This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -
1. Please register ASAP for BASS Leaders Lunch/Seminar with Dr. Townsend on Thurs. March 1!
2. Special pairs of tix available for pastors for Warriors game on Fri, March 16!
3. Employment opportunity with Christian org helping youths with substance abuse issues.
4. Please RSVP for the next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
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1. Please register ASAP for BASS Leaders Lunch/Seminar with Dr. Townsend on Thurs. March 1!
Register ASAP for the BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention Leaders Seminar/Lunch! Couples can register for just $39 for both, instead of paying $25 each! Space is limited to the first 150 who register!
BASS website - www.bassconvention.org
Dr. John Townsend will speak at the lunch program, the leaders seminar (two one hour sessions), and the general session that evening. Some of the doorprizes for the leaders lunch program include a free breakfast with Pastor Francis Chan on Sat morning, March 3 (Francis is our general session speaker on Sat am), a pair of Warriors tickets, and much more!
The BASS Convention is an incredible resource for churches offering over 300 workshops! General session speakers this year include Dr. Townsend (Thurs night), Pastor Paul Sheppard (Fri night), and Pastor Francis Chan (Sat am). Don Moen will be leading worship. BASS is one of the largest and most diverse gatherings of Christians in the Bay Area!
If you or anyone you know would be able and willing to help serve as a volunteer for BASS (the entire BASS ministry is conducted by volunteers, there are no paid staff for BASS!), please contact Judy Byford ASAP. Thanks!!
Also, please note that parking is limited this year! (The Castro Valley HS lot across from Redwood Chapel is not available this year) Please car pool as much as possible!
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2. Special pairs of tix available for pastors for Warriors game on Fri, March 16!
Praise the Lord that all 1000 of the original tix purchased for this special outreach event have now been sold! However, I still have several pairs of the $45 face value tix available for just $40 per pair! I would like to make these available to anyone in full time vocational ministry or anyone who is definitely taking an unchurched person with them to this game and evangelistic program.
Groups can still get discounted upper level tix ($35 face value for just $20 each) for this game. Please contact me ASAP.
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3. Employment opportunity with Christian org helping youths with substance abuse issues.
Employment Opportunity:
Advent Group Ministries is a non-profit, Christian social service agency, providing residential treatment for adolescents, foster care and outpatient low cost counseling services.
Resident Counselor
Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited College or University.
Resident Counselors play a key role in the treatment team providing for the care and supervision of six emotionally disturbed and chemically dependent adolescents. Staff implement an individualized treatment plan for each youth while living with the adolescents 4 days a week.
Wages: $2080.00 a month to start, including room and board. Benefits include health care, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, and membership to a health club.
For more information, contact Human Resources at (408)281-0708. Visit our website at www.adventgm.com/joinadvent
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4. Please RSVP for the next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 02.16.07
This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -
1. Register as couples for the BASS Leaders Seminar/Lunch program w/Dr. John Townsend and save!
2. Missionary in Hong Kong seeks help for furlough in Bay Area this summer.
3. Update on special doorprize for Warriors outreach program on Fri March 16
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1. Register as couples for the BASS Leaders Seminar/Lunch program w/Dr. John Townsend and save!
Register ASAP for the BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention Leaders Seminar/Lunch! Couples can register for just $39 for both, instead of paying $25 each! Space is limited to the first 150 who register!
BASS website - www.bassconvention.org
Dr. John Townsend will speak at the lunch program, the leaders seminar (two one hour sessions), and the general session that evening. Some of the doorprizes for the leaders lunch program include a free breakfast with Pastor Francis Chan on Sat morning, March 3 (Francis is our general session speaker on Sat am), a pair of Warriors tickets, and much more!
The BASS Convention is an incredible resource for churches offering over 300 workshops! General session speakers this year include Dr. Townsend (Thurs night), Pastor Paul Sheppard (Fri night), and Pastor Francis Chan (Sat am). Don Moen will be leading worship. BASS is one of the largest and most diverse gatherings of Christians in the Bay Area!
If you or anyone you know would be able and willing to help serve as a volunteer for BASS (the entire BASS ministry is conducted by volunteers, there are no paid staff for BASS!), please contact Judy Byford ASAP. Thanks!!
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2. Missionary in Hong Kong seeks help for furlough in Bay Area this summer.
David Pardini is a missionary teaching at the China Baptist Theological College in Hong Kong. He is a personal friend that we have been supporting for many years. David will be on furlough in the Bay Area this coming summer. The following is from a recent email update from David. Please forward to others who may be able to help.
"Lord willing we will return to California on May 30th and begin reporting to churches on June 3rd. We are scheduled to be in 12 churches, June through August and are trying to set up meetings in two more.
We would appreciate your prayers as well as your suggestions for the following:
· A place or places for the two of us to stay through the summer (anywhere in the greater Bay area to Sacramento). Short or long house sitting opportunities would be very welcome, except July 22-Aug. 6.
· A place or room for our son, Steve, to stay in California where he can take courses at a junior college and look for a summer job (until mid-August).
· The use of a car for the two of us for our summer visits to California churches.
· The purchase or donation of a small, reliable car for Steve to use in the summer and later at school for his off-campus internship.
Thank you for remembering these furlough requests before our heavenly Father. If you have any possibilities in mind for above please contact us.
Yours in Christ,
Dave & Peggy Pardini
Mission Address: ABWE, P.O. Box 8585, Harrisburg PA 17105-8585"
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3. Update on special doorprize for Warriors outreach program on Fri March 16.
Here is a list of the autographed Warriors items that will be given away as doorprizes at this special outreach program that follows immediately after the Warriors vs Minnesota game on March 16. The top doorprize, the team autographed ball, will be given away to one of the "special guests" in attendance. Special guests are those who do not attend any church on a regular basis.
One autographed team ball
Two Jason Richardson autographed prints
One Andris Biedrins autographed print
One Monta Ellis autographed print
Tickets are still available. Please contact me ASAP if you are interested. We anticipate over 1000 people attending this program!
1. Register as couples for the BASS Leaders Seminar/Lunch program w/Dr. John Townsend and save!
2. Missionary in Hong Kong seeks help for furlough in Bay Area this summer.
3. Update on special doorprize for Warriors outreach program on Fri March 16
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1. Register as couples for the BASS Leaders Seminar/Lunch program w/Dr. John Townsend and save!
Register ASAP for the BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention Leaders Seminar/Lunch! Couples can register for just $39 for both, instead of paying $25 each! Space is limited to the first 150 who register!
BASS website - www.bassconvention.org
Dr. John Townsend will speak at the lunch program, the leaders seminar (two one hour sessions), and the general session that evening. Some of the doorprizes for the leaders lunch program include a free breakfast with Pastor Francis Chan on Sat morning, March 3 (Francis is our general session speaker on Sat am), a pair of Warriors tickets, and much more!
The BASS Convention is an incredible resource for churches offering over 300 workshops! General session speakers this year include Dr. Townsend (Thurs night), Pastor Paul Sheppard (Fri night), and Pastor Francis Chan (Sat am). Don Moen will be leading worship. BASS is one of the largest and most diverse gatherings of Christians in the Bay Area!
If you or anyone you know would be able and willing to help serve as a volunteer for BASS (the entire BASS ministry is conducted by volunteers, there are no paid staff for BASS!), please contact Judy Byford ASAP. Thanks!!
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2. Missionary in Hong Kong seeks help for furlough in Bay Area this summer.
David Pardini is a missionary teaching at the China Baptist Theological College in Hong Kong. He is a personal friend that we have been supporting for many years. David will be on furlough in the Bay Area this coming summer. The following is from a recent email update from David. Please forward to others who may be able to help.
"Lord willing we will return to California on May 30th and begin reporting to churches on June 3rd. We are scheduled to be in 12 churches, June through August and are trying to set up meetings in two more.
We would appreciate your prayers as well as your suggestions for the following:
· A place or places for the two of us to stay through the summer (anywhere in the greater Bay area to Sacramento). Short or long house sitting opportunities would be very welcome, except July 22-Aug. 6.
· A place or room for our son, Steve, to stay in California where he can take courses at a junior college and look for a summer job (until mid-August).
· The use of a car for the two of us for our summer visits to California churches.
· The purchase or donation of a small, reliable car for Steve to use in the summer and later at school for his off-campus internship.
Thank you for remembering these furlough requests before our heavenly Father. If you have any possibilities in mind for above please contact us.
Yours in Christ,
Dave & Peggy Pardini
Mission Address: ABWE, P.O. Box 8585, Harrisburg PA 17105-8585"
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3. Update on special doorprize for Warriors outreach program on Fri March 16.
Here is a list of the autographed Warriors items that will be given away as doorprizes at this special outreach program that follows immediately after the Warriors vs Minnesota game on March 16. The top doorprize, the team autographed ball, will be given away to one of the "special guests" in attendance. Special guests are those who do not attend any church on a regular basis.
One autographed team ball
Two Jason Richardson autographed prints
One Andris Biedrins autographed print
One Monta Ellis autographed print
Tickets are still available. Please contact me ASAP if you are interested. We anticipate over 1000 people attending this program!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
PANA Update - February 14, 2007
You are invited to join PANA on a
April 26-29, 2007
Pilgrimage to Manzanar
Led by Dr. Joanne Doi, M.M.
instructor of PSR course STHR-1395: “America’s Internment: Manzanar”
During WWII, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated to an internment camp at Manzanar, California. A generation later, in 1969, an annual interfaith gathering began to honor the thousands of people who were imprisoned there and at the nine other similar American camps. 2007 will mark the 38th annual public pilgrimage to this remote and historic site, now a National Historic Site with a National Park Service Interpretive Center.
The PANA Institute invites you to join us in a traveling community of pilgrims to Manzanar, guided by Dr. Joanne Doi, MM, and Rev. Deborah Lee. We will travel as a group, and engage together in learning, reflection and ritual.
Departs Thursday, April 26, 2:00pm from Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA; returns Sunday, April 29, 5:00pm. Five additional class sessions (Tues eves, Apr 3-May 7) led by Dr. Doi are also available to deepen partcipants’ understanding and experience — see below.
Space is limited to 40. Registration deadline is Feb. 26th. Tuesday evening classes are free; pilgrimage is $200, toward three nights hotel and transportation by chartered bus. (Cost is subsidized by PANA’s Civil Liberties and Faith project.)
For more information, or to register, contact Shinya Goto or Rev. Deborah Lee at 510-849-8260.
Community Class: “Manzanar: America’s Internment”
Tuesday evenings, April 26-29, 6:30-9:30pm, plus four-day pilgrimage
Various locations, as given below
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), PANA Institute offers five open sessions to all people interested. We 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.
These sessions will include discussions, lectures, and films, and will be led by Dr. Joanne Doi, MM. Come join us for any or all of these Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9:30pm, at various locations as given below. (Classes are free; pilgrimage is $200.)
Session #1: 4/3/07. “Redress Reparations and Reconciliation.”
Buena Vista UMC, 2311 Buena Vista Ave., Alameda, CA 94501.
Session #2: 4/10/07. “Wounded Resurrection: Intersections and Solidarities.”,
Sycamore Congregational Church, 1111 Navelier Street, El Cerrito, CA 94530.
Session #3: 4/17/07. “Interfaith Community: Camp Life and Pilgrimage.”
Jodo Shinshu Center, 2140 Durant Street, Berkeley, CA 94704.
Session #4: 4/24/07. “Body, Memory and Ritual”
Pacific School of Religion, Mudd Bldg. room 100, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709.
Pilgrimage: 4/26-29/07. Travel to join in public interfaith ritual with hundreds of other pilgrims.
Manzanar, California (Program, charter bus and group hotel included.)
Session #5: 5/8/07. “Return”
PANA, 2357 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709.
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More upcoming PANA events:
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Friday, March 2, 12:00-1:00pm
"Faith, Justice and Human Rights in the Philippines"
Ecumenical Vigil at State Capitol
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St., Sacramento, California
This year, for World Day of Prayer, join us for ecumenical witness, prayer and action for Faith, Justice and Human Rights in the Philippines.
Prayer will begin at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N Street (at 13th Street), Sacramento, CA 95814, and conclude with a short procession to the steps of the State Capitol.
Prayer and procession will include:
* Bishop Eli Pascua, General Secretary of the United Church of Christ Philippines;
* Bishop Beverly Shamana, United Methodist Church, California Nevada Conference; and members of the
* United Methodist Fact-Finding Team, recently returned from the Philippines.
Please bring a flower for the procession to remember the 800 killed and 200 disappeared unarmed civilians (since 2001) which include pastors, farmers, students, human rights lawyers, journalists, labor leaders, and others working for economic and social justice in the Philippines. Clergy are asked to please wear clerical attire.
Sponsored by:
Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. (Sacramento Presbytery); Interfaith Service Bureau; and the Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific Asian North American Religion (PANA Institute).
For more information, contact:
Rev. Larry Emery at (916) 776-6986 or
Rev. Deborah Lee at (510) 849-8260
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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.
To join our contingent or for more information, contact Elizabeth Leung
For more information about NRJ-API-LGBT:
www.nrj-api-lgbt.org
For more about the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade:
www.chineseparade.com
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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/
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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”
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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)
Position:
Part-time (20 hours per week), regular staff
General Summary:
The Director of Development is responsible for the planning and implementation of all fundraising efforts for the Institute with special focus on its ongoing endowment campaign and annual fund.
Essential Responsibilities:
> Work closely with the Executive Director, staff, and steering committee to develop long- and short-range development goals and strategies, including the Institute’s ongoing endowment campaign, annual fund, and planning for strategic growth.
> Work closely with the Office of Institutional Advancement at Pacific School of Religion to ensure that all development activities meet the institution’s fiscal and legal requirements; attend regular OIA staff meetings.
> Coordinate all major fundraising activities for the Institute, including development, cultivation and solicitation of individual prospects and donors for endowment campaign and annual fund.
> Coordinate and support Executive Director and steering committee’s major gifts activities, including developing cultivation and solicitation strategies. Provide training and technical assistance to staff and volunteers participating in major gifts solicitations. Plan and produce major donor cultivation events with support of other Institute staff.
> Develop and manage donor acquisition, cultivation and retention activities, including direct mail campaign as well as other development materials (newsletters, major donor materials, etc.)., in coordination with the PSR Director of Marketing and Communication.
> Sufficient familiarity with planned giving principles to be able to incorporate these opportunities into major gift development strategies as appropriate.
> Participate as an active member of the Institute’s staff and coordinate development department activities with other staff members.
> This position may require overnight travel and occasional evening and/or weekend hours to accommodate business needs. It may require providing own transportation to off-campus locations.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
> Strong interpersonal relationship skills and ability to work both independently and within a team-oriented organizational structure.
> Strong team orientation, ability to provide and accept feedback, and ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
> Strong verbal and written communications skills, including public speaking, negotiations, and effective, persuasive communication with diverse audiences. An ability to interact easily with individuals of high net worth.
> Four years of fundraising and development experience which include management and supervisory responsibility. Successful first-hand experience in cultivating and soliciting $10,000+ gifts required.
> Significant experience in successfully working with potential constituencies - volunteers, staff, charitable foundations and community members.
> Excellent understanding of principles and techniques of development activities, including planned giving, major donor programs, event planning, corporate and foundation giving, capital campaigns, and communications.
> Experience in public relations and marketing techniques in the non-profit environment.
> Understanding of non-profit organizational structure and management issues, including strategic planning, personnel management, community relations development and implementation, fundraising training and education, budget development.
> Innovative and entrepreneurial approach. Ability to adapt to changing environment and priorities.
> Experience working with API communities and communities of faith required.
> Demonstrated skill in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Skill with relational databases (including Raiser’s Edge) preferred.
> Experience working in a non-profit setting desirable, but not required.
> Bachelor’s degree required.
> Person of faith with active connections to a faith community desirable.
Application Process:
Please submit a resume and letter of application addressing specifically the qualifications of this position to:
Debi Walker, Personnel Director
or Fumitaka Matsuoka, Executive Director PANA Institute
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley CA 94709
FAX: 510.845.8948
Applications received by February 9, 2007 will receive first consideration.
The position will remain open until filled.
PSR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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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
April 26-29, 2007
Pilgrimage to Manzanar
Led by Dr. Joanne Doi, M.M.
instructor of PSR course STHR-1395: “America’s Internment: Manzanar”
During WWII, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated to an internment camp at Manzanar, California. A generation later, in 1969, an annual interfaith gathering began to honor the thousands of people who were imprisoned there and at the nine other similar American camps. 2007 will mark the 38th annual public pilgrimage to this remote and historic site, now a National Historic Site with a National Park Service Interpretive Center.
The PANA Institute invites you to join us in a traveling community of pilgrims to Manzanar, guided by Dr. Joanne Doi, MM, and Rev. Deborah Lee. We will travel as a group, and engage together in learning, reflection and ritual.
Departs Thursday, April 26, 2:00pm from Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA; returns Sunday, April 29, 5:00pm. Five additional class sessions (Tues eves, Apr 3-May 7) led by Dr. Doi are also available to deepen partcipants’ understanding and experience — see below.
Space is limited to 40. Registration deadline is Feb. 26th. Tuesday evening classes are free; pilgrimage is $200, toward three nights hotel and transportation by chartered bus. (Cost is subsidized by PANA’s Civil Liberties and Faith project.)
For more information, or to register, contact Shinya Goto or Rev. Deborah Lee at 510-849-8260.
Community Class: “Manzanar: America’s Internment”
Tuesday evenings, April 26-29, 6:30-9:30pm, plus four-day pilgrimage
Various locations, as given below
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), PANA Institute offers five open sessions to all people interested. We 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.
These sessions will include discussions, lectures, and films, and will be led by Dr. Joanne Doi, MM. Come join us for any or all of these Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9:30pm, at various locations as given below. (Classes are free; pilgrimage is $200.)
Session #1: 4/3/07. “Redress Reparations and Reconciliation.”
Buena Vista UMC, 2311 Buena Vista Ave., Alameda, CA 94501.
Session #2: 4/10/07. “Wounded Resurrection: Intersections and Solidarities.”,
Sycamore Congregational Church, 1111 Navelier Street, El Cerrito, CA 94530.
Session #3: 4/17/07. “Interfaith Community: Camp Life and Pilgrimage.”
Jodo Shinshu Center, 2140 Durant Street, Berkeley, CA 94704.
Session #4: 4/24/07. “Body, Memory and Ritual”
Pacific School of Religion, Mudd Bldg. room 100, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709.
Pilgrimage: 4/26-29/07. Travel to join in public interfaith ritual with hundreds of other pilgrims.
Manzanar, California (Program, charter bus and group hotel included.)
Session #5: 5/8/07. “Return”
PANA, 2357 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709.
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More upcoming PANA events:
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Friday, March 2, 12:00-1:00pm
"Faith, Justice and Human Rights in the Philippines"
Ecumenical Vigil at State Capitol
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St., Sacramento, California
This year, for World Day of Prayer, join us for ecumenical witness, prayer and action for Faith, Justice and Human Rights in the Philippines.
Prayer will begin at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N Street (at 13th Street), Sacramento, CA 95814, and conclude with a short procession to the steps of the State Capitol.
Prayer and procession will include:
* Bishop Eli Pascua, General Secretary of the United Church of Christ Philippines;
* Bishop Beverly Shamana, United Methodist Church, California Nevada Conference; and members of the
* United Methodist Fact-Finding Team, recently returned from the Philippines.
Please bring a flower for the procession to remember the 800 killed and 200 disappeared unarmed civilians (since 2001) which include pastors, farmers, students, human rights lawyers, journalists, labor leaders, and others working for economic and social justice in the Philippines. Clergy are asked to please wear clerical attire.
Sponsored by:
Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. (Sacramento Presbytery); Interfaith Service Bureau; and the Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific Asian North American Religion (PANA Institute).
For more information, contact:
Rev. Larry Emery at (916) 776-6986 or
Rev. Deborah Lee at (510) 849-8260
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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.
To join our contingent or for more information, contact Elizabeth Leung
For more information about NRJ-API-LGBT:
www.nrj-api-lgbt.org
For more about the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade:
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/
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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”
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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)
Position:
Part-time (20 hours per week), regular staff
General Summary:
The Director of Development is responsible for the planning and implementation of all fundraising efforts for the Institute with special focus on its ongoing endowment campaign and annual fund.
Essential Responsibilities:
> Work closely with the Executive Director, staff, and steering committee to develop long- and short-range development goals and strategies, including the Institute’s ongoing endowment campaign, annual fund, and planning for strategic growth.
> Work closely with the Office of Institutional Advancement at Pacific School of Religion to ensure that all development activities meet the institution’s fiscal and legal requirements; attend regular OIA staff meetings.
> Coordinate all major fundraising activities for the Institute, including development, cultivation and solicitation of individual prospects and donors for endowment campaign and annual fund.
> Coordinate and support Executive Director and steering committee’s major gifts activities, including developing cultivation and solicitation strategies. Provide training and technical assistance to staff and volunteers participating in major gifts solicitations. Plan and produce major donor cultivation events with support of other Institute staff.
> Develop and manage donor acquisition, cultivation and retention activities, including direct mail campaign as well as other development materials (newsletters, major donor materials, etc.)., in coordination with the PSR Director of Marketing and Communication.
> Sufficient familiarity with planned giving principles to be able to incorporate these opportunities into major gift development strategies as appropriate.
> Participate as an active member of the Institute’s staff and coordinate development department activities with other staff members.
> This position may require overnight travel and occasional evening and/or weekend hours to accommodate business needs. It may require providing own transportation to off-campus locations.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
> Strong interpersonal relationship skills and ability to work both independently and within a team-oriented organizational structure.
> Strong team orientation, ability to provide and accept feedback, and ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
> Strong verbal and written communications skills, including public speaking, negotiations, and effective, persuasive communication with diverse audiences. An ability to interact easily with individuals of high net worth.
> Four years of fundraising and development experience which include management and supervisory responsibility. Successful first-hand experience in cultivating and soliciting $10,000+ gifts required.
> Significant experience in successfully working with potential constituencies - volunteers, staff, charitable foundations and community members.
> Excellent understanding of principles and techniques of development activities, including planned giving, major donor programs, event planning, corporate and foundation giving, capital campaigns, and communications.
> Experience in public relations and marketing techniques in the non-profit environment.
> Understanding of non-profit organizational structure and management issues, including strategic planning, personnel management, community relations development and implementation, fundraising training and education, budget development.
> Innovative and entrepreneurial approach. Ability to adapt to changing environment and priorities.
> Experience working with API communities and communities of faith required.
> Demonstrated skill in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Skill with relational databases (including Raiser’s Edge) preferred.
> Experience working in a non-profit setting desirable, but not required.
> Bachelor’s degree required.
> Person of faith with active connections to a faith community desirable.
Application Process:
Please submit a resume and letter of application addressing specifically the qualifications of this position to:
Debi Walker, Personnel Director
or Fumitaka Matsuoka, Executive Director PANA Institute
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley CA 94709
FAX: 510.845.8948
Applications received by February 9, 2007 will receive first consideration.
The position will remain open until filled.
PSR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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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
Thursday, February 08, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 02.08.07
This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -
1. Urgent need for Sunday pulpit for guest speaker this Sun Feb 11!
2. Next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
3. Sign up for the BASS Leaders Lunch/Seminar ASAP! Also volunteers for BASS needed!
4. Limited number of tix left for Warriors "Bay Area Slam Dunk" outreach event on Fri 3/16!
5. Church in LA area seeks youth pastor.
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1. Urgent need for Sunday pulpit for guest speaker this Sun Feb 11!
My ministry friend, JR Selby (we worked together with Promise Keepers back in the mid 90's), has an urgent need to secure a church in the Bay Area that is interested in having a guest speaker for this coming Sunday, Feb 11. JR is involved with a new mens' ministry that is conducting a mens' conference in Modesto this weekend, and has speakers who are available to serve as guest preachers. He is very sorry for this short notice, but would greatly appreciate any help in seeking a church that would like to have Dr. Chuck Stecker as a guest speaker for this coming Sunday. Please forward this note to anyone else who may be interested. Thanks!
Dr. Chuck Stecker is looking for a church to speak at Sunday morning, February 11. Dr. Stecker is Founder of A Chosen Generation. He recently released the book Men of Honor Women of Virtue. He is a powerful and commanding speaker who is devoted to lovingly directing children toward Godly rites of passage and ultimately, Godly adulthood. Chuck Stecker was my first boss in 1996 at Promise Keepers when he was a Regional Director. He retired from the Army where he was Lieutenant Colonel with years in Special Forces, Airborne Rangers and three years Joint Chief of Staff at the Pentagon. Chuck will captivate any audience. Please contact JR directly or call his cell phone at 209.543.4799.
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2. Next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for our next AABA Fellowship meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am to 12 noon at the San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church. Complimentary lunch is provided at HomeTown Buffet following the meeting for those who can stay. These fellowship meetings are a terrific time of networking, hearing about various ministry resources, and small group share and prayer times. Please RSVP with me ASAP and no later than Mon March 12.
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3. Sign up for the BASS Leaders Lunch/Seminar ASAP!
Please register for BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention and the separate Leaders Lunch/Seminar at the BASS website at www.bassconvention.org . Space for the Leaders Lunch program is limited to the first 150 who register. Dr. John Townsend will speak at the lunch program, the leaders seminar (two one hour sessions), and the general session that evening. Some of the doorprizes for the leaders lunch program include a free breakfast with Pastor Francis Chan on Sat morning, March 3 (Francis is our general session speaker on Sat am), a pair of Warriors tickets, and much more!
The BASS Convention is an incredible resource for churches offering over 300 workshops! General session speakers this year include Dr. Townsend (Thurs night), Pastor Paul Sheppard (Fri night), and Pastor Francis Chan (Sat am). Don Moen will be leading worship. BASS is one of the largest and most diverse gatherings of Christians in the Bay Area!
If you or anyone you know would be able and willing to help serve as a volunteer for BASS (the entire BASS ministry is conducted by volunteers, there are no paid staff for BASS!), please contact Judy Byford ASAP. Thanks!!
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4. Limited number of tix left for Warriors "Bay Area Slam Dunk" outreach event on Fri 3/16!
There are now less than 200 tickets available (from the original 1000!) for the special "Bay Area Slam Dunk" which is an evangelistic program that will follow immediately following the Warriors vs Minnesota game on Friday, March 16. Please encourage your church folks to invite unchurched friends and family to this game and post game program. I was blessed to hear about one Christian who plans to invite over 20 co-workers to this event!
Pastor Steve Madsen (sr. pastor of the Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore) will share a gospel message. Special doorprizes will include a number of Warrior autographed items. $35 face value upper level tickets are available for just $20 each. Please contact me ASAP if you would like to buy tickets (even if you just want a pair, or more for a group).
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5. Church in LA area seeks youth pastor.
Palos Verdes Baptist Church
Youth Pastor – Job Profile
The Youth Pastor is responsible for developing, planning, and directing an integrated ministry to the youth of PVBC for their salvation and spiritual growth. “Youth” include junior high, high school, and college students. This position works under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Pastor.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Please email Pastor Ken Tang Quan or call 310.375.1605.
Thanks!
1. Urgent need for Sunday pulpit for guest speaker this Sun Feb 11!
2. Next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
3. Sign up for the BASS Leaders Lunch/Seminar ASAP! Also volunteers for BASS needed!
4. Limited number of tix left for Warriors "Bay Area Slam Dunk" outreach event on Fri 3/16!
5. Church in LA area seeks youth pastor.
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1. Urgent need for Sunday pulpit for guest speaker this Sun Feb 11!
My ministry friend, JR Selby (we worked together with Promise Keepers back in the mid 90's), has an urgent need to secure a church in the Bay Area that is interested in having a guest speaker for this coming Sunday, Feb 11. JR is involved with a new mens' ministry that is conducting a mens' conference in Modesto this weekend, and has speakers who are available to serve as guest preachers. He is very sorry for this short notice, but would greatly appreciate any help in seeking a church that would like to have Dr. Chuck Stecker as a guest speaker for this coming Sunday. Please forward this note to anyone else who may be interested. Thanks!
Dr. Chuck Stecker is looking for a church to speak at Sunday morning, February 11. Dr. Stecker is Founder of A Chosen Generation. He recently released the book Men of Honor Women of Virtue. He is a powerful and commanding speaker who is devoted to lovingly directing children toward Godly rites of passage and ultimately, Godly adulthood. Chuck Stecker was my first boss in 1996 at Promise Keepers when he was a Regional Director. He retired from the Army where he was Lieutenant Colonel with years in Special Forces, Airborne Rangers and three years Joint Chief of Staff at the Pentagon. Chuck will captivate any audience. Please contact JR directly or call his cell phone at 209.543.4799.
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2. Next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for our next AABA Fellowship meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am to 12 noon at the San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church. Complimentary lunch is provided at HomeTown Buffet following the meeting for those who can stay. These fellowship meetings are a terrific time of networking, hearing about various ministry resources, and small group share and prayer times. Please RSVP with me ASAP and no later than Mon March 12.
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3. Sign up for the BASS Leaders Lunch/Seminar ASAP!
Please register for BASS (Bay Area Sunday School) Convention and the separate Leaders Lunch/Seminar at the BASS website at www.bassconvention.org . Space for the Leaders Lunch program is limited to the first 150 who register. Dr. John Townsend will speak at the lunch program, the leaders seminar (two one hour sessions), and the general session that evening. Some of the doorprizes for the leaders lunch program include a free breakfast with Pastor Francis Chan on Sat morning, March 3 (Francis is our general session speaker on Sat am), a pair of Warriors tickets, and much more!
The BASS Convention is an incredible resource for churches offering over 300 workshops! General session speakers this year include Dr. Townsend (Thurs night), Pastor Paul Sheppard (Fri night), and Pastor Francis Chan (Sat am). Don Moen will be leading worship. BASS is one of the largest and most diverse gatherings of Christians in the Bay Area!
If you or anyone you know would be able and willing to help serve as a volunteer for BASS (the entire BASS ministry is conducted by volunteers, there are no paid staff for BASS!), please contact Judy Byford ASAP. Thanks!!
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4. Limited number of tix left for Warriors "Bay Area Slam Dunk" outreach event on Fri 3/16!
There are now less than 200 tickets available (from the original 1000!) for the special "Bay Area Slam Dunk" which is an evangelistic program that will follow immediately following the Warriors vs Minnesota game on Friday, March 16. Please encourage your church folks to invite unchurched friends and family to this game and post game program. I was blessed to hear about one Christian who plans to invite over 20 co-workers to this event!
Pastor Steve Madsen (sr. pastor of the Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore) will share a gospel message. Special doorprizes will include a number of Warrior autographed items. $35 face value upper level tickets are available for just $20 each. Please contact me ASAP if you would like to buy tickets (even if you just want a pair, or more for a group).
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5. Church in LA area seeks youth pastor.
Palos Verdes Baptist Church
Youth Pastor – Job Profile
The Youth Pastor is responsible for developing, planning, and directing an integrated ministry to the youth of PVBC for their salvation and spiritual growth. “Youth” include junior high, high school, and college students. This position works under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Pastor.
Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains a long-term strategy for the youth ministry of PVBC that supports the overall vision of the church.
- Establishes annual goals, objectives, and plans to implement the youth ministry strategy.
- Plans and oversees all youth activities and programs, including (but not limited to): giving messages at Sunday morning youth worship service, teaching at Friday evening youth fellowship, leading discipleship groups, and organizing youth retreats, mission trips, and other special events.
- Provides spiritual counsel and personal outreach to the youth, with the goal of producing Christ-likeness in them.
- Develops student leadership through training and personal discipleship.
- Supervises and mentors collegiate youth interns, if applicable, and performs duties required by relevant agreements with the schools.
- Recruits, trains, and oversees volunteer youth staff.
- Maintains open communication with, and engages, the parents of the youth and members of the congregation in order to solicit feedback and support.
- Coordinates with other church staff (e.g. Children’s Director) to assure consistency of direction and mutual support.
- Assists with other ministry needs as requested by the Senior Pastor.
Qualifications:
- Born-again evangelical Christian
- Loves the Lord and has a heart for youths
- Possess good knowledge of the Bible
- Has an effective prayer life
- A person of good repute
- Has a graduate degree in Biblical studies, or the equivalent training/experience
- Highly desirable: 1-2 year experience as a youth worker
Please email Pastor Ken Tang Quan or call 310.375.1605.
Thanks!
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