VOLUME 6, ISSUE 20 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 01, 2018
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Hundreds of families are still searching for their loved ones, and thousands have lost their homes. The survivors are being put up in tents awaiting provisions such as food and medicine. The local Nazarene congregations are awaiting news from missing family members.
Update:
Nazarene Disaster Response has been lending a helping a hand to the affected. Several weeks after the earthquake, they are still giving assistance. This week, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries provided health supplies and education for children. Children were given nail cuts, taught how to properly wash their hands, played games and sports, and were able to be mentored and eat healthy food.
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Eunike Ardita Sari posted 9 photos and 5 videos — with Renny Agnesia Matiandaya Kaitu at Kelurahan Lolu Selatan.
Hari ini kami mengunjungi posko yang ada di Lolu, Sigi, untuk melayani anak-anak dan memberikan hygine kit untuk mereka. Sedih rasanya melihat rumah-rumah & jalan yang hancur, tenda-tenda pengungsi dan keadaan yang cukup sulit. Tapi saya senang melihat anak-anak ini, mereka semangat sekali. Mereka ceria dan kuat.Terima kasih untuk pelajaran hidup yang kalian berikan.. 😊
Terima kasih juga untuk saudara-saudara yang terus berdoa dan mendukung kami semua..
Tuhan Memberkati 😊
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Today we visited one off the post (refuge place) at Lolu, Sigi to serve children and give hygine kit for them. I was so sad to see many broken houses, buildings and street because of the earthquake. They live in tents with difficult conditions there. But I was glad to see the children there, they are happy and strong kids.
Thank you for teaching me about life.
And thank you as well for every people who pray and support us. ..
#eunikesstory #pedulipalu #prayforpalu #bedogo#holisticchilddevelopment #nazarenecompassionateministries @ Kelurahan Lolu Selatan
Please continue to pray for those who are affected by this natural disaster along with the Church’s response.Read More.
Janet Stone is survived by her three adult sons, Garry, Mark Stone, and David; 5 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The Funeral Service to celebrate life of Janet will be held at 11.00 am Thursday 25 October 2018 at the Mount Pleasant Baptist church (497 Marmion St, Booragoon, Western Australia). Former Australia-New Zealand Field Strategy Coordinator Rev. Dr Robert L Woodruff will conduct the service. Read More.
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“But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything–all she had to live on.” (Mark 12:42-44 (NIV))Now I always thought Jesus was being a bit sentimental. I thought obviously the others put in more, Jesus is just speaking metaphorically, in that it was more meaningful to God because she gave it all. I thought the lesson was just that we were to give it all and not look for glory when we give sacrificially.
15 years of work in a mission hospital and seeing countless bush churches… and 8 years in administration dealing with finance and budgets has convinced me how narrow my old view was. I am now convinced that Jesus is being literal. God will literally do more with the two cents of obedient sacrifice given in love, than all the wealth of the world. We know it, but we don’t always live it out- God doesn’t need our money. Things the world considers precious like gold and diamonds – God made them. If He wanted He could just turn each church parking lot into gold and fund every desire of the church. In fact, many people think that this is the final irony of the heavenly streets made of gold. What we chase here, is just pavement in heaven!
So what does God value? What is the economy of the kingdom?
1 Jn 3:16 (NIV) “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”
So what does God value? What is the economy of the kingdom?
1 Jn 3:16 (NIV) “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”
Jesus paid the price to reconcile us to God. He gave us life. He gives us all things. Nothing we give is really a sacrifice at all – it was all His. When we give sacrificially we live out our faith to ourselves and others. We trust God. We are only giving back what is His. We express His love to others by giving from what we have received. We can be generous because we believe He will take care of His church and He will take care of us. He is limitless.
I have once again been reminded of this as we prepare for future work and witness teams. A friend said he worried sometimes that people will see that the hospital is building these giant buildings in our infrastructure project and teams will come to make our smallest ancillary house for a security worker or a guy who digs ditches and mows lawns. Some teams have felt like they are just putting in two cents compared to the wealth being contributed by other partners. I said what I always say, “the key is that one doesn’t happen without the other”. It is true, we have done a lot of projects… but every one of them has started with the people of God stepping out with compassion, faith, and sacrificial love.
I always think of one particularly powerful example. We had tried for a few years to get donors for a multimillion-dollar project that was critical to keeping the hospital functional. The church gave and over time we got enough donations to try to begin to piece together a solution. It wasn’t pretty by the world’s standards, but we kept praying and everyone kept praying with us that God would use all these “two cents” put together. During this time we got a chance to apply to a major donor. It turned out every step I would find things that technically disqualified us. Repeatedly as we spelled out each problem, the donor openly made exceptions. We even showed them our original plan to piece together the failed system. The truth is we didn’t really qualify but we got approved for the money. I had a phone call with the fund manager and I was dumbfounded. After a long conversation, I just blurted out that I didn’t really understand how they gave us the funds without any of the technical and legal requirements we were supposed to have. He said that they had seen our work and had no way to explain it. There was no one like us. He said, “we have seen who your church is. You are the people that get it done. You bring in experts and volunteers and people you couldn’t possibly pay what they are worth. You get more done with little than we have ever seen. We don’t know how you would have done it, but somehow you would have pulled together a working system with the little you had. We just want to come alongside and help you do it well.” I can’t count how many times since then something like this has been said to us by foreign aid representatives, ambassadors, NGO’s, and PNG and foreign government officials.
I have once again been reminded of this as we prepare for future work and witness teams. A friend said he worried sometimes that people will see that the hospital is building these giant buildings in our infrastructure project and teams will come to make our smallest ancillary house for a security worker or a guy who digs ditches and mows lawns. Some teams have felt like they are just putting in two cents compared to the wealth being contributed by other partners. I said what I always say, “the key is that one doesn’t happen without the other”. It is true, we have done a lot of projects… but every one of them has started with the people of God stepping out with compassion, faith, and sacrificial love.
I always think of one particularly powerful example. We had tried for a few years to get donors for a multimillion-dollar project that was critical to keeping the hospital functional. The church gave and over time we got enough donations to try to begin to piece together a solution. It wasn’t pretty by the world’s standards, but we kept praying and everyone kept praying with us that God would use all these “two cents” put together. During this time we got a chance to apply to a major donor. It turned out every step I would find things that technically disqualified us. Repeatedly as we spelled out each problem, the donor openly made exceptions. We even showed them our original plan to piece together the failed system. The truth is we didn’t really qualify but we got approved for the money. I had a phone call with the fund manager and I was dumbfounded. After a long conversation, I just blurted out that I didn’t really understand how they gave us the funds without any of the technical and legal requirements we were supposed to have. He said that they had seen our work and had no way to explain it. There was no one like us. He said, “we have seen who your church is. You are the people that get it done. You bring in experts and volunteers and people you couldn’t possibly pay what they are worth. You get more done with little than we have ever seen. We don’t know how you would have done it, but somehow you would have pulled together a working system with the little you had. We just want to come alongside and help you do it well.” I can’t count how many times since then something like this has been said to us by foreign aid representatives, ambassadors, NGO’s, and PNG and foreign government officials.
More importantly, this happens not just in projects but in the hospital for the last 50 years. Through church channels we have received alabaster funds, work and witness teams, short and long-term missionaries, administrative help, governance, and literally tons of donated medicine and equipment, without which we could not run. These range from individuals knitting baby hats, to churches doing roller bandage drives, to partnerships with Nazarene Hospital Foundation, Heart to Heart International, or Samaritan’s Purse – the latter may send millions of dollars’ worth of medicines… but each of these is just giving what they can out of obedience. This is what makes our hospital function long after the government has run out of medicines and supplies. People travel sometimes days to get to us because we have a reputation for excellent and compassionate care. They want to find hope in a place that feels like it is losing hope… and we are glad to share with them the ultimate hope found in a relationship with Jesus Christ!
Church giving builds things that foreign aid is not likely to fund because it isn’t much to put their name on… but to us, it is critical because it allows our Christian brothers and sisters to sacrificially serve here. We also use church donations for key matching funds (many projects you can’t ask for money until you show that you have invested in it too. When the church does that, it exponentially compounds what is given).
I say it all the time, “It is true that we build better quality at a fraction of the cost of any contractor in the country, but ultimately major donor’s don’t invest in our projects just because we are great at building things, but because we are a great hospital… and we are a great hospital because of the church.” It is really all those people giving their last two cents -from the elderly lady I have written with who has supported this hospital literally since its inception, to the long-term missionaries who have given their lives to this work, to the visiting work team who pay their own way here. This is what makes the hospital run. It is what makes us unique. It is why others partner with us – to be a part of something that works in a place where frankly it seems like nothing does. More importantly, we believe because it is the faithfulness of God’s people that God opens the floodgates of heaven to provide what we need to see His Kingdom come – right here in PNG. Every year we see hundreds of patients and project workers come to Christ and new churches are planted. We see lives changed and others ready to add their two cents too!
God is at work – two cents of obedience at a time!
Written and submitted by Scott Dooley
Do you want to read more stories about Kudjip Nazarene Hospital? Go to their website here! Read More.
What does this mean for us? It means that we, like Christ, can live a victorious life over temptations. If Jesus, as fully human, experienced everything that we experience, then we too, who are followers of Christ, can become victorious as human beings. This is one of the meanings of Christ-likeness, or of imitating Christ. This means that we can no longer use the defensive tactic that we usually employ when we sin, saying “I am just a human being…” We can no longer use our human weaknesses and limitations to excuse ourselves from committing the sins that we do over and over again, because Jesus too was fully human, with all the weaknesses and limitations we have, and yet he did not sin. Certainly, when we face Jesus Christ someday, we cannot tell him: “What did you expect from me? I am just a human being.”
Jesus was tempted as a human being. If we go back to the devil’s temptations in the wilderness, we can see that the devil was precisely trying to appeal to the weaknesses found in human nature. First, he appealed to the human feeling of hunger; then he appealed to the human need for security; then finally he appealed to the human desire for possession. The devil did not tempt him as God, for the devil can offer nothing to God. The devil was appealing to the basic human tendencies like instinct for survival, self-preservation, need for others, avoidance of pain and suffering, desire for comfort, fear of death, and desire for glory.
Throughout his life, Jesus shows us that we can actually become triumphant over our own weaknesses. Our weaknesses do not need to be reasons for sinning, but for glorifying God. It is easy for us to react with rage when we are hurt and offended, like the disciples whose response when they were not received was wrathfully to call fire from heaven to devour the Samaritans (Luke 9:54). But Jesus shows us that even when betrayed by his friend Judas, instead of being led to hatred, he showed composure and abstained from condemning him. It is easy for us to give up when we are oppressed, and to be discouraged when we are downcast, but Jesus shows us that even in the midst of sorrow, we can still pray “May Your will be done, not mine!” (Luke 22:42). When suffering, it is easy for us to put the blame on others and resent everyone around us, but Jesus shows us that even in the experience of innocent torture and death, we can still pray “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34), and “Father, into your hands I commit everything” (Luke 23:46). Even when our human strength is failing and all the world is against us, we can, like Christ, still give glory to God and put our neighbors first. This is what the humanity of Jesus Christ teaches us.
Rev. Dick O. Eugenio is the Academic Dean of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary and SDMI Field Coordinator of the Philippine-Micronesia Field. Read More.
On November 18, 2018, Nazarene churches around the world will hold the 2018 Offering of Thanks. This offering will help fund the mission of the Church of the Nazarene around the globe through the World Evangelism Fund. God’s faithfulness to the Church of the Nazarene has never failed, and we believe that our faithful response is to give back to the mission of the church.
This offering goes to help fund numerous ministries across both the Asia-Pacific Region and the other Nazarene World Areas. From creative local church ministries, to global missions, to compassionate ministries, the Church of the Nazarene is responding to the call of God on our lives to make Christlike disciples in the nations.
You can visit the Offering of Thanks website to see how your church can give to this offering. In addition, there are numerous resources that you can use to promote the Offering of Thanks to your local congregation.Read More
You are invited to attend the next Asia-Pacific Regional Conference: Unleash the Power 2019! We believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is strong enough to move mountains and sensitive enough to urge hearts toward change. There will be time for you to connect with others who serve in your area of ministry as well as engage in field break-out sessions. Conference topics will focus on how the power of the Holy Spirit is unleashed to move in the following areas:
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VISA Fees (if applicable)
Airport Departure Fees / Taxes
Transportation costs from your resident country to and from the Chiang Mai airport
Extra / Optional Tours that may be available – details forthcoming
Personal snacks/spending
How To Pay
Registration Fees should be paid to your Field Conference Coordinator or Field Treasurer (District Conference Coordinator for Japan, Taiwan, and S. Korea). If you do not know who this is, contact Unleash2019@apnaz.org
Registration Fees WILL NOT be accepted at the conference venue. Unleash2019@apnaz.org
Also, consider attending the Regional Theology Conference
Theme: “Christ and His Church Engaging the Cultures of Our Region”
This will take place on the afternoon of the 22nd and all day on the 23rd
The cost is only an additional $60 to attend.
Register Now!
Sincerely,
The Team, Unleashed!
Unleash2019Read More
On 22-23 October 2019, the Asia-Pacific Region will host the Regional Theology Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The theme of this conference will be “Christ and His Church Engaging the Cultures of Our Region.” This event will be held in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, “Unleash the Power 2019,” also being held in Chiang Mai on 19-22 October 2019.
Nazarene Theological College, Brisbane, Principal Dr. Rob Fringer is coordinating this conference, along with the NTC faculty. In preparation for the conference, Dr. Fringer has sent out a call for scholarly papers. These papers will be due to Dr. David McEwan at NTC by October 15, 2018. For more information on submission, and for specific guidance on topics, follow this link.Read More
Dynamic Language Centre is accepting applications for full-time language teachers in their English language center in Penang, Malaysia.
The newly renovated center has been in the business for over 18 years. While they teach many languages, children’s and adult English are their main focus.
If you are an experienced children’s teacher, enjoy a wide mix of cultures from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and are looking for a rewarding career- we have an opportunity for you!
Candidates should be:
Teaching Opportunity in Malaysia!
Name *
Email *
Qualifications: *
I verify that: 1) English is my First Language, 2) I have a 4-year university degree, 3) I have had experience teaching children, 4) I am TESOL Certified.Yes, I have the above qualifications.
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Church giving builds things that foreign aid is not likely to fund because it isn’t much to put their name on… but to us, it is critical because it allows our Christian brothers and sisters to sacrificially serve here. We also use church donations for key matching funds (many projects you can’t ask for money until you show that you have invested in it too. When the church does that, it exponentially compounds what is given).
I say it all the time, “It is true that we build better quality at a fraction of the cost of any contractor in the country, but ultimately major donor’s don’t invest in our projects just because we are great at building things, but because we are a great hospital… and we are a great hospital because of the church.” It is really all those people giving their last two cents -from the elderly lady I have written with who has supported this hospital literally since its inception, to the long-term missionaries who have given their lives to this work, to the visiting work team who pay their own way here. This is what makes the hospital run. It is what makes us unique. It is why others partner with us – to be a part of something that works in a place where frankly it seems like nothing does. More importantly, we believe because it is the faithfulness of God’s people that God opens the floodgates of heaven to provide what we need to see His Kingdom come – right here in PNG. Every year we see hundreds of patients and project workers come to Christ and new churches are planted. We see lives changed and others ready to add their two cents too!
God is at work – two cents of obedience at a time!
Written and submitted by Scott Dooley
Do you want to read more stories about Kudjip Nazarene Hospital? Go to their website here! Read More.
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This is the third article in a series of articles on The Human Jesus by Dr. Dick Eugenio. You can read part 1 here andpart 2 here.
The fascinating thing is that even though Jesus was fully human like us, and was tempted like us in every way, “yet he did not sin” (Heb 4:15). Like all of us, he experienced human emotions like love, anger, hunger, sorrow, and joy. Like all of us, he experienced pain, discomfort, exhaustion. Like many of us, he became the target of mockery, bullying, betrayal, and criticism; he became the recipient of animosity; he became the subject of gossip; he was shamed in public; he was treated as a worthless criminal and outcast; he was oppressed by his leaders; he was abandoned by his close friends. And yet, in all these experiences, he did not sin!What does this mean for us? It means that we, like Christ, can live a victorious life over temptations. If Jesus, as fully human, experienced everything that we experience, then we too, who are followers of Christ, can become victorious as human beings. This is one of the meanings of Christ-likeness, or of imitating Christ. This means that we can no longer use the defensive tactic that we usually employ when we sin, saying “I am just a human being…” We can no longer use our human weaknesses and limitations to excuse ourselves from committing the sins that we do over and over again, because Jesus too was fully human, with all the weaknesses and limitations we have, and yet he did not sin. Certainly, when we face Jesus Christ someday, we cannot tell him: “What did you expect from me? I am just a human being.”
Jesus was tempted as a human being. If we go back to the devil’s temptations in the wilderness, we can see that the devil was precisely trying to appeal to the weaknesses found in human nature. First, he appealed to the human feeling of hunger; then he appealed to the human need for security; then finally he appealed to the human desire for possession. The devil did not tempt him as God, for the devil can offer nothing to God. The devil was appealing to the basic human tendencies like instinct for survival, self-preservation, need for others, avoidance of pain and suffering, desire for comfort, fear of death, and desire for glory.
Throughout his life, Jesus shows us that we can actually become triumphant over our own weaknesses. Our weaknesses do not need to be reasons for sinning, but for glorifying God. It is easy for us to react with rage when we are hurt and offended, like the disciples whose response when they were not received was wrathfully to call fire from heaven to devour the Samaritans (Luke 9:54). But Jesus shows us that even when betrayed by his friend Judas, instead of being led to hatred, he showed composure and abstained from condemning him. It is easy for us to give up when we are oppressed, and to be discouraged when we are downcast, but Jesus shows us that even in the midst of sorrow, we can still pray “May Your will be done, not mine!” (Luke 22:42). When suffering, it is easy for us to put the blame on others and resent everyone around us, but Jesus shows us that even in the experience of innocent torture and death, we can still pray “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34), and “Father, into your hands I commit everything” (Luke 23:46). Even when our human strength is failing and all the world is against us, we can, like Christ, still give glory to God and put our neighbors first. This is what the humanity of Jesus Christ teaches us.
Rev. Dick O. Eugenio is the Academic Dean of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary and SDMI Field Coordinator of the Philippine-Micronesia Field. Read More.
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This offering goes to help fund numerous ministries across both the Asia-Pacific Region and the other Nazarene World Areas. From creative local church ministries, to global missions, to compassionate ministries, the Church of the Nazarene is responding to the call of God on our lives to make Christlike disciples in the nations.
You can visit the Offering of Thanks website to see how your church can give to this offering. In addition, there are numerous resources that you can use to promote the Offering of Thanks to your local congregation.Read More
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Early bird registration* is $300 per person and includes:- All Sessions
- Lodging (double occupancy) 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22 -October-2019.
- All Meals for the duration of the conference (Breakfast on 19th to Breakfast on 23rd)
- Transport from Chiang Mai Airport (CNX) to Venue and back to CNX Airport
- Event Materials
VISA Fees (if applicable)
Airport Departure Fees / Taxes
Transportation costs from your resident country to and from the Chiang Mai airport
Extra / Optional Tours that may be available – details forthcoming
Personal snacks/spending
How To Pay
Registration Fees should be paid to your Field Conference Coordinator or Field Treasurer (District Conference Coordinator for Japan, Taiwan, and S. Korea). If you do not know who this is, contact Unleash2019@apnaz.org
Registration Fees WILL NOT be accepted at the conference venue. Unleash2019@apnaz.org
Also, consider attending the Regional Theology Conference
Theme: “Christ and His Church Engaging the Cultures of Our Region”
This will take place on the afternoon of the 22nd and all day on the 23rd
The cost is only an additional $60 to attend.
Register Now!
Sincerely,
The Team, Unleashed!
Unleash2019Read More
Nazarene Theological College, Brisbane, Principal Dr. Rob Fringer is coordinating this conference, along with the NTC faculty. In preparation for the conference, Dr. Fringer has sent out a call for scholarly papers. These papers will be due to Dr. David McEwan at NTC by October 15, 2018. For more information on submission, and for specific guidance on topics, follow this link.Read More
The newly renovated center has been in the business for over 18 years. While they teach many languages, children’s and adult English are their main focus.
If you are an experienced children’s teacher, enjoy a wide mix of cultures from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and are looking for a rewarding career- we have an opportunity for you!
Candidates should be:
- Native English speakers
- 4-year University degree holders
- Experienced in teaching children
- TESOL certified
Teaching Opportunity in Malaysia!
Name *
Email *
Qualifications: *
I verify that: 1) English is my First Language, 2) I have a 4-year university degree, 3) I have had experience teaching children, 4) I am TESOL Certified.Yes, I have the above qualifications.
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