churches for follow up based on geographical location.
The name for this outreach event is the "Bay Area Slam Dunk!" This use of the basketball term "slam dunk" provides an illustration of the power and finality of God's provision of His only Son, Jesus Christ, His victory over sin and death.
Would your church/ministry consider becoming a "Partner" for this outreach event? Partners will commit to pray, promote (purchase any number of these discounted tickets), and provide financially (any amount) to help with expenses (honorarium for guest speaker, printing of response cards and promo materials, etc).
Current partner ministries include -
BACBC (Bay Area Chinese Bible Church)
BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention
Cornerstone Fellowship (Livermore)
Evangelical Covenant Church (Pacific Southwest Conference)
ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity)
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians)
Navigators Asian American Ministries
Redwood Chapel (Castro Valley)
River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara)
Tri-Valley Chinese Bible Church (Pleasanton, CA)
Tickets for this March 16 game are now available through me for just $20 each. These are $45 and $35 upper level tickets. Those who purchase tickets ASAP will receive the better $45 tickets while they last.
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thanks!
Louis Lee
MESA
AsianPK@aol.com
MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians) is a non-profit parachurch ministry started by Rev. Louis Lee in 1988. The mission of MESA is to promote greater harmony within the evangelical Asian American (EAA) community by focusing on two primary ministries: conferences and regional fellowship meetings for EAA leaders. Board of Director members include Rev. Dr. Brian Owyoung, Mr. Peter Lum, and Mr. Ron Sugimoto. Louis served as a pastor for 20 years after graduating from the University of Michigan (1975) and Dallas Theological Seminary (1979). He served full time with Promise Keepers from 7/96 to 10/98 as their National Asian Coordinator. Since 10/98, Louis has worked full time under MESA organizing 18 different conferences designed for English speaking Asians in six different locations around the nation as well as serving as a part time interim pastor for various Asian churches in the Bay Area.
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