Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Lost in the Megalopolis: Urban Ministry in the Developing World

Friday : 1:30 PM : Room 16

Adult Seminar
Howard Andrews
OMF International - Canada

Then he preached good news to the poor, now he wants us to do the same. Meet the urban poor of the developing world through the lens of a major Asian city: the beauty and tragedy of their daily lives, barriers to change, and their hidden longing for the transforming power of Christ.

Recording : CD 16-09

Biography
Howard has served for 12 years as a consultant to a Christian publisher in a major Asian city and as a trainer. He is a member of the international media advisory board to his mission agency. Howard leads a team engaged in holistic ministry to Muslims in a major Asian city.

Booth : F12 - G12 OMF International - Canada
10455 Finlayson Drive, Richmond BC V6X 1W8 CANADA
Phone: (604) 278-1208
Fax: (604) 278-1208
Email: pacificregion@shawlink.ca
Web: www.omf.ca

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Responding to the AIDS Crisis

Friday : 3:00 PM : Room 11

Adult Seminar
Marie Ens
Missions Fest 2009 Plenary Speaker

This seminar explores the nature of the HIV/AIDS virus and explains its devastating effects wordwide and especially in Cambodia. It also encourages you to face your responsibility to respond.

Recording : CD 26-09 / DVD 205-09

Biography
Today Marie Ens lives at an orphanage and AIDS hospice called Place of Rescue, located just outside the capital city of Phnom Penh. Working with a team of dedicated Cambodian staff, Marie cares for AIDS patients and their families, for over 100 orphans, for grannies who have been left destitute with no one to care for them and for unwed teenage girls who need a place to go. All of these people call Marie “Ma yeah”, the Cambodian word for Grandma. After giving her heart to Cambodia years ago, she gladly serves there now with great joy and a deep sense of fulfillment.

http://www.placeofrescue.com/

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Under the Plastic Sheet - Post Earthquake Relief & Reconstruction Work in China

Friday : 3:00 PM : Room 14

Adult Seminar
Charles Chan
MSI Canada

In the May 12 Sichuan Earthquake, over 80,000 people were either dead or missing. Over 370 thousand people were injured and many were traumatized by the disaster. This seminar will help you to understand what Christian organizations have done in the relief and reconstruction work.

Recording : CD 27-09

Biography
Charles Chan is a registered occupational therapist since 1990. He graduated from Taylor Seminary with M. Div in 2003. He is currently working with MSI, an NGO which mobilizes Christian professionals to serve in China. He also works in Capital Health Community Care as an occupational therapist.

Booth : F11 MSI Canada
4069 West 11th Ave, Vancouver BC V6R 2L4 CANADA
Phone: 604-228-9899
Fax: (780) 417-4753
Email: info@msicanada.org
Web: www.msicanada.org

Monday, November 3, 2008

Japan and Japanese 101

Friday : 3:00 PM : Room 15

Adult Seminar
Don Wright
Missions Fest Vancouver

The opportunity to reach Japanese for Christ while they are in North America is great! What are the barriers and open doors for this ministry? We will introduce important principles and methods for sharing Christ with Japanese, preparing them to return, and linking them to the church in Japan.

Recording : CD 28-09

Biography
Don Wright served as church planting missionary in Japan for 35 years. Now he serves as Facilitator/Chairman of ‘Reaching Japanese for Christ’. RJC seeks to mobilize and connect people who have a burden to reach the 500,000 Japanese who are temporarily in Canada and the USA.

http://www.rjcnetwork.org/

Friday, July 25, 2008

Will the real China please step forward?

Saturday : 3:30 PM : Room 09

Adult Seminar
David Gotts
International China Concern

The Beijing Olympics has come and gone, and China stands proudly on the world stage. This is a nation experiencing extraordinary change as millions of people are lifed out of poverty. As China emerges, we must have a clear picture of the need and how we can respond with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Recording : CD 102-09

Biography
David Gotts is the Founder and Director of International China Concern - a non-denominational mission organisation that works with abandoned and disabled children in China. David has previously lived and worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China for 11 years.

Booth O05 : International China Concern
698 East 64th Avenue, Vancouver BC V5X 2N2 CANADA
Phone: (604) 322-3119
Fax: (604) 322-3119
Email: canada@chinaconcern.org
Web: www.chinaconcern.org

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Where Law Enforcement Meets Missions.

Saturday : 5:00 PM : Room 11

Adult Seminar
Brian McConaghy
The Ratanak Foundation

Rescue and Rehabilitation of children from brothels. A glimpse into a very dark, and apparently hopeless, world of violence and slavery in the child brothels of Cambodia. Yet hope and light are to be found wherever Christ is – and Christ is there! (This is not a seminar for children.)

NO CD Been sold for this Seminar

Biography
Brian McConaghy is the Founding Director of the Ratanak Foundation, working in Cambodia. He has 23 years service in the RCMP as a Forensic Firearms Specialist. 19 of those years he served Cambodia as a volunteer. He now works full time with Ratanak following his call to the people of Cambodia.

Booth : H04 The Ratanak Foundation
521 - 3495 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R3 Canada
Phone: 778-833-1963
Email: brian@ratanak.org
Web: www.ratanak.org

Thursday, July 3, 2008

China's Tipping Point

Saturday : 5:00 PM : Room 18

Adult Seminar
Becky Neufeld
Leadership Development International

China's current economic growth has positioned her as a dominant leader on the world stage and yet there are very few world-class Chinese leaders. The development of leaders in China today will determine how China will influence the world tomorrow.

Recording: CD 124-09

Biography
Becky Neufeld spent the summer in China teaching English. Her experience impacted her so greatly, she left a busy career to work in China, returning to the US 13 years later. With experience in Chinese education, government relations and business, she now works in fund development for LDI.

Booth : S01 Leadership Development International
4405 Mall Boulevard, Suite 200, Union City GA 30291 USA
Phone: 1 (678) 783-4900
Fax: 1 (678) 783-4919
TollFree: 1-800-436-0379
Email: vp@ldius.org
Web: www.ldichina.com