2012 Missions Fest Conference and Prayer Guide (PDF Magazine

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Programming
Weekend at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pre-School Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children’s Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Youth and Young Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Youth Leader Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Film Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adult Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seminar Presenters Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dwayne K. Buhler . . . . . . . . . .
Tom Wright . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ken Shigematsu . . . . . . . . . .
Lorna Dueck . . . . . . . . . . .
T.V. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dan Woolley . . . . . . . . . . .
Shane Claiborne . . . . . . . . . .
David Wang . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dwayne K. Buhler . . . . . . . . . .
Mark Buchanan . . . . . . . . . .
Don Klaassen . . . . . . . . . . .
Richard Dodding . . . . . . . . . .
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Floor Plan – Exhibition Hall B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Agency Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short Term Missions Directory 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Career Missions Directory 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Editorial
Welcome from the Director . . . . . . . . .
Welcome from the Board Chair . . . . . . . .
Plenary Speaker Biographies . . . . . . . . .
Music at Missions Fest . . . . . . . . . .
From Antioch to Vancouver . . . . . . . . .
Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ministering to Scattered Peoples . . . . . . .
Buried in Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Radical Discipleship . . . . . . . . . . .
From the Heart: Real Problems . . . . . . . .
The Pole Tells a Story . . . . . . . . . . .
Get Over It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Carving a Residential School Healing Pole . . . . .
Early Beginnings . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mission Agencies
Management Committees
Sponsoring Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Board of Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Planning Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Information
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Financial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
General Information Guide (First Aid, Parking, Prayer, Transportation, etc.) . . . . . . . . . .
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Missions Fest 2012 Special Project: Pack-a-Pack for a Child in Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Recordings of Missions Fest Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Site Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Missions Fest ~ 2012
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TRAINING FOR
FULL TIME CHRISTIAN SERVICE
REGARDLESS OF OCCUPATION!”
LEADERSHIP
THROUGH SERVANTHOOD
BY CHRIST’S INDWELLING,
RESURRECTION LIFE.
PRACTICAL BIBLE TEACHING
GENESIS TO REVELATION:
CHRIST REVEALED IN THE
WRITTEN WORD.
Weekend at a Glance
Friday, January 27
Managing Editor Assistant Editor Copy Editor Exhibit Sales
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Missions Fest gratefully accepts
donations through United Way, online,
cheques, cash or credit card.
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PLEASE NOTE: Recording any part of Missions Fest in Audio, Video or Photography is not allowed except
with written permission from the Director.
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10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.General Session: T.V. Thomas, Mobilizing the Diaspora in
Canada for Mission – Hall A
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Pre-School & Children’s Programs: Level 2, Rooms 14, 15
12:00 p.m.
Exhibits Open – Hall B
12:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Film Festival – Ballroom A
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Interview: U
nshaken! Lorna Dueck with Dan Woolley
– Level 2, Room 3
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Prelude of Praise – Darriel Menefee & the Pacific NW
Mass Choir – Hall A
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Closing General Session: David Wang - Hall A
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pre-School & Children’s Programs: Level 2, Rooms 14, 15
4:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Encore Film Festival Screening: Not Today – Ballroom A
5:00 p.m. Exhibits Close – Hall B
6:00 p.m.
Missions Fest 2012 closes
Dwayne K. Buhler
Sharon Pasivirta
Barbara Smith
Claudia Merida
Peter Pasivirta
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9:00 a.m. Exhibits Open – Hall B
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Pre-School & Children’s Programs: Level 2, Rooms 14, 15
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. G
eneral Session:
TV Thomas, The Pygmies Are Coming! – Hall A
11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Adult, Youth and Youth Leader Seminars: Level 2, Seminar Rooms
11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Film Festival: Ballroom A
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Prelude of Praise: The ECBC Choir – Hall A
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. General Session: David Wang – Hall A
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Pre-School & Children’s Programs: Level 2, Rooms 14, 15
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Interview (Youth): Left, Right or Neo Anabaptist? Lorna
Dueck with Shane Claiborne – Level 2, Room 3
6:15 p.m. – 6:55 p.m. Prelude of Praise: Phil Vanderveen – Hall A
7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. General Session: Dan Woolley – Hall A
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Club 67 Rally: David Wang (Tickets: $7.00) – Level 2, Room 3
7:00 p.m. Young Adults Rally: Shane Claiborne, Another Way of
Doing Life and Ethos Band
(Tickets: $10, $5 with Friday night ticket) – Hall C
10:00 p.m. Exhibits Close – Hall B
Missions Fest Program Magazine
is published by Missions Fest.
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Saturday, January 28
Missions Fest Program Magazine and
The Missions Fest STANDARD are the official
publications of and owned by Missions
Festival (Missions Fest) Society. ©2012
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9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. School Field Trip
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 pmFestival Luncheon: Speakers: David Wang and Dan Woolley,
Tickets $30 – Ballroom A
12:00 Noon
Exhibits Open: Hall B
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Adult Seminars: Level 2, Seminar Rooms
6:15 p.m.
Prelude of Praise and Parade of Nations: Watoto Choir: Hall A
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Club 67 Rally: Dan Woolley (Tickets: $7.00) Level 2, Room 3
7:00 p.m.Youth Rally: Shane Claiborne, The Irresistable Revolution
and Daylight Worship Band (Tickets: $10), Hall C
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.General Session: Lorna Dueck, Evangelism is our Calling
Hall A
8:50 p.m. – 11:00 p.m Film Festival Opening – Ballroom A
10:00 p.m.
Exhibits Close – Hall B
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For more information contact:
Missions Fest Vancouver
Office & Mailing Address:
7200 Cariboo Road
Burnaby, BC V3N 4A7 Canada
Telephone: 604.524.9944
Facsimile: 604.524.4690
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.missionsfestvancouver.ca
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Welcome to Missions Fest 2012! Our theme this year is Local Community: Global
Opportunity. It follows the progression taught in Acts 1:8, acknowledging the importance of local congregations in the global mission of God. Indeed, the whole book
of Acts is a study of how local churches emulate the missionary heart of the Father,
whether they are spreading the Kingdom of God through persecution (Jerusalem in
Acts 8:1-3), or through obedience (Antioch in Acts 13:1-3). Churches were planted
and grew to maturity. Churches reached out to people to meet needs, and brought
the life-transforming message and presence of the Gospel to the peoples of the world.
Missions and the Church are not to be isolated from each other, whether we speak
of local initiatives or global endeavours. Reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and living
out Kingdom principles are aspects of the commandment of Christ; to go, preach the Gospel, teach all
believers, and make disciples. This is all done in the context of the one group which Jesus said would
stand; He promised that he would build His Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against her
(Matthew 16:18).
A second aspect that we will highlight in this year’s conference is that strong, Great Commissionminded churches not only go out into the world, but they take the lessons they learn and bring them back
home. What they do globally begins to inform what is done at the local scene. In turn, what they learn
locally is brought back to the global context. It is a constant cycle of growth and influence, relying upon
God to build His Kingdom through them as they follow in obedience.
I invite you to hear inspirational stories of men and women committed to building the Church at home
and around the world. Visit the exhibition area and seek out agencies to ask them how they are working
with local churches, or how they are planting, building, or equipping churches. Take in a seminar or film
that tells the stories of how the Kingdom of God is growing; of how Christ continues to build his Church.
Let me end with a warning: Enjoy the weekend, but don’t get comfortable. People who are part of communities that live in obedience to God often end up doing things they never thought they would do, or
going places that they never expected to visit.
Ron Pearce
Welcome from the Director
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Welcome from the Board Chair
We look forward to another great weekend at Missions Fest Vancouver. So glad that
you are a part of it! MFV is the result of hundreds of volunteers from many church
backgrounds coming together to make this time possible and make it work, with one
purpose in mind – to remind us all that missions is the task of the church of Jesus
Christ. Each of us who know Jesus Christ personally have a responsibility to see that
others around us and throughout the world hear the good news that Jesus Christ died
for their sins and they can know Him personally.
This conference takes place because of the volunteers who take on the work that
makes this time run smoothly. We thank each volunteer, as you give hours of your
time throughout the year in planning activities and events, and as you put in hours
over the Missions Fest weekend to make it all happen.
At the same time over 140 churches get behind this event, along with its activities throughout the year,
to promote Missions Fest Vancouver and support it financially. In this way their adherents are inspired,
informed and encouraged to allow God’s call to mission to be carried out in their lives. Thank you to each
of the churches and pastors who understand the importance of exposing your people to the many avenues
of mission available to them, so that they are encouraged to be a part of missions at home and around the
world in whatever way the Lord enables them to be.
This is a church-based ministry in that it has been here for twenty-nine years because of church support,
allowing us to reach out, inform, encourage and connect people with mission possibilities before them.
This conference also needs and appreciates all the mission agencies that take part each year. You are a
major part of this weekend and along with our thanks for being here we pray that the Lord will enable you
to continue to reach lives for the Kingdom of God wherever your ministry is focused.
As you attend this weekend we thank you for your prayerful support and financial giving. As you support in these ways MFV will continue to fulfill its mandate for years to come. Your faithful assistance is
needed this weekend and throughout the year. Some of you give monthly. We trust that others will consider this important need to keep MFV moving ahead. At the same time we ask that some of you consider
making Missions Fest Vancouver a part of your will, leaving a legacy to this ministry.
You are needed and you are appreciated! Thank you for attending Missions Fest Vancouver 2012. May
God touch your life and continue to use you for His glory.
Tom Wright,
Chair of the Board, Missions Fest Vancouver
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Sponsoring Churches
Missions Fest exists on the basis of local church congregations planning and operating it. To become sponsors, churches agree to set aside the weekend so their
people can attend, appoint representatives to help with
planning, make an annual donation and provide volunteers to facilitate the conference. Sponsoring churches
receive pre-conference access to the program guides
and discounts on tickets for youth events and conference recordings. Is your church on ‘the team’?
19th Avenue Christian Fellowship
Vancouver
Auguston Neighbourhood Church
Abbotsford
Bethany Baptist Church
Richmond
Greendale MB Church
Coquitlam
Chilliwack
City Life Church (Glad Tidings)
Heather Bible Chapel
Chilliwack
Vancouver
Cloverdale Baptist Church
Hillcrest Chapel
Coastal Church
Hillside Baptist Church
Surrey
Bellingham
Vancouver
North Vancouver
Collingwood Baptist Church
Hillside Community Church
Vancouver
Coquitlam
Connaught Heights Pentecostal Assembly
Hindi Punjabi Fraserview Chapel
Coquitlam Alliance Church
Hope Reformed Church
New Westminster
Surrey
Coquitlam
Vancouver
Courtenay Fellowship Baptist Church
Immanuel Baptist Church
Bethel International Church
Courtenay
Blue Mountain Baptist Church
Vancouver
Abbotsford
Bridge Community Church
Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship
Coquitlam
Johnston Heights Church
Emmanuel Christian Community
Joy Fellowship
Vancouver
Coquitlam
North Vancouver
Broadmoor Baptist Church
Richmond
Broadway Church
Vancouver
Brookswood Baptist Church
Langley
Vancouver
Culloden MB Church
Immanuel Fellowship Baptist Church
Surrey
Richmond
Vancouver
Eternity Club Fellowship
Kelly Creek Community Church
Evangelical Chinese Bible Church
Killarney Park Mennonite Brethren Church
Powell River
Burnaby
Burnaby
Vancouver
Faith Fellowship Baptist Church
Kingsway Foursquare Church
Burnaby Chinese EV Free Church
Vancouver
Burnaby North Baptist Church
White Rock
Burnaby Pacific Grace Church
Vancouver
Ladner
First Baptist Church (Nanaimo)
Lord’s Grace Church
First Baptist Church (Vancouver)
Lynn Valley Full Gospel Church
First Christian Reformed Church
Maple Ridge Community Church
Full Gospel Assembly
Maranatha Baptist Church
Burnaby
Burnaby
Burnaby
Calvary Baptist Church
Coquitlam
Calvary Baptist Church Gibsons
Gibsons
Calvary Christian Church
Surrey
Calvary Worship Centre
Burnaby
Fellowship Baptist Church
Ladner Baptist Church
Delta
Fellowship Deaconry Association-Canaan Church
Ladner Christian Fellowship
Nanaimo
Vancouver
Vancouver
North Vancouver
Vancouver
Maple Ridge
Burnaby
Abbotsford
Garden Village Apostolic Church
Marpole Baptist Church
Capilano Christian Community
Gateway Baptist Church
Mountainview Alliance Church
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship
Glad Tidings Church
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
New Westminster
Canyon Heights Church
North Vancouver
North Vancouver
Burnaby
Cascade Gospel Chapel
Vancouver
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Surrey
Cedar Valley Mennonite Church
Mission
Central Christian Assembly
Burnaby
Burnaby
Vancouver
Surrey
Langley
Victoria
Mission
Gordon Presbyterian Church
Nelson Avenue Community Church
Grace Community Church
New Hope Christian Church
Burnaby
Burnaby
Surrey
Delta
Grace Evangelical Bible Church
New Life Community Church
Abbotsford
Burnaby
Grace International Baptist Church
New West Community Church
Vancouver
New Westminster
Chilliwack
Surrey
Gracepoint Community Church
New Westminster Evangelical Free Church
Centre Church Metrotown
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church
Nordel Fellowship Baptist Church
Christian Life Assembly
Granville Chapel
Northside Community Church
Central Pentecostal Assembly
Burnaby
Langley
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Church on the Way
Burnaby
Vancouver
Delta
Vancouver
Mission
Sponsoring Churches
Langley
Northwest Langley Baptist Church
Burnaby
Royal Oak Community Church
Sutherland Church
Oakridge Baptist Church
Salvation Army - Cariboo Hill Temple
Tenth Church
Olivet Baptist Church
Salvation Army - Ocean Crest
Pacific Community Church
Sevenoaks Alliance Church
Vancouver
New Westminster
Surrey
Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church
Burnaby
North Vancouver
Vancouver
The Bridge Church
Campbell River
Vancouver
Trinity Baptist Church
Abbotsford
Vancouver
Vancouver
Maple Ridge
Shalom House
University Chapel
Parkland Fellowship Baptist Church
Sonrise Full Gospel Church
Vancouver Chinese Baptist Church
Vancouver
Surrey
Surrey
Vancouver
Peace Portal Alliance Church
South Delta Baptist Church
Vancouver Chinese Evangelical Free Church
Surrey
People’s Full Gospel Church
Delta
Vancouver
Surrey
Langley
South Langley MB Church
Vancouver Chinese Lutheran Church
Pilgrim Baptist church
South Vancouver Pacific Grace MB Church
Vancouver
Vancouver Chinese MB Church
Vancouver
Pipeline Congregational Christian Church
Victoria
Southgate Church - Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge
Vancouver Eastside Vineyard Church
Point Grey Community Church
St. Alban’s Anglican Church
Ward Memorial Baptist Church
Vancouver
Vancouver
Port Moody Pacific Grace MB Church
Burnaby
Burnaby
Vancouver
Vancouver
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church (ANIC)
West Coast Christian Fellowship
Port Moody
Delta
Vancouver
Redeemed Christian Church of God- Grace Chapel
St. Andrew’s-St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church
West Point Grey Baptist Church
Richmond Baptist Church
St. David’s Anglican Church
West Vancouver Baptist Church
New Westminster
North Vancouver
Richmond
Delta
Richmond Bethel MB Church
St. John’s Vancouver Church
Richmond
Richmond Chinese Alliance Church
Vancouver
West Vancouver
Westminster Bible Chapel
Vancouver
Burnaby
Richmond
Vancouver
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Westpointe Christian Centre
Richmond Chinese Baptist Church
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
White Rock Baptist Church
Rose of Sharon Baptist Church
St. Simon’s Church (ACIC)
Willingdon Church
Richmond
Abbotsford
Langley
North Vancouver
Ross Road Community Church
Sunshine Hills Foursquare Church
Abbotsford
Vancouver
Surrey
Burnaby
Delta
Zion Messianic Fellowship
Vancouver
CD’s & DVD’s of Missions Fest
Order desk is located in the lobby of the convention centre
• listen/watch during your home group or house church meetings
• use during your church’s mission emphasis month
• buy gifts for your friends & family
• build into your home, school or college library
• take home a missed session, listen or watch again & again!
Audio Recordings
All plenary speakers are recorded as well as most seminar speakers. All recordings may be ordered during and after the conference.
Only orders for recordings of plenary speakers will be available
for pickup at the conference. All other orders will be mailed out or
picked up at the MFV office after the conference. Order forms will
be available at the Audio/Video sales counter in the lobby.
After the conference you may call the Missions Fest office 604-5249944
• Audio CD’s $6.00 (tax & mailing included)
(Save $1.00 if 6 or more purchased)
Video Recordings
All plenary speaker sesssions and youth rally speakers sessions
are recorded. DVD Recordings$8.00 (tax & mailing included) (Save
$1.00 if 6 or more purchased)
Video Classics DVD’s may be ordered from the Missions
Fest office year round. Classic DVD Recordings cost $7.00 (tax &
mailing included) (Sponsoring Church price: $5.00) The following
are some of the available speakers:
Brother Andrew
Mark Buchanan
Gracia Burnham
Tony Campolo
Jim Cantelon
Joseph d’Souza
Majed El Shafie
Marie Ens
Will Graham
Ian Green
Viv & Ieda Grigg
Os Guinness
Paul Henderson
Stephen Lungu
Jamie McIntosh
Vishal Mangalwadi
Bruce Milne
Michael Oh
Bruce Olsson
Ron Pearce
Jackie Pullinger
Steve Saint
Joanne Shetler
Russell Stendal
George Verwer
Mike Yankoski
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Plenary Speakers
Shane Claiborne
With tears and laughter, Shane Claiborne unveils the tragic messes we’ve made of our world and the tangible hope that another world is possible.
Shane graduated from Eastern University, and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. His ministry experience is varied, from a 10-week stint
working alongside Mother Teresa in Calcutta, to a year spent serving a wealthy mega-congregation at Willow Creek Community Church outside
Chicago. During the recent war in Iraq, Shane spent three weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team. Shane is also a founding partner of The
Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped to birth and connect radical faith communities around the world.
Shane writes and travels extensively speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. He is featured in the DVD series “Another
World Is Possible” and is the author of the several books including The Irresistible Revolution, Jesus for President, and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers.
Shane speaks over 100 times a year in a dozen or so countries and nearly every state in the US. Shane has given academic seminars at Vanderbilt University, Duke University Pepperdine University, Wheaton College, Princeton University, Goshen College and Harvard University. Shane also speaks at various
denominational gatherings, festivals, and conferences around the globe. Shane’s work has been featured in everything from Fox News and the Wall Street
Journal to CNN and National Public Radio.
Lorna Dueck
Lorna Dueck is the host and executive producer of Context with Lorna Dueck, and president of Media Voice Generation, the Canadian charitable
organization that produces the weekly current affairs show.
An award-winning journalist and television personality, Lorna also contributes regularly to Canada’s leading national newspaper, the Globe and
Mail, and to CBC.ca.
Lorna’s call to missions came when, in 1998, she searched the media and found no Christian voice that reflected the truth of the Gospel in the
telling of current affairs. She started Listen Up TV, to be that voice, exploring news and current affairs from a Christian perspective. Last year, the
show took a leap forward with its evangelical mission, moving into the heart of secular media production in Toronto, to an office downtown in the CBC building.
Listen Up TV changed to Context with Lorna Dueck, to reflect its focus on how the teachings of Jesus fit into the context of our lives today.
Airing on Global and Vision TV on Sunday mornings across Canada, at 11am and 9:30am local time respectively, Context reaches out to the non-Christian in search of an
explanation for the events in their world. Context answers by presenting the nature of God, the reality of sin, and the hope brought by Jesus in the telling of news stories.
Since starting the show, Lorna has completed her Bachelor of Religious Studies at Tyndale University. She also holds an honourary doctorate in Christian Ministry
from Trinity Western University, and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College.
Lorna’s husband Vern is a financial planner, and together they have two adult children. They live in Burlington, Ontario.
T.V. Thomas
Originally from Malaysia, Dr. T.V. Thomas studied in Malaysia, India, Canada and the United States. He is Founder and Director of the
Centre for Evangelism & World Mission (founded in 1984) in Regina, Canada. For over three decades
T.V. has enjoyed transdenominational and transcontinental ministry of speaking, teaching and networking. From 1984 to 1994
Dr. Thomas served as the Professor of Evangelism for the Murray W. Downey Chair of Evangelism at Canadian Theological Seminary. He currently serves on numerous national and international boards: Chairs the Board of Directors for Scripture Union Canada,
and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Canada; CoChair of the International Network of South Asian Diaspora Leaders (INSADL); Board Member of
Wycliffe Canada; President of Fellowship of Canadian Evangelists; Associate of Canadian Revival Fellowship; Member of Equipping Evangelists (E2)
of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Perspectives Canada National Team, Lausanne Global Diaspora Network (GDN), Ethnic America Network,
and Multicultural/Intercultural Ministries Consultant for the C&MA in Canada.
David Wang
Dr. David Wang is the President Emeritus of Asian Outreach International, an organization that he and Paul Kauffman founded in
1966. With humble beginnings in a one-room office in Hong Kong, Asian Outreach is known as an agency on the forefront of providing hope, practical help and training to Asia’s most remote people groups.
David was among the first Christian leaders to speak about and to respond to the physical and spiritual needs of the oppressed
Chinese during the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976 and those of the Vietnamese in 1975 following the end of the Vietnamese War.
Asian Outreach was one of the first groups to return to Cambodia in 1979 following the end of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship. Sailing up and down
the Mekong River from 1993, our “Boat of Hope” contained a medical clinic, ambulance, food and other essentials and resulted in thousands of
saved lives.
David and his wife live in Hong Kong, but are frequent visitors to Seattle, where one of his grown children lives. Asian Outreach has 27 offices
worldwide offering support and coordination to the “on the ground” frontline programs. The work is run by a unique alliance of community leaders and local workers and our influence spreads into all levels of society. The one-man operation has expanded to over 330 full time paid staff and
320 full and part time volunteers.
Asian Outreach expresses its vision through six integrated programs focused on transforming lives in Asia. The programs are: Health,
Education, Community Development, Spiritual Development, Leadership Training and Literature & Resources. The belief that guides the
agency is that in order to live to the fullest potential, a person›s life must change inside and out - physically, emotionally, economically,
educationally, spiritually and socially. Therefore, each of the six programs focuses on one area of transformation. Indigenous vision combined with knowledge provided by outside experts has allowed Asian Outreach to work with locals to effectively provide practical long
term solutions to their real needs.
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Plenary Speakers
Dan Woolley
On January 10, 2010, Dan Woolley left for a trip to Haiti to gather stories about the needs of mothers and babies living in poverty, and
Compassion International’s work among them. Two days into his trip, on January 12, a 7.0 earthquake hit Port-Au-Prince, killing hundreds of thousands and disrupting the lives of millions. Dan was caught in the earthquake and trapped under the rubble of the Hotel
Montana for nearly three days. His filming team in Port-au-Prince returned to the Hotel Montana just minutes before the earthquake
struck, and he and his videographer were standing in the lobby.
With the world’s attention turned to Haiti, American Christians prayed for survivors, and tens of thousands of friends and their prayer chains and
churches prayed specifically for Dan’s survival and rescue. On Friday, Jan. 15, after 65 hours under the collapsed Hotel Montana, he was rescued.
Rescue workers were able to pull Dan from the rubble and he received medical treatment before being flown to Florida for medical treatment.
Dozens of media agencies, including Larry King Live and NBC’s Today Show interviewed Dan, giving him the opportunity to share his amazing story
of faith in the darkness of the shambles of destruction. He wrote Unshaken: Rising from the Ruins of Haiti’s Hotel Montana in2010. His story of God’s
rescue has opened many doors for him to share his passion for rescuing children living in poverty, encouraging people to release them in Jesus’ name.
Dan works at Compassion International – USA as the Internet Program Marketing Manager. He has been heavily involved in developing the rescuebabiesnow.org website for Compassion’s Child Survival Program. Dan tweets at @webguydan and manages a personal website with his wife, Christy, about
family activities in the Colorado Springs area. He is a graduate of Azusa Pacific University. The Woolleys have three sons and live in Colorado Springs.
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Music at
Missions Fest
2012
ENJOY A WORLD
OF RHYTHMS
Missions Fest 2012 celebrates the ethnic diversity of our city and the variety of worship styles
in our churches. Local musicians offer their gift
of praise before Lord in a kaleidoscope of colours and rhythms.
Musicians at Missions Fest serve on a volunteer basis. Those who have CDs or MP3 recordings will have these available after their session, or at the on-site bookstore throughout
the weekend.
sions. Phil’s 2010 album, Standing with Giants,
is a blend of contemporary styles. It is a testament to his faith, family, and desire for intimacy with God, and impact for God.
Darriel Menefee is joined by the Pacific
NW Mass Choir, adding a touch of AfricanAmerican Gospel and Soul to traditional
hymns and choruses. Brother Darriel is the
Minister of Music of the New Life Baptist
Church in Lacey, WA. The choir is a resurrection of the Rags of Glory Gospel Choir, and
practices at the Fairview Baptist Church in
Vancouver. They will lead worship on Sunday
morning and afternoon.
Missions Fest. They give leadership to Ethos,
an interdenominational, young adult movement in Coquitlam.
Teens attending Club 67 will enjoy the
Capernwray Student Band, returning to give
leadership to the Friday and Saturday evening
events (Room #3, Meeting Room Level).
WORSHIP LEADERS
Restoration Church Worship Band is led
by Sergio Najarro, one of the Missions Fest
youth leaders. Those attending the Friday
evening and Saturday morning General
Sessions will appreciate the touch of Latin
American rhythm, and Sergio’s sensitivity to leading people into God’s presence
through worship.
Phil Vanderveen, Pastor for Worship and
the Arts at Peace Portal Alliance Church, will
lead the Saturday afternoon and evening ses-
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YOUTH WORSHIP LEADERS
Jeremy King and The Daylight Worship
Band return to lead the youth rally on Friday
evening. The band recently released their 2nd
album, We are Weak / He is Strong, and return to
Missions Fest for their 3rd year.
The Ethos Worship Band from Coquitlam
Alliance Church makes its first appearance at
Friday, Jan 27
6:15 pm – Hall A
PRELUDE OF PRAISE
Friday, January 27th – 6:15 p.m.
Watoto Children’s Choir returns to Missions
Fest for a concert that is mixed with testimonies
from Uganda’s orphaned children. The message
of hope and restoration is shared through their
newest presentation, Beautiful Africa.
Saturday, January 28th – 1:30 p.m.
The ECBC Choir (Evangelical Chinese Bible
Church) from Burnaby will bring a collection
of worship hymns and songs in Mandarin and
English.
Saturday, January 28th – 6:15 p.m.
Phil Vanderveen and Band will present
songs from Phil’s two albums, The Better Day
and Standing with Giants. Phil is a local singer,
songwriter, and worship leader from Peace
Portal Alliance Church.
Sunday, January 29th – 2:00 p.m.
Darriel Menefee & the Pacific NW Mass
Choir returns to Missions Fest to present a
concert of Gospel music favourites. The choir
is comprised of members from NW Washington and Vancouver area churches.
Musicians are Missionaries Too!
Dr. Wes and Kim Janzen will be taking a 1-1/2
year leave of absence from TWU to serve in
Eastern Europe. Wes will serve as Interim President and Kim as Associate Director of Outreach
Ministries of Music Mission Kiev. The purpose
of MMK is to bring the sacred masterpieces of
classical music to the county of Ukraine, proclaiming the Gospel to and through Ukrainian
musicians to the world and ministering to the
emerging Christian community in Ukraine
through evangelism, discipleship and humanitarian outreach to widows and orphans. The
Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the
musical arm of Music Mission Kiev, will be touring the Fraser Valley under Wes’s direction in
September of 2012.
Missions Fest extends a special note of
thanks to Wes and Kim for their years of service and leadership at the conference. We look
forward to reports of God working through
them as they serve in the Ukraine.
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Antioch
to Vancouver
From
Ken Shigematsu
Building a church isn’t like starting a McDonalds’ franchise. With McDonald’s you achieve
success by replicating the same taste all over
the world. Whether you’re in Boston, Budapest, or Beijing, a Big Mac should taste pretty much the same. If it tastes different, look
around you—you may be in Burger King!
When it comes to building a church, however,
we can’t simply download the franchise game
plan for the ‘perfect’ church. We can, however,
learn from other models. Evangelicals often look
to large contemporary suburban churches as
model churches. City pastors, however, may be
better off looking back at ancient urban models.
Our post-modern cities, as scholars have noted,
have many similarities to the first century cities
featured in the New Testament.
Antioch, for example, was a city much like
Vancouver. It had people from all over the
world: Europe, East Asia, India, the Middle East,
and Africa. The city’s slogan was “Antioch the
beautiful.” It was a port city and a center for
trade and commerce. Antioch also housed a
great library. The city was religiously pluralistic
and pleasure seeking. Like Vancouver, Antioch
was even situated on an earthquake fault line.
Given Antioch’s urban ethos and the Holy
Spirit’s transforming work there through the
people of God, the church at Antioch serves
as a powerful model for those of us who are
called to urban ministry.
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International Outreach
Up until the Antioch era of the early church,
the Gospel of Jesus Christ had been communicated almost exclusively to Jewish people. In
Acts 11:19 we read that followers of Jesus who
had been scattered throughout Asia Minor
had been telling the message of Jesus only to
Jews. But in Acts 11:20 we read that some people from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch
and began communicating the news of Jesus
with Greeks also.
A theological cornerstone for those of us
involved in urban ministry is the conviction
that Gospel of Jesus Christ is for all people.
This may sound obvious, but it is significant
for us in a time when persuasive voices in
the church growth movement have emphasized the need to target homogenous units
of people, often people just like the leaders.
The reasoning goes that people will be more
receptive to the Gospel if they don’t have to
cross ethnic or economic lines to come to
Christ. So, in this view, a church should target
a specific ethnic group or socio-economic
group like young professionals or a specific a
generational group, like Gen X or Y, so people
won’t have to cross social barriers to come to
Jesus. But, a church that focuses on a razor
thin demographic slice may expedite numerical growth, but also contradicts the reconciling power of the Gospel.
The church at Antioch was passionate
about reaching people of different ethnic
backgrounds with the Gospel and, as a result,
people were not only reconciled to God but
with each other. Urban missiologist, Ray Bakke,
points out that Antioch was a city which had
both an exterior wall and interior walls which
separated the various ethnic groups: Greeks,
Syrians, Jewish, Latin, and African. As people
were reconciled to God, they began to cross
the interior walls of the city and experienced
reconciliation with people who had been their
cultural enemies.
Following the lead of the church in Antioch,
part of my vision as a pastor of a local church
in Vancouver is to serve as a community where
people of all backgrounds (racial, cultural,
socio-economical and religious) can discover
a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
As people experience reconciliation with God,
we see them connect with people very different from themselves.
Urban churches that follow Antioch’s lead
will be passionate about a Gospel for all, leading to reconciliation with God and others.
Spiritual and Social Outreach
We also see that the church at Antioch met
both the spiritual and social needs of people.
The church at Antioch (Acts 11: 27-30)
was a place where a hunger offering was
taken to bring relief for people who had
been victims of a famine in Judea. This may
have been the first disaster relief offering
in the history of the Christian church. Each
member of the church gave according to
his or her ability. This love offering was then
hand-delivered by Barnabas and Paul to
those in need (vs. 29).
The Emperor Julian in the first century
wrote to a pagan priest asking him to explain why the Christian way was growing so
quickly given that they had no political clout
and little money. The priest explained Greeks
helped Greeks, Romans helped Romans, African’s helped Africans, but Christians helped
everyone.
Philip Jenkins, author of The Next Christendom, points out that the reason churches in
the two-thirds world are growing is because
the churches are preaching the Gospel and
feeding people, providing health care, and
teaching people the skills they need to survive
in a rapidly developing society.
The conservative branch of the Protestant church has typically been committed
to helping people make sure that their sins
have been forgiven and that they are leading morally upright lives. The liberal wing
of the church has often been committed to
justice for the poor and social issues. Like
the church of Antioch, urban ministry lead-
ers won’t want to wear either a conservative
or liberal straight-jacket. We will be committed to offering a Gospel that faithfully integrates both the spiritual and social sides of
the Gospel.
A church does not need to be large by North
American standards to be involved in evangelism and feeding the hungry, housing the poor,
helping to provide a safe house for recovering
addicts, and deploying resources to Asia and
other disaster stricken areas of the world.
A Sending Church
The church of Antioch was prepared to not
only send financial resources, but also human resources. In Acts 13 we read that as the
church was worshipping the Lord, praying and
fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart Saul and
Barnabas… for the work I have for them.”
Like the church at Antioch, God calls us
to come to attention before him in worship,
prayer, and fasting, ready to hear God’s voice
and prepared to be sent by the Holy Spirit.
Planning and strategy are important, but we
must always be open to altering our course in
response to the movements of the Holy Spirit.
Several years ago, Cathy, a member of our
church, began to ask herself, “Is it just a coincidence that I am physiotherapist, or does
God have some larger purpose for me?” She
began to pray for guidance and some time
later she had a dream of Sudan. She didn’t
know where Sudan was on a map, but looked
it up in an atlas. She went to Missions Fest
and picked up information on Leprosy Mission International. She applied and went to
England for an interview. At the end of her interview Cathy asked her interviewer, “Where
might you send me?” “To Sudan,” the interviewer said. Cathy told me she would be glad
to stay in Vancouver, but was ready to go Africa if God made it clear she was to go. After
more prayer and confirmation, Cathy ended
up serving as a medical missionary to the
lepers of Sudan.
The term “Christian” was first used to
describe the followers of Jesus in Antioch.
It was a word that described followers of
Jesus who were part of a multi-ethnic community, reaching out to the spiritually and
socially needy, and a church ready to send
out its members in response to the Holy
Spirit. That definition of Christian—as an international, holistic, Spirit-led movement—
also serves as a worthy vision for our urban
churches.
Ken Shigematsu returned to Vancouver in 1996 as
the Senior Pastor of Tenth Church. He worked as
an executive with Sony Corporation in Tokyo prior
to accepting a call to full-time ministry. He and
his church are active supporters of Missions Fest
Vancouver.
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CONT E X T
Lorna Dueck
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I’m usually on the run every morning, racing to catch my Toronto-bound Go Train into
work, but the pace never stops me from being
amazed that I work among the nations’ best
known broadcasters in the CBC headquarters
at 250 Front St., Toronto. Our TV program,
Context with Lorna Dueck, is an independent
Christian show, produced with the best technical support the CBC has to offer, and it’s focused on exploring how the teachings of Jesus
bring context to news events all around us.
My journey into broadcasting began innocently. As a young girl I had a gruff voice,
lower than other girls my age, and after one
bruising adolescent encounter where I was
mistaken for a boy, my father comforted me
with this insight: “Lorna, your voice is different than anyone else’s and God is going to use
it for something special.” It was years before I
knew God had planned my charcoal voice for
his ministry.
Naturally curious and a storyteller, I wanted
to be a reporter as soon as I discovered the
profession.
Complying with my parent’s wishes, however, I found myself in Bible college. But a professor took an interest in me, and wrote me a
referral to a radio station he was on the board
of. His influence, and that low voice, launched
me into rural radio at Golden West Broadcasting in Manitoba.
My next job in the bigger radio market of
Winnipeg shook my self esteem. Scared and
defeated, I quit broadcasting. But God had a
plan for me in this industry, and praying over
job frustrations one day, I felt the Holy Spirit
tell me to apply at a TV station in Brandon,
Manitoba. I made a cold call, and at the end of
a job interview that very same day, their atheist news director concluded he would hire a
“Bible thumper”. He said he didn’t know why.
By 1988 I was taking a hiatus to be at home
raising my two babies. It was then I finally took
time to listen to the media through eyes of faith.
There wasn’t much to be found about God in
what I consumed, and I found myself praying,
“Lord, let me impact the media for you.”
I started to interview Christians in action,
publishing a few stories while two cute toddlers enjoyed tearing the house apart. That
freelance career grew and diversified to cover
markets across Canada, from Focus on the
Family, and Christian Week magazine, to the
Winnipeg Free Press and CBC Radio. But in 1994,
standing at my stove stirring spaghetti, a voice
much deeper than mine phoned and asked
me to pray about getting back into television.
It was Rev. David Mainse.
A pioneer in both broadcast technology
and Christianity, David was an incredible mentor in my life as I served the next eight years
as his co-host on the daily Christian telecast of
100 Huntley Street.
It was there that I became hooked on using television to communicate the gospel, not
because we were such great broadcasters, but
because over 1,000 people a day phoned the
prayer line phone number that was put up at
the bottom of the TV screen. I was stunned
to think that any Christian activity could have
that kind of response rate from the public, and
I was incredibly challenged by the stewardship
that called for.
One of the greatest challenges was coming
to terms with my role in fundraising. It was a
dark night for my ego when I realized I was being asked to stand on national television and
request people pay me to talk about Jesus.
Surely the Gospel doesn’t require an on-air
donation ask?
Wrestling with this issue for years has
left me assured that these donations are an
invaluable part of the Great Commission.
Spreading the Gospel isn’t done in isolation.
I’ve come to understand that the gift of the
donor is a vital part of how evangelism and
witness occur. A person with money can’t do
it alone, a person with the technology can’t
do it alone, a communicator can’t do it alone,
and none of us can do it without those that
pray diligently for the ministry. I have come
to see it as the Christian ethos of loving one
another in action: moving out of isolation to
community.
Rates for talking to a television audience
begin at the low end of $250 for a half hour
with less than 3,000 viewers at a speciality
channel, to $210,000 an hour in prime time
on a major network -- if, that is, you can negotiate for it to be sold. Those opportunities
are rare.
If you apply for tax credits (which can carry
up to 30% of your producing costs) you get
an idea of spending standards in broadcasting. For tax credit eligibility, you must be
able to prove you have spent a minimum of
$100,000 to create every half hour of content.
Christians rarely spend that kind of production money on their message, but that level
of investment is considered necessary for
quality broadcasting.
In 2003, I was sensing the Holy Spirit calling me to new things. Friends at 100 Huntley
Street were supportive, but I wanted to be
sure it was a God intervention, and felt strongly that my church family should be included
in the governance of any new project. When
the President of my denomination, Dr. Franklin
Pyles of the Christian and Missionary Alliance,
said ‘yes’ to being the founding Board Chairman, Media Voice Generation was born and
Listen Up TV was launched.
Listen Up TV grew from being a segment
within 100 Huntley Street to becoming an independent show on eight networks, the largest being Global TV, where we purchased time
on Sunday mornings across the country.
In September 2011, led by the Lord to move
out of the Christian media centre in Burlington, Ontario, we relocated to the heart of media production in downtown Toronto, in the
CBC building on Front Street. We changed our
name to Context with Lorna Dueck, to reflect
our conviction that the Gospel is relevant in
any context.
Our goal is to speak to Canadians who
are not in church, and bridge them to Christ
through a discussion of news and current
events. We look weekly for Christians involved
in the news, for a biblical worldview to be
taught through subjects Canadians are interested in. Our material has been duplicated
into a column at The Globe and Mail and at
www.cbc.ca, and we’ve pioneered a regular,
web forum faith debate panel on www.globeandmail.com.
Our staff and contract team of twelve pray
together, plan, and produce a weekly half
hour show that is also available on our website
www.contextwithlornadueck.com. But like
the signal that transports our show into homes
across the country, the Christian network that
launches evangelism into public space is invisible and incredibly intricate.
I wish I could tell how many people make
the show possible, or explain the mystery
of how they are all called to enter our ministry at the exact right moment. Words aren’t
adequate to say thank you, but we could not
function with out the supportive spouses and
families, encouragers, intercessors and disciplers, donors and the many who build the
message with their gifts and accountability.
And of course, there are those willing to share
their story of Christ.
It’s that miracle of grace that we need
to reach Canadians with – the amazing
stories of God at work in human lives, and
the miracle of Jesus’ life on earth. On our
website you can find many interviews that
illustrate this, but one of my favourites is
our exclusive with Dr. Eugene Peterson, who
describes what we need to see as “salvation
narrated into being through conversation,
personal relationships, [and] compassionate
responses” (His interview can be found on
www.contextwithlornadueck.com episode
#368 A New Look for an Old Book).
Media is now the strongest storyteller in our
culture. It must tell the narrative of God.
More than ever we need spiritual conversations in media for lost people to discover they
have a spiritual home in Jesus, and to see the
gospel as truth in the context of their lives.
You can watch us in B.C. Sundays at 10:30am on Global, and at 9:30am EST on Vision TV.
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M I N IST ERI NG TO
S C AT T E R E D P EO P L E S
T.V. Thomas, Sadiri Joy Tira and Enoch Wan
People have been on the move from time immemorial. Very few people today live in the
same geographical location where their ancestors originated. If we think long and hard
we will realize that most of us come from
somewhere else, whether it was centuries or
decades ago.
The unprecedented movement of diaspora peoples on a large scale and at great
frequency has set a global trend that has
marked the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This phenomenon now touches most
countries of the world. The latest research
reveals that around the globe, 200 million
people now live and work outside their
homeland. In reality the numbers are higher
when you include the second and third generations who are related to them. With sociocultural factors such as globalization and
urbanization there is a strong expectation
that this global phenomenon will increase in
scale and significance.
Factors causing these movements of scattered peoples include natural disasters like
earthquakes, famines, tsunamis and floods;
man-made disasters like chemical pollution
and ecological crises; oppressive environments because of political or religious persecutions; and economic and educational
needs and opportunities. With so many people from so many origins
moving in so many directions and landing in
so many destinations, planned or unplanned,
it could be concluded that we are fast becoming a “borderless world.”[2] Whether it is
through regional treaty agreements between
countries, clandestine illegal immigration, or
a forced cross-border flight of disaster-driven
refugees, national boundaries are increasingly becoming porous. Ministering within the
context of this global phenomenon requires
new strategies to reach these massive diasporas with the gospel and through them to
fulfill the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus. The term “diaspora” is originally a Greek
word referring to the Jewish dispersion, i.e.
to the scattering of Jews outside Palestine
(Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:64; Ezekiel
36:19); it also refers to the scattering of Christians of the early church in the New Testament (Acts 8:1, 4; 11:19). Over the centuries
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the term has been added to contemporary
vocabulary in reference to people on the
move who cross national borders, that is, any
scattered peoples.
God’s Intentional Purpose for Diasporas The God of the Bible is creator and author
of mission. God himself is on a mission (missio
dei) in this world. It is God’s love and compassion for his creation and humans that make
him seek, send and save. The mission of God
is repeatedly echoed throughout scripture.
In his covenant with Abraham, God affirms
that Abraham and his descendents will be the
vehicle for blessing the nations (Genesis 12:13). God further emphasises Israel’s function
as his servant nation by commissioning her
to be a “...treasured possession…a kingdom
of priests, and a holy nation...” (Exodus 19:56). Old Testament passages like 1 Chronicles
16:23-24 and Psalm 67 focus on God’s mission.
Both the Great Commission mandate in
Matthew 28:19-20 to “...make disciples of all
nations...” and Christ’s divine exhortation,
“You are my witnesses...” (Acts 1:8) demand
that we evangelize the People on the Move.
The reality that God is on a mission is highlighted by the apostle Paul in his sermon on
Mars Hill in Athens where the significance
of scattered peoples clearly surfaces in Acts
17:26-27: “...and he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face
of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their
habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for him and find him,
though he is not far from each one of us.” Verse 26 claims that it is God who sovereignly orchestrates places and times where
and when people live. In verse 27 Paul zeros
in on the reason why God moves people to
different places. The reason is to fulfill his
purposes: “...that they would seek God…” It is
a fact that new environments tend to make
people more curious, make them question
their long-held assumptions, challenge them
to understand and compare their religious
worldviews, and make them explore new alternatives and thus become receptive to the
Gospel. We believe God is scattering the nations of the world to bring in a mega-harvest
globally. Accordingly, the church must em-
brace this new global reality and strategize
to reach the various diaspora people groups. Opportunities and Challenges When Working
with Diasporas
Due to demographic changes on a global
scale, contemporary Christians must realize
that there are opportunities and challenges
when working among diaspora. Diaspora
missions include ministering to (evangelising
and serving), ministering through (motivating and mobilizing) the diasporic groups and
ministering beyond them (reaching out to
other groups) in the fulfillment of the Great
Commission.
God in his sovereignty is moving people so
that they may seek him and know him. This
mass movement of people has presented
both challenges and opportunities to reach
the people on the move. The encouraging
news is that the Church of Jesus Christ is also
on the move! Historically, global missions
were the prerogative of those who were
called and trained for cross-cultural ministry. In recent years, mission forces have been
bolstered by the diaspora Christians or Christians on the move. There is a dramatic paradigm shift in missions. Now it is not just the
traditional career missionaries or specially
commissioned tentmakers who are spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, but also seemingly ordinary people on the move carrying
the extraordinary good news to the farthest
corners of the globe. While there have been a few pioneering
initiatives in diaspora missiology, there is currently no concerted effort in the evangelical
academic community to train kingdom workers for diaspora missions. If diaspora is a major
issue in the twenty-first century, then would
it not be essential to include diaspora missiology and diaspora missions in the curricula
of our evangelical academic institutions? In
light of the data presented in this multiplex
session, is this not an opportune time for the
church to mobilize Christians to practice and
partner together in diaspora missions?
Let us pray to the Lord of the harvest to
raise up worldwide intercession for an unprecedented move of the Holy Spirit so that
the whole church takes the whole gospel to
the whole world.
Dan Woolley
Buried in Haiti
I spit out the blood and dust that coats my
mouth, but I can’t spit out the fear. Buried
beneath six stories of rubble, the remains of
what was once the Hotel Montana, I’m hanging on to the realization that I lived through
an earthquake. I survived! But I also know
that if I want to make it out of this black tomb
alive, if I ever hope to see my family again, it
will take a miracle — a series of miracles. Miracles I’m not sure I have the faith to believe in.
In the complete darkness, I
can’t see a thing. The dust in my
nose prevents me from smelling
anything but concrete. I rub my
arms and feel flecks of dust and
debris sticking to the hairs. Wiping debris off my face, I can feel
a paste where dust mixed with
sweat. My body feels weak and
broken. The fine powder collects
on my eyelids, making them feel heavy. It
would be easy to just close my eyes and drift
off — to sleep, to death. But one thought
keeps me awake and motivated: I have to
live so I can get back to my family. How will
my wife, Christy, react when she finds out I
am buried in Haiti? It turns my stomach to
think about her and the boys learning about
the quake.
I need a place to rest and think about
what to do next, but the elevator floor
I’m sitting on is covered in jagged blocks
of concrete and debris. I try to extend my
legs, but the car is too small for my six-foot
frame, and my feet touch the opposite wall.
I try to adjust my body so that I am sitting
diagonally to give myself room to stretch.
I keep my legs spread apart so my knees
don’t touch and cause more pain in my leg
wound. I had hoped that sitting still would
diminish the pain, but with each beat of my
heart my leg throbs with intense pain. I adjust my balled-up sock, putting it between
my head and the wall to keep pressure on
my wound. My thick hair feels sticky and
warm to the touch — not a good sign. It
means my head is still bleeding.
I’m getting tired, but I’m afraid to fall
asleep. What if I slip into unconsciousness?
Sleep feels like a significant threat — especially if I have a concussion or drift into shock.
Even in the best case, sleep means giving up
control of managing my circumstances. I’ve
survived an earthquake; I’m not going to die
in my sleep. I fumble for my iPhone and set
the alarm to go off in twenty minutes. That
way, even if I fall asleep, I won’t nap long.
A poem by Dylan Thomas comes to mind.
I had read it in college but hadn’t thought of
it in years. “Do not go gentle into that good
night. Rage, rage against the dying of the
light.” That’s what I am going to do. I will rage
against anything that might keep me from
returning to my family. I take an inventory of
my resources: my camera and iPhone, my
passport, my journal, and a pen or
two. Not much. I wonder if it is even
possible to survive. And more impor-
tantly, if I don’t, what might happen to my
wife, Christy?
Christy had been diagnosed with clinical depression soon after we married. It took nearly
six years before we were able to get it under
control with therapy and medicine, but since
then we’d enjoyed ten years of health and a
happy marriage. Yet Christy and I both knew
how quickly she could fall back into that black
abyss. All it would take was a tragic event,
something happening to one of our boys, or
the death of one of her parents. With God’s
help, we had walked through her sickness together, but one thing we failed to anticipate
was that something might happen to me.
Sitting in the darkness, I had to admit —
things didn’t look good. I didn’t sleep. I set my
alarm again. And again. And yet again. That
gave me the chance to assess my situation
every twenty minutes. I wasn’t sure I could
hold on until rescuers arrived. Even in the
worst disasters in the United States, buildings
collapsed one or two at a time, not a whole
city at a time. When people
are trapped, professional rescuers — police, firefighters,
and specially trained search
and rescue teams — are on
the scene in minutes, hours
at most. They have trucks,
equipment, extensive training, and experience. They
have emergency plans, backup plans, and worst-case scenario plans.
But I wasn’t in the United
States. I was buried in Haiti —
one of the poorest countries
in the world
— and they had nothing.
I was trapped in the wreckage of my collapsed hotel in
an elevator car the size of a
small shower. Despite all of
that, I knew I was fortunate to
be alive. I suspected that my
colleague, David, had died
instantly.
In order to survive, every
decision I made had life-anddeath consequences, but
only one had eternal importance. Could I trust God for
whatever came next? In the
dark, with my head pressed
against the elevator wall, I cried. Not for myself, but for Christy and the boys. What would
life be like for them if I died?
Dan Woolley is the author of Unshaken: Rising from the Ruins of Haiti’s Hotel Montana.
He will share his story of survival, rescue, and
recovery at Missions Fest 2012.
*Used with permission, all rights reserved,
Zondervan © 2010. (www.zondervan.com)
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RADICAL
DISCIPLESHIP
(Mark 1:14-20)
Shane Claiborne
E.V. Hill, that old African-American evangelistpreacher told a story about a little old lady
who sat at the front row of his church. When
he’d get up and preach about all of the things
that were wrong in the world, this lady would
say, “Get to the good news.” He would preach
about injustice and oppression, and she would
murmur to herself, “Get to the good news, Pastor.” He would talk about what happened on
Good Friday on that old rugged cross, and she
would say, “Get to the good news.” So when he
would get to talking about Sunday when Jesus
rose from the dead, she would stand up and
shout, “Now that’s it! Preach that, preacher!”
The good news is that we have a God who
loves us even when we’re full of wickedness.
It’s a message that says even a wicked people
can repent. I think that all the bad news we
hear all around us and read in the newspapers
is a beautiful opportunity for the church to
shine. This is what is happening in the gospel
story. The times were bad. John the Baptist
just got put in jail. But in v. 14 it says that after John was put in prison, Jesus preached the
good news that “the kingdom of God is near”
all over the town. That seems a little odd to
me. I wonder how I’d feel if I got locked up and
all my community mates would go out on the
streets, singing, “This is the day that the Lord
has made!” But you see, Jesus knew the end
of the story; it’s almost as if Jesus was laughing at Herod, because he knew in the end that
mercy will triumph, that God will triumph. It’s
no coincidence, I think, that the first folks to
leave everything to follow Jesus were the marginalized: teenagers, prostitutes, fishermen.
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Rome’s dream had failed them. They wanted
something more to live for, or die for. The first
folks to die for Jesus were people who had
nothing else to lose except for the heavy yoke
that Rome had laid on their backs.
Indeed the good news is good news to the
poor. But it spreads beyond that too; it can
even reach kings and presidents. I remember reading Gandhi where he wrote about
his movement of peace and simplicity and
he said, “We knew that something was happening when not only were the folks on the
streets wearing homespun clothes that they
had made with their own hands, but there
were also members in parliament that were
making their own clothes.”
The movement of Jesus building a new society in the shell of the old one was spreading
all over the land because the good news is a
call to liberation for the oppressed and the op-
pressors. It’s a call to leave everything and be
set free from the meaningless toil and lifeless
routine that we fill our days with. God is saving
us from ourselves. God is liberating us from
our possessions that have come to possess us.
And we find perfect joy not by keeping all the
stuff but by giving it all away.
I met this one kid in India when I was there
working with Mother Theresa and the sisters.
We would throw street parties for the kids that
were beggars on the street. One day it was
the birthday of one of the kids I had grown really close to. It was about 100 degrees, so I’m
thinking, “What should I get him for his birthday?” And I thought, “What better than an ice
cream cone?”
So I got this kid an ice cream and I took it
to him. I had no idea if he had ever had ice
cream before, because he just stared at it and
shook with excitement. And then his instinct
was that, “This is too good to keep to myself.”
So he immediately yelled to the other kids,
“We’ve got ice cream! Everybody gets a lick.”
He lined them up and went down the line saying, “Your turn. Your turn.” Then he got full
circle back to me and he says, “Shane, you get
a lick too.” I got this whole spit-phobia thing
going on, so I kind of faked a lick and said,
“Hmm, that’s so good.”
But that kid knew the secret. He knew the
secret that the best thing to do with the best
things in life is to give them away. That flies in
the face of so much that we hear in our culture
and even in the church with this self-centered,
blessing-obsessed gospel of prosperity that’s
about what we can get from God. And if we’re
not careful, we can lose the secret of God’s liberation, which is, if you want to find your life
you have to give it away.
There’s a beautiful scene in that really
weird movie, Harold and Maud. This young
man is proposing to this quirky woman
named Maud. He gives her a ring as they’re
standing on the ocean and he asks her to
marry him. She says, “Oh, this is a precious
gift.” She looks at it and then she flings it into
the sea. Harold says, “What did you do that
for?” She said, “I love that ring. Now I’ll always
know where it is.”
It’s a strange way of looking at the possessions that we have, and yet I think it’s that sort
of winsomeness that we have in Jesus, this
holy recklessness with the stuff of earth that
we just give it away because it is so good.
It’s a lesson on how to look at things that I’ve
learned from our neighbors in North Philadelphia. I live in one of the most economically devastated neighborhoods. We have 20,000 abandoned houses, and yet we have 3,000 families
that are waiting for housing. We have 700 abandoned factories; it’s just an industrial wasteland. About a year and a half ago, one of those
abandoned factories caught on fire. It spread
into our neighborhood and it burnt down all of
our homes – the home where I was living, the
community center, and about a dozen other
houses. It displaced about 100 families.
I can remember, as it happened, there was
this incredible thing called community that
just burst out of the struggle. The Red Cross
had set up a shelter nearby, but then the workers said, “The weirdest thing happened. Nobody stayed in the shelter because everyone
in neighborhood opened their homes up.”
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From the Heart:
Real
problems!
David Wang
Over the last four months, I have spent literally hundreds of hours, individually, with
several top house church leaders of China.
Often their spouses were also present. Together we examined their life and ministry
journeys to chart the future. The leaders
opened their hearts and shared, not just
the success and victories of their work, but
also their pains, disappointments and crises.
Their problems are real.
“Our biggest challenge is never the government,” they all said. “They set their policies, we set our strategies. Nor is our problem
with the Three Self official church. They have
learned by now, whatever they do they cannot eradicate us. Our problem is not even to
register or not to register. Throughout the
country, we house churches have more or
less reached a consensus: We will not register
ourselves as second-class Christians.”
So what are these real issues today? Here
are some of them, in their own words.
Some have said the Church in China is a
mile wide and an inch deep. That’s not too far
off the mark. Many of our believers are saved
but not truly born again. There is little demonstration of “everything becomes new” in their
day-to-day life style. Thus upheavals, revolts
and splits have become common. In a major
city last year, five of the largest congregations
experienced splits, some multiple times.
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The Church is so steeped in traditions that
it is now quite legalistic, and we are actually
proud of it. Teaching and preaching is fear
based, not grace and freedom based. We only
know what not to do or what not to eat, but
we are not living out the Truth.
We are losing young people. Even if they
don’t leave, for church is their home so to
speak, they are uncommitted and casual.
These young people are no longer the new
blood, but a headache. Even worse, they are
learning to outdo us in faking, power playing
and politicking!
The two big factors causing animosity
among our churches are extreme Calvinism and the extreme Charismatics. One
condemns everyone else as being wrong,
and deviated from their orthodox truth.
The other is accusing everyone else of being the old “wine skin.” Both are so full of
themselves that there is little room for Jesus. It is not the Beijing regime or our local officials that are causing us the greatest
stress. It’s constantly having to deal with
the two extremes that is literally eating us
up. These two extremes are now even contaminating the rural house churches, causing splits and fights.
Another big problem is the demands of
leadership. We are short of hands, lacking
training, overworked, under constant ha-
rassment from the authorities, and neglecting families. These are all real problems, but
the last straw is the constant demand by
outside groups to attend their conferences
or meetings, to meet and entertain their
contacts and donors, or to endorse their
latest pet projects. For us to do so, it’s really an extra burden of little value. Not to do
so, we would be as though cut off from the
in-groups of the city. To travel here, there
and everywhere of course costs money. But
it’s the time and energy consumption that
is really sucking us dry.
Money, power and sex. For the longest
time we thought they were problematic issues of the Church in the outside, particularly
in the West. But no! They are popping up like
weeds in our churches as well. Counseling,
crisis management, and conflict resolution
are unheard of in our background. Because
of a shortage of workers, these problems
are often swept under the rug. We close our
eyes and just let things go on, as long as they
don’t become a public scandal.
Our churches are giant dwarfs – big in size,
but very weak and unhealthy in character.
As I listen to them, of course my heart goes
out to them.
But in the end, I just have to confess to
these dear leaders:
“Welcome to the real world of ministry.”
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THE POLE TELLS A STORY
Get Over It!
Dwayne Buhler
Mark Buchanan
If you pass through the exhibition hall in Missions Fest 2012 you will notice something
different. A number of agencies are grouped
around booths A3 and A4 where First Nations
artists will be carving a cedar pole, telling the
story of healing that is taking place among
their people. They use their art to share redemptive stories of restoration and forgiveness, coming out of one of Canada’s darkest
moments in history: the abuse endured by
hundreds of children in residential schools.
Evangelicals, for the most part, have been
quiet on the subject. Maybe this is because it
is easier to point to others who were the perpetrators, rather than look at the complacency
and indifference in which many treated the injustice and abuse that took place.
Some will ask about the presence of a totem
pole in the exhibition hall. Some might share
a concern that it is either an idol or an object
that depicts evil spirits.
Mark Buchanan (plenary speaker at MFV2009) and the New Life Community Church in
Duncan, BC, have dealt with this issue, as they
continue to build bridges to the First Nations
community in their city. Mark writes:
“Is the Spirit Pole (or any totem pole) an idol? An idol, biblically, is any man-made object of
worship. The second commandment forbids the
making of idols, or graven (carved) images. The
second commandment further defines an idol
as that which we “bow down to and worship.”
No totem pole fits this description. Though
early missionaries saw totem poles as idols,
later missionaries and anthropologists proved
that this perception was mistaken. Let me
quote a recent edition of the Britannica Concise
Encyclopedia on the matter.
“The meanings of the designs on totem
poles are as varied as the cultures which
make them. Totem poles may recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable
events. Some poles are erected to celebrate cultural beliefs, but others are intended mostly as artistic presentations.”
Mark goes on to say, “Totem poles were
never objects of worship. The association with
idol worship was an idea from local Christian
missionaries. The same assumption was made
by very early European explorers, but later explorers … noted that totem poles were never
treated reverently; they seemed only occasionally to generate allusions or illustrate stories and were usually left to rot in place when
people abandoned a village.
“In fact, the word ‘totem,’ which has occul-
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tic overtones, was coined by non-natives; the
Native word for them is ‘story pole’ or ‘kinship
pole’. They function in First Nations culture
much the same way a coat of arms functions
in Scottish culture: a symbolic picture of our
clan’s history, in my case, depicted with a
dragonish lion, a steel-armour helmet, a laurel
wreath, a hand, a crown, and so on.”
The story of God’s redemption is a work in
progress in which each person finds themselves in a different spot along the journey.
Each person has a story of how they came to
faith, forgiveness, and transformation.
Please come and talk to the artists as they
share a graphic representation of their life
journey. Listen to their stories and ask how
individuals and churches can walk with them
on paths of healing. Listen to First Nations
brothers and sisters, some who are followers
of Christ, as they share the stories behind the
graphic representation of an event that most
would like to forget about, or even sweep
under the carpet. Pray with them that the
Church and followers of Christ can become
agents of redemption and healing. Take time
to listen and learn.
Last Saturday, around 30 New Lifers (people
from Mark Buchanan’s congregation) gathered to hear the stories of six First Nations people, four of them Christ-followers, two of them
not yet. I was unprepared for the emotional
weight of their stories. Most of them were tales
of loss and abuse. Some of the suffering our
friends have endured is almost beyond imagining, and especially so since much of it was
delivered at the hands of Christian leaders.
I was even more unprepared, though, for
the real story that emerged: the power of
forgiveness. Each
of the story-tellers,
including the two
who are as yet not
Chr is t- f o ll owe r s ,
talked openly about
forgiveness. One of
the non-Christians
admitted that he’s
still not ready to
forgive
everyone
whose hurt him,
but knows one
day he must. One
man
recounted
the abuse he went
through from early
childhood on, and
how bitter and angry, and cold he
became. Then he
talked about how
Jesus led him to
truly forgive, from
his heart, and how,
“I have a real smile
on my face now,
from deep within,
not a fake smile and
not the stone face
I had in prison.” One lady shared about how
her hunger for God sustained her in her darkest moments, and how Jesus has healed her
deepest sorrows.
Many white people, many of them Christians, have said to me, “I know that Native
people have suffered. But when will they get
over it?”
My answer now: “Most have. When will you?”
Indeed, from now on whenever I have to
“get over” some pain or loss or hurt myself,
I know in part what I will do: I’ll think of six
people I know, overcomers all, and follow their
example.
CARVING A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL HEALING POLE
Don Klaassen
Cross cultural ministry in and out of the local
church is challenging these days. It seems that
we face so many barriers in our own backyards
that it is often easier to go far away to practice
following Jesus. However, our effectiveness
globally may depend on our willingness to
practise discipleship and overcome barriers
much closer to home. With the proposal below I am challenging churches to address a local issue that has broad implications.
Aboriginal people in Canada are sometimes
referred to as the most evangelised and least
reached people. Their forced attendance at
“Christian” residential schools contributed to
widespread misunderstanding of the gospel
and suspicion of Christians and churches by
First Nations people. Although not all students at these schools were physically or sexually abused, the legacy of these institutions is
seen as overwhelmingly negative and viewed
as a stark example of what can happen when
one culture uses power or privilege to force its
values on another culture.
Even though most Christians alive today,
and many denominations did not participate
in the residential school program it is still an
issue that needs to be sensitively addressed
and understood by all of us before honest relationships can be built between indigenous
and non-indigenous people. If Christians ac-
knowledge and address this issue they will be
better equipped to live out their faith and will
be blessed in their efforts to overcome barriers
of suspicion and misunderstanding wherever
those barriers exist. The proposal outlined
below is an opportunity for churches to do
something tangible on the road to healing
and understanding.
History
Through various efforts initiated by The
Journeys Class at Sardis Community Church
the harmful effect of Aboriginal Residential
Schools became apparent. A participant in
the class, Isadore Charters, an Aboriginal artist and member of the Coqualeetza elders
group shared his vision of carving a Residential School Healing Pole. With the encouragement of Don Klaassen, a church mission coach
with Outreach Canada a yellow cedar pole was
donated by a local business man and a way to
transport it was designed. Various groups and
churches are now being invited to participate
in this project. This carving of the pole will be
featured at Vancouver Missions Fest on January 27 – 29th 2012 and may also become a feature of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events to be held in B.C in 2012 and 2013.
Project Description
A 200 year old eight foot yellow cedar pole
will be designed and carved by former resi-
dential school students or their family members. The carving design will draw attention
to the impact residential schools had on the
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal residents of
B.C. and on the need for healing. The pole will
be carved in various churches and public venues where non-Aboriginals will be invited to
assist in the carving. Each person participating
will be encouraged to take further steps along
the path of healing and reconciliation. Upon
completion the pole will be put on permanent
display in a place accessible to the public.
Desired Outcomes
• Carvers are encouraged on the path of healing and health through their participation
in the project.
• Non-Aboriginal people become more aware
of the impact residential schools had on
those who attended and on their families
• Positive relationship are built between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
events to be held in B.C. in 2012/13 have tangible and lasting benefit.
• Christ followers will grow in their desire to
live out their faith with authenticity, aware
of the issues facing the First Nations people
of our province.
“When I carve on this pole I let go of my anger
and my hurt. The new me comes out because
I know that people are trying to help and not
just trying to forget”
Isadore Charters – an Aboriginal artist and
member of the Coqualeetza Elders in the
Chilliwack area.
“The Residential School program was an
expression of our cultural arrogance. As a
result we have wounds of injustice embedded deep in our society. We need healing.
Finally there is someone brave enough
to say ‘let’s do this together’! Working
together on this pole could increase our
understanding of our cultural differences
and similarities.”
Darryl Klassen – Director of Aboriginal Neighbours Program within Mennonite Central
Committee
“As a First Nations Christian I want to be an
equal partner in walking the healing Jesus
Walk with non-Aboriginal believers. The process of carving this pole together is more important than the pole itself. Attitudes change
and healing happens when we work together”
Brander McDonald – Indigenous Relations Coordinator for Mennonite Church B.C.
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Pre-School Program
Room 14
Ages 2 1/2 (if trained) – 5
REGISTRATION for each session starts
30 minutes prior to program.
This program provides a variety of activities including a circle time with a story and music, a
craft time and a playtime. Light snacks will be provided during each session.
Schedule:
PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: Registration of each child in each session is necessary. It is also important that the parents allow their children to participate to the completion of each registered
session. In cases of emergency, the parents will be contacted immediately.
Friday Evening 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Saturday Morning 9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Saturday Afternoon 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday Evening 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Sunday Morning 10:00 -11:30 a.m.
Sunday Afternoon 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
SPECIAL NOTE: Please be considerate of the presenters and other children by not interrupting a
session to take your children out before the session ends. If you are more than 15 minutes late you
may be asked to pay $5.00 for every 15 minutes per child.
Please pick up your children promptly after each session.
Children’s Program
This program takes children to many countries around the world. This leads to greater understanding of neighbours and classmates, and increases the possibilities of reaching out to
them. Missionaries home on furlough participate to inspire and work with God to plant seeds
for future mission adventures in the hearts of the children who attend.
Saturday Afternoon
Friday School Field Trip
Exhibition Hall A - Elementary and Middle Schools Grades 4-8
8:30 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 9:15 am Pre-rally Praise & Worship led by Daylight
Worship Band
9:15 - 10:15 am Children’s Rally
10:015 - 12 Noon Workshops
12:00 - 12:40 pmBag Lunch, Visit Missionaries at Exhibits
12:40 - 2:00 pm Rally - Special Concert - The Watoto Children's
Choir - Special Speaker: Jason Ballard
Worship led by Dan Peters and worship team
2:00 pm Dismissal
Friday Evening
Children’s Workshops
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Registration - begins at 6:30 pm
Room 15
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9:15 am - 10:45 am
Registration - begins at 8:45 am
• Worship led by Bible School students
• Stories from missionaries, crafts, fun and games
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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Room 15
Grades 1-6
Room 15
Grades 1-6
Saturday Evening Children’s Workshops
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Room 15
Grades 1-5
Sunday Morning Room 15
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Registration - begins at 9:30 am • Worship led by Bible School students
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Saturday Morning
SPECIAL NOTE: Please be considerate of the presenters and other children by not interrupting a
session to take your children out before the session ends. If you are more than 15 minutes late you
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Grades 1-6
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Pack-a-Pack for Children in Guatemala
Families are too poor to provide the required backpack
and black dress shoes to attend school. You can help
by collecting backpacks, shoes, and school
supplies as listed. Hope Haven Ministries gladly
accepts shoes alone or any part of this list if you
are unable to donate a full backpack. Attach
this list to the pack as a label. Bring your
backpack to the conference Jan. 27–29.
Drop it off in the bins in the lobby.
This is a joint project of Missions Fest Vancouver
and Hope Haven Canada Ministries.
2011 Special Project report
Dear Missions Fest,
Thank you for choosing to support the local community this year through your special project component.In choosing to support Gather and Give by
asking guests to bring a “Kitchen in a Shoebox”,
many more people have become aware of the work
our agency is doing in the community. We had numerous people stop by our booth to inquire about
our services and many more learn of the possibility of donating essential items year round.
In all, 250 shoeboxes were collected, an
estimated dollar value of $5000-$6250. The most
signiﬁcant impact is for the 250 people whose
kitchens will now be complete and allow them to
cook a meal in their new home. As we come alongside practically, we pray for people to know Jesus’
presence and care in a new or renewed way.
A special thank you to all the volunteers who assisted us, both in set up and take down of our booth,
carrying shoeboxes from one room to another, and for
the gentleman who assisted my presentation during
the children’s session.
We appreciate the staff time needed to coordinate
our booth, arrange the details of the special project,
and oversee the entire weekend. It was a great
success and we are most thankful to have had the
opportunity to be part of it.
Shalom,
Jennifer Lee, Director of Ministry Partnerships
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1 pair running shoes (required by schools
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Daylight Worship’s hope is this: that many would awaken to the reality that Christ is Lord! They specifically feel called to encourage this generation to live their lives for the glory of God. Daylight has released two albums and received the award for Scripture Song of the Year at the 2011 CGMA’s. Follow Daylight Worship on twitter at @daylightworship. Bestselling Author, Prominent Christian Activist, Sought-after Speaker and Recovering Sinner. Follow Shane on twitter at @shaneclaiborne.
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Every sunday night hundreds of young adults gather at Coquitlam Alliance Church for Ethos, “a community on mission for the Glory of God, to see lives changed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ". The Ethos Worship Band is lead by Steve Shultz and features a variety gifted musicians and passionate worshippers. Geoff Stewart is an inventor, auction enthusiast and full-time youth pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church. Geoff became a Christian at PPAC as a student, later served as a volunteer youth leader and then left his career in business to serve as their Youth Pastor. He is a regular writer for the youth ministry Blog ‘More than Dodge Ball’ and trains Youth Workers and Students with campusfire. Follow Geoff on twitter at @geoffcstewart.
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In this seminar Ben will interview several youth workers and organizations that have integrated global missions into their youth ministry model. This seminar will help you engage your students in global missions through awareness, global trips, and fundraising. SPEAKER: Ben Woodman w/ Guests
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Students are not knocking on the doors of our church to find answers to life’s biggest questions. For this reason and many others, our focus in ministry needs to be the missions field that is the local High School. This session will focus on two elements of reaching our schools: 1. Student led initiative 2. Pastor Supported. Come explore the ways to help disciple our students to be front line missionaries in their own community. SPEAKER: Geoff Stewart
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Andy Steiger is the Director of Apologetics Canada based in Abbotsford, BC Canada . He first began working in apologetics in Los Angeles with Apologetics.com, co-paneling and hosting their radio show on 99.5fm KKLA. Andy has a B.A. in Biblical Studies and a Masters Degree in Apologetics from Biola University. He has 10 years experience as a Youth and College Pastor and has traveled and served in over 30 countries. Jason Ballard is the Director of campusfire and western regional director of Youth Alpha. While he was a high school student, Jason led a weekly prayer group which was the catalyst to student led outreach and service projects at Terry Fox Secondary. Jason and the Campusfire team travel across the country with a vision to see a student led prayer group and outreach in every Canadian high school. Follow Jason on twitter at @jasonaballard.
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Ben has been a youth pastor for more than 10 years. Today he serves as the youth pastor at Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship in Burnaby, BC. Ben is convinced that the primary role of a youth pastor is to engage his students in the mission of Jesus. Follow Ben on twitter at @benwoodman. Landry was born and raised in Vancouver. After Graduating High School in 2005 Landry spent the next 5 years with YWAM, leading teams of students on missions trips around the world. In 5 years Landry worked in 20 nations with his home base in Perth, Australia. Today Landry is excited to be home in Vancouver working as the Youth Minister at Coastal Church. He has a passion to lead students from Canada on missions around the world. BENWOODMANLANDRYMCALLISTER
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Missions Fest Film Festival
All Film Festival Screenings take place in Ballroom A
Debra Sears
Welcome to the 3rd annual Missions Fest Vancouver Film Festival (MFVFF). As a co-founder of Reel Light (a Metro
Vancouver area professional fellowship for Christians who work in media and entertainment), it has been my pleasure to serve as the 2012 Film Festival Director. Together with committee members Shannon Braithwaite, Vincent
Chin, Tim Hall, Phil Hood, Bill McGowan, Greg Meeres and, Marnie Wooding, eight film events (containing 700 minutes of film) and a few film seminars have been programmed - including the Vancouver premiere of four films. In
most cases, filmmakers are in attendance to represent their film and share more about their work after each screening. Additional information is contained in the film festival booklet available on-site at Missions Fest. We hope you
enjoy the sights and sounds of God’s world and people brought to you in film.
CONTENT WARNING: Some films contain scenes of the effects of violence in war torn countries as well as other content which may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
FILM FESTIVAL ADMISSION: Weekend Passes (admission to all screenings) are $10.00, Single Screenings are $3.00. NOTE: Admission to Seminars is FREE.
Tickets can be ordered in advance online at http://www.missionsfestvancouver.ca with credit card (MC, VISA, AMEX) or by calling 604-524-9944 or by e-mailing
[email protected]. Any remaining passes and tickets may be purchased at the door.
8:50pm, Friday, January 27 & 4:00pm, Sunday, January 29
NOT TODAY (English and Telugu)
Narrative (USA / India, 105 minutes) Canadian Premiere
Friends Media / Executive Produced by Matthew Cork - (Lead Pastor at Friends Church) - in attendance
Produced by Brent Martz - in attendance / Directed by Jon Van Dyke - in attendance
Written by Brent Martz and Jon Van Dyke / Cinematographer Abe Martinez / Composer Don Harper
Starring: Stars: Cody Longo, Walid Amini and John Schneider
http://nottodaythemovie.com l http://www.dalitfreedom.net
A bet amongst privileged college students to party in Hyderabad catapults Caden (Cody Longo) from the comforts of Orange County life to India’s high life. However, a chance encounter with a homeless untouchable and his 7-year old daughter sends Caden on a journey to rescue the girl from forced slavery.
11:00am, Saturday, January 28
1040: CHRISTIANITY IN THE NEW ASIA
Documentary (USA, 78 minutes)
Adventures.TV in association with Arowana Films
Executive Produced by Carl Choi / Produced by Anson Ho / Directed by Evan Jackson Leong / Edited by Greg Louie
Featuring: Jaeson Ma, MC Hammer, Jin, Van Ness Wu, Mike Bickle, Sean Jinusean and David Wang - in attendance
http://1040movie.com l http://adventures.tv l http://jaesonma.com
Preceded by NORTH KOREAN VOICES (Canada, 26 minutes)
Greg Musselman, The Voice of the Martyrs Canada- in attendance
1040 explores the rapid changes in Asia and significant spiritual landscape shift in the area known as the “10/40 Window”- the regions between 10 degrees and
40 degrees North Latitude on the eastern hemisphere. Artist and minister Jaeson Ma takes us on an exciting journey through the Asian countries in the window,
showing us the dramatic changes happening on the ground. We visit China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia. Through incisive observations, intimate interviews with prominent leaders and celebrities, and powerful, never-before-heard stories, 1040 dynamically explores a part of our globe that is
experiencing vast socioeconomic expansion and profound shift in identity- it is an area that is now nothing less than the frontier of world Christianity.
1:15pm, Saturday, January 28
A JOURNEY TO REDEMPTION
Documentary (Canada / Cambodia, 33 Minutes) / Produced by Cheryl Weber / Camera Mike Wright / Editor Gary Carr
Featuring: Brian McConaghy, Ratanak International - in attendance
http://www.ratanak.org l http://www.defenddignity.ca
Preceded by 3 Short Defend Dignity Videos (Canada, 24 minutes)
Filmmaker Greg Meeres, Bold Fish Entertainment - in attendance
The journey to the first ever conviction under Canada’s sex tourism laws began in December 2003. The case developed quickly when Vancouver City Police called
upon former RCMP forensic specialist and founder of Ratanak International (a Cambodia focused mission agency) Brian McConaghy to assist. The process led McConaghy and an American couple, Don and Bridget Brewster of NewSong Centre (AIM), to partner in the work of rescuing and rehabilitating exploited Cambodian
children. God’s blessing on their efforts is clearly shown in this documentary.
While no graphic content is shown in this program, the subject matter is challenging and is not recommended for younger viewers.
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AN AFRICAN ANSWER
Documentary (UK / Kenya, 39 Minutes) Vancouver Premiere
FLT Films
Producer: Imad Karam / Directed and Produced by Alan Channer / Camera: Robinson Malemo & Tony Biwott / Editor: Imad Karam
Narrated by: Kathleen Openda / Featuring: Pastor James Wuye and Imam Muhammad Ashafa
Chris Hartnell of Initiatives of Change - in attendance
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Preceded by IT STARTS WITH A GIRL, MOTHERS OF KIGEME and LONG ROAD HOME (Canada, 40 minutes)
Filmmaker Greg Meeres, Bold Fish Entertainment - in attendance
Filmmaker Andrew Nguyen - in attendance / Filmmaker Laurie Case - in attendance
In 2006, the documentary THE IMAM AND THE PASTOR profiled the personal transformations of Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye from militant youth leaders to peacebuilders.
Through their Interfaith Mediation Center, Ashafa and Wuye have mediated peace between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria’s Plateau State. AN AFRICAN ANSWER brings the conversation on
interfaith peacebuilding a step forward, detailing the pair’s unique methodology for building peace in divided societies as they work to bridge divides in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province following the
2007 outbreak of post-election inter-ethnic violence.
A FORCE FOR CHANGE
Documentary (USA / Brazil, 41 Minutes)
The Sentinel Group / Director: George Otis Jnr / Steve Loopstra, The Sentinel Group - in attendance / http://www.sentinelgroup.org
Preceded by COLUMBIAN VOICES (Canada, 30 Minutes) and
STEPPING INTO THE LIGHT (Canada / South Africa, 28 Minutes)
Greg Musselman, The Voice of the Martyrs Canada - in attendance / Russell Stendal, Colombia Para Cristo Society - in attendance
Filmmaker Stuart Spani, Norlyn Audio Visual Services - in attendance
The São Paulo police force is the largest and best-equipped law enforcement agency in the southern hemisphere. Employing well over 100,000 personnel, the
force boasts aerial support operations, mounted cavalry, a counter-terrorism unit, riot-control troops, and an impressive criminal intelligence division. Yet it was
corrupt, brutal, and despised. In 2003, several senior officers saw the Transformations documentary and major changes began to unfold. Godly strategies emerged
leading to dramatic turnarounds in the city’s most violent neighborhoods. Now other police forces across the nation are asking how they can replicate this success.
AMAZON TEARS: THROUGH HER EYES
Documentary (Canada / Peru, 45 minutes) World Premiere
Filmmaker Erin Parks in attendance / http://www.editorerin.com
Preceded by PLACED (Canada / South Africa, 16 Minutes)
Filmmaker Caryn Matheson - in attendance
The northeastern Peruvian Amazon is undergoing rapid change, with the onslaught of domestic and international companies extracting its valuable natural resources. At the heart is Santa Clotilde, which has grown into the largest town along the Napo River. Filled with strong and resilient women facing abandonment,
poverty and abuse, they have hope for a new future. 3 generations of women are given a voice.
12:30pm, Sunday, January 29
UNDAUNTED: THE EARLY LIFE OF JOSH MCDOWELL
Docudrama (USA, 69 Minutes) Canadian Premiere
Moonlight Pictures
Josh McDowell Ministries CEO John Hossler-in attendance / Produced by Douglas Maddox - in attendance
Written & Directed by – Cristobal Krusen / Director of Photography - Rich Brauer / Starring: Dale Hall and Allen Williamson (as Josh)
http://moonlitpictures.com l http://www.josh.org
Preceded by HORSES 4 ORPHANS Project Brazil
(Canada, 20 Minutes) / Filmmakers Tobi Elliot & Charlotte Gentis - in attendance
In October 2011, well known speaker and author of books such as EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A VERDICT and MORE THAN A CARPERNTER, Josh McDowell, celebrated 50 years in ministry.
UNDAUNTED is a story of hope, forgiveness and abundant grace. This is Josh’s story of growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic, violent father and a sexually abusive caregiver that
left him with a lifetime of scars, until God’s overwhelming love touched him and he came to face a life-changing Truth.
Seminars presented in conjunction with the film festival
Friday, January 27
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Story Editors: A Christian Writer's Best Friend with presenter Marnie Wooding. See Page 40 for seminar description.
No Lone Wolves with moderator Marnie Wooding. See Page 40 for seminar description and.
International Justice Mission presents the short film RAY OF HOPE. See Page 41 for seminar description.
Photo Journalism, Media, & Missions with facilitators Alan Hood and Gary Fong. See page 41 for seminar description.
World Vision presents the short film JOURNEY TO JAMAA. See Page 42 for seminar description.
Room 6
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Room 16
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Saturday, January 28
11:00 am – Noon
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Too Big to Ignore with presenter Lorna Dueck. See Page 42 for seminar description and room location.
Technology in Missions with presenter Dan Woolley. See Page 43 for seminar description and room location.
Filming in Remote Locations. A panel discussion moderated by Shannon Braithwaite. See Page 44 for seminar description.
The Journey of a Film. A panel discussion moderated by Shannon Braithwaite. See Page 44 for seminar description.
I Am Filmmaker (a hands-on workshop) – with facilitators Phil Hood & Greg Meeres. See Page 44 for seminar description.
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Early Beginnings
Richard Dodding
Some ask the question, “How did Missions Fest
begin, and grow into such a self-sustaining,
annual event?” To put it simply, it began with
local churches working together, bringing
many volunteers with them to organize and
manage the conference.
The spark for Missions Fest was ignited in
Vera Loden’s dining room on Oxford Street
in North Burnaby. In the spring of 1982, I
was chairing a church missions committee
with Larry Beattie, Vera Loden, Bruce Robertson, and Hope Wells, all members with
missions experience. The question was,
“How can we engage the church in a concern for the peoples of the world still waiting to hear of Jesus?”
Larry suggested a conference at the newly
acquired McPherson Convention Centre. Dan
Frewing chaired a task force to research the
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possibility. After two months, Dan met with
our committee to share the results. He said that
such an endeavor of bringing in a special speaker and holding several seminars, would require
a lot of work, people, resources and funding.
Then someone in the group said, “It’s likely
that others face the same challenge. Perhaps
we should invite other churches to work together with us, to bring in more speakers and
to have a more comprehensive conference.”
Immediately the thought seemed to make
good sense, so we decided to call people
known to us in the city churches.
At this juncture the vision for Missions Fest
was launched, and a corner of my desk was
dedicated to pulling the pieces together. As
the work load grew, Ida Sullivan, volunteer
secretary, came alongside to call people
from various churches. The church groups
began meeting together to make plans for
the first Missions Fest® conference to be
planned and organized solely by churches.
The first one, set for January 20-22, 1984,
was intended to be a one-off conference,
but when such enthusiasm was generated
it seemed appropriate to hold another, then
another, until now, after 29 years it continues to grow. Several cities in Canada have
similar events and cities in other countries
are following Vancouver’s example. Missions
Fest® is now registered in six cities in Africa,
and two in the USA. Who could have imagined the significance of that first decision
and what would become of it years later?
Richard Dodding was the founder of Missions Fest and
is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Missions Fest
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His Story Revealed:
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Speakers:
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Ramez & Rebecca Atallah, Egyptian Bible Society
and others
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Adult Seminars
Friday
1:30 PM
Business as Mission: Working with
Chinese Christians in the ‘New China’ Part 1
Room 03 David Wang
Missions Fest 2012 Plenary Speaker
China is home to the world's fastest growing Church
and economy. Hear how the two can work together
for opportunities for the gospel.
Teaching English in Restricted Access
Nations
Room 04 Mark & Jana Kapp
ReachAcross
How does one use TEFL and TESOL as Christian
Mission? We will explore some of the ideas, methods,
and opportunities for using the teaching of English
and/or other languages in Christian ministry, especially
where restricted access nations are concerned.
A D U LT S E M I N A R S
Connecting Through Communication: a
Sender’s Strategic Ministry
Room 05 Charlene de Haan
CAM International Of Canada
The strategic ministry of senders-as-communicators
energizes the missionary preparing for the field, sustains the missionary couple on the field, and shares
both joys and sorrows with the missionary family on
home assignment. Join this conversation to remove
the fear and resource the blessing as you grow in
understanding the what, how, when and why of significant support through communication.
Story Editors: a Christian Writer’s Best
Friend
Room 06 Marnie Wooding
Missions Fest Film Fest Team
Zondervan author/story editor, Marnie Wooding, will
present a workshop discussing the art of writing and
storytelling. A good story editor can be a writer’s very
best friend.
Opportunities for Service to People with
Disabilties
farmers. This can degenerate into religious conflict,
hindering mission work across sub-Saharan Africa. In
this seminar we will provide strategic training guidance for cross-cultural workers.
 No Chance Encounters - Wherever You
Are
Room 10 Ernie Klassen
Southgate Church - Maple Ridge
Just walking out your door opens opportunities to
reach people from all over the world. With humor
and stories of his experiences, Ernie will help you learn
how to approach the neighbor, clerk or taxi driver. Take
advantage of everyday encounters. God puts people
in our path for a purpose. You will learn how to ease
into the topic that has eternal significance - people’s
eternal destiny.
Christian Conflict Resolution - A Ministry
to Leaders
Room 11 David Richardson
African Enterprise (Canada)
Care and concern for leaders at every level in society can provide opportunities for outreach. Through
mediation, counsel, reconciliation and conflict resolution Christians can provide biblical stepping stones to
build peace and social justice. From 50 years of international urban ministry we will share what we have
learned from the Lord and through the scriptures - the
successes and the failures!
Poverty Revolution: Challenging
Assumptions about Global Poverty
Room 13 Melissa Giles
FH Canada
This workshop cuts through a culture that primarily
defines poverty as a material deficit and challenges
life-long assumptions regarding the origin and solution to global poverty. The topic has as much potential
for transforming Canadian communities as it does
overseas communities. Individuals will acquire new
knowledge and leave the workshop with an important message to share with others.
Q Shock Treatment: Using Culture Shock
for God’s Glory
Room 07 David Hayward
Joy Fellowship
This will be a panel discussion involving reps of local
ministries serving the needs of people with disabilties,
sharing stories about challenges, blessings and needs
of these ministries, to let people know of opportunities for Christian service
Room 14 Mark Huffman
International Messengers
Culture shock carries potential for both positive and
negative impact. Examine several levels of culture
shock from a biblical perspective and learn how to use
culture shock for God’s glory.
The Mind of a Muslim
Room 15 Christina Williams
Elevated to Excellence
Can I start today to have an impact on world missions?
Absolutely! In this workshop we will look at the basis of
the heart of God for the lost and what you can begin
to do now to receive and respond to the heart of God
for the lost worldwide.
Room 08 Perry Zelman
ReachAcross
What does a Muslim think about Christianity and
Western Culture? This seminar will focus on different
barriers and challenges that a Muslim must face when
considering Christianity and how we can assist them
in finding the truth.
Building Bridges for Missions through
Ecology - Forecast on Global Warming in
Nigeria
Room 09 James Wuye
Link International Ministries
Desert encrochment from the Sahara and the mass
movement of people, mostly of the Muslim faith,
towards the middle belt, has caused tensions and
may lead to ecological war between pastoralists and
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Go... Receiving God’s Heart for the World
Q But Please, not MY Kids
Room 16 Tina Markeli
One Mission Society (formerly OMS International)
We see the needs. We pray for new workers. But when
it comes to sending my child, with my grandchildren,
it becomes a different ball game. This is our story, as
career missionaries, how God called the daughter we
thought would be our ‘homeland secretary’; how we
miss her and our grandchildren; and how God is filling
up those empty holes in our lives.
Film
Q Missions Committee  Opportunities again
Fight Poverty with Linguistics
Room 17 Dave Jeffery
Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) / Wycliffe
Bible Translators
Language is at the front line in the battle against
poverty and injustice. Linguists play a vital role in
bringing recognition, education and aid to marginalized people groups experiencing poverty, slavery and
disease. Come and explore how linguistics can lay a
foundation for transforming communities and lives.
Transformation Mission in Restricted
Access Nations
Room 18 Jacinta Tegman
World Concern
Join Jacinta Tegman from World Concern, a Christian
International Relief and Development organization, as
she explores how to witness to the presence, power
and love of Christ in restricted access nations. You’ll
hear first-hand accounts of ways to live out faith and
intentionally invite, challenge and equip others to live
their lives transformed by God.
Build the Bridge of Love to other Cultures
Room 19 Faheem Moini
Vancouver Iranian Christian Partnership
Steps to sharing the Gospel with strangers, especially
if they are from another culture.
Friday
3:00 PM
Business as Mission: Working with
Chinese Christians in the ‘New China’,
Part 2
Room 03 David Wang
See Part 1 for description.
 The Coroner-Medical Examiner, and
the Counselor, Pastor, Missionary
Room 04 Ken Gaydos
International Chaplains Ministry
An introductory lay exploration into the profession and
responsibility of your local Coroner/Medical Examiner
and how pastoral/missionary insight into this critical
forensic discipline allows for a more meaningful and
practical ministry with grieving family members following a sudden event of early death. Caution: please
be advised that selected video segments will include
graphic on-scene death investigations. This session is
recommended only for the professional counselors
and /or pastoral-missionary leaders.
Fishing in International Waters
Room 05 Allan Vincent
Slavic Gospel Association
Many closed countries can now be reached through
integral ministry partnerships with indigenous believers.
Discreet communication and ministry trips afford handson global opportunities.
No Lone Wolves in Storytelling
Room 06 Marnie Wooding
Christian Info Society
Story Editor and Author, Marnie Wooding hosts a collaborative workshop where participants can discuss
their book or visual media projects. This is a time to
test your story and get feedback from Marnie and
other workshop participants. Going it alone is never
the right choice.
Adult Seminars
Radical Hospitality in a World of
Suspicion: Unlocking Our Hearts to the
Displaced
Room 07 Loren Balisky
Salsbury Community Society (Kinbrace)
Today, 43 million people live locked out and driven
from their homes by war, persecution, famine, environmental crises, and more. Adopting postures and
practices of welcome to those displaced is especially
difficult in a world troubled by concerns of security,
self-protection, and fairness. Explore Biblically innovative ways that transform global anxiety into a radical,
faith-full welcome.
Q 101 Ideas for Getting Missions into
Your Church
Room 08 Christy Edwards
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Are you looking for ideas, suggestions and tips for
strengthening your missions programs? You will be
equipped and empowered to be a missions advocate through various tools. We will empower you to
strengthen your missions programs especially for kids
and teens.
The ‘Glocal’ Effect: How Dropping a
Pebble in Your Pew Can Send Ripples
Around the World.
Your Church’s Mission? Embracing Those
Living with Mental Illness
Room 10 Sharon Smith
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries
God’s Kingdom (shalom/well-being) for the local
church involves the practice of radical hospitality. This
defines mission as an invitation into community. Since
1/5 people attending our churches are living with
mental illness, we will look at the church’s mission to
these individuals. Participants will gain understanding
of the mental illness recovery journey and ways to care
and to advocate well.
Standing Strong Through the Storm
Room 11 Paul Johnson
Open Doors
This seminar takes a look at challenges Satan throws
at Christians – both locally and globally – and how we
can defeat him, stand strong, and live victoriously.
Specific illustrations are from the persecuted church
around the world. Participants will receive a free copy
of the booklet, Red Skies at Dawn highlighting the
challenges we face in Canada.
Ray of Hope
Room 13
IJM Representative
International Justice Mission
New 12 minute documentary directed by Sean
Sheridan/International Justice Mission about the story
of a young girl in Mumbai who is rescued not once but
twice and IJM's efforts at finding her and bringing her
back into Aftercare.
Room 14 Mark Naylor
Northwest Baptist Seminary
We live in a global village and if Christians are to relate
the gospel cross-culturally they must become aware
of their own cultural biases and sensitivities to cultural assumptions of other ethnic groups. This seminar
focuses on exploring and validating one’s own cultural
orientation, and suggests ways to build bridges crossculturally in the Canadian setting.
Beyond the Welcome: How Canadian
Churches are Responding to Canada’s
Immigrant Reality
Room 15 Gary Klassen
World Vision Canada
Hear the experiences of recent immigrants as they
interact with Canadian churches, based on a study
conducted by World Vision. The Tyndale Intercultural
Ministries Centre and the Centre for Community
Based Research gathered insights from over 300
church leaders, including new immigrants. Get
access to a tool kit designed to help your church
create the welcoming community that immigrants
need and want.
Photo Journalism, Media and Missions
- Part 1
Room 16 Alan Hood & Gary Fong
Genesis Photo Agency
Find out how great still photos bring readers to an
emotional connection to the subject, how pictures
transcend the written word, and cause readers to
respond to a call for action. In this seminar Mission
agencies, churches and individuals will come to
understand how great photos can help people move
from casual observers to passionate advocates and
supporters of your ministry.
Q Coaching: The Missing Link to Great
Member Care
Room 17 Bruce & Eva Robinson
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship
How do we provide the best possible member care for
those who go to the mission field? How does coaching play a significant role before, during and after a
time spent overseas? If you are involved in a sending
organization and/or with member care, then this
seminar is for you! Come and experience how coaching will make a difference!
Reaching Out to the South Asian
Community
Room 18 Pundit Sadanand
Hindi Punjabi Fraserview Chapel
This presentation includes what to do and what not to
do in reaching-out efforts. Information about culture
and faith is always available to Church groups. The
Church is involved in reaching out to the Hindi and
Punjabi speaking people groups from India, and Fiji
Island.
Sharing Jesus with Jewish People
Room 19 Jorge Sedaca
Chosen People Ministries (Canada)
This seminar presents the biblical basis and some
practical ways to present the Gospel to Jewish people.
Emphasis will be placed on do’s and don’ts involved in
Jewish evangelism.
Friday
4:30 PM
Evangelizing the Canadian Mosaic in a
Multicultural and Pluralistic World
Room 03 T.V. Thomas
Dr. Thomas addresses the challenges faced and the
opportunities presented for evangelism in a multicultural and pluralistic Canadian society.
Q Missions Security in a Connected
World:Can local web and social networking use be a risk?
Room 04 Phil Cox
Outreach Canada
A believer posts a tweet as a missionary shares how God
is moving in a far away place, others respond and soon
a website is created to raise awareness. Subsequently
the missionary’s visa is revoked and the new believers
are persecuted. Far fetched fiction or frightening fact?
Learn about internet security in global missions and best
practices to minimize exposing mission activity.
City Sacraments: Seeing the City Through
the Eyes of Grace
Room 05 Shawn Casselberry
Mission Year
How do you view the city where God is sending you? Is it
a dark, dangerous, God-forsaken place? The reality is that
God is already there, waiting to be discovered. City sacraments are unique encounters with God in unexpected
places and with unexpected people. This seminar will
change the way you see the city and God. You will learn
to see missions, and all life, through the eyes of grace.
 Discover God’s Purpose, Embrace
Your Part
Room 06 Sharon Walraven
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
The face of our local communities in Canada is changing, bringing with it great global opportunities. As
we look at our workplaces, our neighbourhoods, our
schools, colleges and universities, it is impossible not
to see the changing face of our local communities.
Come and discover how you can cross cultures and
Build Bridges of Love to effectively communicate the
gospel.
Room 09 Craig Kraft
Outreach Canada
One person can make a difference in the world. In
this workshop we will examine simple ways that
we can live our local life with global impact for the
Kingdom of God. We don’t have to be world travelers or masters of social media to be effective missionaries. The love that we show to our neighbours
may be the key to reaching the unreached world
with the Gospel.
Developing Cultural Sensitivity
Film
Clean Water and a Clean Message
Room 07 Samuel and Lisa
Stendal-Hernandez
Russell Stendal - Colombia Para Cristo Society
In areas of Colombia where persecution is rampant,
many Christians have no access to pure water. In areas
dominated by extreme violent factions and closed to
traditional church or missionary work, we have been able
to provide pure water as well as a foothold for the Gospel.
The Converging of Two Movements:
Migration and Mission, God’s Kairos
‘Moment’ Locally
Room 09 Carolyn Kemp
OMF International - Canada
Millions are on the move globally, actually 200 plus million.
What is your role in this? What is God calling you to do and
where is he calling you to do it? What are the challenges
and what does God’s Kairos moment look like right now
in your local area?
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Adult Seminars
Friday
4:30 PM
Dreams, Visions, & Fortunetellers Help
Short-term Teams Lead Muslims to Jesus
Room 10 Pastor K
Hope Church
Jesus is using supernatural methods to reach Muslims.
He desires western believers to join Him in leading
Muslims to Him, multiplying leaders and churches. The
intense spiritual battle requires diligent preparations
and long-term commitment/adoption to reach the
‘hard to reach’ peoples via loving and bold believers.
Q When You Simply Can’t Take It Any
More
Room 11 Kevin Cavanaugh
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Surrey was experiencing exponential growth in the 2000’s but its global
missions thrust was virtually non-existent. As such it
greatly hampered the church from being released into
Christ’s passion for the world. This seminar will focus
on the struggle one Pastor went through to turn the
ship around, revitalizing a global missions thrust and
releasing workers.
Film
 Power of Community: Behind &
Beyond the Steel Bars
Room 19 Brenda-Lee Sasaki
M2/W2 Association - Restorative Christian
Ministries
What makes gang life so appealing? Why do repeat
offenders often choose a life behind bars rather than
creating a life on the ‘outside’? Community — to know
and be known. A panel of M2/W2 Staff & Former
Inmates will discuss how our intentional, relational
approach aims to break the cycle of isolation and
move the offender away from destructive community
ties towards a new way of doing life.
Saturday
11:00 AM
Too Big to Ignore
Room 03 Lorna Dueck
A investigative discussion on how all sizes of communication are shapers of society. Jeff Groenewald
of Context with Lorna Dueck leads this panel-based
discussion with media experts to help give you insight
on using media for communicating Christianity.
Being a Faithful Witness to our Muslim
Neighbours
Journey to Jamaa - Experience
Room 05 Alan Guenther
Poverty Through the Eyes of Two Real-life
Briercrest College and Seminary
The effectiveness of missionaries working with
Children from Uganda
Room 13 Linda Ly
World Vision Canada
At the heart of Journey to Jamaa is an award-winning
short film, ‘Jamaa’. This film is inspired by the real life
story of Margaret and Derick, two orphaned children
from Uganda who make the journey from Kampala
to Kasangombe in a heartbreaking bid to overcome
poverty and experience hope. (Duration 33 min/
Produced & Filmed by Michael Landon Jr. & Brian Bird
of Believe Pictures.)
Photo Journalism, Media and Missions
- Part 2
Room 16 Alan Hood & Gary Fong
Genesis Photo Agency
See Part 1 for description - Friday 3 p.m. Room 16.
International Student Ministry in the
Local Church
Room 17 Twylla Plett
International Student Ministries Canada
Over 55,000 international students are studying in
British Columbia. The majority of them come from
countries in the 10/40 window. Churches are the perfect place for students to experience the transforming
love of Christ. We’ll discuss initiating and strengthening international student ministry in the church.
Steps to Tentmaking Business as Mission
Room 18 Ari Rocklin
GLOBAL Opportunities
The vast majority of Christian professionals who leave
for overseas jobs, whether intentionally or by job
transfer, do not get any ministry training that would
equip them to share their faith. This is a tragic loss for
the Kingdom. This seminar will give you the steps in
your preparation, as recommended by those who
have gone before you. The wise always learn from the
mistakes of others.
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Muslims globally is often hindered by hostile attitudes
of their North American supporters towards Muslims
locally. The example of Jesus and the Samaritan
woman (John 4) leads us to principles that apply to our
witness to local groups that are different from us. We
will look at practical aspects of being a faithful witness
of Jesus Christ to our Muslim neighbours.
I Am An Intercessor
Room 06 James Eagles
Intercede International
Christians have an unbelievable opportunity to
impact the world for Christ! However, many do not
realize their full potential as Christians. This seminar
will address theological and practical ideas and experiences which revolve around the Biblical fact that all
Christians are called to be Intercessors, and the full
ramification of what that means in the mission fields
of this world.
Abandoned to God
Room 07 Esther Bible
MEA Worldwide (Maranatha Evangelistic
Association)
Being abandoned to God is a difficult and challenging thing, but it is also something that reaps great
glory for God. The stories of Abraham Bible and Vera
Lavrenenko show how God used two people who
were willing to make the sacrifices to build a ministry
that has raised up thousands of Christian leaders
in Russia and Ukraine. Come and be challenged to
change your world by being abandoned to God.
The Canadian Spiritual Impact on North
Korea
Room 09 Paul Estabrooks
Open Doors
A powerful PowerPoint look at North Korea, the most
restricted country to the gospel message, and how
Canadians have impacted the country through historical missionary efforts and modern ‘creative’ efforts,
including a recent Canadian prayer walk group.
Folk Islam
Room 10 Art Klassen
PIONEERS
Islam is multi-layered, like an onion. The outer layer is
the culture, then the six beliefs, followed by the five
pillars. At the core of the teaching is Folk or Popular
Islam. The presentation will explore the basic teaching of Islam, what it means in popular Islam and the
Christian response, coupled with personal experiences in relating to Muslims.
Living up to Wilberforce’s Legacy - the
Response to Modern Day Slavery
Room 11 Brian McConaghy
Ratanak Foundation
Feeling helpless in the face of the ‘big issues’ like slavery? What can we learn from the example of William
Wilberforce regarding faith, impact on our culture
and ability to change that which seems overwhelming. This seminar focuses on the historic fight of
Wilberforce in the 1800’s and the modern day application of his example to change lives in the child sex
slavery industry of Cambodia.
Prayer is Two Way Communication with
God
Room 12 Russell Stendal
Effective prayer and intercession is not just us giving
God a bunch of free advice on how to run His universe. If we identify with the plan and purpose of God
we will begin to sense the heart of God and partner
together with Him. It is as we are in tune with Him
that mountains are moved and enemy strongholds
overcome. This presentation will contain testimonies
of victory after victory.
Understanding How Hinduism Makes
Pathways for the Gospel
Room 13 Kimberley Morrison
Dalit Freedom Network Canada
With the recent migration of southeast Asians to the
Lower Mainland, missions opportunities to Hindus
have come to our backyards. Hinduism is a complex
religion with many doorways to truth and the Gospel.
This seminar will focus on the basic beliefs and the
social structure of Hinduism, and how the Hindu scriptures open pathways to philosophical connections
with a Christian worldview.
Child Soldiers - Terrible Tragedy, Terrific
Triumph
Room 18 Scott Gillespie
Action International Ministries
This seminar strives to inform the listener of the tragic
use of children in war. It will share about the extent of
the problem, its effects, and how the Christian community can become involved in making a difference
in eradicating this pervasive problem and reach out
to its victims.
 Just Capital - The Business Community
and Global Need
Room 19 Peter Shaukat
Canadian Centre for World Mission
’To love justice, do kindness and walk humbly with our
God’ is the timeless prophetic call to every Christian.
How might Christians in the business community use
just capital to answer this mandate, particularly among
those nations where the ‘opportunity gap’ is most
profound? This seminar will explore the concept and
application of capital in mission by those called to the
vocation of business.
Adult Seminars
Saturday
12:30 PM
Technology in Missions
Room 03 Dan Woolley
Dan uses film, social media, and the internet to communicate the needs of people in some of the poorest
nations of the world.
We Are Their Family
Room 04 Lorrie Wasyliw
W.I.N.G.S. Fellowship Ministries
What is our responsibility to multicultural women and
children who come to Canada from all over the world
in hope of a better life, yet, become the homeless, the
widows, and the orphans because of the scourge of
domestic violence? This workshop will bring focus to
this challenge.
Away From Home - They’re Ready to Hear
Room 05 Martyn Hartley
SEND International of Canada
God uses unique ways to reach the Chinese. Find out
how he can use you, especially if you speak Mandarin.
All across Russia and in Eastern Europe there are many
merchants and students from China who have never
heard about God but are interested. By using their
heart language, Mandarin, they know we care and
listen to what we can share about God.
Room 06 James Grunau
Journey Home Community Association
More than 2000 refugees arrive annually in Metro
Vancouver. Do you view this as a liability or an opportunity? Come and see how your church can reach out
to the world arriving on its doorstep. Hear stories of
refugee families moving from persecution, trauma
and instability to safety, stability and healing. Your local
church community can be directly involved in this.
Jesus of Africa: Local Voices, Global Gains
Room 07 Diane Stinton
Regent College
This seminar explores how African Christians interpret
and appropriate Jesus in their cultural contexts today,
and how these African Christologies enhance our corporate knowledge of Christ globally. From this deeper
understanding of Christ, implications emerge for our
own personal lives, for our engagement in local communities, and for our witness to Christ around the world.
through understanding the scope of God’s kingdom,
which is as large as life itself.
Winning the Neglected Hidden
Generations
Room 11 T.V. Thomas
Dr. Thomas exposes the challenges, expectations and
needs of the second and third generation of ethnic
groups and offers pointers for effective ministry to
each generation.
A God Filled Life: The Kingdom of God in
Everything
Room 10 David & Shauna Anderson
A Rocha Canada -Christians in Conservation
The story is too often told, the presence of God in
people’s passions, and callings pushed aside in order
to ‘put God first’ through mission work; later through
painful experience (and bitterness) missions is set
aside. This seminar focuses on preparing for mission
Filming in Remote Locations
Room 18 Moderator - Shannon Braithwaite
Film Festival Planning Committee
Filmmakers whose work is screening in the Missions
Fest Film Festival participate on this panel discussing
best practice for filming in remote areas.
Saturday
3:30 PM
theLife that Counts
Room 03 Leonard Buhler
Human Trafficking: Global Epidemic, Local
Power 2 Change (Campus Crusade for Christ)
Opportunities
You want your life to count. Be challenged as Leonard
Room 12 Amanda Carrasco
XXXchurch Canada and Taboo Ministries
Human trafficking is a global issue. Great efforts are
being made to rescue and help victims of human
trafficking but we must also deal with the root of
the issue. Pornography has direct ties to this root.
We need to make greater effort to reach people
who are caught in the porn industry (both consumers and producers). Can the local church make a
difference in this global epidemic at the root?
Extreme Spiritual Warfare Prayer
Room 13 Trevor Macpherson
The Underground Railroad
After 15 years as the director of the Underground
Railroad working with Punks, Rockers, Goths,
Skinheads, etc and all of the darkness that is associated with those lifestyles, Trevor will share some key
insights he has learned both locally and with key
world leaders from the 39 nations at the Global/
Regional Roundtables.
Non-Violence, Social Justice and the Holy
Land - Where Do I Fit In?
Room 18 Linda Gharib
Holy Land Trust
This is a timely and urgently needed seminar on
behalf of the Christians of the Holy Land as well
as all of those who are suffering from the ongoing
violence in this region. In the spirit of Jesus’ prayer in
John 17:20-23, this is an in-depth look at what we, at
the local church level, can do to support our brothers and sisters in Christ in this often volatile region.
Tsunami! A Wave of Love Needed for
Caring for God’s World with Prophetic Hope Japan.
Room 09 Rick Faw
A Rocha Canada -Christians in Conservation
All over the globe environmental challenges are rising steadily. How can Christians engage in these
serious issues with hope rather than despair? How
might churches respond in ways that are practical
and prophetic? This seminar will briefly outline the
Scriptural warrant for creation care while illustrating
how urgently communities everywhere need this
neglected aspect of Christian mission.
Room 19 Tony and Pat Schmidt
View a post-tsunami video clip (4 min.) followed by a
discussion on barriers to the Gospel in Japan. This is a
look at how the present situation gives fresh opportunity for the Global Christian Community to join hands
with the small Japanese Church to meet the urgent
needs at this time. Some ideas for service opportunities will be presented.
Saturday
2:00 PM
Left, Right or Neo Anabaptist?
Room 03 Lorna Dueck / Shane Claiborne
Missions Fest 2012 Plenary Speakers
Shane Claiborne on politics and other hazards of
Christian life, in interview with Lorna Dueck
invites you to make an all-in commitment — anytime,
anywhere, at any cost, to do anything — in reaching
your world for Jesus. Be inspired by Leonard’s enormous vision for how your commitment to live theLife
could go viral as millions of Christians begin to see
every human encounter from a spiritual perspective
and encourage each other using innovative social
media technologies. Learn how you might motivate and equip your church to engage in the Great
Commission using theLife Initiative.
Taking up the Challenge of Missions in a
Restricted Access Nation
Room 05 Jasmine Buckley
YWAM South Asia
Why Vietnamese Christians should do mission both
inside and outside Vietnam. Why they should sit at
the table of the nations of the world, and put their
shoulders to the work of world evangelism. Some
testimonies and stories.
Prayer: Foundation of Ministry
Room 06 Nora van Wijk
OM Canada
Globalization has brought nations to our neighbourhood. How can we minister to them? We can start at
home with prayer. Reaching our community, we are
reaching the world. This seminar is not a one dimensional sharing, but explores with attendees how to
impact the world through Prayer. Prayer should be
our culture, lifestyle and is our relationship with our
Heavenly Father.
Refugees: The Scattering of the Nations
Film
Reconciliation with Indigenous People
Room 07 Don Klaassen
Outreach Canada
On the road to reconciliation with B.C.’s Indigenous
People, learn what some churches are doing to bridge
the barriers set up by residential schools and the
forced cultural assimilation of B.C.’s first inhabitants.
Q Your Muslim Neighbour
Room 09 Paul Chugg
The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) of
Canada
Who are Muslims? Seeing Muslims through God’s
eyes. What is Islam? The basic tenets of Islam. Muslim
perceptions of Christians. Commonly asked questions
and osbjections Muslims have regarding Christians.
The 10 commandments for sharing with Muslims
(adapted from SIM.)
Answering the Cry of God’s Heart
Room 10 George Snyman
Hands at Work in Africa (Canada) Society
Our vision is to see the local church in Africa effectively
caring for the dying, orphans and widows and unified
in this mission with the church outside Africa. We challenge the international church to fulfill its mandate, to
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Adult Seminars
join its African brothers and sisters, and to follow Jesus
with love among the most vulnerable people on earth.
Saturday
3:30 PM
 Place of Rescue .....Rescuing those
without Hope
Room 11 Marie Ens
Place of Rescue
The AIDS crisis in Cambodia has made thousands
of children orphans. Place of Rescue I, II, and III are
bringing the love of Jesus and hope for the future, to
hundreds of these kids. Discover these joy filled places
and learn the ways you can be involved in rescuing
orphans and widows which the Bible describes as
‘religion that God accepts as pure and undefiled’.
I Am Filmmaker - Part 1
Room 12 Phil Hood & Greg Meeres
Come and participate in a hands-on seminar moderated by Phil Hood. (Note: This is a two hour session)
Q Missional Church and Traditional
Missions: Getting the Biblical Balance
Right
Room 13 Tim Stabell
Briercrest College and Seminary
For many years, ‘missions’ meant sending missionaries
to far-flung countries. Some evangelicals are rightly
insisting, however, that mission is all around us, right
here at ‘home’. Might this emphasis on ‘missional
church’, though, lead us to neglect ‘the ends of the
earth’? How do we get the balance right? The Apostle
Paul’s answer may surprise us.
The Journey of a Film
Room 18
Moderator - Shannon Braithwaite
There are many steps in the journey of getting a film
made and distrubuted. A panel of those working in
the film industry, including filmmakers whose work
is screening in the Missions Fest Film Festival, discuss
the "how to's".
Megabytes & Missions: How Current
Technologies May Be Redefining the
Frontiers of Mission
Room 19 Joanne Pepper
Trinity Western University
Can and should new technologies be in the forefront
of Mission ministry in the 21st century? This question
raises complex issues worthy of careful consideration.
How and to what extent is the vast and growing
potential of the digital media to share the good news
of Jesus a help or a hindrance to Mission? Case studies of both global and local-church missions examine
ministry in the emerging digital world.
Saturday
5:00 PM
Satan’s Greatest Deception and God’s
Victory
Room 03 Ron Pearce
Empower Ministries
Ron will explain how God is conquering Satan’s
greatest deception that is spreading throughout the
Church. He meets with leaders of national church
planting movements in spiritual hot spots and in
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Film
contrast to gloomy news reports, he will show how
the Church is explosively growing in the Middle East,
China and more. His stories of real life Christians who
are changing this world will challenge you.
versational techniques to effectively share the Gospel
Empowering and Equipping National
Churches & Ministries in Eastern Europe
Room 11 Mark Wollenberg
International Justice Mission
This seminar highlights stories of how real structural transformation is happening in countries where International Justice
Mission is located. Although there is still much to do, we are
celebrating many victories in the war against injustice.
Room 04 Lloyd Cenaiko
HART(Humanitarian Aid Response Teams)
This seminar will explore the do’s and don’ts of partnering with national ministries in Eastern Europe. It
will explain how we in the West can effectively equip
and empower the indigenous churches in their evangelism and compassion ministries there.
Taking the Orphanage to the Orphan
Room 05 Josiah Frey
Teen Missions in Canada
We’ve all seen them in commercials depicting the
plight of literally tens of millions of people around
the world. People affected by war, disease, famine,
poverty. If you’re anything like me, you have a saturation point and just can’t look anymore. What can I do?
we wonder. This seminar will share many ideas of how
people can share their love and compassion from
home, or get closer if they feel led.
Eastern Perspectives on Missions in a
Western Cultural Context
Room 06 Lawrence Farley
St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church
The Do’s and Don’ts of presenting the Gospel to North
American culture. Contrasting the eastern perspective with the western approach, with examples from
the history of Native Alaskan Christians, successfully
evangelized by Russian missionaries in the 18th and
19th Century.
Called to the City: Setting up an Urban
Poor Work in the Developing World
Room 07 Howard Andrews
With some one billion people living in urban slums,
serving the unreached of major cities is an increasingly
important part of the missions task. The challenges of
finding the right entry platform, cultural adaptation
and living in the chaos of a developing megacity
requires an effective strategy for developing the ministry and the team. Learn from this case study, drawn
from the Asian context.
Roundtable: The Use of Technology with
Missions and Overseas Ministry
Room 09 Darian Kovacs
Global Village Foundation
Have you ever wondered how YouTube can be used
in your missions experience? We’ll talk about how
organizations and individuals are using technology to
advance their mission. Whether it’s iPhones, twitter,
facebook, texting, GPS devices or whatever else has
come out since this booklet has been printed. We’ll
talk about the pros and cons of it’s use. Come join this
lively discussion.
with your Jewish friend and anyone cross-culturally!
Victories in the Fight Against Injustice
I Am Filmmaker - Part 2
Room 12 Phil Hood & Greg Meeres
See Part 1 for description - Sat. 3:30 p.m. Room 12.
 The Fourth Wave: Empowering Every
Believer to Engage in the Great Commission
Room 13 Stuart Simpson
YWAM Nexia, Catalyst Ministries.
Many Christians feel disempowered and disconnected
from the Great Commission. In the Fourth Wave of
missions, God invites every believer to discover their
special role. This task is not just for church workers and
missionaries. Whatever your vocation, you have a life
purpose that fits within God’s global mission to see
the nations discipled and His kingdom come on earth
in every sphere of society.
Reaching Punjabis
Room 18 David Manuel
Outreach Canada
Who are the Punjabi people and what do they believe?
Learn the do’s and don’ts of reaching out to this large
and diverse group. Catch a vision for ministry to these
amazing people who are loved by God.
Do You Have to be Gifted to Learn a
Second Langugage?
Room 19 Slava Petlitsa
Trinity Western University
Locally or globally, language learning is a key skill in
preparing for meaningful and effective missionary
ministry. But do cross-cultural workers need special
natural or spiritual aptitudes to succeed in language
learning? Discover helpful means and methods of
achieving second language competence.
Sunday
1:00 PM
Unshaken!
Room 03 Lorna Dueck / Dan Woolley
Missions Fest 2012 Plenary Speakers
Lorna Dueck interviews Dan Woolley about the 65
hours he spent trapped beneath the rubble of Haiti’s
collapsed Hotel Montana.
SYMBOLS
Q
Bagels, Matzah Balls and Jesus
Film Festival and Filmmaker
Seminars
Church Missions Committee Track:
This series is intended to assist missions committees in setting
goals, dealing with issues, providing vision, recruiting, training
and supporting missionaries and their children.
Room 10 Karl deSouza
Jews for Jesus Canada
What do bagels, matzah balls, & Jesus have in common? They’re all very Jewish, however, most Jewish
people have never really considered Jesus as the
Messiah. Most think faith in Him is un-Jewish. Come
and learn about the Jewish worldview, culture, and
objections to the Gospel. Acquire listening and con-
 Opportunities Again Track:
Designed for the person nearing or in retirement.
This time can be most fulfulling and exciting, paying great eternal
dividends. Leave a legacy of experience and wisdom.
Adult Seminar Presenters
Anderson, David and Shauna
Cavanaugh, Kevin
Andrews, Howard
Cenaiko, Lloyd
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 10
David works for A Rocha Canada, a Christian conservation organization working to show God’s love for all
creation. He is passionate about the holistic nature of
the kingdom of God and how the way of Christ has
implications for everything.
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 07
Howard leads a team engaged in holistic ministry to Muslims in a major Asian city.
Balisky, Loren
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 07
Loren Balisky (MDiv) is a member of Kinbrace, a community that welcomes refugee claimants with housing, support, and accompaniment. Carrie MacLeod
(PhD), a member of Kinbrace, facilitates arts-based
conflict resolution programs at UBC.
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 11
Kevin is married to Cynthia (32yrs), father of three married sons, grandfather of two. He has been the lead
pastor for 14 years at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Surrey BC, has spent eight years leading the Surrey Pastors’ Network and two years leading Hope Vancouver.
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 04
Lloyd Cenaiko, grew up in Saskatchewan and has a
B.Sc./B.Ed. In 1994, he traveled to the Ukraine to explore his family roots. Upon his return he left a successful real estate practice to create and provide leadership for an organization called H.A.R.T.
Chugg , Paul
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 07
Esther is a second generation missionary who has
served in Ukraine for the last ten years. She works with
Church-Based Leadership Training--Russia under Maranatha Evangelistic Association.
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 09
Paul Chugg has been a missionary with TEAM since
1993 in Pakistan. His church planting duties have
included teaching English as a second language,
discipleship, evangelism, and leadership. He is married with three children. Currently he is representing
TEAM in western Canada with the hope of returning
to Pakistan in the summer of 2012. During the final
two years the Chuggs were in Pakistan, they experienced a breakdown in security, had to be evacuated
2 times, and eventually decided they needed to have
extended time in Canada, their home.
Braithwaite, Shannon
Cox, Phil
Bible, Esther
Saturday
2:00 PM • Room 18
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 18
A graduate of Trinity Western University, Shannon has
been involved in professional theatre and films for 12
years both in acting and behind the scenes. She produced an award-winning short film and started her
own company, Esby Films.
Buckley, Jasmine
Buhler, Leonard
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 03
As president of Power to Change, Leonard’s passion
is to see millions of Canadians commit - anytime,
anywhere, at any cost, to do anything — in reaching
their world for Jesus. His approach — shaped by thirty
years in business — is entrepreneurial, innovative, and
adventurous.
de Haan, Charlene
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 05
Charlene de Haan taught Third Culture Kids in Guatemala, trained adults to reach and teach kids across
Canada, focused on mobilization and member care,
and now serves as Executive Director with CAM Canada empowering Spanish-speakers to reach the world.
deSouza, Karl
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 10
Karl deSouza was born in Pakistan to a Catholic father
& Jewish mother. He was raised in Montreal and came
to faith in Jesus while a Physics student. Karl now
serves as a full-time missionary and directs Jews for
Jesus Montreal. He is married with 3 children.
Dueck, Lorna
Saturday
Saturday
See Lorna’s bio on page 12.
11:00 AM • Room 03
2:00 PM • Room 03
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 11
Marie Ens is 77 years old. After retiring from the mission with which she served for 40 years she returned
to Cambodia where she and a group of Cambodian
friends formed an N.G.O. called Rescue. Today Rescue
cares for AIDS patients, elderly women, abandoned
pregnant girls and more than 340 orphans.
Estabrooks, Paul
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 09
Paul has been in mission work for over 40 years, currently with Open Doors. His books include ”Standing
Strong Through the Storm” which has been translated
into 27 languages and is used around the world to encourage Christians facing severe persecution.
Farley, Lawrence
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 06
Fr. Lawrence is pastor of St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church in Langley, BC. Conciliar Press has published his commentaries on most of the New Testament, and on the Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Ancient
Faith Radio broadcasts his ”Coffee Cup Commentaries”
podcasts on the New Testament. He has authored
other articles and books of liturgical hymns.
Faw, Rick
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 09
A Rocha Canada’s Education Director, Rick Faw, combines academic backgrounds in science and theology
with a love for the outdoors. He wants people to integrate Christian discipleship and the created world in
tangible, substantive, hopeful ways.
Fong, Gary
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 16
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 16
Gary Fong is an award winning photographer who
worked for the San Francisco Chronicle for 32 years
and now runs Genesis Photo Agency.
Frey, Josiah
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 05
At 20 years of age, Josiah has been to 4 continents
and at least 5 countries in missions ministry. He’s seen,
touched, and helped some of the poorest of the poor
and is well able to discuss the many different ways in
which people can help meet the need.
Gaydos, Ken
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 04
Following a 20 year career in Radio/TV Broadcast
News, Ken has been a pioneering influence among
police and fire department volunteer chaplaincies.
Together they are able to care more effectively for
the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of victims
in sudden crisis, surrounding around the trauma of
earthly death.
Carrasco, Amanda
Eagles, James
Gharib , Linda
Casselberry, Shawn
Edwards, Christy
Giles, Melissa
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 12
Amanda Carrasco leads a ministry whose vision is to
walk into the darkness of the sex industry to bring
hope, awareness, prevention, and recovery through
the love of Christ. She leads xxxchurchCanada as well
as being a wife and mother.
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 05
Shawn is the national Program Director for Mission
Year, a year long mission program that calls young
adults to intentional community, radical discipleship,
and social justice in urban neighborhoods.
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 06
James Eagles, President and CEO of Intercede International, has been involved with that ministry for the
past 36 years, having begun as a volunteer. Mr. Eagles
is an ordained Missionary and Pastor and resides in
Fort Erie, Ontario with his wife Sharon.
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 08
Christy has been a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators for the past 6 years. She has presented at numerous events throughout the country. She is excited to
be able to educate those interested in missions, culture and language.
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 18
Linda Todd Gharib is passionate about following Jesus’
desire for unity among His followers. She has traveled
to the Middle East to learn more about the church
there and how we can unite with and support the
often ignored believers in Palestine.
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 13
Melissa began her career as a classroom teacher before transitioning to international development. After
significant experience overseas, she came home excited about engaging Canadians on issues of social
justice and community transformation.
A D U LT S E M I N A R P R E S E N T E R S
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 05
Jasmine is from New Zealand but has lived in Canada
for several years. She has spent the last 27 years in
Asia with YWAM and worked in the refugee camps in
Thailand for 12 years. Following a 1 year rest and study
time, she moved to Vietnam where she has lived for
the last 15 years. In Vietnam Jasmine is involved in a
pioneering ministry, mainly with Vietnamese youth,
training them to understand and do missions.
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 04
As the Director of Information Technology at Outreach
Canada, Phil Cox has brought his many years of experience in multimedia and web application development to help the Outreach Canada team harness the
latest and most useful technologies to further the
Kingdom.
Ens, Marie
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Gillespie, Scott
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 18
Scott has been involved in ministry for over 25 years
- 17 years in aboriginal communities in southern
Manitoba and the last ten years ministering overseas
in camp leadership development. He is presently the
director of promotion and recruitment for Action International Ministries.
Grunau, James
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 06
Journey Home Community, a ministry that serves refugee claimant families in Metro Vancouver, grew out
of a church home group 6 years ago. James was cofounder and now serves as Executive Director. He also
sits on a refugee global leadership team.
Guenther, Alan
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 05
Alan Guenther’s interest in the history of Islam is based
in large measure on the four years he lived in Pakistan
from 1988 to 1992 while serving as a missionary with
The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Upon returning from Pakistan, he pursued academic studies at the
Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal, completing both his graduate degrees there. The
focus of his research has been the historical development of the Muslim community in British India in the
late 19th century as well as the interaction of Muslims
with Christian missionaries in that time period.
Hartley, Martyn
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 05
Martyn and his wife lived in China from 1997 - 1998
teaching modern day sheep farming and English. He
leads a unique ministry taking Chinese from Canada,
Taiwan, US and Hong Kong to Russia and Eastern Europe to evangelize and disciple the Chinese people
working and studying there.
Hayward, David
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 07
Pastor for 14 years with Joy Fellowship, a local congregation composed mostly of adults with mental
disabilities, an MK who grew up in India. Elementary
school teacher for 10 years. Involved in Missions Fest
and missions for many years.
Hood, Alan
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 16
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 16
Alan Hood is an award winning staff photographer
and editor for Wycliffe Bible Translators magazine Word
Alive.
Hood, Phil
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 12
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 12
Phil Hood began in media at age 23, publishing a
weekly newspaper. He has served as publisher of BC
Christian News, then as a writer, producer and videographer, he eventually came to teaching film-making to
hundreds of at-risk youth. He created the I AM FILMAKER program, inspiring and challenging participants in
all aspects of video production.
Huffman, Mark
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 14
Mark Huffman is a church planter and pastor of Living
Hope Church in Odessa, Ukraine. Mark also teaches
English and theology at a Ukrainian university. His family and Living Hope Church host up to 100 short-term
missionaries annually.
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Jeffery, Dave
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 17
Dave served with Wycliffe Bible Translators in West
Asia from 1987 to 2002, then in Thailand from 2002 to
2006. He has been a language surveyor, field director,
training coordinator, teacher and language programs
manager. Since 2006, Dave has taught and served in
academic administration at the Canada Institute of
Linguistics, a training partner of Wycliffe, affiliated with
Trinity Western University.
Johnson, Paul
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 11
Paul has been in mission work for over 30 years, currently with Open Doors Canada. His several books include ”Standing Strong through the Storm” which is in
27 languages and used around the world to encourage Christians facing severe persecution.
K, Pastor
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 10
Pastor K has been a pastor for 25+ years. He leads
short-term teams to hard to reach peoples and has
been given favor and invitations from the governments of countries that are considered ‘closed’, but
God opens doors that no man can shut.
Kapp, Mark & Jana
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 04
Mark and his wife Janna have taught at and directed
a language school in the Middle East for the past 13
years. Having recently left the country due to revolution and civil war, they now await other opportunities
to teach for Christian ministry.
Kemp, Carolyn
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 09
Carolyn Kemp has worked for OMF International since
1993. She is OMF’s Diaspora Ministries Field Director,
reaching East Asians living outside their home country.
Working in 11 countries worldwide, they focus on contextualised discipling and training
Klaassen, Don
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 07
As a Church Mission Coach with Outreach Canada Don
Klaassen has years of experience helping churches
bridge cultural barriers locally and globally. He is now
helping churches reach out to Aboriginal and Punjabi
people.
Klassen, Ernie
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 10
Ernie Klassen from Saskatchewan, served in World War
II; attended Millar College of the Bible and Wheaton
College. After teaching at Bible School, he and the
family worked for 27 years in Germany, establishing 2
Bible schools. His goal is to take as many to Heaven
as possible.
Klassen, Gary
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 15
After graduating from Regent College, Gary worked
with young offenders and in youth ministry. He also
served as Coordinator of World Vision’s NeighbourLink
ministry in Western Canada. He completed the Arrow
Leadership Program and is currently serving as the
Regional Program Manager for World Vision Canadian
Programs addressing child poverty in the Metro Vancouver area. Gary and his wife Darlene reside in Langley, B.C. and are actively involved in a new church plant.
Klassen, Art
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 10
Art, a retired school teacher, and his wife Eleanore, have
taught in Nigeria and served with Arab World Ministries and Pioneers as mobilizers. They have travelled in
the Arab World and are now working with university
students, preparing them for ministry.
Kovacs, Darian
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 09
Rev. Darian Kovacs currently works at a software
company that works to empower and engage those
involved in charity. His past involvements include The
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Ashoka, Free the
Children and Red Cross Canada.
Kraft, Craig
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 09
Craig has served as a pastor and missionary in Canada
and Africa. He is currently the Executive Director of
Outreach Canada, a ministry that exists to help accelerate the fulfilling of the Great Commission through the
local church.
Ly , Linda
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 13
This filming will be facilitated by BC Regional Team
members with some sharing and personal testimony
by former Sponsor Child, Pastor Andrew Wafula.
Macpherson, Trevor
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 13
Trevor is the Director of the Underground Railroad and
part of the leadership team for the Global Roundatables, in Germany, Poland and the USA. He is the Pastor
of a local street church and an apostle in both the Canadian and Cascadia Coalition of Apostles.
Manuel , David
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 18
In partnership with the South Abbotsford Church, David Manuel founded the Indo Canadian Christian Fellowship in 1980. He continues to practise evangelism
and discipleship in the South East Asian community
through the production of tapes, videos and DVD’s in
the Hindustani/Urdu languages. His T.V. programs are
aired across Western and Central Canada. David has an
infectious love for God and for the Punjabi people.
Markeli, Tina
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 16
Tina Markeli and her husband served in Haiti and SE
Asia, mentoring young church planters. Both their
daughters were born and raised overseas. Now their
older daughter with her husband and three young
sons live on the other side of the world.
McConaghy, Brian
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 11
Brian is the founding director of the Ratanak Foundation, working in Cambodia. He has 23 years service in
the RCMP as a Forensic Firearms Specialist. Nineteen
of those years he served Cambodia as a volunteer. He
now works full time with Ratanak, following his call to
the people of Cambodia.
Meeres, Greg
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 12
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 12
Greg is a Vancouver-based producer, director, cinematographer, and humanitarian with a passion for the
developing world. As the founder of Boldfish Entertainment, Greg's latest projects have taken him to Mozambique, India, the Philippines and Cambodia.
Moini, Faheem
Rocklin, Ari
Morrison, Kimberley
Sadanand, Pundit
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 19
Born into a Muslim family in Iran in 1969, Faheem met
Jesus in 1990 in Islamabad, Pakistan. He worked there
for the Salvation Army and the Bible Society. He came
to Canada 1997, attended Columbia Bible College for
3 years and has served as a Pastor among Persians
since.
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 13
Kimberley is the Community Life and Women’s Ministries Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church, Surrey, BC.
She has a special interest in world religions and has
received her Masters of Arts in Global Leadership. She
has served with CSSM Canada for 5 years.
Naylor, Mark
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 14
Mark spent 14 years working among Muslims in evangelism, church planting and Bible translation. He currently works in intercultural leadership development
and coaches local churches in the area of missions,
evangelism and cross-cultural outreach.
Pearce, Ron
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 03
Ron Pearce has spent decades working in international missions and has been privileged to meet some of
God’s choicest servants. Like these faithful ones, Ron’s
desire is to finish this life having done all he could on
earth to further God’s Kingdom.
Pepper, Joanne
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 19
Joanne is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies at
Trinity Western University. She has lived and worked
in various parts of the world, serving in mission in
Eastern Europe and Latin America. Joanne attends a
Hispanic church in the Fraser Valley.
Petlitsa , Slava
Plett, Twylla
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 17
Connecting with international students as a friend
and spiritual mentor has been a passion in Twylla’s
life for the past 15 years. Countless internationals have
graced her home. Together they have enjoyed green
tea, heart to heart chats and everyday life. Currently
she is ISMC’s National Field Director.
Richardson, David
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 18
Pundit has been the pastor of the Hindi Punjbai Fraserview Gospel Chapel since 1973. He has been a presenter along with Ken Getty at Missions Fest since the
beginning. He has been involved in reaching out to
the Hindi/Punjabi speaking communities and in radio
and television ministry to the Indo-Canadian/Fijian
people since early 1980.
Sasaki, Brenda-Lee
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 19
Facilitated by a panel of M2/W2 Staff, Volunteers and
Former Inmates. M2/W2 Association - Restorative
Christian Ministries began in 1966 and has intentionally, lovingly and faithfully been impacting the lives of
men and women incarcerated in BC.
Schmidt, Tony and Pat
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 19
For 33 years Tony and Pat Schmidt have been serving
with OMF International in Hokkaido, Northern Japan,
involved in Church Planting and related ministries. In
June they returned to BC with a passion to make Japan’s post-tsunami needs known.
Sedaca, Jorge
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 19
Jorge Sedaca, National Director for Chosen People
Ministries Canada, is a second generation Messianic
believer. Born in Spain, and raised in Argentina, Uruguay, and the US, he has vast experience in church
planting, leadership, and Jewish evangelism.
Shaukat, Peter
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 19
Peter Shaukat is a chemical engineer, educator and
businessman. He is the founder and CEO of an investment fund with a portfolio of business-as-mission initiatives across the Arab world and Asia.
Simpson, Stuart
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 13
Stuart has served with YWAM in China, Thailand and
the UK, and is the author of a book on the Fourth Wave
which challenges non-biblical paradigms and summons every Christian to advance God’s kingdom and
disciple nations through missional living.
Smith, Sharon
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 11
15 years experience as a Human Resources manager
in Industry, Agriculture and Forestry. 32 years in ministry: 12 years in urban Africa and 20 years based in
Vancouver. Community service: Church, Rotary, Restorative Justice & Poverty reduction.
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 10
Dr Sharon Smith (PhD Rehabilitation) works in mental
health services and is adjunct faculty at UBC. Caroline
Penhale (MA Theological Studies) worked for the Canadian Mental Health Association and now works as
a†Campus Minister at UBC.
Robinson, Bruce & Eva
Snyman, George
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 17
Bruce and Eva are the Pastors for Missions at Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship. Together, they have
60 years of management experience in Canada and
overseas. They are currently connected with ministry
leaders in Thailand, Mongolia, Honduras & Malawi
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 10
Being faced with a combination of HIV/AIDS and poor
socio-economic conditions that have seriously weakened both the family and community structures in
Sub Saharan Africa. George Snyman responded and
founded Hands at Work in Africa.
Stabell , Tim
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 13
Tim Stabell, with his wife Susan, worked in leadership
training in the Democratic Republic of Congo for over
10 years. He now teaches missions at Briercrest College and Seminary, while continuing to be involved in
Congo, training emerging mission leaders there.
Stendal, Russell
Saturday
11:00 AM • Room 12
Russell Stendal was raised on the mission field when
his parents went to Colombia in 1964 with the
Wycliffe Bible Translators. He became a missionary
pilot and ®tentmaker® helping rural Colombians with
agriculture as well as with spiritual needs and was kidnapped in 1983 by FARC guerrillas. Since then he has
expanded outreach to all the violent factions in Colombia with a network of radio stations, distribution
of Bibles, and evangelistic Crusades in areas where few
missionaries or pastors remain.
Stendal-Hernandez, Samuel
and Lisa
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 07
Samuel Hernandez is a graduate Economist who left
a UN job at UNICEF to work full time with Colombia
Para Cristo as a faith missionary. Samuel is in charge of
massive literature and Bible distribution and is a Certified Water Purification Specialist.
Stinton, Diane
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 07
Diane Stinton is Associate Professor of Mission Studies
and Dean of Students at Regent College. She is also
Adjunct Associate Professor of Theology at Africa International University, Nairobi (formerly Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology).
Tegman, Jacinta
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 18
Jacinta is the Senior Director of International Operations at World Concern. She has over two decades of
experience as a missionary and an associate pastor.
Jacinta has worked with churches, individuals, and
large foundations and now oversees the international
staff at World Concern.
Thomas, T.V.
Friday
Saturday
See T.V.'s bio on page 12.
4:30 PM • Room 03
12:30 PM• Room11
van Wijk, Nora
Saturday
3:30 PM • Room 06
Nora was born and raised in Hong Kong, studied and
worked in Asia, Europe, North America and Middle
East. She and her husband used their professions to
serve in Missions. They are currently in Canada, mobilizing prayer for the Arab World.
Vincent, Allan
Friday
3:00 PM • Room 05
Rev. Allan Vincent has served as Executive Director of
Slavic Gospel Association Canada since March 1998.
During this time Allan has made multiple trips to the
former Soviet Union and has had extensive first hand
experience with the ministries there.
Walraven, Sharon
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 06
Sharon is a member of the Equip Team at Outreach
Canada with a focus on Mission Training and Resources. She serves as the BC Regional Coordinator for the
Perspectives course.
Saturday
5:00 PM • Room 19
Slava is an instructor in Modern Languages at Trinity
Western University. He has worked in mission ministry in Europe and Latin America. As a product of missionary ministry in his homeland of Ukraine and as a
member of a Hispanic church, Slava understands the
sometimes difficult dynamics of cross-cultural communication.
Friday
4:30 PM • Room 18
Ari Rocklin, former tentmaker to Asia and a mobilizer
for the past 13 years brings a wealth of knowledge for
the preparation of tentmaking business as mission.
He has helped over 900 people to get out there. A
frequent speaker at missions events worldwide and
here at Missions Fest Vancouver.
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Wang, David
Friday
Friday
See David's bio on page 13.
1:30 PM • Room 03
3:00 PM • Room 03
Wasyliw, Lorrie
Saturday
12:30 PM • Room 04
Lorrie is the Executive Director of WINGS (Women in
Need Gaining Strength) Fellowship Ministries. Based
in New Westminster, BC, WINGS has offered shelter/
support to over 3000 women and children fleeing domestic violence through emergency shelter, second
stage, outreach services and support groups.
Williams, Christina
Friday
1:30 PM • Room 15
Christina is the founder and Director of Elevated to
Excellence at ministry training and equipping people
to realize their value and potential in Christ. She is an
E N T E R
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Wollenberg, Mark
Wuye, James
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Mark Wollenberg serves as IJM Canada’s Regional
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communicates a vision of every follower of Christ
committed to living justly in their community. He is
married and has 5 amazing children.
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1:30 PM • Room 09
Born in Nigeria, Rev. James Wuye served as Secratary
General of the Kaduna State chapter of the Youth
Christian Association of Nigeria and presently is
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Interfaith Mediation Centre, Nigeria.
Wooding , Marnie
Zelman, Perry
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Zondervan author, story editor, and writer coach for
visual media and publishing. Founding Partner in
Crooked Door Entertainment a motion Picture Development Company.
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Exhibitors
V09 700 Club Canada (former Christian
Broadcasting Associates, Inc.)
680 Progress Ave 2
Scarborough ON M1H 3A5 Canada
Phone: 1-416.439.6411
Fax:
1-416.439.1043
TollFree:1-877.439.6410
Web: www.700Club.ca
CC2 A Rocha Canada - Christians in
Conservation
19353 16th Ave
Surrey BC V3S 9V2 CANADA
Phone: 604.542.9022
Fax:
778.294.0122
Web: www.arocha.ca
N10 Accelerated Christian Education
BOX 1360
Portage la Prairie MB R1N 3N9 CANADA
Phone: 204.428.5332
Fax:
204.428.5386
TollFree:1-800.976.7226
Web: www.acecanada.net
N07 Action International Ministries
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T2E 7T1 CANADA
Phone: 1 403.204.1421
Fax:
1 403.204.1501
TollFree:1-888.443.2221
Web: www.actioninternational.org
V08 ACTS Seminaries of Trinity Western
University
7600 Glover Road
Langley BC V2Y 1Y1 CANADA
Phone: 1604.513.2019
Fax:
1604.513.2045
TollFree:1-888.468.6898
Web: www.acts.twu.ca
R01 Africa Community Technical Service
Society
PO Box 1515
Comox BC V9M 8A2 CANADA
Phone: 250.339.1212
Fax:
250.339.1300
TollFree:1-877.929.1117
Web: www.acts.ca
S2-S3 Africa Inland Mission International
1641 Victoria Park Ave
Scarborough ON M1R 1P8 CANADA
Phone: -416.751.6077
Fax:
-416.751.3467
TollFree:1-877.407.6077
Web: www.aimint.org/can/
C12 African Enterprise (Canada)
4509 West 11th Avenue
Vancouver BC V6R 2M5 CANADA
Phone: 604.228.0930
Fax:
604.228.0936
Web: www.africanenterprise.com
T10 Aglow International Canada
65721 Birchtrees Dr.
Hope BC VOX 1L1 Canada
Phone: 604.869.5023
Fax:
604.869.2019
Web: www.aglowofcanada.org
T09 Ambrose University College
150 Ambrose Circle S.W.
Calgary AB T3H 0L5 CANADA
Phone: 403.410.2000
Fax:
403.571.2556
TollFree:800.461.1222
Web: www.ambrose.edu
A07 Anchor Academy
Box 3015, 7201 Hurst Rd.
Salmon Arm BC V1E 2P7 Canada
Phone: 1250.832.2754
Fax:
1250.832.4379
TollFree:1-888.917.3783
Web: www.ark.net
I01
Asian Outreach International Canada
PO Box 42052
Vancouver BC V6P 6S7 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.272.1789
Fax:
1-866.669.0985
TollFree:1-888.872.5459
Web: www.asianoutreach.ca
O01 Avant Ministries Canada
2121 Henderson Hwy
Winnipeg MB R2G 1P8 CANADA
Phone: 204.338.7831
Fax:
204.339.3321
Web: www.AvantMinistries.org
U09 Awana International Canada
101-2430 King George Blvd
Surrey BC V4P 1H5 CANADA
Phone: 1250.578.7735
Web: www.awanacanada.ca
O09 Banner of Truth Radio Broadcast
3870 216 Street
Langley BC V3A 8P2 CANADA
Phone: 604.657.5867
Q07 Barnabas Family Ministries Society
Box 309
Gibsons BC V0N 1V0 CANADA
Phone: 604.886.2220
Fax:
604.886.2279
TollFree:866.886.2220
Web: www.barnabasfm.org
A12, A13, A14
BC Conference of Mennonite Brethren
Churches
101-32310 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford BC V2T 1X1 CANADA
Phone: 604.853.6959
Fax:
604.853.6990
TollFree:1-888.653.9933
Web: www.campsbc.com
U03 Bethany College
Box 160
Hepburn SK S0K 1Z0 Canada
Phone: 1306.947.2175
Fax:
1306.947.4229
TollFree:1866.772.2175
Web: www.bethany.sk.ca
V07 Briercrest College and Seminary
510 College Drive
Caronport SK S0H 0S0 CANADA
Phone: 1-306.756.3408
Fax:
1-306.756.5544
TollFree:1-800.667.5199
Web: www.briercrest.ca
R08 CAM International Of Canada
500 Shaftesbury Blvd.
Winnipeg MB R3P 2N2 CANADA
Phone: 1204.487.3300
Fax:
1204.487.3858
TollFree:1.877.231.4570
Web: www.outtatown.com
H07 Camp Homewood
(Pacific Coast Children’s Mission)
35669 Hawksview
Abbotsford BC V3G 2Y1 CANADA
Phone: 604.855.1963
Web: www.mup.org
R12 Camp Luther Association
Box 1-10
Thetis Island BC V0R 2Y0 CANADA
Phone: 250.246.9440
Fax:
250.246.3201
Web: www.capernwray.ca
I05-I06 Camp Qwanoes
16710 Route 335
Chertsey QB J0K 3K0 Canada
Phone: 1-450.882.1361
Fax:
1-450.882.1973
TollFree:1-877.882.1361
Web: www.capernwrayquebec.ca
PO Box 92061 / 2900 Warden Avenue
Toronto ON M1W 3Y8 CANADA
Phone: 1-647.977.3226
Web: www.camcanada.org
Box 40
Heriot Bay BC V0P 1H0 CANADA
Phone: 250.285.3483
Fax:
250.285.3432
Web: www.homewood.bc.ca
9311 Shook Road
Mission BC V2V 7M2 CANADA
Phone: 604.826.7062
Fax:
604.826.7675
TollFree:1-888.707.2267
Web: www.campluther.ca
Box 250
Crofton BC V0R 1R0 CANADA
Phone: 250.246.3014
Fax:
250.246.3227
TollFree:1-888.092.6637
Web: www.qwanoes.ca
C07 Camp Tulahead Society
Box 1272
Princeton BC V0X 1W0 CANADA
Phone: 1-250.295.6233
Fax:
1-250.295.6233
Web: www.camptulahead.com
I02
Canada Gospel Herald Ltd.
701 West Georgia Street, Suite 1500,
Vancouver BC V7Y 1C6 Canada
Phone: 1604.715.6288
Fax:
1 604.608.9153
Web: www.gospelherald.net
U10, U11, T11
Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
F05 Black Forest Academy
7960A Winston Street
Burnaby BC V5A 2H5 CANADA
Phone: 6604.420.7646
Fax:
604.422.8696
TollFree:1 .800.596.7772
Web: www.cbwc.ca
K03 Blessing the Children International
700 Kingsway
Vancouver BC V5V 3C1 CANADA
Phone: 604.872.6691
Fax:
604.872.0562
TollFree:1-800.661.7437
Web: www.biblesociety.com
Postfach 1109 Hammersteinerstrasse 50
Kandern Baden-W¸rttemberg 79396
Germany
Phone: +49-7626-91610
Fax:
+49-7626-8821
Web: www.bfacademy.com
A01 Canadian Bible Society, BC District
I08
Canadian Kindness Society
Box 248
Barons AB T0L 0G0 Canada
Phone: (403) 625 -2363
Fax:
403.625.2744
Web: www.blessingthechildren.org
Box 22004
Vernon BC V1T 9L7 CANADA
Phone: 1-250.545.9339
Fax:
1-250.545.8887
F10 Bridges for Peace
N11 Canadian Lifelight Ministries
Box 21001 RPO Charleswood
Winnipeg MB R3R 3R2 CANADA
Phone: 204.489.3697
Fax:
204.786.2051
Web: www.bridgesforpeace.com
R05 Canadian Mennonite University/
Outtatown Discipleship School
Box 4904
Steinbach MB R5G 1R5 CANADA
Phone: 1-204.339.3770
Fax:
1-204.320.9676
TollFree:1-866.447.9673
Web: www.thelifelight.com
N04 Canadian Mission to Unreached
Peoples Society
R07, S07 Capernwray Harbour Bible Centre
Q06 Capernwray Quebec Bible Center
O1-011 Carver Christian High School
7650 Sapperton Avenue
Burnaby BC V3N 4E1 CAN
Phone: 604.523.1580
Fax:
604.523.9646
Web: www.carverchristian.org
F03 Celtic Place Retreat and Counselling Centre
360 Wright Road
Salt Spring Island BC V8K 2H8 Canada
Phone: 1-250.931.8000
TollFree:1-877.931.8880
Web: www.celticplace.ca
G10 CFI Canada, Inc.
(Christian Friends of Israel)
4150 Cedar Hill Road
Victoria BC V8N 3C4 CANADA
Phone: 250.595.5445
Web: www.cfijerusalem.org
C11 CHEK ABC DL School
810 Tenth St
Nelson BC V1L 3C7 Canada
Phone: 1-250.352.0526
Fax:
1-250.352.0546
TollFree:1-888.352.2435
Web: www.chekabc.ca
M04 Child Evangelism Fellowship of BC
202-17619 96 AVE
Surrey BC V4N 4A9 Canada
Phone: 1604.581.8242
Fax:
1604.582.0491
TollFree:1-877.581.8242
Web: www.cefbc.com
S08 China Outreach Ministries
555 Gettysburg Pike, Suite 200
Mechanicsburg PA 17055 USA
Phone: 717.591.3500
Fax:
717.591.0412
TollFree:1-800.269.7815
Web: www.chinaoutreach.org
E09 Choosing Truth Ministries
2067 Stevenson St.
Abbotsford BC V2S 3A3 CANADA
Phone: 604.853.5469
Web: www.ctmin.org
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O04 Chosen People Ministries (Canada)
Box 897, Station B
North York ON M2K 2R1 CANADA
Phone: 1-416.250.0177
Fax:
1-416.250.9235
TollFree:1-800.442.5535
Web: www.chosenpeople.ca
U06 Christ For The City International
(Canada) Inc
2923 Capilano Road
North Vancouver BC V7R 4H4 CANADA
Phone: 1604.904.7974
Web:
www.christforthecityinternationalcanada.org
P04 Christ For The Nations Bible College
19533 - 64th Avenue
Surrey BC V3S 4J3 CANADA
Phone: 1 604.514.2364
Fax:
1 604.514.2604
TollFree:1-888.999.2364
Web: www.cfni.bc.ca
CC5 Christian Info Society
2nd Floor – 107 E 3rd Ave
Vancouver BC V5T 1C7 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.638.6007
Fax:
1-604.484.0058
TollFree:1-888.899.3777
Web: www.canadianchristianity.com
H12 Christian Singles Adventure Weekend
170-7610 Evans Rd.
Chilliwack BC V2R 2Y1 Canada
Phone:1604.824.1945
Fax: 1604.824.1905
Web:
www.christiansinglesadventure.com
T05 Christian Toastmasters
13664 Blackburn Avenue
White Rock BC V4B 2Y8 CANADA
Phone:604.538.2517
Web:
www.rockchristiantoastmasters.com
CC1 Columbia Bible College
2940 Clearbrook Road
Abbotsford BC V2T 2Z8 CANADA
Phone: 604.853.3358
Fax:
604.853.3063
TollFree:1-800.283.0881
Web: www.columbiabc.edu
R02 COMMIT Ministries
33272 Camelot Drive
Yucaipa CA 92399 USA
Phone: 1951.402.3453
Web: www.commitministries.org
CC6 Compassion Canada
985 Adelaide Street S
London ON N6A 5G8 CANADA
Phone: 1 519.668.0224
TollFree:1-800.563.5437
Web: www.compassion.ca
H11 Context with Lorna Dueck
250 Front St. W
Toronto ON M5V 3G5 CANADA
Web: www.listenuptv.com
D12 Corban University School of Ministry
4301 N Stevens St
Tacoma WA 98407 USA
Phone: 1-253.759.6104
Fax:
1-253.759.3299
TollFree:1-877.311.6104
Web: www.corban.edu/ministry
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L05, L06 Creation Science Association
of British Columbia
K07 Evangelical Tract Distributors
B08 Gather and Give Charitable Foundation
C04 CSB Ministries (Christian Service
Brigade Canada)
E04 F.I.S.H.E.R.S. International Ministries
J01 Gideons International In Canada
D08 Fellowship International Mission of
Canada
U04 Global Outreach Mission
F01, G01 FH Canada
E12 Global Recordings Network Canada
V01 Firs Bible and Missionary Conference
H02-H03 Grace Life Ministries Canada
Box 39577 WRPO White Rock
Surrey BC V4A 0A9 CANADA
Phone: 604.535.0019
Web: www.creationbc.org
1511 Sprice Avenue
Coquitlam BC V5J 2P5 CANADA
Phone: 604.936.8397
Fax:
604.936.8311
TollFree:1-800.615.1511
Web: www.csbministries.ca
K04 Dalit Freedom Network Canada
P.O. BOX 45645 RPO Sunnyside
Surrey BC V4A 9N3 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.535.4240
Fax:
1-604.535.4248
TollFree:1-888.592.2238
Web: www.dalitfreedom.net
S06 Discipleship International Ministry Society
604 Columbia Street, Suite 400
New Westminster BC V3M 1A5 CANADA
Phone: 604.275.0850
Fax:
604.275.0854
TollFree:1-866.383.8938
Web: www.discipleshipint.org
O02 Dugit Messianic Outreach Center
PO Box 60099
Jacksonville FL 32236 USA
Phone: 904.638.3628
Fax:
904.339.9339
Web: www.dugit.org
G04 Emmanuel Christian Fellowship Centre
Magadh Plaza (2nd Floor)
Balamichak More
Anisabad, Patna – 800 002 INDIA
Phone: +91-612.225.0226
Web: www.efcministries.com
A06 Empower Ministries
48 Alliance Blvd., Suite 103,
Barrie ON L4M 5K3 CANADA
Phone: 705.719.1607
Fax:
705.719.2585
TollFree:1-800.575.1863
Web: www.empowerministries.ca
H06 Engineering Ministries International
Canada (eMiC)
4626 Bowness Road NW,
Calgary AB T3B 0B3 Canada
Phone: 403.202.3642
Fax:
403.202.3636
Web: www.emicanada.org
K10 English Language Institute China
1629 Blue Spruce Dr
Fort Collins CO 80524 USA
Phone: 909.599.6773
Fax:
909.592.9906
TollFree:1-800.475.3542
Web: www.elic.org
N12, O12 Equip Canada
P.O. Box 683
Duncan BC V9L 3Y1 CANADA
Phone: 828.738.3891
Web: www.equipinternational.com
F04 ERRC Educational Society (Canada)
6200 McKay Street Box 141 - 592
Burnaby BC V5H 4M9 CANADA
Phone: 1-778.322.5411
Fax:
1-604.431.7980
Web: www.errchina.com
12151 67th Street
Edmonton AB T5B 1M6 CANADA
Phone: 780.477.1538
Fax:
780.477.3795
Web: www.evangelicaltract.com
105-418 Kent Ave, South E
Vancouver BC V5X 2X7 Canada
Phone: 1604.637.2250
Fax:
604.732.8726
Web: www.gatherandgive.org
PO Box 31735 Meadowvale SC
Pitt Meadows BC V3Y 2H1 CANADA
Phone: 778.891.0050
Web: fishersministries.ca
501 Imperial Road North
Guelph BC N1H 7A2 CANADA
Phone: 1519.823.1140
Web: www.gideons.ca
Box 1210
St. Catherines BC L2R 7A7 CANADA
Phone: 716.688.5048
Fax:
716.688.5048
Web: www.missiongo.org
30 Vincent Rd
Quispamsis NB E2E 1A2 Canada
Phone: 1-506.848.6370
Fax:
1-506.848.6379
Web: www.fimcanada.com
Unit 6, 120 Lancing Dr.
Hamilton ON L8W 3A1 Canada
Phone: 1905.574.8220
Fax:
1905.574.6843
TollFree:1-877.574.1994
Web: www.globalrecordings.net/ca
1 - 31741 Peardonville Rd
Abbotsford BC V2T 1L2 CANADA
Phone: 604.853.4262
Fax:
604.853.4332
TollFree:1-800.667.0605
Web: www.fhcanada.org
4605 Cable Street
Bellingham WA 98229 USA
Phone: 360.733.6840
Fax:
360.733.6926
TollFree:1-800.765.3477
Web: www.thefirs.org
PO Box 3583
Courtenay B.C. V9N 6Z8 CANADA
Phone: 250.830.3858
Fax:
250.339.5068
Web: www.gracelifeministries.net
T07 FOI Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry
100 Ontario Street
Oshawa ON L1G 4Z1 CANADA
Phone: 905.728.8222
Fax:
905.728.8958
TollFree:1-866.241.3579
Web: www.gemission.org
Suite 402, 21 Queen St E
Brampton ON L6W 3P1 CANADA
Phone: 905.457.6830
Fax:
905.457.6547
TollFree:1-888.664.2584
Web: www.foi.org
S04 Greater Europe Mission
L07 Green Bay Bible Camp
T03 Foundations for Living
1449 Green Bay Road
Westbank BC V4T 2B9 CANADA
Phone: 250.768.5884
Fax:
250.768.5828
Web: www.greenbay.bc.ca
10 – 2448 160th St Box 38035
Surrey BC V3S 6R3 CANADA
Phone: 604.535.3060
Fax:
604.538.4679
Web: www. foundationsforliving.ca
R03 Hands at Work in Africa (Canada)
Society
S11
Fraser Valley Gleaners Society
P.O. Box 207-16 Midlake Blvd S.E.
Calgary AB T2X 2X7 Canada
Phone: 1403.254.1705
Web: www.handsatwork.org
85 Winson Rd
Abbotsford BC V2S 8E8 CANADA
Phone: 604.870.9272
Fax:
604.870.9273
TollFree:1-866.772.7070
Web: www.fvgleaners.org
L12 HART(Humanitarian Aid Response
Teams)
317 - 37 Ave. NE, Suite 200
Calgary AB T2E 6P6 CANADA
Phone: 403.230.8263
Fax:
403.230.3279
Web: www.hart.ca
P01 Fuller Theological Seminary
135 Oakland Ave N
Pasadena CA 91182 USA
TollFree:1-800.235.2222
Web: www.fuller.edu
E11 Hayate Abadi
L01-L02 Galcom International Inc.
18807 40th Ave W
Lynnwood WA 98036 USA
Phone: 1425.374.0156
Web: www.hayateabadi.org
115 Nebo Road
Hamilton ON L8W 2E1 CANADA
Phone: 905.574.4626
Fax:
905.574.4633
TollFree:1-877.242.5266
Web: www.galcom.org
S05 Hope for the Nations
E03 Gateway Missionary Training Centre
21233 32nd Ave.
Langley BC V2Z 2E7 CANADA
Phone: 604.530.4283
Fax:
1-604.530.7192
Web: www.gatewaytraining.org
222-1889 Springfield Rd
Kelowna BC V1Y 5V5 Canada
Phone: 1250.712.2007
Fax:
250.862.2942
Web: www.hopeforthenations.com
Q11 Hope Haven Canada Ministries
18362 94th Ave
Surrey BC V4N 4A6 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.882.1412
Fax:
1-604.323.6135
Web: www.hopehaven.org
Exhibitors
B01 House Upon the Rock/Casa Sobre la Roca
C06 Joy Fellowship
25 Big Hill Circle
Airdrie AB T4A 1R3 Canada
Phone: 403.924.2016
Web: www.houseupontherock.net
3036 East Georgia
Vancouver BC V5K 2K7 CANADA
Phone: 604.251.6403
Web: www.joyfellowship.bc.ca
S12 Impact Ministries Canada
E10 Kawkawa Camp & Retreat - Pacific
Alliance Camps
Box 975 Station Main
Kamloops BC V2C 6H1 CANADA
Phone: 250.434.4350
Fax:
250.554.8994
Web: www.impactministries.ca
H05 Inner Hope Youth Ministries
66706 Kawkawa Lake Road
Hope BC V0X 1L1 CANADA
Phone: 604.869.9637
Fax:
1-866.545.9359
TollFree:1-866.545.9359
Web: www.kawkawa.com
V03 Intercede International
450 Mathers Ave
West Vancouver BC V7S 1H3 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.432.6799
Fax:
1-604.980.5000
Web: www.keatscamps.com
F06 Intercultural Ministry Institute
1635 Hwy. 34E Suite B
Newnan GA 30265 USA
Phone: 1-770.683.0808
Fax:
1-770.683.0809
TollFree:1-866.436.0379
Web: www.ldichina.com
Box 74084 RPO Hillcrest Park
Vancouver BC V5V 5C8 CANADA
Phone: 604.767.1357
Fax:
604.638.0991
Web: www.innerhope.ca
201 Stanton Street
Fort Erie ON L2A 3N8 CANADA
Phone: 905.871.1773
Fax:
905.871.5165
TollFree:1-800.871.0882
Web: www.intercedenow.ca
P07 Keats Camps
S01 Leadership Development International
15030 66A Ave
Surrey BC V3S 2A6 Canada
Phone: 1604.614.4473
Fax:
1604.597.9090
Web: www.iminetwork.org
R04 Lifeline Outreach Society
N05 International China Concern
C01 Light Christian Media
698 East 64th Avenue
Vancouver BC V5X 2N2 CANADA
Phone: 604.322.3119
Web: www.chinaconcern.org
F07 International Christian Embassy
Jerusalem (ICEJ)
27369 32B Avenue
Aldergrove BC V4W 3K5 CANADA
Phone: 604.728.7551
Web: www.lifelineoutreach.org
Box 26103
Langley BC V3A 8J2 Canada
Phone: 604.510.5070
Fax:
604.510.5077
TollFree:866.985.4448
Web: lightmagazine.ca
20 Bloor St East, Box 75149
Toronto ON M4W 3T3 Canada
Phone: 1 -416.324.9133
Fax:
1-416 324- 9290
TollFree:1-866.324.9133
Web: www.icejcanada.org
U07 Lighthouse Harbour Ministries
G06 International Christian Ministries (ICM)
G11 Link International Ministries
304-19978 72 AVE
Langley BC V2Y 1R7 CANADA
Phone: 604.614.4473
Web: www.icmcanada.org
E07 International Messengers
1 - 260 E Esplanade
North Vancouver BC V7L 1A3 CANADA
Phone: 604.988.5084
Fax:
604.988.3175
Web: www.sealight.org
P.O. Box 32
New Westminster BC V3L 4X9 CANADA
Phone: 1604.707.0222
Email:
[email protected]
Web: www.LinkInternational.org
Suite 512 - 151-32500 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford BC V2T 4W1 Canada
Phone: 604.755.8285
Fax:
604.755.8286
Email:
[email protected]
Web: www.im-canada.ca
P08 Lions Gate Christian Academy
B07 International Student Ministries Canada
N08 Living Room Mood Disorder Support
2367 Welcher Ave
Port Coquitlam BC V3C 1X6 CANADA
Phone: 604.941.3888
H08 Jews for Jesus Canada
402 -1315 Lawrence Ave E
Toronto ON M3A 3R3 CANADA
Phone: 1-416.444.7020
Fax:
-416.444.1028
Web: www.jewsforjesus.ca
M09 Josiah Venture Canada
PO Box 38001
Calgary AB T3K 5G9 CANADA
Phone: 587.894.2929
Web: www.josiahventure.com
R06 Journey Home Community Association
105 - 6125 Sussex Ave
Burnaby BC V5H 4G1 Canada
Phone: 604.568.4892
925 Harbourside Drive
North Vancouver BC V7P 3S1 Canada
Phone: 604.984.8226
Fax:
604.984.8254
Web: www.lionsgateca.org
1410 Delta Ave (Global Living Room )
Burnaby BC V5B 3G4 Canada
Phone: 1-604.291.6254
Web: www.livingroomsupport.org
J02 Loveglobal
1250-1500 West Georgia
Vancouver BC Canada
Web: www.loveglobal.com
C02 M2/W2 Association - Restorative
Christian Ministries
208 -2825 Clearbrook Road
Abbotsford BC V2T 6S3 CANADA
Phone: 1604.859.3215
Fax:
1604.859.1216
TollFree:1-800.298.1777
Web: www.m2w2.com
N01 Manna Ministries International
J04 NCOL Ministries
V10 MB Mission (formerly MBMS
International)
Q09 New Manna Ministries
P.O Box 2242
Abbotsford BC V2T 4X2 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.850.0947
Fax:
1-604.850.0926
Web: www.mannaministries.info
302-32025 George Ferguson Way
Abbotsford BC V2T 2K7 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.859.6267
Fax:
1-604.859.6422
TollFree:1-888.866.6267
Web: www.mbmission.org
K06 McMaster Divinity College
1280 Main St W.
Hamilton ON L8S 4K1 CANADA
Phone: 905.525.9140 x24401
Fax:
905.577.4782
Web: www.macdiv.ca
G08,G09 MEA Worldwide (Maranatha
Evangelistic Association)
2223 5th Ave NW
Calgary AB T2N 0S8 CANADA
Phone: 403.283.2263
Fax:
403.283.4061
TollFree:1.877.632.7770
Web: www.meaworldwide.org
R10 Medical Ministry International (MMI)
PO Box 56086
Stoney Creek ON L8G 5C9 CANADA
Phone: 905.524.3544
Fax:
905.664.8386
Web: www.mmint.org
U08 Menno Travel
32112 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford BC V2T 1W4 Canada
Phone: 1-604.853.0751
Fax:
1-604.853.4931
Web: www.mennotvl.com
S09-S10 Mennonite Central Committee BC
PO Box 2038
Abbotsford BC V2T 3T8 CANADA
Phone: 604.850.6639
Fax:
604.850.8734
TollFree:1-888.622.6337
Web: www.mcc.org
H10 Millar College of the Bible
PO Box 25
Pambrun SK S0N 1W0 CANADA
Phone: 306.582.2033
Web: www.millarcollege.ca
AA2-AA3 Mission Aviation Fellowship of
Canada (MAF)
264 Woodlawn Rd W
Guelph ON N1H 1B6 CANADA
Phone: 519.821.3914
Fax:
519.823.1650
TollFree:1.877.351.9344
Web: www.mafc.org
D06 More Than a Roof Foundation
100 - 1515 Charles St.
Vancouver BC V5L 2T2 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.215.4648
Fax: 1-604.215.4678
Web: www.morethanaroof.org
F11 MSI Canada
501-5920 Iona Drive
Vancouver BC V6T 1J6 CANADA
Phone: 604.228.9899
Fax:
780.417.4753
Web: www.msicanada.org
505-889 West Pender Street
Vancouver BC V6L 3B2 Canada
Phone: 1-604.806.6265
Fax:
604.806.6269
TollFree:1-866.688.6265
Web: www.sunergo.net
5404 Bella Vista Rd.
Vernon BC V1H 1A2 CANADA
Phone: 250.549.1703
Fax:
250.549.4779
Web: www.newmanna.com
A02 North America Indigenous Ministries (NAIM)
PO Box 220, Stn A
Abbotsford BC V2T 6Z6 CANADA
Phone: 604.850.3052
Fax:
604.504.0178
Web: www.naim.ca
U01 Northern Canada Evangelical Mission
(former Key-Way-Tin Bible Institute)
Box 3030
Prince Albert SK S6V 7V4 CANADA
Phone: 780.623.4565
Fax:
780.623.1788
Web: www.ncem.ca
U05 NorthStar Academy Canada
1001 - 20th Ave #107
Didsbury AB T0M 0W0 Canada
TollFree:1.877.335.1171
Web: www.northstaracademycanada.org
F12, G12 OMF International - Canada
10455 Finlayson Drive
Richmond BC V6X 1W8 CANADA
Phone: 604.278.1208
Fax:
604.278.1208
Web: www.omf.ca
K02 One Mission Society (formerly OMS
International)
293 Wellington St. N. Unit 132
Hamilton ON L8L 8E7 CANADA
Phone: 1-905.522.1605
Fax:
1-905.522.2849
TollFree:1-800.784.7077
Web: www.onemissionsociety.org
V02 Open Doors
819 Brownridge Rd
Hilton Hills ON L7G 0C6 CANADA
Phone: 905.636.0944
Fax:
905.636.0946
Web: www.opendoorsca.org
F09 Operation Exodus Canada
456 - 7231 120 St
Delta BC V4C 6P5 CANADA
Web: www.operationexodus.ca
M06 Operation Mobilization
84 West St.
Port Colborne ON L3K 4E3 CANADA
Phone: 1-905.835.2546
Fax:
1-905.835.2533
TollFree:1-877.487.7777
Web: www.omcanada.org
CC3 Orphan’s Hope
10190 B Suncrest Drive
Leavenworth WA 98826 USA
Phone: 1952.941.1546
Fax:
1952.944.2078
TollFree:1.888.251.2871
Web: www.OrphansHope.org
A05 Outreach Canada
Unit 2 - 7201 72nd Street
Delta BC V4G 1M5 CANADA
Phone: 1604.952.0050
Fax:
604.952.4650
Web: www.outreach.ca
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Exhibitors
G07 Pacific Life Bible College
15100 66A Avenue
Surrey BC V3S 2A6 CANADA
Phone: 604.597.9082
Fax:
604.597.9090
TollFree:1-877.597.7522
Web: www.pacificlife.edu
H09 Pais Project
1988 56th St
Delta BC V4L 2B1 Canada
Phone: 604.943.8244
Web: www.paisproject.com/Canada
T06 Partners International Canada
Unit 56 - 8500 Torbram Road
Brampton ON L6T 5C6 CANADA
Phone: 905.458.1202
Fax:
905.458.4339
TollFree:1-800.883.7697
Web: www.partnersinternational.ca
U02 Partners Relief and Development
Canada Foundation
33130 Springbank Road
Calgary AB T3Z 2L9 CANADA
Phone: 403.242.7903
Web: www.partnersworld.ca
P03 Peace River Bible Institute
Box 99
Sexsmith AB T0H 3C0 CANADA
Phone: 780.568.3962
Fax:
780.568.4431
TollFree:1-800.959.7724
Web: www.prbi.edu
B04 Perspectives on the World Christian
Movement
2-7201 72nd St
Delta BC V4G 1M5 CANADA
Phone: 1604.952.0050
Fax:
1604.952.4650
Web: www.perspectivescanada.org
V13 Pilgrim Book & Bible Book Store
2714 Kingsway
Vancouver BC V5R 5H5 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.437.3117
Fax:
1-604.439.1422
TollFree:1-877.202.2324
Web: www.pilgrimbookandbible.com
O03 Pioneer Pacific Camp (IVCF)
Box 5-10
Thetis Island BC VOR 2YO CANADA
Phone: 1-250.246.9613
Fax:
1-250.246.1202
TollFree:1-800.784.1415
Web: www.pioneerpacific.ca
M03 PIONEERS
51 Byron Ave
Dorchester ON N0L 1G2 CANADA
Phone: 519.268.8778
Fax:
519.268.2787
TollFree:1-866.268.8778
Web: www.pioneers.ca
M07 Place of Rescue
128 Tuscany Hills Circle NW
Calgary AB T3L 2E5 Canada
Phone: 403.973.5470
Web: www.placeofrescue.com
D01, E01 Power to Change
20385 64th Avenue
Langley BC V2Y 1N5 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.514.2000
Fax:
604.514.2124
Web: www.powertochange.org
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N6, O6 PRAIRIE
Box 4000
Three Hills AB T0M 2N0 CANADA
Phone: 403.443.5511
Fax:
403.443.5540
TollFree:1-800.661.2425
Web: www.prairie.edu
J10 Praise 106.5 FM
1843 Front Street
Lynden WA 98264 USA
Phone: 360.354.5596
Fax:
360.354.7517
TollFree:1-888.298.1065
Web: www.praise1065.com
B10, B11 Pregnancy Options Centres
7416 Edmonds Street
Burnaby BC V3N 1A8 CANADA
Phone: 604.525.0999
Fax:
604.525.2634
Web: www.optionscentre.ca
Q05 Providence University College and
Theological Seminary
10 College Cres
Otterburne MB R0A 1G0 CANADA
Phone: 204.433.7488
Fax:
204.433.7158
TollFree:1-800.668.7768
Web: www.prov.ca
O05 Ratanak Foundation
521 - 3495 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R3 Canada
Phone: 604.325.9300
Web: www.ratanak.org
P06 ReachAcross
PO Box 88520 Newton TWN
Surrey BC V3W OX1 CANADA
Phone: 604.596.7937
Fax:
604.596.7926
Web: www.reachacross.net
P05 Reachout to Africa
RPO Parkgate PO Box 30052
North Vancouver BC CANADA
Phone: 1-604.983.9743
Web: www.reachout2africa.org
T01 Reasons To Believe
(Vancouver Area Chapter )
208 - 10951 Mortfield RD
Richmond BC V7A 2W5 CANADA
Phone: 604.241.3772
Web: www.reasons.org
V06 Regent College
5800 University Boulevard
Vancouver BC V6T 2E4 CANADA
Phone: 604.224.3245
Fax:
604.224.3097
TollFree:1-800.663.8664
Web: www.regent-college.edu
Q08 Rockridge Canyon Young Life Canada
Box 539
Princeton BC V0X 1W0 CANADA
Phone: 1 250 - 870-9030
Fax:
1 250 295 - 0059
Web: www.younglife.ca
Q10 Rocky Mountain College
4039 Brentwood RD NW
Calgary AB T2L 1L1 CANADA
Phone: 403.284.5100
Fax:
403.220.9567
TollFree:1-877.968.6762
Web: www.rockymountaincollege.ca
L03-L04 Russell Stendal - Colombia
Para Cristo Society
M08 Summit Ministries Canada
Box 35001, Fleetwood PO
Surrey BC V4N 9E9 Canada
Phone: 604.575.3257
Web: www.summit.org
12629 248th Street
Maple Ridge BC V4R 1K4 CANADA
Phone: 604.467.9820
Fax:
604.466.2090
Web: www.fuerzadepaz.com
Q01 Summit Pacific College
Box 1700 Straiton Rd
Abbotsford BC V2S 7E7 CANADA
Phone: 604.851.7222
Fax:
604.853.8951
TollFree:1-800.976.8388
Web: www.summitpacific.ca
G02 Salsbury Community Society
(Kinbrace)
PO Box 21732 - 1424 Commercial Drive
Vancouver BC V5L 5G3 Canada
Phone: 1.604.255.9691
Fax:
1.604.255.9686
Web: www.kinbrace.ca
J05 Sunday Line Communications Society
PO Box 3366
Vancouver BC V6B 3Y3 CANADA
Phone: 778.294.4040
Fax:
604.263.2677
Web: www.sundayline.com
P12-Q12 SEND International of Canada
1 - 22423 Jefferies Rd RR 5
Komoka ON N0L 1R0 CANADA
Phone: 1-519.657.6775
Fax:
1-519.657.7027
TollFree:1-888.918.5036
Web: www.send.org
F02 Teach Beyond
(formerly Janz Team Ministries)
D07 Silaa Farm / Elim Community Church
3662 West 4th Ave
Vancouver BC V6R 1P1 Canada
Phone: 604.312.5220
K01 SIM Canada (Serving In Mission)
19-6575 192 St
Surrey BC V4N 5T8 CANADA
Phone: 1-778.574.0500
Fax:
1-778.574.0507
TollFree:1-800.294.6918
Web: www.sim.ca
2121 Henderson Hwy.
Winnipeg MB R2G 1P8 CANADA
Phone: 204.334.0055
Fax:
204.339.3321
TollFree:1-888.334.0055
Web: www.teachbeyond.org
E08 Teen Missions in Canada
PO Box 415
Outlook SK S0L 2N0 CANADA
Phone: 306.867.9293
Web: www.teenmissions.ca
K05 The Evangelical Alliance Mission
(TEAM) of Canada
B03 Slavic Gospel Association
55 Fleming Drive Suite 26
Cambridge ON N1T 2A9 CANADA
Phone: 519.621.3553
Fax:
519.621.7571
TollFree:1-877.742.7729
Web: www.sgacanada.org
#372-16 Midlake Blvd SE
Calgary AB T2X 2X7 CANADA
TollFree:1-800.295.4160
Web: www.teamworld.org
P02 SOAR International Ministries
10040 Timberline Place
Chilliwack BC V2P 7N9 Canada
Phone: 604.795.6259
Web: www.greatcommissionnetwork.com
135 Granite Point Court
Kenai Alaska 99611 USA
Phone: 1-907.283.1961
Fax:
1-907.283.2861
TollFree:1-888.388.7627
Web: www.soarinternational.org
O07 Society of Christian Schools in BC
7600 Glover Road
Phone: 604.888.6366
Fax:
604.888.2791
Web: www.scsbc.ca
T02 The Great Commission Network
Association
CC4 The Leprosy Mission Canada
100 Mural Street Suite 100
Richmond Hill ON L4B 1J3 CANADA
Phone: 905.886.2885
Fax:
905.886.2887
TollFree: 1-888.537.7679
Web: www.leprosy.ca
N03 The Promise Story
M10 South East Asia Prayer Center
P.O. Box 127
Oakmont PA 15139 USA
Phone:1-142.826.9063
Web: www.seapc.us
Box 353
Falkland BC V0E 1W0 Canada
Phone: 1-250.379.2264
Web: www.ThePromiseStory.com
M01, M2 The Salvation Army
E06 St. John’s Vancouver Church
2325 Burrard Street
Vancouver BC V6J 3J2 CANADA
Phone: 604.558.4400
Fax:
604.731.4903
Web: www.stjohnsvancouver.org
R11 Stonecroft Ministries of Canada
PO Box 38089
Edmonton AB T6A 3Y6 CANADA
Phone: 1-780.485.1100
Fax:
1-780.485.1104
TollFree:1-877.275.8340
Web: www.stonecroftcanada.org
3833 Henning Drive
Burnaby BC V5C 6N5 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.299.3908
Fax:
1-604.291.0345
Email:
[email protected]
Web: www.thetruthisntsexy.ca
I07
Timberline Ranch
22351 144th Avenue
Maple Ridge BC V4R 2P8 CANADA
Phone: 604.463.9278
Fax:
604.463.4346
Web: www.timberlineranch.com
T08 Transport for Christ
6242 Route 105
Lower Brighton NB E7P 1B3 CANADA
Phone: 506.375.4841
Fax:
506.375.6484
Web: www.transportforchristbc.org
Exhibitors
V11, V12 Trinity Western University
I04
O08 True Path to God
T04 Villages of Hope - Africa Society
7600 Glover Road
Phone: 604.513.2019
Fax:
604.513.2064
TollFree:1-888.468.6898
Web: www.twu.ca
3870 216th St
Langley BC V2Y 0G2 Canada
Phone: 1 604.534.5783
B12 Truth Unlocked, div. of TalonGTS.Inc
74 Elizabeth St., Su # 200
Guelph ON N1E 2X2 Canada
Phone: 1-319.767.6756
Fax:
1-319.763.0335
Web: www.truthunlocked.org
V04, V05 Union Gospel Mission
616 East Cordova Street
Vancouver BC V6A 1L9 CANADA
Phone: 604.253.3323
Fax:
604.253.3496
Web: www.ugm.ca
O10, O11 Vancouver Christian School
3496 Mons Drive
Vancouver BC V5M 3E6 CANADA
Phone: 604.435.3113
Fax:
604.430.1591
Web: www.vancouverchristianschool.org
Vanguard College
12140 103 St
Edmonton AB T5G 2J9 CANADA
Phone: 780.452.0808
Fax:
780.452.5803
TollFree:1-866.222.0808
Web: www.vanguardcollege.com
2450 Milltower Court
Mississauga ON L5N 5Z6 Canada
Phone: 1-905.542.8333
Web: www.vohafrica.com
G05 W.I.N.G.S. Fellowship Ministries
501.104.1015 Columbia St.
New Westminster BC V3M 6V3 CANADA
Phone: 604.521.1888
Fax:
604.521.1879
Web: www.monarchplace.org
J06 Wagner Hills Farm Society
8061 264th Street
Langley BC V1M 3M3 CANADA
Phone: 604.856.9432
Fax:
604.856.9402
Web: www.wagnerhills.com
Q02 Walk Thru The Bible (Canada)
51 - 34250 Hazelwood Avenue
Abbotsford BC V2S 7L4 CANADA
Phone: 604.855.9989
Fax:
604.855.1600
TollFree:1-877.566.9822
Web: www.walkthru.org
Continued from page 23
I remember asking one of my neighbors,
“How are you doing?” He said, “Pretty good actually. The greatest thing happened last night.
For the first time I could see the moon because
the factory had burnt down.” I thought, “What
a strange way of thinking of this.” My friend actually made a mural of it. It has this guy looking
at his house as it’s almost burnt to the ground.
The moon is behind it and there’s a little caption that says, “Boy, isn’t the moon beautiful?”
I think it’s that kind of freedom that teaches
us to live as if none of this stuff around us even
existed, to live as if the world around us is fading away and won’t last. It’s this call to know
that there’s something deeper at the core of
everything and this is the call to liberation. I
find it funny when people see that we’ve left
a lot of this stuff to follow Jesus and they say,
“Oh it’s so heroic you take a vow of simplicity.”
And I say, “You must have never seen the pearl
that we left everything for.” (Matt 13:45) We
said “No” to some things, but we said “Yes” to
something so dazzling and so beautiful that it
makes all the other stuff look like dung.
We’ve said “No” to the counterfeit peace
of Rome, but we’ve said “Yes” to the perfect
peace of Jesus. We’ve said “No” the myth of redemptive violence, but we’ve said “Yes” to the
truth of redemptive grace. We’ve said “No” to
the illusion of independence, but said “Yes” to
P10-P11 Watoto Child Care Ministries (Canada)
H01 WorldServe Ministries Inc.
E02 WEC International (Worldwide
Evangelization for Christ International)
M05 Worldshakers Christian Growth Centre
1950 Government St - Suit 8
Victoria BC V8W 2M1 CANADA
Phone: 1-250.361.4554
Fax:
1-866.303.5792
TollFree:1-866.944.2648
Web: www.watoto.ca
37 Aberdeen Ave
Hamilton ON L8P 2N6 CANADA
Phone: 1-905.529.0166
Fax:
1-905.529.0630
Web: www.wec-canada.org
Q03 West Coast Christian School
15 N. Renfrew Street
Vancouver BC V5K 3N6 CANADA
Phone: 604.255.2990
Fax:
604.255.2103
Web:
www.westcoastchristianschool.ca
Q04 World Concern
AA1 Wycliffe Bible Translators/ Canada
Institute of Linguistics (CanIL)
7600 Glover Rd
Phone: 604.513.2129
Fax:
604.513.2128
Web: www.canil.ca
R09 xxxChurch Canada and Taboo
Ministries
N02 YUGO Ministries
1 World Dr
Missisauga ON L5T 2Y4 CANADA
Phone: 1905.565.6200
Fax:
1905.696.2166
TollFree:1-866.332.6463
Web: www.worldvision.ca
the beautiful interdependence of the family of
God. We’ve said “No” to the American Dream,
but we’ve said “Yes” to a dream that burns
much brighter.
We’ve left everything for the pearl, but the
things that we’ve left are like fool’s gold. It’s
like cubic zirconium. It’s like that plastic jewelry, that counterfeit pearl, the stuff that’s just
gaudy and clutters our lives. It’s not about what
we’ve left but it’s about what we’ve found.
We’ve found a love that’s worth saying “Yes” to.
And that’s why disciples left their nets;
that’s why they died. They died because this
Jesus is so beautiful. And as liberated people,
I think that frees us up to laugh a little bit. We
can laugh at laugh at the jails because we
know that we have a God that liberates the
captives. We can laugh at the recession because we know our providence comes from
somewhere else.
I love that story in Revelation about the
fall of Babylon (Rev 18). Revelation says there
were two responses to the fall. There was the
response of the merchants who looked up and
wept and beat their chests and said, “Oh, how
could great Babylon fall?” And then there was
the response of the angels. It says the angels
rejoiced and said, “Fallen, fallen is the great
whore, Babylon.” And maybe the big question
for us is, “Are we weeping with the merchants
16340 - 96th Ave
Surrey BC V4N 2C1 CANADA
Phone: 1-604.951.2670
Web: worldshakers.shawwebspace.ca
10281 145th Street
Surrey BC V3R 3R5 Canada
Phone: 604.588.0381
Web: www.xxxchurch.com
19303 Fremont Avenue N
Seattle WA 98133 USA
Phone: 1.206.289.7977
TollFree:1.800.755.5022
Web: www.worldconcern.org
M12 World Vision Canada
1301 Johnston Road
White Rock BC V4B 3Z3 CANADA
Phone: 604.531.3955
Fax:
604.531.9168
TollFree:1-800.414.7788
Web: www.worldserve.org
P.O. Box 231
St. Albert AB T8N 1N3 CANADA
Phone: 1780.461.0891
Fax:
1780.961.7690
Web: www.yugo.org
or laughing with the angels today?”
In my neighborhood, I’ve learned to laugh.
I think that poor folks get it because they can
rejoice when the world around us seems to be
falling apart. They’re not too stunned when
kings or presidents fail us because they’ve
never had much faith in Caesars. The poor can
laugh when Babylon falls because they know
that the New Jerusalem is coming. They can
laugh when markets collapse because they
know their providence comes from God. And
like the lilies and the sparrows, they have the
freedom; they’ve never really trusted in a 401K,
or a 201K now. There’s freedom that “We’re
just praying for our daily bread.”
One of my neighbors said, “Oh, we’re going
to make it through. God is still good. And besides, my people have been in a recession for a
few hundred years.” It’s with that freedom that
we say, “Our hope today does not lie on Wall
Street, our hope doesn’t rest in America; our
hope does not come from a new Caesar or even
a new president, even a good one. Our hope
today is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood
and righteousness. On Christ the solid rock we
stand. All other ground is sinking sand.”
Indeed as we look around, all other ground
is sinking sand, but Christ will live forever. In
the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen.
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Short Term Missions Directory 2012
From two weeks to two years
Organization
Program
Cost
Requirements
Locations
A Rocha Canada - Christians in
Conservation
19353 16th Ave
Surrey BC V3S 9V2 TEL: 604.542.9022
FAX: 778.294.0122
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEB: www.arocha.ca
Community-based conservation projects.
Internships-1 month to 1 year in Environmental
Education, Conservation Research, Organic
Gardening, Heritage Site Maintenance. Live/work
at our Field Study Centre. Teach children/adults
to care for creation and live sustainably; join a
research project or work in the Community Shared
Agricultural or Fun on the Farm Programs.
Interns living onsite at the Centre
pay $600/mth for Room & Board.
Some candidates raise their own
support. Partial funding for specific
research projects may be available.
Local volunteers are also welcome
to join us for on-site programs and
activities.
Interns must be 18 yrs of age,
willing to participate in all
aspects of community life at
the Centre, have a desire to
steward God’s creation and
promote sustainable living.
Contact office for more
information.
Two centres in Canada –
Brooksdale Environmental
Centre in South Surrey,
BC & the Pembina Valley,
MB. Projects in 20 other
countries – check website
arocha.org
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T2E 7T1
TEL: 1 403.204.1421
TOLLFREE: 1-888.443.2221
FAX: 1 403.204.1501
EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.actioninternational.org
ESL teacher - 3-12 months or longer time frame.
$600-$1000 US/month plus airfare
(depending on location). Must raise
own costs. Contact ACTION for
more details.
ESL certificate or similar
background/experience.
Contact ACTION for more
information.
Cambodia, Nepal
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T2E 7T1
TEL: 1 403.204.1421
TOLLFREE: 1-888.443.2221
FAX: 1 403.204.1501
Summer camp ministry workers for street kids or
street families Dates: 10 to 12 days in June, July or
August (dates to be determined).
$35 USD/day + airfare. Must raise
own costs.
Age 19+ individuals and
teams up to 8 people.
Spiritual maturity and a love
for children in crisis required.
Skills in medical, music,
sports, crafts, drama, etc. are
helpful. Tagalog not essential,
but is a benefit.
Manila, Philippines and
surrounding area
Anchor Academy
Box 3015, 7201 Hurst Rd. Salmon Arm BC V1E 2P7
TEL: 1-250.832.2754
TOLLFREE: 1-888.917.3783
FAX: 1-250.832.4379
WEB: www.ark.net
K-12 Education providing credits for STM and
some funding to Kenya and Guatemala.Work with
Orphanages, evangelism, and work projects while
receiving High School Credits!
Kenya 2012: ~$3200 CAN
Guatemala 2012: ~$2300 CAN
Includes return costs from Salmon
Arm for travel, accommodations
and meals.
Students aged 15-19 who are
enrolled in Anchor Academy’s
Cross Cultural Missions 10,
Discipleship 11, or Missions
Trip 12 course.
Bungoma, Kenya at
Chemwa Children’s home
development Santa Rosa,
Guatemala to work with
the FeViva World Mission
BC Mission Boat Society
795 Island Hwy W
Parksville BC V9P 1B9
TEL: 250.248.5300
TOLLFREE: 1-877.303.2323
EMAIL: info@ bcmissionboat.org
WEB: www.bcmissionboat.org
Connecting people with God’s Love through
activities like Vacation Bible Schools for children,
youth activities, visits to elders and shut-ins at
home, fellowship gatherings, Bible studies, and
music worship.
Cost varies, depending on length
of mission adventure, food,
transportation and nature of
involvement. Please contact us to
find out more.
Pre-trip orientation and
training with additional
materials and resources to
read beforehand. Passionate
faith and team flexibility are
also musts.
Remote coastal British
Columbia First Nation
Communities. Primarily
northwest Vancouver
Island and central British
Columbia coast.
Canada Institute of Linguistics
(Wycliffe training)
7600 Glover Rd
Langley BC V2Y 1Y1
TEL: 604.513.2129
TOLLFREE: 1.888.513.2129
WEB: www.canil.ca
Training for short/long term work in linguistics,
literacy, Bible translation, TESL. Certificate and
degree programs – BA Ling, MA Linguistics, MA
Applied Linguistics and Exegesis
Scholarships are available. Training
tracks for 1 summer, 6 months, 2
years.
Preferably 2 years of postsecondary education.
Training takes place at
Trinity Western University.
Opens doors for
opportunities worldwide.
Engineering Ministries
International Canada (eMiC)
Calgary AB T3B 0B3
TEL: 403.202.3642
FAX: 403.202.3636
EMAIL: info@ emicanada.org
WEB: www.emicanada.org
Volunteer architects, engineers, surveyors and
building techs led by eMi staff travel to developing
nations to design facilities (ie orphanages, schools,
hospitals) and infrastructure (ie water, sanitation,
power) or engage in disaster response. Project
trips: 10-14 days during Jan/Feb, May/Jun or Sept/
Oct. 3-6 month student internship/co-op terms
available. Disaster response: as needed.
Project trips range from $1800-3500
depending on location. See website
for internship & disaster response
costs.
Volunteers to have
background in architecture,
engineering, land surveying,
CAD drafting/modelling,
or project/construction
management.
Project trips are
available throughout
the developing world.
Internships are available
in eMi offices around the
world.
Christian NGO project Managers:
salaried positions. Interns: raise
a small part of their support ie.
airfare. Volunteers: raise most of
their own support ie. airfare plus
$300 USD per month.
Managers: Medical Director
(Doctor/MPH), Water and
Sanitation, Protection/
Access to Justice Projects;
Interns (min. 1 year): MPH,
nurses, midwives, operations,
WatSan, Protection,
administrative, mechanics,
construction, church
empowerment. Volunteers
(min. 3 months): mechanic,
nurses, midwives, operations,
WatSan, Protection,
construction, church
empowerment.
Liberia, West Africa
Contact: info@
equipliberia.org, mfryer@
equipliberia.org
A monthly stipend is provided to
cover basic accommodation and
food costs while support raising is
required for additional expenses.
Committed Evangelical
Christian, at least 3 years of
teaching experience and a
Bachelors Degree or Teaching
Certificate.
Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
Working with students
from 33 different
nationalities and different
religious backgrounds.
We have 450,000 people to serve today - we need
Equip Canada
a hand. EQUIP Liberia needs short and long term
P.O. Box 683
missionaries.
Duncan BC V9L 3Y1
TEL: 828.738.3891
WEB: www.equipinternational.com
Haven of Peace Academy
PO Box 70027
Dar es Salaam Tanzania TEL: 255-51-668070
WEB: www.hopac.net
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Haven of Peace Academy is seeking English, Bible,
Science, Sports and Art teachers to teach Third
Culture Kids in Tanzania. A one year commitment is
required with a start date of August 2012.
Short Term Missions Directory 2012
From two weeks to two years
Organization
Cost
Requirements
House Upon the Rock/
Casa Sobre la Roca
25 Big Hill Circle
Airdrie AB T4A 1R3
TEL: 403.924.2016
WEB: www.houseupontherock.net
Short Term teams participate in construction
projects, medical clinic, friendship evangelism,
children. 7 – 14 days teams. Volunteers: see
website under “missionary opportunities” for
details
Program
See website, DR Ministry, Teams,
Team Manual for details. For teams
$48 – 55 per person per night,
airfare not included. Volunteers: see
website “missionary opportunities”
for details
Everyone who loves the Lord
and has a willing heart is
welcome. 14-17 yrs old must
be accompanied by an adult.
Teams of 4 – 25 people.
Dominican Republic,
Jarabacoa area (in the
mountains)
Impact Ministries Canada
Box 975 Station Main
Kamloops BC V2C 6H1
TEL: 250.434.4350
FAX: 250.554.8994
EMAIL: canada@impactministries.
ca
WEB: www.impactministries.ca
Short Term Missions Teams participate in
evangelism, construction projects, Christian
schools, home visitations, children’s ministry,
devotionals and team ministry. Doctors, dentists
and nurses needed for monthly medical and dental
clinics for the Mayan people of Guatemala.
Average cost is $800 CDN for a
10 day mission trip - this does not
include your airfare to and from
Guatemala City.
See the Impact
Ministries website www.
impactministries.ca for
upcoming Short Term
missions opportunities,
application forms, team
handbooks, and more.
Tactic, Guatemala
(Canadian office
- Kamloops, BC)
“Touching the hearts of
people and...making a
difference.”
International China Concern
Vancouver BC V5X 2N2
TEL: 604.322.3119
WEB: www.chinaconcern.org
People from all over the world come together for
about two weeks to work directly with abandoned
children with disabilities. Team dates for 2012:
January 3-19, April 1-14, July 27-August 13,
October 14-27th.
CDN $1285.00 includes airfare
into China from either Hong Kong
or Beijing, food, accommodation,
land transportation in China. Does
NOT include airfare to Hong Kong
or Beijing.
Everyone is welcome!
Individuals under 18 have to
be accompanied by an adult.
China
International Teachers Institute
99 Mundy St
Coquitlam BC V3K 5L5 TEL: 604.526.5693
FAX: 604.526.5693
WEB: www.
internationalteachersinstitute.com
Teams of North American teachers holding
seminars for teachers of English abroad. Week 1
Seminars for teachers of English Week 2: Teaching
Strategies for Moral Development.
Includes airfare, land transportation,
accommodation, food and some
teaching materials, depending on
the country: From: CDN $2900 to
$CDN $3500.
Christian certified teachers
of any subject area: active,
non-active, retired. English as
first language preferred. Will
consider noncertified teachers
with TESL or ESL credentials.
Non-teaching spouses
welcome.
Ukraine
Joy Fellowship
3036 East Georgia
Vancouver BC V5K 2K7
TEL: 604.251.6403
WEB: www.joyfellowship.bc.ca
Vancouver area church serving with people who
have mental/physical disabilties, drawing them to
Christ, equipping them to grow as disciples, and
ministering together, locally and around the world.
Since all but our Pastors are
volunteers, cost varies, depending
on length of program, and nature of
involvement. Please contact us to
find out more.
No training required. From
teenagers to seniors - help
at weekend camps, in Bible
studies or visitation or in
longer internships...
Mostly Vancouver - Lower
Mainland, some activities
on Sunshine Coast, or
with sister organizations
in other countries.
Mennonite Central Committee BC_
PO Box 2038
Abbotsford BC V2T 3T8
TEL: 604.850.6639
TOLLFREE: 1-888.622.6337
FAX: 604.850.8734
WEB: www.mcc.org
SALT(Serving & Learning Together) Term Length:
11 months (mid-August to mid-July) Web: mcc.
org/salt Service Opps. include living and working
among communities (local agencies) such as a
day care, school, hospital, social service agency or
church. Paricipants live with a national host family.
Amount set every January
(2010/11 amount was $ 4800 Cdn
). Participant also responsible for
expenses related to obtaining
passport, visas, immunizations,
pre-service medical/dental/optical,
as well as clothing and vacation
costs. Educational loan repayment
assistance available.
Age: 18-27 years, Single.
US/Canadian citizen.
Commitment to personal
Christian faith/discipleship.
Active church participant
(expectation to participate
in local church). Belief in
nonviolent peacemaking.
Job specific qualifications
vary with each position.
Application Deadline:
February
Varying locations
throughout Asia, Africa,
Latin America, Eastern
Europe and Middle East
North America Indigenous
Ministries (NAIM)
PO Box 220, Stn A
Abbotsford BC V2T 6Z6
TEL: 604.850.3052
FAX: 604.504.0178
EMAIL: office@ naim.ca WEB: www.naim.ca
Summer Ministry Initiative (SMI) is our summer
ministry program in Native communities. You
will be placed on a team with a focus on building
relationships and sharing about your relationship
with Christ. 7 week program: Approx. June 27 –
August 11 3 week program: Approx. June 27 – July
19
7 week program: $600 per
person or $1000 per couple, $20
application fee, plus travel expenses
to Regina, SK. 3 week program:
$400 per person or $700 per couple,
$20 application fee, plus travel
expenses to Regina, SK. Fees cover
accommodations, most meals,
orientation materials, ministry
supplies, travel to and from Regina
and ministry location, etc.
18+ (families with children
are also welcome), love
for Jesus, desire to build
relationships in community,
share Christ in the context of
day to day life and events, any
of all life or work experience
can be used.
Native communities in
Northern Saskatchewan,
Canada, First Nations/
Native Americans.
Komoka ON N0L 1R0
TEL: 1-519.657.6775
TOLLFREE: 1-888.918.5036
FAX: 1-519.657.7027
WEB: www.send.org
God is not finished with Europe! Love Europe 2012
is an exciting opportunity to join a multi-national
team this summer from June – July on various
short-term missions trips to reach Europe with the
Gospel.
Depends which team you will
join but anywhere from $1,260 to
$2,030 plus airfare.
College Student or recent
college graduate.
Europe – Albania, Spain,
Czech Republic, Poland,
Croatia, Macedonia,
Slovenia
Komoka ON N0L 1R0
TEL: 1-519.657.6775
TOLLFREE: 1-888.918.5036
FAX: 1-519.657.7027
WEB: www.send.org
Discipleship and Evangelism
$2,250 to $3,000
Fluent in Mandarin, and a
desire to share the Good
News with those who want
to know. (On the job training
provided if needed)
Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
Wycliffe Bible Translators
4316 10 St NE
Calgary AB T2E 6K3
TEL: 403.250.5411
TOLLFREE: 1.800.463.1143
WEB: www.wycliffe.ca
Discovery trips - short term internships in language
and literacy work, - teaching, administrative and
technical support roles.
Raise own support for and during
the necessary time period
Preferably with 2 years of
post-secondary education.
Age, training and
qualifications dependent on
type of work.
Worldwide opportunities.
Locations
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Career Missions Directory 2012
Over two years
Organization
Program
Cost
Requirements
Locations
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T2E 7T1
TEL: 1 403.204.1421
TOLLFREE: 1-888.443.2221
FAX: 1 403.204.1501
Office and Financial Managers
$2500-$3500 CDN/month.
Must raise own support.
Contact ACTION for more
details.
Must have management and accounting
skills, developed computer skills, good
organizer, good people skills, willingness
to learn national language, and a love for
nationals, particularly the poor.
Philippines, Colombia,
Ecuador, UK, Uganda
3015A 21st St. NE
Calgary AB T2E 7T1
TEL: 1 403.204.1421
TOLLFREE: 1-888.443.2221
FAX: 1 403.204.1501
Pastoral Leadership Training. Provide training
and mentoring to developing world national
pastors, missionaries and church leaders
(Short Term opportunities also availablecontact ACTION for more details)
$2500-$3000/month. Must
raise own support. Contact
ACTION for more details.
Active or retired pastors, missionaries and/or
Bible college professors/teachers
Africa, Asia, Latin America
Engineering Ministries International
Canada (eMiC)
Calgary AB T3B 0B3
TEL: 403.202.3642
FAX: 403.202.3636
WEB: www.emicanada.org
Architects-Engineers-Construction
Managers. Lead volunteer teams to
developing nations to design orphanages,
schools, hospitals and infrastructure- water,
sanitation, power. Responsibilities:Organize
teams, administrate reports and design/
construction drawings, mentor interns,
office admin. CM positions vary in location
and duration.Admin /Drafting/Tech Support
positions available.
All staff raise their own
financial support for salary.
Project travel and expenses
are covered by funds raised
by eMi Canada.
Staff to have background in architecture,
engineering, land surveying, CAD drafting/
modelling, or project/construction
management. Minimum one eMi project
volunteer trip experience for candidate
and spouse (if applicable) before staff
consideration. Desire to serve within the
context of the eMi office, the overseas client
ministry and the project team.
eMi has offices in the
USA(Colorado Springs),
Canada(Calgary),
UK(Colchester), India(New
Delhi), Costa Rica(San Jose)
and Uganda(Kampala). Full
time staff and long term
volunteer positions are
available in all locations.
Equip Canada
P.O. Box 683
Duncan BC V9L 3Y1
TEL: 828.738.3891
WEB: www.equipinternational.com
We have 450,000 people to serve today - we
need a hand. EQUIP Liberia needs short and
long term missionaries.
Christian NGO project
Managers: salaried positions.
Interns: raise a small part
of their support ie. airfare.
Volunteers: raise most of
their own support ie. airfare
plus $300 USD per month.
Managers: Medical Director (Doctor/MPH),
Water and Sanitation, Protection/Access
to Justice Projects; Interns (min. 1 year):
MPH, nurses, midwives, operations, WatSan,
Protection, administrative, mechanics,
construction, church empowerment.
Volunteers (min. 3 months): mechanic, nurses,
midwives, operations, WatSan, Protection,
construction, church empowerment.
Liberia, West Africa Contact:
[email protected],
[email protected]
House Upon the Rock/Casa Sobre
la Roca
25 Big Hill Circle
Airdrie AB T4A 1R3
TEL: 403.924.2016
WEB: www.houseupontherock.net
Mission teams, construction, medical, school
sponsorship, working with teens, Bible
studies.
Missionaries need to be selffunded or raise own support
See website, “missionary
opportunities” for more
details.
18+ years old. Willing to participate in all
areas, desire to serve, skills helpful but
not essential. See website, “missionary
opportunities” for more details.
Dominican Republic,
Jarabacoa area (in the
mountains)
International China Concern
Vancouver BC V5X 2N2
TEL: 604.322.3119
WEB: www.chinaconcern.org
Working with abandoned children and
young adults with disabilities in the areas
of physical and psychological therapy,
education and medical care. Also work
with families in the community who have
children with disabilities so they won’t
abandon their child. Duration: One month
up to five years.
Mostly volunteer positions
or raise your own support
positions. Details discussed
with HR manager.
Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists,
Speech Therapists, Special Ed teachers, ECE
teachers, Art Therapists, Child Psychologists,
Counsellors, Medical Doctors, Music
Therapists, Social Workers, Youth Workers
and anybody willing to come alongside these
children with a loving heart.
China
Mennonite Central Committee BC_
PO Box 2038
Abbotsford BC V2T 3T8
TEL: 604.850.6639
TOLLFREE: 1-888.622.6337
FAX: 604.850.8734
WEB: www.mcc.org
Participants serve alongside local church/
partner agencies in the following areas:
agriculture, community/economic
development, education, health,
management/office support, peace and
reconciliation. Terms: Canada - 2 yrs; US
& International - 3 yrs. Dates: Variable-see
specific job description.
MCC covers basic costs
for worker’s service term.
Support given reflects
varied local living costs.
Support requires service
workers to live a simpler &
healthy lifestyle that is as
close to the living level of
local program partners as
possible.
Commitment to personal Christian faith
and nonviolent biblical peacemaking. Active
member of a Christian church. MCC has
additional lifestyle expectations that all
workers are expected to commmit to. For
further info, check our website: www.mcc.
org/serve or contact our office.
Service opportunities are
availabe in Africa, Asia,
Eastern Europe, Latin
America/Caribbean, Middle
East, Canada/US.
North America Indigenous Ministries
(NAIM)
PO Box 220, Stn A
Abbotsford BC V2T 6Z6
TEL: 604.850.3052
FAX: 604.504.0178
EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.naim.ca
We are an inter-denominational mission
serving in coastal villages, interior
communities, and urban cities. There are
various ministry venues, and much creative
freedom in bringing the good news of Jesus
Christ to First Nations communities. Short
Term (6 months – 2 years) Long Term (2
years +)
Traditional Missionary:
Raise support for living and
ministry expenses. NonTraditional Missionary: Get
a ‘regular job’ in a Native
community and use this as a
gateway for ministry.
First, get in touch! Visit one of our Gatherings
so that you can get to know us, and we can
get to know you. Having some cross-cultural
experience is important. You may already
have this, or you can join our summer
ministry program, SMI. Then apply, interview,
and head on the path towards your ministry
assignment.
Canada (British Columbia,
Alberta, Saskatchewan),
USA (Washington, New
Mexico); First Nations/
Native Americans.
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Special Thanks & Acknowledgements
Several hundred people from local churches volunteer each year to
plan and facilitate Missions Fest. We are all grateful for their vision
and willingness to work so that a needy world will be reached in
this generation. Among the many who help, the following is an
incomplete list of those with specific responsibilities:
The Planning Team
Audio Visual Production
A/V Coordinator
Glen Fluevog
A/V ProductionPat Morten, Barry Sharpe, Kent Morgan,
Gilbert Gerbrandt, Simon Tressel,
Andrew Learmonth
A/V Sales
Margaret Gerbrandt, Judy McDonald
Radio Operation
Gerry Walchuk
Children
Co-ordinator Gwen Reese
Elementary School Field TripBarb Hunter
Film Festival
Co-ordinator
Debra Sears
CommitteeGreg Meeres, Tim Hall, Phil Hood
Marnie Wooding, Shannon Braithwaite,
Bill McGowan, Vincent Chin
Finance
Al Vetter, Nick Kilpatrick
Bookkeeping
Carol McLean, Ruth-Joy Gardiner
Registrar
Claudia Merida
Teller Captain Al Vetter
Plenary Sessions
MC
Mika Kostamo, Patrick Elaschuk, Tom Wright
Worship/MusicDaylight Worship Band, Phil Vanderveen,
Ethos Band, Restoration Church Band,
Darriel Menefee and the Pacific Northwest
Mass Choir
Stage Manager
Eddie Lam
Publicity
Magazine Layout
Editor Copy Editor Photographers
Peter Pasivirta
Dwayne Buhler, Sharon Pasivirta
Barbara Smith
Alan Hood, Mardi Lee
Seminars
Co-ordinator Ann Green
Committee Lois Brookes, Ralph Goring, Jonathan Lee,
Gae McFarlane, Bruce Mills, Bob Koblensky,
Kay & Les Parker, Louisa Kuntzmann,
Teresa Tan
Seminar Hosting
Jane Shimonek, Victor & Barb Kwalheim
Facilities
Co-ordinators Bruce Waine, Bob Quicke, David Jones
Assistant
Caleb Tin
Parking
Les Huber
Move-In/OutJohn Dashwood, Al Cazes, Students from
Capernwray, Omega Project(Summit Pacific
Bible College), Pacific Life Bible College
Hospitality
Billets Information Luncheon
Name Tags
Seminar Hosting
Ushering Coat Check
Pat Roman
Zach Wylie
Gae McFarlane
Doreen Derreth
Jane Shimonek, Victor Kwalheim
Sandy Bergeron
Diane Thompson
Office
Computer Consultants Claudia Merida, Peter Pasivirta
Office helpersDoreen Derreth, Vina Ng, Johanna Omischl,
Joy Fellowship Volunteers
Web Site
Claudia Merida
Prayer & Counseling
Co-ordinator David Hayward
Club 67
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Chris Fordham and Capernwray Bible School
Youth & Young Adults
Planning Team Sergio Najarro, Ben Woodman, Cheryl
Johnson, Daniel Louie, Mika Kostamo,
Zach Wylie, Jason Ballard
Counseling Capernwray Students
Secondary School Field TripElizabeth Doerksen
Tickets
Cheryl Huber
Youth Worship Leaders Daylight Worship Band, Ethos Worship Band
Special thanks to youth volunteers from, Capernwray Harbour Bible
College, Omega Project (Summit Pacific Bible College), Pacific Life Bible
College, Columbia Bible College
And Also…
Capernwray Harbour Torchbearers for helping in so many ways
including set-up, ushering, counseling, hosting, worship, etc.
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship for sharing office & storage
space during the year, & for providing rooms for monthly planning
meetings.
Hillcrest Chapel in Bellingham for assisting in all the receipting of US
donations.
Roy’s Copiers for photocopier: 604.437.6485
Most Seminar Presenters: Courtesy of various Mission Agencies.
Tom Lee Music for providing the piano, keyboard and drum kit
604.685.8471.
Vancouver Convention Centre Event Manager and staff for excellent
and courteous service.
Financial Information
Missions Fest is a non-profit society registered in the Province of
B. C. and a charity registered with CCRA, Charity (No. 12927 7083
RR0002). Missions Fest is a certified member of the Canadian Council
of Christian Charities.
In order to make this conference available to every member of
the family, no registration fee is required. It is financed three ways:
donations from sponsoring churches, a fee for display space from
mission agencies, and offerings given during the conference.
Missions Fest operates on a modest budget. Audited accounts
are available on request. Although 3-5 staff people work all year to
prepare for the conference, many volunteers, including professionals,
put in hundreds of hours to plan and facilitate it each year.
You are invited to share in the financial support of Missions Fest
by making a donation to “Missions Fest” (Canadian Funds) or
“Hillcrest”(U.S.Funds). (American friends, please include the name
“Hillcrest” on your check if you wish to receive a receipt.) Kindly use
the special envelopes found at the information centres or available
during the plenary sessions for this purpose. If we have your name
and address, we will provide receipts for donations of $10 and above.
Commercial Participants
Screens & Projectors: Woodhouse & Associates 604.879.1042
Displays for Exhibitors: Showtime Event & Display 1.800.721.0029
Layout for Brochure & Magazine: Peter Pasivirta: 778.233.8799
Printers:
Blok Printing: 604.420.1231
Vector Reprographics: 604.941.9711
Teldon Print Media: 604.273.4500
Promotional DVD: Boldfish Video Production: 604.319.9159
Sound & Lighting: Long & McQuade: 604.464.1011
Briere Sound Production Group 604.299.1026
Trademark Consulting: Accupro: 604.661.9292
Video Production:
GFC Communications: 604.945.2922
Roland Systems Group Canada 604.270.6626
Web Hosting Service: Filmrobot Systems: 604.688.4757 Ext. 112
Our Host Hotel:
The Fairmont Waterfront
Missions Fest 2012 Host Hotel 1.800.441.1414
For more hotel info go to the Missions Fest web site:
www.missionsfestvancouver.ca/accom.cfm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Directors are nominated for a two-year term. They are selected
from sponsoring churches on the basis of one per church.
Al Cazes
Patrick Elaschuk
Ward Gasque
Ann Green
Bruce Kennedy, Vice-Chair
Nick Kilpatrick, Treasurer
Mika Kostamo
Jamie McDonald
Bruce Mills
Joanne Pepper
Kathy Wong
Tom Wright, Chair
Zach Wylie, Secretary
BOARD OF REFERENCE
Members of the Board of Reference represent a broad spectrum of
our Christian community and are available for feedback and advice.
Bryan Born Professor, Columbia Bible College,
Abbotsford
David Bornman Pastor, West Coast Christian
Fellowship, Vancouver
Bill Chu Chinese Christians in Action, Vancouver
Richard Dodding CEO, Missions Fest International,
Coquitlam
Ed Hird Pastor, St Simon’s Anglican, North Vancouver
Dolphe Hoffman Retired Accountant, Burnaby
Jeffrey Lowe Lawyer, Vancouver
Gae McFarlane Calvary Worship Centre,
New Westminster
Vern Middleton Retired College Professor, Surrey
Bruce Milne Retired Minister, Vancouver
Gary Roosma, Pastor, Emmanuel Christian Community,
Richmond
Ken Shigematsu Pastor, Tenth Church, Vancouver
Betty Tiede Salvation Army, Campbell River
STAFF
Dwayne K. Buhler, Executive Director
Sharon Pasivirta, Office Administrator
Claudia Merida, Registrar, IT Coordinator
Carol McLean, Bookkeeper
Richard Dodding Consultant,
CEO of Missions Fest International
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General Information
Missions Fest 2012 is being held once
again at the Vancouver Convention
Centre.
See Site Map on page 34. Agencies Exhibits: Exhibition Hall B.
Audio & Video recordings (DVDs and
CDs) of plenary speakers will be available in the
lobby of the convention centre throughout the
weekend. Seminar recordings (CDs only) of other
speakers will be available from the Missions Fest
office (604.524.9944) after the festival.
Bookstore: The official Missions Fest bookseller, Pilgrim Book & Bible, is in Booth V13 in
Exhibition Hall B. The books of plenary speakers
and mission agency representatives, together
with other missions oriented books are available
to purchase.
Children’s Programs Locations: Level
2 Meeting Room 15. Programs for ages 6-11.
Registration required. Bring ID. See page 28 for
details. Pre-School Children Location: Room 14.
Childcare is provided for ages 2 1/2 (if trained)
to 5. Registration required. Parents should label
all children’s belongings. See page 28 for details.
Club 67 (Grades 6 & 7) Rallies: Location –
Level 2,Room #3. Tickets $7.00 ($5 for Sponsoring
Churches before Jan 21, 2012). Remaining tickets
($7), if any, will be sold at the door until 6:45 p.m.
daily. All sales final. No refunds. Film Festival Location: Main floor –
Ballroom A.
First Aid Location: Convention Centre lobby.
Food Locations: Convention centre concession stands with seating are located at the rear
of Exhibition Hall B. Specialty coffees and a limited bistro menu are served in the Coal Harbour
Express, located in the Delegates Concourse.
Waterfront Food Court Location: Down the stairs
at the south end of the convention centre lobby
you will find Pita Express, McDonalds, Starbucks
and many other options. Sinclair Centre Food
Court Location: Down the stairs to the Waterfront
Food Court, take a left past McDonalds, continue
through the Skytrain exit, turn right to Sinclair
Centre. Restaurants – See page 60 for a map and
listing of restaurants near the convention centre.
General Sessions Location: Exhibition Hall
A, Convention Level
Hotels: Missions Fest host hotel is the Fairmont
Waterfront 900 Canada Place Way Vancouver,
BC 1.800.441.1414. It is across the street from
the convention centre and is easily accessible
by Skytrain and city bus. For reservations go to
www.missionsfestvancouver.ca/accom.cfm.
Information Centres Locations: Near the
escalators on each level. Information Central is
located at the rear of Exhibition Hall B, the missions agencies exhibit hall.
Lost and Found Location: Convention
Centre lobby.
Parking: Public parking lots are located at the
foot of Seymour, West Cordova, Granville and
Howe Streets as well as under Canada Place and
the Waterfront Centre. Parking is available in the
Missions Fest holding lot on Waterfront Road for
$5 per day on a first-come first-served basis. Shuttle
buses operate between this parking lot and the
front entrance of the convention centre at approximately 15 minute intervals throughout the conference open hours and for a short time afterwards in
the evenings. This parking lot is not accessible on
foot. School buses may park for free on Waterfront
Road in the spots designated Tour Bus.
Phone: For Jan 27-29 only, calls will be forwarded to our temporary office in Exhibition
Hall B, from our permanent phone number
604.524.9944.
Prayer Room Location: Box Office in the
lobby. Come for individual and group prayer.
Seminar Locations: All on the second floor
meeting rooms level.
Transportation: Skytrain and Seabus terminate at Canada Place. Indoor access is available
through Waterfront Centre.
Youth and Young Adult Events Location:
Exhibition Hall C, Convention level - Fri & Sat evening
events require tickets. Advance Tickets for guaranteed seating are available by calling 604-5249944 or email: [email protected].
Youth/Young Adults Tickets: $10 ($7 for Sponsoring
Churches before Jan 21, 2012) Remaining tickets
($10), if any, will be sold in the Lobby until 8:45
p.m. All sales final. No refunds.
Youth and Youth Worker Seminar
Locations: Level 2 Meeting rooms, 11:00 a.m.
– 5 p.m. Saturday. See details on pages 32, 33.
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