AABA Update from Louis Lee – 11/29/07

This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) fellowship update contains the following notes -

1.    Christmas Boutique on Sat Dec 8, 10-2, all proceeds to help women/kids in Sierra Leone!
2.    Warriors Asian Heritage game/program on Wed Dec 5, 7:30pm (see Yi Jianlin).

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1.    Christmas Boutique on Sat Dec 8, 10-2, all proceeds to help women/kids in Sierra Leone!

This ministry called Children in Crisis is conducted by Ginny Frohmberg of Redwood Chapel in Castro Valley.  It is well worth our support if you have the chance to drop by on Dec 8.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I’d like to invite you to a Christmas Boutique at my home on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 10 am to 2 pm.  All the items for sale are handmade in Sierra Leone.  If you’re looking for something you won’t find in a department store, consider the following:
*  Tablecloths in a variety of colors with 4 napkins
*  Comfortable lined pants with pockets and elastic waist in a range of sizes
*  Various purses and coin purses made with colorful African fabrics
*  Backpacks with padded shoulder straps
*  Book covers in various sizes
*  Necklaces with double heart, turtle and stone pendants
*  Bracelets of various types and sizes

My address is:   563 McKinley Court in San Leandro
It’s just off Bancroft, down the street from San Leandro High School.

This Boutique is a fund-raiser for PACES (Paragon Agricultural Community and Education Services), an indiginous nonprofit organization in Sierra Leone that initiates projects to provide self-sufficiency skills to citizens of one of the poorest countries on earth.   The sewn goods were made by children in a juvenile detention facility who took a Sewing Class sponsored by PACES and funded by the Children in Crisis Concern Group.   Your purchase of these goods will provide income to young men (ages 17 and under), presumably former child soldiers, whose only skill prior to the class was knowing how to kill.   The jewelry was made by Sierra Leonean women.    All funds raised (after paying California sales tax of course!) will be wired to PACES to continue their effective work with children in crisis in Sierra Leone.

I hope you can make it!
Ginny
Email me

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2. Warriors Asian Heritage game/program on Wed Dec 5, 7:30pm (see Yi Jianlin).

This is a special opportunity organized by Scott Shimada working with the Golden State Warriors.  If you have any questions, please contact Scott directly or the Warriors.

On Wed, Dec 5, we will be having an Asian American Heritage Night before the Warriors play the Milwaukee Bucks.  It will be Yi Jianlin’s first visit to the Bay Area.

Here are some highlights to the night:
An cool t-shirt for anyone who buys a ticket to the game (as part of our group).
Discounted pricing on seats (see attached flyer)
Entrance to an exclusive party in Club 200 before the game.
Free raffle with cool prizes such as autographed items and opportunities to high five the Bucks as they enter the court.

Feel free to pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.  When you buy tickets, make sure they know you want to be a part of the Asian American Heritage Night and mention my name (Scott).

These upper level tickets will be discounted as follows -  $48 tix (corner/sideline) for just $40 each and $35 tix (corner/baseline) for just $30 each.

If you have any questions, you can email me.  Other wise, you purchase tickets using the information below.

Thanks,
Scott

contact Troy Corti at 510-986-5408

Share the Love event at New Hope Covenant Church in East Oakland

New Hope Covenant Church in East Oakland invites you to:

Share the Love: A Fundraiser for New Hope’s Youth Programs featuring a Live Auction and a Bingo Mingle

$20 donation at the door includes dinner, Bingo Mingle (one complimentary bingo card included for all rounds, with opportunity to purchase additional cards), and a chance to participate in an exciting LIVE auction.

For more information click here

AABA Update from Louis Lee – 11/4/07

This AABA (Asian American Bay Area) Fellowship update contains the following notes -

1. Please RSVP for next AABA meeting on Wed Dec 5, 10:30am to 12 noon.

2. 2008 AALC (Asian American Leadership Conference) brochures available soon!

3. Ministry opening/Ministry wanted.

4. Warriors Slam Dunk outreach event cancelled for 2008 due to lack of response.

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1. Please RSVP for next AABA meeting on Wed Dec 5, 10:30am to 12 noon.

If you can only attend these quarterly AABA meetings once a year, plan to attend this one on Dec 5! Lets share personal and church ideas how we can help keep our focus on the Christ of Christmas as well as how we can reach out to share the real meaning of Christmas to the unchurched.

We will have our usual time of ministry resource sharing, small group share and prayer, and the most doorprizes ever including

Christmas decorations/cards/lights/candles, Lenox ceramics, books, CD’s, DVD’s,

crystal, autographed baseball, 6 framed SF Giants tix 8/707 game/Bonds home run record,

Starbucks coffee mug, sportscards, metal briefcase, office supplies, and much more!

Everyone will receive at least three doorprizes!

Please RSVP ASAP an no later than Monday Dec 3.

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2. 2008 AALC (Asian American Leadership Conference) brochures available soon!

Registration brochures will be available very soon for the 2008 AALC event in LA on March 24-26, 2008. Please let me know how many brochures you would like me to send to you. Please check out our website at www.AALC2008.org. If your church/ministry has not already become a partner for this event, please consider doing so ASAP.

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3. Ministry opening/Ministry wanted.

I am seeking a position as Pastor of the English Ministry in a Chinese church or Family Ministry in a multicultural church in the state of California. I have recently served for the past eleven and a half years in a bicultural Chinese church in the San Francisco Bay Area. Previously, I served for five and a half years in a tri-cultural Chinese church in Southern California and previous to that four years in a multicultural church in the southeast part of the the U.S. My education background is below:

- B.A. -Tennessee Temple University (Chattanooga, TN)
- M.Div. – Talbot School of Theology (La Mirada, CA)
- Th.D – Covington Theological Seminary (Rossville, GA)

I am married with two children in the upper elementary grades. Presently we live in the city of San Lorenzo in Northern California. You can contact me either by e-mail: dmlimATsbcglobal.net or by phone: (510) 347-9044

- Darren Lim

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