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.
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