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.
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