Monday, April 23, 2007

PANA Update - April 23, 2007

Two important PANA events on Tuesday April 24:
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1. Community Vigil for VA Tech — PSR Chapel

2. Workshop: "Interreligious Community: Camp Life and Pilgrimage” — the experience of Japanese American internment during WWII and its ongoing message for the present. — 2140 Durant St., Berkeley

3. AND more PANA news too!
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1. Community Vigil for VA Tech — PSR Chapel

Community Vigil
In remembrance of all those affected by the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech (Please bring a flower)

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
1:00-1:30pm

Steps of the Chapel at the Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709

Sponsored by the Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific Asian North American Religion (PANA Institute) and the Office of Community Life at the Pacific School of Religion.

For more information, contact Rev. Deborah Lee at (510)849-8260 or dlee-at-psr-dot-edu.

*** Please Read a Community Letter from PANA's Executive Director, Dr. Fumitaka Matsuoka, regarding the tragedy at Virginia Tech, violence and race at panainstitute.blogspot.com

*** or at http://panainstitute.blogspot.com/2007/04/pana-letter-on-va-tech-tragedy.html
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2. Workshop: "Interreligious Community: Camp Life and Pilgrimage”

Join us for a Community Program on

"Interreligious Community: Camp Life and Pilgrimage”
the experience of Japanese American internment during WWII and its ongoing message for the present.

Date: Tuesday April 24th, 2007 6:30-9:30 pm

Location: Gather at the Jodo Shinshu Parking Lot (2140 Durant St., Berkeley, CA 94704) We may be meeting at the Jodo Shinshu Center or at the Berkeley Buddhist Temple. Look for posted signs

PLEASE NOTE DATE AND VENUE MAY BE DIFFERENT THAT WHAT WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLICIZED. WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

Reflections/Presentation:
Dr. Joanne Doi, M . M . is a pilgrimage guide and teacher of the course "Manzanar: America's Internment," sponsored by the PANA Institute.
Rev. David Matsumoto, Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Berkeley Buddhist Temple, Channing Way

Carpool available, leaving Pacific School of Religion at 6:00 pm (Meet in the PANA driveway, 2357 Le Conte Ave.)

This is one of five sessions in preparation for the 38th annual pilgrimage to the former WWII site of Japanese American internment at Manzanar.

For more information or to sign up for the pilgrimage, contact Shinya at pana2@psr.edu; 510-849-8226 or go to the PANA website: pana.psr.edu.

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3. And more PANA news too!
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On the PANA Blog:

March 14, 2007: Philippines Human Rights Senate Hearing. Reportback and video link.
“I just returned from Washington D.C. where I attended the International Ecumenical Conference on Human Rights in the Philippines and the Senate Hearing on Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines. Many of you have attended some of our educational forums on this subject…” — Rev. Deborah Lee

Spiritual Reflections on the March 14, 2007 Senate Hearing on the Extra-Judicial Killings in the Philippines
Washington D.C.: “The feeling was euphoric, almost elation…” — Rev. Deborah Lee

Report on International Women’s Day talk by Rev. Tess Vertucio from the United Church of Christ Philippines
“This year's International Women's day event at PANA gathered 20 women and men to listen and discuss the ongoing challenges facing women in church leadership around the globe. Rev. Tess Vertucio, a conference minister in the United Church of Christ Philippines (UCCP), …”

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PANA Film Screening at Major Film Festivals:

PANA's film In God's House: Asian American Lesbian and Gay Families in the Church has been accepted to screen at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (Sunday, May 6th, 2007), Frameline International LGBT Film Festival in June and the Aomori International LGBT Film Festival in Japan. In addition, we have screenings scheduled in San Francisco, Tennessee, and Asilomar, CA. See below for schedule. For more information on the screenings, please visit www.ingodshouse.com.
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April 26-29
Pilgrimage to Manzanar

35 participants will depart on pilgrimage to the WWII internment camp where 10,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated at Manzanar, California. They will be joining the 38th annual public pilgrimage to this remote and historic site, now a National Historic Site with a National Park Service Interpretive Center.

For more information or to sign up for the pilgrimage, contact Shinya at pana2-at-psr-dot-edu; 510-849-8226 or go to the PANA website: pana.psr.edu.

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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-at-psr-dot-edu

National Council of Churches survey on health and healing ministries

Dear Colleagues,

The National Council of Churches of Christ is conducting a survey of congregations on their involvement in health and healing ministries and advocacy.
If you would like to participate in the survey and/or would like to request a copy of the report from the compiled surveys, please see the following web link:

http://www.ncccusa.org/healthsurvey/

Blessings,
Marie
Pastor Marie Onwubuariri
MacArthur Community Baptist Church
2301 Rumrill Boulevard
San Pablo, CA 94806
(510) 235-291

Thursday, April 19, 2007

AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 04.19.07

This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -

1. 2008 AALC in LA on March 24-26, 2008, features Dr. John Townsend.
2. Church seeks pastor/Campus Crusade for Christ ministry for Asian students.
3. Super low prices for SF Giants tix/Monterey Bay Aquarium guest passes available only thru July, 2007!

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1. 2008 AALC in LA on March 24-26, 2008, features Dr. John Townsend.

Dates have now been set for the second ever national Asian American Leadership Conference (AALC) in LA on Mon-Wed, March 24-26, 2008. One main speaker will be Dr. John Townsend (http://www.cloudtownsend.com/2townsend.htm). Other main speakers and workshop teachers TBA soon.

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for this rare gathering of Asian American pastors, parachurch leaders, and seminarians from all over the nation. The first AALC event drew over 400 leaders. We expect over 500 to attend in 2008.

Why yet another leadership conference? Because this is the only leadership conference contextualized for Asian American ministry. The purpose of the AALC is to help encourage and equip those who serve the evangelical Asian American community.

Please consider having your church/ministry become an official "partner." Partners commit to pray, promote, and provide financially (any amount). Over 60 churches and ministries served as partners for the first AALC in 2004. We are trusting the Lord for over 100 partners for this 2008 event.

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2. Church seeks pastor/Campus Crusade for Christ ministry for Asian students.

San Jose Canaan Christian Church (SJCCC), an independent, evangelical Christian church, seeks a Pastor of English Ministries. SJCCC was founded in 1990 to serve the Taiwanese-American community in South San Jose, CA. The English congregation is comprised of mostly school-aged Chinese/Taiwanese-Americans. There has been recent growth within the English congregation aimed toward sending out workers for missions; the youth have recently been sent on missions to Louisiana, Taiwan and Mexico.
This full-time pastoral position is responsible for Developing vision, goals and plans for the English congregation; Providing discipleship, support, leadership training, oversight and prayer for the English congregation; Preaching regularly for English Sunday services; Directing various meetings and events (i.e., youth fellowship, prayer meetings, mission trips); Developing the leadership team, including working with the young adult volunteer staff.
We are looking for someone with: A passion for Christ, a lifestyle that models Christian character, and the fortitude to shepherd a congregation; Ministry experience with adults and youth; and a heart to serve Asian-American youth. To apply, submit your resume and cover letter to the church's English Ministries Deacon, Windy Chen, by email or post mail. Windy Chen, Deacon of English Ministries, San Jose Canaan Christian Church, 1228 Redmond Ave, San Jose, CA 95120, E-mail: windy320ATyahooDOTcom

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Reach Asian College Students at Your Local College and Epic Summer Project in San Jose, June 21-July 21

Dear Fellow Servants in the Lord,

In January 2007 I started serving as a Campus Minister with Campus Crusade for Christ. My desire is to bring the gospel to the thousands of Asian students at our local state and community colleges. Many of you may have college students who are enrolled at SJSU, CSUEB, SFSU, DeAnza, etc. I am serving with Crusade’s San Francisco Metro Ministry which has developed a simple multiplying movement model to reach students on these commuter campuses. (see “G3’s” on www.metamore.org )
If you have a vision of expanding your church’s ministry to the local college campus in your area I’d like to hear your dream and also share with you how we can partner together to expand God’s kingdom on the campus and bring them into the church.
In addition, our Asian focused ministry, “Epic,” will be running a month long summer project this summer in San Jose from June 21-July 21. If you or your students would like to be trained how to start a ministry on a local campus you’re invited to join our training. (Tommy Dyo is the National Director for the Epic Movement).
I am available to minister to your church for Sunday speaking, seminars, or training. (Evangelism, marriage, etc.). Thanks in advance for giving me the opportunity to serve your and your churches and to help expand God’s kingdom here in the Bay Area.

Pursuing the King and His Kingdom,
Arthur Lum (Contact me at ArtLumCCC-at-aol-dot-com or 408-896-8065.)

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3. Super low prices for SF Giants tix/Monterey Bay Aquarium guest passes available only thru July, 2007! Contact me, Louis Lee

I have one pair of SF Giants tix in section VR310, row 7, seats 16-17 for just $15 a pair (face value is $40!) for each of the following games - Wed, 5/2, 7:15pm vs Colorado and Wed, 5/9, 12:35pm vs the Mets.

And my own pair of season tix in section VR330, row 9, seats 13-14, series vs Colorado, just $10 a pair! Mon, 4/30, 7:15pm; Tues, 5/1, 7:15pm; and Wed, 5/2, 7:15pm.

The rest of the SF Giants home games past May 9, I have my season tix pairs (section VR330, row 9) available for just $15 for games on Mon-Thurs (face value is $20 per pair), and just $20 a pair for Fri-Sun games (face value is $40).

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Please remember we have two fully transferable guest passes for the world class Monterey Bay Aquarium, at least through the end of July, 2007. Since the aquarium dramatically raised the price for the family membership that includes these two guest passes (now $250 a year vs just $$120 for a regular family membership w/o the guest passes), its unlikely we will renew our membership past this July. So please let me know ASAP when you want to use these two guest passes between now and July 31, 2007! (individual rates for the aquarium are now $26 for adults and $16 for kids 3-12!)

Thursday, April 05, 2007

AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 04.05.07

This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -

1. Please go see the "Amazing Grace" movie ASAP!
2. New Covenant Church in Martinez seeks part time pastor for college/career ministry.
3. Missionary from Hong Kong seeks housing and car in Bay Area for this summer.
4. Men's Conference in San Jose by Iron Sharpens Iron ministry, Sat April 28.
5. New discounted prices for SF Giants tix for 2007.

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1. Please go see the "Amazing Grace" movie ASAP!

My biggest regret in seeing the movie "Amazing Grace" earlier today is that I waited this long to go see it! It is the best movie I have ever seen (and I have seen a lot of movies!). The life of William Wilberforce is dramatically presented in his successful fight to end the slave trade in England in the late 1700's. Amazing Grace is a high quality film (even by Hollywood standards!) with terrific Kingdom values. Most of you know how I am about saving more to give more. But this is one of those exceptions. I believe Christians should support movies that reflect wholesome values, so I spent the extra money to go see this movie at the theatre rather than waiting until later to rent the DVD.

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2. New Covenant Church in Martinez seeks part time pastor for college/career ministry.

New Covenant Church in Martinez is prayerfully seeking for a part-time minister (seminarian or ordained pastor) who would start college/single ministry with 10-15 people (currently attending) and about 20+ away (who visit during summer and winter break). We are looking for someone with multi-ethnic vision and heart for college students.
Diablo Valley College is only 5 minute away from NCC and UC Berkeley is about 30 minute away.
Job description includes occasionally preaching on Sundays, occasionally leading Bible study, discipleship training, campus visits, leading small groups, and member care while working closely with other staffs.
If you are interested, please contact Loren Chong 925.577.3677

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3. Missionary from Hong Kong seeks housing and car in Bay Area for this summer.

David Pardini is a graduate of Dallas Seminary and has been serving for decades as a missionary teaching at the China Baptist Theological College as well as in various Asian nations on behalf of Asia Baptist Theological Seminary, and also ministers in various churches in Hong Kong.

David, his wife, and their college aged son, are seeking a place to live in the greater Bay Area while on furlough this summer. Since they must continue to pay their rent in Hong Kong, they need a place where they can stay for free. They also need the use of a reliable car.

If anyone can help with either of these needs, please contact David directly.

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4. Men's Conference in San Jose by Iron Sharpens Iron ministry, Sat April 28.

IRON SHARPENS IRON
Men's Conference in San Jose, CA

Date: Saturday, April 28

Location: Valley Christian High School

Time: 8:30 am - 4:55 pm

Cost: Begins at $39.00

Keynote Speakers: Bruce Fong & Ted Roberts

16 Equipping Seminars To Choose From

For Men of All Ages

LINKS

Conference Information & Registration Forms: <http://buildingmenofcharacter.echurchnetwork.net/AboutUs/OurConferences/default.aspx>

Iron Sharpens Iron Website <http://ironsharpensiron.net/>

Building Men of Character Website <http://www.buildingmenofcharacter.org/>

The following presenters for this men's conference on Sat April 28, are available to serve as guest preachers for churches in the Bay Area on Sunday, April 29. If you are interested in inviting any of these speakers, please contact JR Selby.

Dr. Dan Erickson
Author of Finding Your Greater Yes., currently pastor at Lee's Summit Community Church in Missouri.
see also www.peoplematterministries.com

Dr. Chuck Stecker
Author of Men of Honor, Women of Virtue
see also www.achosengeneration.org

Michael Pouliot
Author of The Battlezone Training Book
see also www.battlezoneministries.org


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5. New discounted prices for SF Giants tix for 2007.

I still have a pair of tix for almost all of the SF Giants home games from Mon 4/30 through the rest of the year. However, I recently learned my pair of tix (section #330) is in a lower price range since it is considered "View Reserved Outfield."

Therefore, in order to provide everyone with a more equitable discount, the following prices will apply -

for game on weekdays, Mon-Thurs, the price is just $15 for the pair of tix (face value is $20)
for game on Fri-Sun, the price is $25 for the pair of tix (face value is $40).

Please check their game schedule at http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=sf and contact me ASAP if you are interested in buying a pair of tix to a game. If you have never been to ATT Park in SF, allow me to share that I consider it the most beautiful ballpark of the 16 major league parks I have visited in my life. Also, Barry Bonds hit career home run #735 earlier this evening and is now just 20 home runs from tying Hank Aaron's career record of 755 home runs!