Two important PANA events on Tuesday April 24:
_________________________________
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!
_________________________________
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
_________________________________
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.
_________________________________
3. And more PANA news too!
_________________________________
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), …”
_________________________________
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.
_________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________
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
Monday, April 23, 2007
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
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!
*************************************************************************************
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.
************************************************************************************
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
********************************
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.)
****************************************************************************************
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).
***************************************************
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!)
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!
*************************************************************************************
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.
************************************************************************************
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
********************************
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.)
****************************************************************************************
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).
***************************************************
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.
*******************************************************************************************
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.
**********************************************************************************
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
***********************************************************************************
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.
*********************************************************************************
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
********************************************************************************
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!
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.
*******************************************************************************************
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.
**********************************************************************************
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
***********************************************************************************
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.
*********************************************************************************
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
********************************************************************************
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!
Friday, March 30, 2007
LEAP - Civic Leadership Institute
The Civic Leadership Institute (CLI) was created to address the need for more civic participation, voting, and electoral representation by one of the nation's fastest growing ethnic groups - the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, as well as create a path for motivated and promising AAPI leaders to seek and secure elected and appointed positions at the local, state and federal levels. Through the CLI, we seek to provide the spark for meaningful discussions on public policy issues important to AAPI communities, and to also provide participants with a skill set and knowledge that will allow them to become effective advocates for the policies and communities they seek to represent.
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) is proud to announce the schedule for our 2007 Civic Leadership Institute (CLI) programs!
This year LEAP is planning to hold four (4) Regional Civic Engagement Conferences and one (1) Candidate Leadership Training program:
Civic Engagement Conferences are scheduled for:
- February 10, 2007 - Southern California - Orange County
- March 24, 2007 - Central California - Stockton
- March 31, 2007 - Central California - Fresno
- April 21, 2007 - Northern California - Oakland
Civic Engagement Conferences (CECs) are designed for about 100 attendees, and tailored to address the needs of each region. With a morning panel of local community leaders and/or elected officials, the afternoon consists of break out sessions on different topics like 21st Century Leadership, or How to be on Boards & Commissions.
The Candidate Leadership Training will be conducted:
- May 16-20, 2007 - Southern California - Pomona
The Candidate Leadership Training (CLT) is designed for a smaller class of at least 15 comprised of existing and emerging leaders who are seriously considering running for political office. This smaller, in-depth training spans over the course of 4.5 days including topics like Media Relations, Fundraising, Coalition Building, and Grassroots Organizing.
Support for the CLI funded by:
The James Irvine Foundation
The Ford Foundation
Southern California Edison
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Youth Event & College Admissions Workshop - Hayward, CA (Friday & Sunday, Mar. 23 & 25, 2007)
Footprints Youth Ministry Open House!
Free College Admissions Workship for Parents and Teens
* Footprints is the Youth Ministry of The Crossing, the English speaking multiethnic ministry of Chinese for Christ Church Hayward
Parents!
Ever wonder what makes your teen so eager to come to Footprints every Friday? Are you curious to find out what awaits your preteen child as they enter Footprints youth ministry?
This is the opportunity for you to get your hands dirty, turn back the clock, be a teenager for a couple of hours, and experience firsthand what they enjoy every Friday night!
You'll have a chance to participate in the program and know for yourself what they do every Friday night. You can take part in their icebreaker activity, worship with them, and listen to the teaching from the Bible they receive every Friday.
As a BONUS, we also have two college admission counsultants here as part of the Open House program on Friday night as well as Sunday afternoon to give you a FREE 3 hour (3 part) college admission preparation workshop.
Here are the details...
Event: Footprints Open House (with Free college Admissions Worshop)
Date: 3/23 Friday 8 pm - 10 pm (open house and workshop part 1)
3/25 Sunday 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm (workshop parts 2 &3)
Location: Chinese for Christ Church Hayward (Sanctuary)
Address: 22416 Meekland Avenue, Hayward, CA 94541
Phone: (510) 581-1630
Contact: Pastor Tim Lee
Free College Admissions Workship for Parents and Teens
* Footprints is the Youth Ministry of The Crossing, the English speaking multiethnic ministry of Chinese for Christ Church Hayward
Parents!
Ever wonder what makes your teen so eager to come to Footprints every Friday? Are you curious to find out what awaits your preteen child as they enter Footprints youth ministry?
This is the opportunity for you to get your hands dirty, turn back the clock, be a teenager for a couple of hours, and experience firsthand what they enjoy every Friday night!
You'll have a chance to participate in the program and know for yourself what they do every Friday night. You can take part in their icebreaker activity, worship with them, and listen to the teaching from the Bible they receive every Friday.
As a BONUS, we also have two college admission counsultants here as part of the Open House program on Friday night as well as Sunday afternoon to give you a FREE 3 hour (3 part) college admission preparation workshop.
Here are the details...
Event: Footprints Open House (with Free college Admissions Worshop)
Date: 3/23 Friday 8 pm - 10 pm (open house and workshop part 1)
3/25 Sunday 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm (workshop parts 2 &3)
Location: Chinese for Christ Church Hayward (Sanctuary)
Address: 22416 Meekland Avenue, Hayward, CA 94541
Phone: (510) 581-1630
Contact: Pastor Tim Lee
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 03.17.07
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.
************************************************************************************************
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
*************************************************************************************
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
********************************************************************************************
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.
*******************
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.
*******************
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.
*********************
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!)
**********************
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!).
**********************
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!
**********************
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.
***********************
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!
**********************************************************************************************
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
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.
************************************************************************************************
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
*************************************************************************************
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
********************************************************************************************
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.
*******************
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.
*******************
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.
*********************
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!)
**********************
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!).
**********************
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!
**********************
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.
***********************
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!
**********************************************************************************************
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
Saturday, March 10, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 03.10.07
This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -
1. Special info for Warriors outreach game/program on Fri March 16.
2. Please RSVP ASAP for AABA meeting on Wed. March 14, 10:30am.
*******************************************************************************
1. Special info for Warriors outreach game/program on Fri March 16.
Please help recruit ushers to help with the special outreach program immediately following the game! We need ushers to help -
a) pass out little numbered tix for the doorprize raffle as folks come down following end of game.
b) pass out response cards following the gospel message.
c) collect response cards after I lead everyone in filling them out.
Ushers will need to meet for a brief orientation meeting at half time just inside the main front entrance from the east side (facing the coliseum where the Oakland A's play). Please provide me with the names of any volunteers who are willing to help serve in this way. Men and women are welcome to help.
Please remind your folks to stay for the special program immediately following the game. Terrific autographed items will be given away as doorprizes. The entire program will only last 40 minutes!
Try to arrive for the game as early as possible. The first 5000 fans arriving at the game will receive a free mesh cap (Warriors promotional giveaway).
Please be praying for this special outreach event. Pray for Christians who are extending invitations to unchurched friends and family members even this week. Pray for Pastor Steve Madsen as he shares the gospel during the program. Pray for follow up of those who express interest in knowing more about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Discounted tix ($20 for $35 face value tix) are still available in any quantity. Please just call John Beavens directly with the Warriors at 510-986-2237 and mention my name and this particular game. Please have your own credit card available when you call for tix. Your tix will either be mailed to you from the Warriors or held for you at Will Call to be picked up at the game.
****************************************************************************************
2. Please RSVP ASAP for AABA meeting on Wed. March 14, 10:30am.
Donna Dong, a long time staff person with IVCF (was in the Bay Area for many years, now serving in Toronto with InterVarsity Canada), is planning to attend this next AABA fellowship meeting this Wed, March 14, 10:30am. Donna will share briefly about this past Urbana missions conference in St. Louis (Dec 2006) as well as a bit about IV Canada.
We will have our usual time of ministry resource sharing, small group share and prayer time, and a complimentary lunch at HomeTown Buffet for those who can stay after the meeting ends at 12 noon.
Doorprizes will include a pair of Warriors tix ($90 face value for pair!) for the special outreach game on Fri March 16, a pair of SF Giants tix, a signed Don Moen CD ("Hiding Place"), and much more!
Please RSVP ASAP!
1. Special info for Warriors outreach game/program on Fri March 16.
2. Please RSVP ASAP for AABA meeting on Wed. March 14, 10:30am.
*******************************************************************************
1. Special info for Warriors outreach game/program on Fri March 16.
Please help recruit ushers to help with the special outreach program immediately following the game! We need ushers to help -
a) pass out little numbered tix for the doorprize raffle as folks come down following end of game.
b) pass out response cards following the gospel message.
c) collect response cards after I lead everyone in filling them out.
Ushers will need to meet for a brief orientation meeting at half time just inside the main front entrance from the east side (facing the coliseum where the Oakland A's play). Please provide me with the names of any volunteers who are willing to help serve in this way. Men and women are welcome to help.
Please remind your folks to stay for the special program immediately following the game. Terrific autographed items will be given away as doorprizes. The entire program will only last 40 minutes!
Try to arrive for the game as early as possible. The first 5000 fans arriving at the game will receive a free mesh cap (Warriors promotional giveaway).
Please be praying for this special outreach event. Pray for Christians who are extending invitations to unchurched friends and family members even this week. Pray for Pastor Steve Madsen as he shares the gospel during the program. Pray for follow up of those who express interest in knowing more about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Discounted tix ($20 for $35 face value tix) are still available in any quantity. Please just call John Beavens directly with the Warriors at 510-986-2237 and mention my name and this particular game. Please have your own credit card available when you call for tix. Your tix will either be mailed to you from the Warriors or held for you at Will Call to be picked up at the game.
****************************************************************************************
2. Please RSVP ASAP for AABA meeting on Wed. March 14, 10:30am.
Donna Dong, a long time staff person with IVCF (was in the Bay Area for many years, now serving in Toronto with InterVarsity Canada), is planning to attend this next AABA fellowship meeting this Wed, March 14, 10:30am. Donna will share briefly about this past Urbana missions conference in St. Louis (Dec 2006) as well as a bit about IV Canada.
We will have our usual time of ministry resource sharing, small group share and prayer time, and a complimentary lunch at HomeTown Buffet for those who can stay after the meeting ends at 12 noon.
Doorprizes will include a pair of Warriors tix ($90 face value for pair!) for the special outreach game on Fri March 16, a pair of SF Giants tix, a signed Don Moen CD ("Hiding Place"), and much more!
Please RSVP ASAP!
Thursday, March 08, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 03.08.07
This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -
1. Special free worship event this Sat March 10, 8:30am at ATT Park in SF, part of Battlecry event!
2. Donate used flashdrives, 512MB and smaller, for missions!
3. Scott Kinoshita seeks new ministry opportunity.
4. Please RSVP ASAP for the next AABA meeting next Wed March 14, 10:30am.
*****************************************************************************************
1. Special free worship event this Sat March 10, 8:30am at ATT Park in SF, part of Battlecry event!
I plan to attend this special free worship event in SF this Sat. Hope to see you there and remember to bring a portable radio!
Message from Ron Luce:
You may already know that next Saturday at the Battlecry event we are starting at 8:30 in the morning with a time of prayer and worship. This is the same schedule as the Battlecry event last year.
BUT, something has just happened over the past few days that would prevent this worship service. A last minute noise ordinance restricting the use of our sound system until 10 AM has been imposed. This means that there can be no amplification of the worship band, no way for teens or anyone to hear and be led in prayer and worship.
We will honor the law and lawmakers, but we will not let these voices be stopped.
So here is what we are planning to do. We have partnered with KFAX AM 1100 radio to broadcast a special "Rise Up" worship session led on-stage from the Battlecry event. We will have 25,000 teenagers raising their voices in prayer and worship unified at the stadium through the sounds from their radios that we are asking everyone to bring.
Imagine a worship service where thousands of youth groups are gathered together across the stadium praying and praising God together. They will see the worship band and the video screens, but hear nothing through the sound system... only through their radios. I don’t think any Christian gathering in this country has ever been forced to do anything like this before.
We want to invite all the adults, all the parents, all the senior pastors, all the church leadership from your church to join us for this special service on Saturday morning INSIDE THE STADIUM. Every Christian, every adult who loves and supports these teens, everyone who believes these voices shouldn’t be silenced needs to be there.
There will be absolutely no admission charge for this special worship service.
This is a crucial time in our fight for this generation. Thank you and your church for standing up for the voices of teenagers.
If you have any questions, or know that there are additional people from your church that would like to come, please call us immediately at 1-877-650-6515.
God bless you and this entire teenage generation,
Ron Luce
P.S. We are asking all attendees to bring their small, hand-held AM/FM radios to the event.
***********************************************************************************************
2. Donate used flashdrives, 512MB and smaller, for missions!
Pastor Alan Ginn is asking for donations of used or new flash drives (512 MB or smaller) that he can take overseas to various mission fields. Pastor Alan recently concluded 29 years of pastoral ministry at the Sacramento Chinese Grace Bible Church and is transitioning into full time missions work. Please contact him directly.
Donations can also be brought to the AABA meeting on March 14, after that time - it can be sent to Alan at 7252 Farm Dale Way, Sacramento, CA 95831.
*************************************************************************************************
3. Scott Kinoshita seeks new ministry opportunity.
Currently, I am serving as the part-time associate pastor of a Southern Baptist church in San Jose. I am seeking a full-time position as an associate pastor or solo pastor. My contact information is as follows:
Scott Kinoshita, 351 N. 5th St., San Jose, CA 95112-5259
Home phone: (408) 292-5353
**************************************************************************************************
4. Please RSVP ASAP for the next AABA meeting next Wed March 14, 10:30am.
1. Special free worship event this Sat March 10, 8:30am at ATT Park in SF, part of Battlecry event!
2. Donate used flashdrives, 512MB and smaller, for missions!
3. Scott Kinoshita seeks new ministry opportunity.
4. Please RSVP ASAP for the next AABA meeting next Wed March 14, 10:30am.
*****************************************************************************************
1. Special free worship event this Sat March 10, 8:30am at ATT Park in SF, part of Battlecry event!
I plan to attend this special free worship event in SF this Sat. Hope to see you there and remember to bring a portable radio!
Message from Ron Luce:
You may already know that next Saturday at the Battlecry event we are starting at 8:30 in the morning with a time of prayer and worship. This is the same schedule as the Battlecry event last year.
BUT, something has just happened over the past few days that would prevent this worship service. A last minute noise ordinance restricting the use of our sound system until 10 AM has been imposed. This means that there can be no amplification of the worship band, no way for teens or anyone to hear and be led in prayer and worship.
We will honor the law and lawmakers, but we will not let these voices be stopped.
So here is what we are planning to do. We have partnered with KFAX AM 1100 radio to broadcast a special "Rise Up" worship session led on-stage from the Battlecry event. We will have 25,000 teenagers raising their voices in prayer and worship unified at the stadium through the sounds from their radios that we are asking everyone to bring.
Imagine a worship service where thousands of youth groups are gathered together across the stadium praying and praising God together. They will see the worship band and the video screens, but hear nothing through the sound system... only through their radios. I don’t think any Christian gathering in this country has ever been forced to do anything like this before.
We want to invite all the adults, all the parents, all the senior pastors, all the church leadership from your church to join us for this special service on Saturday morning INSIDE THE STADIUM. Every Christian, every adult who loves and supports these teens, everyone who believes these voices shouldn’t be silenced needs to be there.
There will be absolutely no admission charge for this special worship service.
This is a crucial time in our fight for this generation. Thank you and your church for standing up for the voices of teenagers.
If you have any questions, or know that there are additional people from your church that would like to come, please call us immediately at 1-877-650-6515.
God bless you and this entire teenage generation,
Ron Luce
P.S. We are asking all attendees to bring their small, hand-held AM/FM radios to the event.
***********************************************************************************************
2. Donate used flashdrives, 512MB and smaller, for missions!
Pastor Alan Ginn is asking for donations of used or new flash drives (512 MB or smaller) that he can take overseas to various mission fields. Pastor Alan recently concluded 29 years of pastoral ministry at the Sacramento Chinese Grace Bible Church and is transitioning into full time missions work. Please contact him directly.
Donations can also be brought to the AABA meeting on March 14, after that time - it can be sent to Alan at 7252 Farm Dale Way, Sacramento, CA 95831.
*************************************************************************************************
3. Scott Kinoshita seeks new ministry opportunity.
Currently, I am serving as the part-time associate pastor of a Southern Baptist church in San Jose. I am seeking a full-time position as an associate pastor or solo pastor. My contact information is as follows:
Scott Kinoshita, 351 N. 5th St., San Jose, CA 95112-5259
Home phone: (408) 292-5353
**************************************************************************************************
4. Please RSVP ASAP for the next AABA meeting next Wed March 14, 10:30am.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
PANA Update - March 1, 2007
This week at PANA
Friday, March 2, 9:00am-4:00pm:
World Day of Prayer event on Human Rights in the Philippines at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Carpool leaving from PANA at 9 am, returning by 4 pm. (Contact Deborah Lee (849-8260) for ride). More details below.
Saturday, March 3, 4:00-8:00pm:
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade – march in support of the GAPA float with the Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTs. More details below.
Wednesday, March 7, 12:00-1:30pm, in honor of International Women's Day:
Noon time lunch at PANA.
Guest Rev. Tess Vertucio, Conference Minister from the United Church of Christ Philippines will be sharing her research and experience about women's leadership in the church. Her topic will be "Leader But Subordinate."
Join us for lunch at PANA. Please call PANA (849-8260) by Tues. March 6th to reserve a space for lunch.
Wednesday, March 7, 5:00pm-8:30pm:
Don't miss this great opportunity! Community visit to the El Sobrante Gurdwara (Sikh house of worship). A leader of the gurdwara will share a tour, history and contemporary social issues facing the Skih American community. A representative from the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund will share about the work they have been doing in response to hate crimes, particularly the five Sikh Taxi cab drivers from that Gurdwara who were shot (four fatally) in the past few years. We will participate in the Sikh prayer service and vegetarian meal.
Carpooling leaving from PANA (2357 Le Conte Ave.) at 5 pm and returning at 8:30 pm.
More details below.
April 26-29:
Registrations are still being taken for the Manzanar pilgrimage, April 26-29th- leaving from PSR. Contact Shinya Goto or Deborah Lee (510) 849-8260 for questions.
_________________________________
Upcoming PANA events
_________________________________
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
Rev. Deborah Lee at (510) 849-8260
_________________________________
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/
_________________________________
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”
_________________________________
Tuesday evenings, April 3 – May 8, 6:30-9:30pm, plus four-day pilgrimage
Community Class: “Manzanar: America’s Internment”
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.
_________________________________
April 26-29
Pilgrimage to Manzanar
Led by 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 8) 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, email Shinya Goto or Rev. Deborah Lee at 510-849-8260.
______________________________________________________
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
E-mail Debi Walker
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
_______________________________________________________
Job Opportunity: Youth Director at SF Church
Reply to: job-267349819@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-01-23, 3:10PM
Youth Director
at CityLight Fellowship
A ministry of Pine United Methodist Church
Introduction and Background: Pine United Methodist Church, located in the Richmond District of San Francisco, is searching for a part time Youth Director. Pine Church was established in 1887. The church consists of three congregations: Japanese language, English speaking and contemporary worship (CityLight Fellowship) congregations. CityLight Fellowship is a ministry of Pine Church and was launched in 2006. It is an English speaking pan-Asian/multicultural congregation with a small but growing youth population. This position is with the CityLight Fellowship but is not limited to this congregation. To learn more about the church, please visit our website: www.pineumc.org.
Job Responsibilities: The Youth Director will develop and oversee all Youth Programs for elementary, middle school, and high school students, participate in vacation bible school (August 20-24, 2007) and participate in youth outreach for CityLight Fellowship. The goal of our Youth Program is to create a safe, God-centered and welcoming environment for the youth in the church and in the community. Some Sunday worship responsibilities will be expected throughout the year. This position will work in a team of 5-6 staff including: three ministers, worship leaders, and the church school superintendent. The Youth Director will report directly to the Senior Pastor.
Hours: 10-20 hours per week during the regular school year. The hours are flexible. Must be available each Sunday, and some Saturdays and evenings during the week.
Ideal Qualifications: Experience working with youth in a church or other setting. Appreciation and or experience with Asian communities would be very helpful. The successful candidate should have lots of energy and fresh ideas for to help grow a youth program in a church setting, and must be comfortable working in a church setting which encourages diversity in sexual orientation, ethnicity, social status and gender identities.
Salary: Approximately $8,000 - $10,000 per year. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications.
Application Process: Please send your current resume including two references to Pine UMC. You may mail, email or fax your material to the church. Start date for this position is March 1, 2007 and will be open until filled. Contact: Rev. John Oda, 426 33rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121. Phone: 415-387-1800, fax: 415-387-1801, email Rev. Oda
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/npo/267349819.html
_______________________________________________
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
Friday, March 2, 9:00am-4:00pm:
World Day of Prayer event on Human Rights in the Philippines at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Carpool leaving from PANA at 9 am, returning by 4 pm. (Contact Deborah Lee (849-8260) for ride). More details below.
Saturday, March 3, 4:00-8:00pm:
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade – march in support of the GAPA float with the Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTs. More details below.
Wednesday, March 7, 12:00-1:30pm, in honor of International Women's Day:
Noon time lunch at PANA.
Guest Rev. Tess Vertucio, Conference Minister from the United Church of Christ Philippines will be sharing her research and experience about women's leadership in the church. Her topic will be "Leader But Subordinate."
Join us for lunch at PANA. Please call PANA (849-8260) by Tues. March 6th to reserve a space for lunch.
Wednesday, March 7, 5:00pm-8:30pm:
Don't miss this great opportunity! Community visit to the El Sobrante Gurdwara (Sikh house of worship). A leader of the gurdwara will share a tour, history and contemporary social issues facing the Skih American community. A representative from the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund will share about the work they have been doing in response to hate crimes, particularly the five Sikh Taxi cab drivers from that Gurdwara who were shot (four fatally) in the past few years. We will participate in the Sikh prayer service and vegetarian meal.
Carpooling leaving from PANA (2357 Le Conte Ave.) at 5 pm and returning at 8:30 pm.
More details below.
April 26-29:
Registrations are still being taken for the Manzanar pilgrimage, April 26-29th- leaving from PSR. Contact Shinya Goto or Deborah Lee (510) 849-8260 for questions.
_________________________________
Upcoming PANA events
_________________________________
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
Rev. Deborah Lee at (510) 849-8260
_________________________________
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/
_________________________________
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”
_________________________________
Tuesday evenings, April 3 – May 8, 6:30-9:30pm, plus four-day pilgrimage
Community Class: “Manzanar: America’s Internment”
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.
_________________________________
April 26-29
Pilgrimage to Manzanar
Led by 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 8) 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, email Shinya Goto or Rev. Deborah Lee at 510-849-8260.
______________________________________________________
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
E-mail Debi Walker
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
_______________________________________________________
Job Opportunity: Youth Director at SF Church
Reply to: job-267349819@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-01-23, 3:10PM
Youth Director
at CityLight Fellowship
A ministry of Pine United Methodist Church
Introduction and Background: Pine United Methodist Church, located in the Richmond District of San Francisco, is searching for a part time Youth Director. Pine Church was established in 1887. The church consists of three congregations: Japanese language, English speaking and contemporary worship (CityLight Fellowship) congregations. CityLight Fellowship is a ministry of Pine Church and was launched in 2006. It is an English speaking pan-Asian/multicultural congregation with a small but growing youth population. This position is with the CityLight Fellowship but is not limited to this congregation. To learn more about the church, please visit our website: www.pineumc.org.
Job Responsibilities: The Youth Director will develop and oversee all Youth Programs for elementary, middle school, and high school students, participate in vacation bible school (August 20-24, 2007) and participate in youth outreach for CityLight Fellowship. The goal of our Youth Program is to create a safe, God-centered and welcoming environment for the youth in the church and in the community. Some Sunday worship responsibilities will be expected throughout the year. This position will work in a team of 5-6 staff including: three ministers, worship leaders, and the church school superintendent. The Youth Director will report directly to the Senior Pastor.
Hours: 10-20 hours per week during the regular school year. The hours are flexible. Must be available each Sunday, and some Saturdays and evenings during the week.
Ideal Qualifications: Experience working with youth in a church or other setting. Appreciation and or experience with Asian communities would be very helpful. The successful candidate should have lots of energy and fresh ideas for to help grow a youth program in a church setting, and must be comfortable working in a church setting which encourages diversity in sexual orientation, ethnicity, social status and gender identities.
Salary: Approximately $8,000 - $10,000 per year. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications.
Application Process: Please send your current resume including two references to Pine UMC. You may mail, email or fax your material to the church. Start date for this position is March 1, 2007 and will be open until filled. Contact: Rev. John Oda, 426 33rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121. Phone: 415-387-1800, fax: 415-387-1801, email Rev. Oda
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/npo/267349819.html
_______________________________________________
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
Sunday, February 25, 2007
AABA Update from Louis Lee (MESA) - 02.25.07
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.
**************************************************************************************************
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!
*****************************************************************************************
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.
*****************************************************************************************
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
****************************************************************************
4. Please RSVP for the next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
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.
**************************************************************************************************
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!
*****************************************************************************************
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.
*****************************************************************************************
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
****************************************************************************
4. Please RSVP for the next AABA meeting on Wed March 14, 10:30am.
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
*************************************************************************************************
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!!
********************************************************************************************
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"
**************************************************************************************
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
*************************************************************************************************
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!!
********************************************************************************************
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"
**************************************************************************************
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.
_________________________________
More upcoming PANA events:
_________________________________
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
_________________________________
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/
_________________________________
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”
_______________________________________________________
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.]
_______________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________
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.
_________________________________
More upcoming PANA events:
_________________________________
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
_________________________________
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/
_________________________________
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”
_______________________________________________________
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.]
_______________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________
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.
****************************************************************************************
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.
*********************************************************************************
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.
********************************************************************************
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!!
*****************************************************************************************
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).
***************************************************************************************
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.
****************************************************************************************
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.
*********************************************************************************
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.
********************************************************************************
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!!
*****************************************************************************************
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).
***************************************************************************************
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!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
PANA Update - January 31, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 7:00 pm
Film screening:
“Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur.
Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
(Every dollar raised will go back into film production.)
PANA Institute’s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents the screening of Divided We Fall, a film about the untold American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a moving story that brings us to the intersections of violence, identity, and power in America, and forces us to confront where we stand as a people. Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in her car and began driving across the country. A man from her community had just been murdered. An elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories sent across e-mail lists were not making the nightly news, only the towers falling over and over again between headshots of turbaned and bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the two faces of America— the unity of a grieving nation and the fear dividing her country. At the end of September 2001, she left behind her junior year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America. Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage into a feature-length (110 min) documentary. The crew retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a second phase of production on 16mm film and interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 2001. The team has created a film that explores what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.
For more information about the film:
http://www.dwf-film.com/
Sponsored by:
PANA Institute, UC Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara Sahib, El Sobrante, and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).
_________________________________
Upcoming events of interest to friends of PANA:
Sunday, January 28, 1:15-3:15pm
Community Reception for Carolyn Ho, mother of Lt. Ehren Watada
Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA
Carolyn Ho will speak at Presbyterian Church in Chinatown at 12 noon, and a public community reception will follow at Cameron House, one block away. Hosted by APIs Resist! and the Lt. Ehren Watada Support Committee.
Wednesday, January 31, 7:00 pm
Film screening: “Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur. Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
Friday, February 9, 12:00 pm
A Brown Bag Luncheon with Dr. Rachel Bundang
“The Challenge of Asian/Pacific American Feminist Theology”
PANA Offices, 2357 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, CA
This presentation draws from an ongoing project to articulate an ethics of method for constructive feminist theologies that address Asian/Pacific American (APA) women’s cultural realities and religious experiences. It challenges assumptions about the liberative intent and capacity of feminist theologies and ethnic studies both. This work has been deemed “groundbreaking” and “foundational” scholarship in feminist religious studies, addressing questions of religious pluralism, theological understanding of the self, and the formation of a moral community.
Rachel A.R. Bundang received her Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 2006, and is now the Bannan Fellow at Santa Clara University’s Bannan Institute for Jesuit Educational Mission and the Department of Religious Studies. Trained in Christian ethics, she teaches and writes on feminist ethics and theologies, Catholic moral theology, and Asian Pacific American (APA) religiosity. Her recent work has appeared in Semeia, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and the collection Pinay Power: “Peminist Critical Theory.” She is also a consultant on issues such as race and religion, religious pluralism, and liturgy. Her current project proposes disruptive personhood as a corrective to the erased self in APA feminist theoethics.
Tuesday, February 13, 5:00-6:30 pm
“Faith under Fire”
Bishop Eli Pascua: General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pacific School of Religion President William McKinney and the PANA Institute invite you to a presentation by, and reception for, Bishop Eli Pascua General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Bishop Pascua will address the human rights violations and political killings of clergy, journalists, human rights workers and activists in the Philippines.
Human rights monitoring groups report 787 unarmed citizens killed and 187 disappeared in the last five years under incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, numbers higher than during the Marcos era. Twenty-seven Christian clergy and church workers belonging to the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church have been killed, most notably Supreme Bishop Alberto Ramento who was assassinated in October, 2006.
Numerous church bodies, including the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the Northern-California- Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, have already issued resolutions or statements condemning the killings and calling for investigations. Come find out why this is happening and what you can do for justice.
Parking is available in the PSR lot, on Scenic Ave. near the corner of Virginia St.
Friday, March 2, 12:00-1:00 pm
World Day of Prayer – Ecumenical Vigil at State Capitol for Human Rights in the Philippines
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St., Sacramento, California.
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. Contact PANA to register.
For more information about NRJ-API-LGBT:
http://www.clgs.org/api
For more about the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade:
http://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/
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”
April 26-29
Pilgrimage to Manzanar
Led by Joanne Doi, M.M., instructor of PSR course STHR-1395: “America’s Internment: Manzanar”
Join us for active participation in 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). Contact PANA to register.
_______________________________________________________
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.]
_______________________________________________________
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)
_______________________________________________
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@psr.edu
Film screening:
“Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur.
Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
(Every dollar raised will go back into film production.)
PANA Institute’s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents the screening of Divided We Fall, a film about the untold American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a moving story that brings us to the intersections of violence, identity, and power in America, and forces us to confront where we stand as a people. Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in her car and began driving across the country. A man from her community had just been murdered. An elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories sent across e-mail lists were not making the nightly news, only the towers falling over and over again between headshots of turbaned and bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the two faces of America— the unity of a grieving nation and the fear dividing her country. At the end of September 2001, she left behind her junior year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America. Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage into a feature-length (110 min) documentary. The crew retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a second phase of production on 16mm film and interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 2001. The team has created a film that explores what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.
For more information about the film:
http://www.dwf-film.com/
Sponsored by:
PANA Institute, UC Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara Sahib, El Sobrante, and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).
_________________________________
Upcoming events of interest to friends of PANA:
Sunday, January 28, 1:15-3:15pm
Community Reception for Carolyn Ho, mother of Lt. Ehren Watada
Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA
Carolyn Ho will speak at Presbyterian Church in Chinatown at 12 noon, and a public community reception will follow at Cameron House, one block away. Hosted by APIs Resist! and the Lt. Ehren Watada Support Committee.
Wednesday, January 31, 7:00 pm
Film screening: “Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath”
Written and produced by Valerie Kaur. Directed and produced by Sharat Raju.
UC Berkeley campus - 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB)
$5.00; or free with any valid student ID
Friday, February 9, 12:00 pm
A Brown Bag Luncheon with Dr. Rachel Bundang
“The Challenge of Asian/Pacific American Feminist Theology”
PANA Offices, 2357 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, CA
This presentation draws from an ongoing project to articulate an ethics of method for constructive feminist theologies that address Asian/Pacific American (APA) women’s cultural realities and religious experiences. It challenges assumptions about the liberative intent and capacity of feminist theologies and ethnic studies both. This work has been deemed “groundbreaking” and “foundational” scholarship in feminist religious studies, addressing questions of religious pluralism, theological understanding of the self, and the formation of a moral community.
Rachel A.R. Bundang received her Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 2006, and is now the Bannan Fellow at Santa Clara University’s Bannan Institute for Jesuit Educational Mission and the Department of Religious Studies. Trained in Christian ethics, she teaches and writes on feminist ethics and theologies, Catholic moral theology, and Asian Pacific American (APA) religiosity. Her recent work has appeared in Semeia, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and the collection Pinay Power: “Peminist Critical Theory.” She is also a consultant on issues such as race and religion, religious pluralism, and liturgy. Her current project proposes disruptive personhood as a corrective to the erased self in APA feminist theoethics.
Tuesday, February 13, 5:00-6:30 pm
“Faith under Fire”
Bishop Eli Pascua: General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)
Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Pacific School of Religion President William McKinney and the PANA Institute invite you to a presentation by, and reception for, Bishop Eli Pascua General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Bishop Pascua will address the human rights violations and political killings of clergy, journalists, human rights workers and activists in the Philippines.
Human rights monitoring groups report 787 unarmed citizens killed and 187 disappeared in the last five years under incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, numbers higher than during the Marcos era. Twenty-seven Christian clergy and church workers belonging to the United Church of Christ Philippines, United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church, and Roman Catholic Church have been killed, most notably Supreme Bishop Alberto Ramento who was assassinated in October, 2006.
Numerous church bodies, including the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and the Northern-California- Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church, have already issued resolutions or statements condemning the killings and calling for investigations. Come find out why this is happening and what you can do for justice.
Parking is available in the PSR lot, on Scenic Ave. near the corner of Virginia St.
Friday, March 2, 12:00-1:00 pm
World Day of Prayer – Ecumenical Vigil at State Capitol for Human Rights in the Philippines
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St., Sacramento, California.
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. Contact PANA to register.
For more information about NRJ-API-LGBT:
http://www.clgs.org/api
For more about the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade:
http://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/
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”
April 26-29
Pilgrimage to Manzanar
Led by Joanne Doi, M.M., instructor of PSR course STHR-1395: “America’s Internment: Manzanar”
Join us for active participation in 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). Contact PANA to register.
_______________________________________________________
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.]
_______________________________________________________
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)
_______________________________________________
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@psr.edu
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)