Asia-Pacific Regional Communications of the Global Church of the Nazarene - Around The Region News...Only 5 Days left to Register, Holistic Ministry in the Highlands, David Phillips' Cancer Update, Work Teams Desperately Needed, Prayer Requests, Praises, and More! for Saturday, September 26, 2015 Volume 3 / Issue Number 39
Asia-Pacific Regional Communications of the Global Church of the Nazarene - Around The Region News...Only 5 Days left to Register, Holistic Ministry in the Highlands, David Phillips' Cancer Update, Work Teams Desperately Needed, Prayer Requests, Praises, and More! for Saturday, September 26, 2015 Volume 3 / Issue Number 39
Districts on the Asia-Pacific Region We need your help! Goal-100 percent participation by each of 461 districts globally We ask each district to select one of more than 1,400 initiatives (projects) generated by regional and ministry partners. Initiatives You can access more than 1,400 initiatives here. We provide options to view: Lists by regions to click from initiative to initiative; EXCEL spreadsheets-EXCEL spreadsheets assist searches for initiatives by region, world area, or financial range. Guidelines The link above will explain how each district can select an initiative, confirm a selection with the NMI office team, and receive specific instructions to insure that your gifts will be applied to the initiative you have requested. Gratitude Thank you for participating! May each of the 461 districts globally experience abundant blessing as you meet needs on another district. May the Lord bless you! For more info click here Developing Leaders by Stan TolerHow to Motivate PeopleFive Ways to Reward Your Team Without Spending A Dime Why do people work for you? If it's for the money, you won't have your team for very long. Someone else can always offer a higher salary. Motivating people with money is a short-term solution at best. Most people choose their work based on other motivations. They want to do what they enjoy, with people they respect, in an environment where they feel appreciated. Here are five ways to reward the people in your organization that won't cost a dime. 1. Praise People for Doing Things Right It's easily ten times more effective than correcting what they do wrong. A pat on the back is more valuable than a lecture anytime. 2. Celebrate Victories What gets rewarded gets repeated. When your team, or an individual, achieves a goal, celebrate together. To be fair, this one might cost a little something. But the few bucks you spend on a team lunch or a box of donuts is negligible compared to the rewards you'll reap. 3. Give Time Off If it is within your personnel guidelines, offer a "comp day" now and then as a reward for a high achiever. This is a win-win because the employee will enjoy the time away-and come back with more energy for the work. 4. Offer Self- Rewarding Assignments That's a psychologist's way of saying that you can motivate people by giving them work they really enjoy. Who on your team thrives on order? Put them in charge of dealing with inventory. Who loves to shop? Put that person in charge of the Christmas party. You get the idea. 5. Hand Out Perks You will occasionally have sporting event tickets you can't use or a Starbucks gift card that you honestly don't need. Give them to your high performers or anyone you'd like to motivate. A small gift or perk makes people feel appreciated. Those are some of the ways I've motivated my team over the years. What's your secret for keeping people focused and engages? I'd love to hear your ideas on Twitter or Facebook![Stan Toler] Share The Story!
Blog, Current, Education, Feature, Melanesia South Pacific, News, Uncategorized What Does Holistic Ministry Look Like in the Highlands?Papua New Guinea: The root meaning of the word “holistic” is whole, from the Greek holos. How does the concept of “holistic ministry” manifest itself in the highlands of Papua New Guinea?
Chairs are just one of the pieces of furniture that students are learning to build.Many of you would answer this question by mentioning Kudjip Nazarene Hospital, Nazarene Health Ministries, or perhaps the Nurses and Teachers Colleges.
While serving at Melanesia Nazarene Bible College (MNBC), missionary Michael Chapman has been adding another component to holistic ministry, that of life skills in the area of wood working and construction. Finished desks headed off to a local high school.Students are learning basic wood working skills, are building furniture, and even learning best practices for construction of a building, starting with the foundation to completion. Recent projects have included beds, dining room chairs, tables and desks. Mike’s passion to impart his life-long love of woodworking and building has truly made an impact on these students. They will leave MNBC not only equipped to share the good news of our Lord and Savior, but also with livelihood skills to help sustain their families and ministries. Mike teaching the students the process of constructing a solid building.
“We are beginning to understand the thought process and costs involved for a well-designed house that will last for several years. We are only used to the kuni house that has to be replaced every five to ten years.”- One of Mike's students
How about the holistic ministry of music? Music is being heard floating across the MNBC campus from early each morning until late into the evening, thanks to the ministry of volunteers Rev. Joe and Joanne Sturgeon.
“I didn’t know that your hand and arm would be so sore from keyboarding!”- One of Joanne's keyboarding students.
Joanne is teaching piano keyboarding classes to 56 MNBC and Teacher College students and staff. There are fourteen students in four classes. They are learning basic keyboard skills and how to read notes. After the first day, students were heard saying, “I didn’t know that your hand and arm would be so sore from keyboarding!” Students are practicing thirty minutes to two hours every day. We are so thankful for the nine keyboards that were loaned for the keyboarding class.
Joe and Joanne are also teaching two choir classes. Each week a different class will be learning the basics of good vocal sounds. The Diploma Three Class recently sang, “When We All Get to Heaven” for Chapel in beautiful four-part harmony. Next week the Diploma Two Class will be practicing their vocals. Through the choir class, all students on campus will have an opportunity to learn and participate in music.
Holistic ministry means modeling our Lord’s concern for the total well-being of persons and communities. It means an incarnational lifestyle of integrity, compassion, and invitation. It means sharing good news both for this life and for the life after death. (Adapted from Ronald J. Sider, Philip N. Olson and Heidi Rolland Unruh, Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works).[Submission: Diane Chapman]
The Heart of the City? Board of General Superintendents The early work of the Church of the Nazarene truly began in the inner city of Los Angeles. The World Health Organization projects that by 2030, six out of every ten people will live in a city. Cites are centers of cultural diversity. Cities drive regional and global economies, and cities are the shapers of educational, artistic, and technological society. Nevertheless, cities remain a challenge for churches because they are often expensive, complex, and secularized. What should we do? Find out more in this great editorial by David Busic!
Blog, Church Planting, Editorial, Feature In the Heart of the City by David A. Busic Dr. David A. BusicPhineas F. Bresee is widely considered to be the founder of the Church of the Nazarene. He left a prominent, very comfortable position in the Methodist Church to work with the poor and addicted on Skid Row in the inner city of Los Angeles. One of his journal entries stated, “It had been my long-cherished desire to have a place in the heart of the city, which could be made a center of holy fire, and where the gospel could be preached to the poor.”
The World Health Organization projects that by 2030, six out of every 10 people will live in a city, and by 2050 this proportion will increase to seven out of 10 people. These projections almost double the global urban population to 6.4 billion people. The Associated Press reported in June 2014 that for the first time in a century, the United States of America census data indicate that most of America’s largest cities are growing at a faster rate than their surrounding suburbs. As the Church of the Nazarene has become more affluent and risen socioeconomically in the past few decades, it has done an adequate, if not a good job, of reaching suburban and rural areas. However, ministry in the urban context has not fared as well. This is a troubling reality, especially in light of the recent predictions of urban growth. Cities are centers of cultural diversity. Cities drive regional and global economies, and cities are the shapers of educational, artistic, and technological society. Young professionals and immigrants are moving to urban areas by the tens of thousands. As Tim Keller says, “As cities go, so goes the world.” Nevertheless, cities remain a challenge for churches because they are often expensive, complex, and secularized. In addition, modern city dwellers are often resistant to and skeptical of the notion that religion of any kind can solve the profound global problems of our day. For these and other reasons, the majority of our cities are vastly underchurched today. The most common urban ministry strategies for the Church of the Nazarene have concentrated on compassionate ministry centers and ethnic congregations. These continue to be important and effective models, but they cannot be the only methodological approaches to address the intricacies of the urban world. We must reimagine ministry in our cities. The “urban world” has become more than those who live within the city limits—it is now a worldview in which we all live, regardless of our home address. The earliest formational days of our church began in, “the heart of the city.” I believe God might just be calling us back to the city.[General Board, Church of the Nazarene]
Last Week To Register for the eMerging Leader's Conference. Space Still Available! The upcoming Asia-Pacific Regional Conference for eMerging Young Leaders, has a limited number of spaces, originally assigned to districts, that are now available for Open Registration! This is a very limited opportunity, open registration will close on October 1, 2015. The eMerge Conference will be held October 21-25, at a venue here on the Asia-Pacific Region. This is an opportunity to join with delegates from across the Asia-Pacific Region, and together learn from a cross section of international speakers, covering topics such as: Leadership Development Organic Church Ministry Bridges into New Communities through Social Engagement Human Sexuality and the Church
APNTS NOW OFFERS Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching Ministry! Follow This Link for Information. APNTS Announces PhD Classes for November-December 2015. (For PhD in HCD, PhD in Transformational Learning, and PhD in Transformational Development) Follow this link for more information. Nov. 2-6 Dr. Laura Sandidge Learners with Special Needs (for PhD & Masters) Nov. 2-13 Dr. Fletcher Tink & Dr. Melba Maggay Culture, Context, and Worldview (for PhD only) Nov. 16-27 Dr. Dick Eugenio & Prof. Larnie Sam Tabuena Philosophy and Theology of Transformation (for PhD Only) Dec. 7-18 Dr. Joanna Soberano Spirituality and Transformational Learning for PhD Only) - to be confirmed. This newsletter is a ministry of your Asia-Pacific Regional Communications Office. Please submit questions or comments to: Regional Communications Coordinator Connie Aebischer - Editor - Around the Region News Writer: Laurice Maggay 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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