This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes (Contact Louis Lee) -
1. Jacob's Well concert in El Cerrito on 4/9/07.
2. Mike Chu seeks pastoral ministry in Chinese church.
3. Praise report from Bay Area Slam Dunk event on Fri nite, March 16.
4. Source for low cost health insurance for kids under 18 for lower income families.
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1. Jacob's Well concert in El Cerrito on 4/9/07.
Come join us for a FREE concert with Seattle-based recording artist, Jacob's Well.
Monday, April 9th @ 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)
East Bay Free Methodist
5395 Potrero Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530
A love offering will be taken at the end of the night to support the artists and their ministry.
Contact: Lynne Tsugawa - (510) 693-9121
Jacob's Well began as a young worship team with no idea that they would soon be headed into a full-time traveling ministry leading worship for literally thousands of people nationwide. Already in their 6th year as a band & ministry, Rob Loomis, his wife Elise, and Kevin Blackwood have since traveled extensively all over the United States sharing and leading others in worship. Their music is primarily scripture-based, as they have a heart and desire to bring a focus of God's word back into today's church.
For more infomation and samples of their music, please visit: www.jacobswellmusic.com & www.myspace.com/jacobswellmusic
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2. Mike Chu seeks pastoral ministry in Chinese church.
My name is Mike Chu. I was born in Hong Kong on 1965 and I was saved on 1977. I came to Minnesota for my university training. On 1992, I married to Audrey Sau-man Chu who is also from Hong Kong. I worked as a computer programmer from 1988 till 2002 and my wife worked as a pharmacist from 1992 till 2005. We have no children. God called us on 2002 and both of us entered into the M Div. program of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, MN. I was graduated on May, 06 and my wife will be graduated by May, 07. I was ordained by All Nations Baptist Church on June 4, 2006. Both of us speak Cantonese, English and Mandarin. I am looking for cantonese pastoral position. My desire is to make disciples of all nations according to Matthew 28:19-20 and to minister to believers in a local church according to Eph 4:12 and 1 Peter 5:2-3. If you know any Chinese church looking for pastor, please let me know.
In Christ,
Mike Chu
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3. Praise report from Bay Area Slam Dunk event on Fri nite, March 16.
Please note the following praises from the first ever "Bay Area Slam Dunk" outreach event that took place on Friday evening, March 16, 2006 immediately following the Warriors basketball game vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Praise the Lord, over 1000 people attended the special post game program we called the "Bay Area Slam Dunk!" While it was good the Warriors won the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the fact the Warriors were blowing them out by the third quarter (20+ point leads) actually hurt attendance since some of the crowd was leaving by the fourth quarter. But since we had anticipated 500-1000 to attend the post game program, it was a major praise that over 1000 actually attended! Even though the NCAA tourney games were on TV, the interest in the Warriors had peaked the week prior to this game and program. The Warriors' last game was a decisive win over the Dallas Mavericks and by game day on March 16, the Warriors had edged into the 8th and last spot for the NBA playoffs! And with the Timberwolves on the heels of the Warriors for this last playoff spot, this game drew 18,527 in attendance!
The majority were church groups but there were as many as 150-200 "special guests" who attended. We had designated "special guests" as those who did not attend any Christian church on a regular basis. The best doorprize of the evening was reserved only for these special guests, a basketball signed by the entire Warriors team (donated by the Warriors for this event), along with several other terrific doorprizes.
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Praise the Lord for 13 who indicated on their response cards an interest in getting info on having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Please pray for the follow up of these individuals. Praise the Lord also for many who were invited by Christian friends who may not have indicated this interest on their response cards but will have follow up talks with their Christian friends. Praise the Lord for the many seeds that were planted through the fun and sharing of this program.
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Although our scheduled speaker (Pastor Steve Madsen, senior pastor of the Cornerstone Church in Livermore, a large church of over 3000 people) was forced to bow out the day before the event due to laryngitis, the Lord enabled me to share a relatively brief gospel message. I was able to utilize a simple object lesson making use of a children's toy basketball hoop that could be adjusted from 4-6 feet high. I asked for a volunteer from the audience, a young boy or girl. I had them perform a "dunk" with the rim set at 4' high which they were just able to do. Then I raised the rim up to 6' which became impossible for them. I talked about how most of us view sin by our own human standards which we usually set low enough for us to perform "dunk shots." But God's standards of his holiness and righteousness would be like setting the basketball rim at 100' high, way beyond the reach of even our beloved Warriors star (and former All Star Dunk contest winner in 2002-03) Jason Richardson!
My gospel message contained three simple points - the Problem of our sin, the Provision of the Savior, Jesus who died to pay the penalty of all our sin, and the Personal decision each of us must make to either receive or reject this wonderful gift from God. I thank God that I have used this gospel message many times in past years and was able to work in the basketball image of the slam dunk for this special outreach program last night.
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Praise the Lord for the Christians who invited unchurched friends and family members. One career woman from the Oakland CIBC invited 23 of her co-workers and they all came! (I gave her one of the Jason Richardson framed autographs to use as a doorprize among her 23 friends!)
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Praise the Lord for many who volunteered their help in a variety of ways. Praise the Lord for the many churches and individuals who purchased tickets (we sold over 1300!).
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Praise the Lord also for the provision of many Jason Richardson autographs that we were able to give out as doorprizes last night. This past Tuesday evening I was able to attend a special season ticket holder event at the Arena (as a little extra perk for my involvement in doing this special program on March 16). Two Warriors players were featured at this event on Tuesday to sign autographs for a mere $5 donation each to the Warriors Foundation. The two scheduled players were Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson.
But Baron was tied up receiving treatment for some injuries. So Jason Richardson took his place. I was able to get 10 of his autographs on nice 8x10 cards prepared by the Warriors, for just $5 each. (At a card show, Jason would probably get at least $25 per autograph!). Then, the Lord provided a sale where I got some very nice 8x10 picture frames that were on clearance from $7 each to just $2 each!
While the Baron Davis autographs would have been an attraction, the Jason Richardson autographs were even more appropriate since our program was called the "Slam Dunk" and Richardson is "Mr. Slam Dunk" at least for the Warriors!
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Praise the Lord for the band lead by Peter Lum. Although interference from the Arena staff cut short the band's playing both before and after the program, the Lord still used the band to draw people to stay for the program. I especially thank God for the gracious and humble spirit of Peter and band members even after the Arena staff had created a very frustrating situation.
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Praise the Lord that the feedback from both the Warriors and those who attended was very positive. Plans are already underway for an even bigger and better Bay Area Slam Dunk event next season! Please contact me ASAP if your church or ministry is willing to commit to pre-purchasing tickets (by the fall of 2007) to the event next season so I will not need to personally purchase 1000 tickets on my own! Thanks!
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4. Source for low cost health insurance for kids under 18 for lower income families.
They can do it so low because it is for low income families (which many pastors are). It is also ONLY for those 0-18.
http://www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov/english/ChoosingM/Alameda.htm
Scott
Director of Youth Ministries
San Lorenzo Japanese Christian Church
www.slzjcc.org/green
510-483-9490
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