Chinese New Year Outreach Results

The evening started promptly with appetizers and a hungry crowd. The mood was extremely festive and everyone came with the intention to enjoy themeselves with their friends and great food.



Samuel Chua, our emcee, bantered with the crowd right from the get go.



A table of friends who wanted to celebrate Chinese New year together. For a few of them, it's the first time they have heard the gospel presentation in the culture of their language.



Betty and Samuel busied about the entire two hours giving out lots of prizes.



One of the delighted winners of the lucky draw.

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It was the first time Intercultural Network Canada partnered with Campus Alumni Network and the results were astonishing. Lending the theme that it's yun yaat (Cantonese for "everyone's birthday"), the 7th day of the lunar calendar is a great day to start the new year afresh. Using the Discovering God in Chinese characters to explain the creation of man, to the fall of man, to the redemption of man, the 15 min power point presentation ended with the invitation to receive Jesus Christ as their personal saviour. Seven people were spiritually born this day when they chose to receive the lamb of God. It's been said that seekers seeking the truth and finding it must be the most fortunate people in the world.

Fortune probably has little or nothing to do with what is truly a miracle of God.

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Celebrating International Women's Day 2007 party plans!

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY will be celebrated in the entire month of March 2007 and this year the theme is THE POWER OF HOME. (Think of H.O.M.E as Helping Others More Effectively)

We are calling women to open their homes to invite their friends and neighbours to have a party. Some ideas include:
- Teaching a craft; flower arrangement, origami, scrapbooking
- Having a potluck
- Having a food demostration
- Sharing someone's faith journey
- Teaching a song in your native language

We have a package in which you can purchase called Party Hints (for $8) that has invitations, ice-breaker questions, ideas for crafts and how to pull your team together to throw a successful party in your home. Home is where your heart is, and if Jesus is in your heart, the women coming into your home will find it wonderfully warm. The purpose of these home parties is to introduce Jesus to them, gently and with love.

We would like to post your party plans for what your home party might look like, so please post your comments or write to interculturalnetwork@crusade.org to tell us what your ideas are. If you would like just the ice-breaker cards, please email shirley.eu@crusade.org and I will send the PDF to you.

Let's consider making this a memorable day for someone else...

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19 Feb 2007

The night we prayed for God's healing in Shri Lanka

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The Shri Lankan evening of prayer, set on the verse in 2 Chronicles 7:14 saw 60+ people attend to pray and intercede for the country called the pearl of the Indian Ocean. It started sharp at 530pm with worship leader Alissio leading in 6 songs, followed by Janet Fierbach from Intercultural Network who elaborated on the same Scriptural passage- exhorting us who are children of God, to humble ourselves, to cry out to God because the problems Shri Lanka faces today are beyond our comprehension and control. They might be for us, but it isn't for God.

With Esther Illangakoon representing the Singhalese, Sam Alangaramoney representing the Tamils, Wyndham Blom representing the Burghers and Yasmin Mihlar Shu representing the Moors, the four ethnic groups came together in repentance before God in an act of faith that God will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

We took time to pray at our tables, led by Yasmin who walked us through praying for leaders and influencers, for the hurting and the wounded, against the persecution of the church, the ongoing corruption, and the anti-conversion law. Aaron Rogers from Global Aid Network, also shared with us his eye-witness accounts of the damage the Southern coastline had suffered from the 2004 tsunami. While there is a lot of civil, political and religious tension present, there were also glimmers of hope that much good would come out of these tragedies. More than 100 church pastors had led the way to bring food and equipment to all who needed it, thus taking the opportunity to share the Gospel to an otherwise hostile crowd. It was an awesome time of coming together to seek God's face for a country where we simply believe that God is not done with bringing the lustre back to this beautiful country of Shri Lanka.

Let's keep praying!

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Empower Workshop Tuesday Feb 13

Empower: Marketplace Evangelism Training

Date: Tuesday, Feb 13, 2007
Time: 9am - 130pm
Venue: Campus Crusade Headquarters
20385 64 Ave
Langley
Cost: $30 per person

Plan to attend by reserving your seats by calling Shirley Eu at 604-514-2015 or
email: intercultural.network@crusade.org