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Indonesian
Media Seminar 2014!
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Creating Communications
that Connect!
Monitor
the web, Facebook, and Twitter for updates.
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2-Aug-2014
Missionary Undergoing Surgery:
Prayer is
requested for Dr. Mitch Modine who underwent surgery today. Mitch and
his wife, Marnie, live in Manila, Philippines where Mitch is a
professor at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary and Marnie works
for the Asia-Pacific Regional Office.
22-Aug-2014
House Group Meeting in sensitive country: A
dinner and a showing of the film "God's Not Dead" took place
today. Some of those in attendance are not yet followers of Jesus.
Pray that God's Spirit will convict and draw the viewers to
consider the claims of Christ.
Dr.
Jim Radcliffe & Family: Continue to pray
for Dr. Radcliffe (missionary surgeon at Nazarene Hospital - PNG) as he
recovers from open heart surgery and prepares for the next surgery on
Sep 9th, which will be a laproscopic adrenalectomy. LINK
Angie
Ketchum serving in Cambodia:
Please
pray for Angie as she continues to recover from her cancer treatment. LINK
Praise
for Protection of Missionaries!
The Prayer
Mobilization Line recently shared a praise report about how God kept
missionaries Harmon and Cindy Schmelzenbach safe when they were involved
in car accident. To God be the glory for the following words from the
Schmelzenbachs about God's continued provision:
"God has
truly been answering prayer in a powerful way! Cindy and I walked
away without a scratch and even though our vehicle was totaled and that
was inconvenient, it has been amazing to watch how God has used this
and been at work. Our insurance paid out for the totaling of our
vehicle and for the same money God has now provided us with a better
vehicle, four years newer, with less miles and...red!"
Harmon and Cindy
serve in Melanesia.
Nazarene
Pastor Hospitalized in India - Improving - Praise God!
On August 13 we received a request from India asking the
church to pray for Pastor Ravi Thorat who had been admitted to the
hospital and doctors suspected Dengue Fever. One day later the word
came that Pastor Thorat's platelets had grown from 6,000 to 16,000 and
we rejoiced at this improvement. Thank you for praying for Pastor
Thorat's complete recovery.
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Deadlines: you
either love 'em or leave 'em, but you can't live without them. Like
meats or meds, they have delivery and expiration dates that define
them. Live within their parameters and you have the making for a
healthy management.How you view deadlines will determine how and when
your products or projects will emerge from obscurity to completion.
Let's think about what they are and why they deserve a little respect.
- Deadlines
are friends. You created them to assist you.
Treat them with respect and they will be loyal to you. Ignore them
and they may haunt you. They are not there to harass you; they are
there to help you. Like a friend, you check on them, give them
space, and remember their birthdates and anniversaries.
- Deadlines
are property lines. They are the imaginary
spaces where your ideas and ideals live. As property lines, they
need to be detailed, recorded, and guarded from intruders-such as
time-wasters or attention-grabbers.
- Deadlines
are destination points. Like entering a
travel location on your GPS, you create a deadline so you can
journey toward it. There may be "points of interest"
along the way, but their destination is your end goal.
- Deadlines
are managers. You gave them permission to
keep you on the straight and narrow. In return, they give you
friendly reminders of neglect, lack of focus, or impulsive
behavior. You don't need to fear them. They are not immovable. And
if they are not flexible, they may need to be replaced.
- Deadlines
are volunteer staff. You appointed them, not
vice versa. They are the stagehands, but you run the show. They
embody your vision. You are only bound to them by loyalty. They
have no overruling authority.
Create
them carefully. Make sure they are within
the range of your skills, resources, and available time.
Post
them prominently. A major detail may
have one or more sub-details. You may even want to list those
separately, and complete them separately.
Guard
deadlines diligently. They drive important
ideas. If your deadlines are still viable, and fit with your action
plan, keep them on the top shelf of your mind-and let them propel you
to success.
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Visit this link to review and sign up for various
resources available through the Church of the Nazarene.
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Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This past week
was an exciting time as, in response to an invitation from the
Filadelfia Church, the Asia-Pacific World Mission Communications
(WMC-AP) Team sent three members on their first-ever training trip to
Indonesia. More than 60 college/career aged young adults,
representing three different churches, joined in the worship, video,
and audio seminar that was taught at the GKN Filadelfia Church in
Yogyakarta.
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Learning
the fundamentals of video production.
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Capitalizing on
training that the WMC-AP team received at a media conference held
earlier this year in Thailand, the seminar in Indonesia was designed
to empower young adults to utilize media technology presently
available in developing contextually relevant and engaging messages.
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Ervz
Tia teaches video and photography
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"The
countries of Asia-Pacific are leading the globe in the growth of
mobile device utilization," explains Todd Aebischer,
Asia-Pacific Regional Communications Coordinator. "Now is the time
to catch this wave and help our young adults produce media that
speaks to this rapidly growing group of users. This has the potential
to provide inroads like never before, to those who might otherwise
never hear the gospel message."
The training began
by focusing on the principles of photography, video and audio
production, and then moved into developing story boards depicting
biblical truths (such as the parable of the Good Samaritan) into
messages that capitalize on current day situations / culture to draw
parallels to those biblical truths (contextualization).
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Contextualizing
the parable of
the Good
Samaritan
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While video
production was ongoing, the audio group was learning equally
important principles relating to the development of engaging and
impactful audio spots and programs, that could be used as podcasts or
for local broadcasting through the participation of World Mission
Broadcast (WMB). In fact, key to this seminar was the training and
deployment of a WMB Backpack Studio. This essential kit allows teams
to produce audio programs without the need for leasing of expensive
studio time.
"Evidenced
by the enthusiasm displayed and growing number of participants from
day one to day two, we are considering this training a great
success," said Aebischer. "As a team, we were so encouraged
by the incredible talent of these young adults! God's presence was
felt not only during the seminar but during the powerful worship
services that were celebrated together each day of the seminar and
then again on Sunday."
An Awesome Video Depicting the Seminar!
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Indonesia Worship & Media Workshop 2014
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The WMC-AP team is already making plans to further
develop this training, making it available to other churches and
fields on the Asia-Pacific Region.
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Papua New Guinea
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Click here to view on the website
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On Wednesday,
July 16th, the Church in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Asia-Pacific
Region celebrated the life of a true pioneer and hero of the faith.
Rev. Taime
Dirye, the first National District Superintendent in Papua New
Guinea, was called home to his Savior on July 9th. Remembered
as one of the very first graduates of Melanesia Bible College, and
one of the first group of six national pastors to be ordained, Rev.
Taime was truly considered a father of the faith in PNG.
In addition to
serving as District Superintendent, Rev. Taime served in many other
roles over his more than 30 years of ministry. He pastored
several churches including the mission station church at Kudjip, and
also served as the Kudjip Nazarene Hospital Chaplain for more than 20
years.
 "He had a burning passion for
church planting and for evangelism," shares longtime Kudjip
Nazarene Hospital surgeon Dr. Jim Radcliffe. "He was a
gifted, inspirational and anointed speaker of God's word. He has been
used of the Lord to help open many new Nazarene churches and to win
many souls to Jesus. As people accepted the Lord Jesus as Savior at
the hospital we referred them back to the nearest church that they
could attend. Sometimes when there was no evangelical church in their
area they wanted Chaplain Taime to help them start one so that they
could continue in the faith in their local village. Each year
Chaplain Taime started several new churches in this manner and we
have had the privilege as doctors to then go and speak at these
church plants."
"He was one
of our finest church doctrine protectors and holiness message
preachers," said Rev. Yambe Sike, Chairman of the National Board
in PNG. "He was the most dynamic servant of Jesus Christ
in our time. His life and ministry has greatly impacted the growth
and development of the Church of Nazarene in PNG."
Please continue to pray for the family of Rev. Taime and
for the continued growth of the Church of the Nazarene in Papua New
Guinea and across the Melanesia South Pacific Field.
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Asia-Pacific Region
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More than
two-thirds of the world's population can't, won't, or doesn't read.
Some estimate that as many as 75 percent of all people learn, gather
information, and live their daily lives without reading. They do so
by listening and watching rather than by reading.
The Church of
the Nazarene is responding to the challenge of making disciples of
oral learners by introducing a relational small group discipleship
tool called Tell THE Story.
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Tell
THE Story Training at PNC, Philippines being captured by WMC
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Tell THE Story
is a simple, easy-to-learn method for telling a Bible story
accurately. After the story, listeners engage in the story by
responding to open ended questions such as, "What stands out to
you in this story?", "What troubles you about this story?",
and "What truths do you find in this story?" This invites
the listeners to express their insights about what God is saying to
them through the Bible story. Together, the group discovers deep
truths as each person shares their perspective, providing ideas that
might not be gained in solitude.
This methodology
is a tool Jesus used for teaching the crowds. Mark 4:34 points out
that Jesus did not speak to the people without using a parable or
story.
Dr. Woodie
Stevens global director for Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries
International
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Dr.
Woodie Stevens global director for Sunday School and Discipleship
Ministries International
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"We have proclaimed Jesus' message; should we not
also employ His methodology?" said Woodie Stevens, global
discipleship director for the Church of the Nazarene.
Stevens and
fellow leader Ray Neu recently held a training session at Philippine
Nazarene College. One person reported, "This is so much more
than any workshop I have attended before."
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Tell
THE Story Training
in Vanuatu
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Additional trainings have been conducted in several
countries, including the Philippines, Bangladesh, Singapore,
Indonesia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the U.S.
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Connie Lou Aebischer
- Editor - Around the Region News
World Mission
Communications Asia-Pacific
Ortigas Avenue
Extension
Taytay, Rizal,
Philippines
Around the Region is
released each week on Saturday. If you have news to share,
please forward to our office by Friday at noon (PHT).
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