A life-changing mission —accomplished! Praises to Jesus our Savior whose heart beats for mission -for the rich, meaningful, and unforgettable mission trip of the Calvary Chapel Dumaguete’s Thailand Mission 2010 Team!
A life-changing mission — accomplished! Praises to Jesus our Savior whose heart beats for mission – for the rich, meaningful, and unforgettable mission trip of the Calvary Chapel Dumaguete’s Thailand Mission 2010 team.
Come April 27 we depart to Bangkok for a mission trip. Including Uganda Mission last 2004, this is the 4th time we sent a mission team outside of the country. It’s the third time in Thailand. God uses people to accomplish His purpose. And you are that people, dear church. With your generous help and support, responding to God’s call, you have made yourselves partners with us. And with that, thank you!
Remember the story of Gideon? Gideon’s force was already hugely outnumbered...
Oh how great our God is! He is our sufficiency. He specializes in using the weak to shame the strong! He is expert in the impossibilities – for what is impossible with man, is possible with God! Remember the story of Gideon? Gideon’s force was already hugely outnumbered. The Midianite army was 135,000 strong, while Gideon’s force numbered a mere 32,000re 32,000
English: King James Version (1611) - KJV
Izbrano poglavje ne obstaja! Štetje svetopisemskih vrstic se začne z 1! Vrstica 0 ne obstaja!
WP-Bible plugin. Gideon must’ve been pondering his slim chance of survival. Yet God said, “That’s too many.” The downsizing resulted in a vulnerable 22,000e 22,000
English: King James Version (1611) - KJV
Izbrano poglavje ne obstaja! Štetje svetopisemskih vrstic se začne z 1! Vrstica 0 ne obstaja!
WP-Bible plugin man reduction-in-force. Gideon was left with a meager 300 troops. His only option was to trust God or perish. He was left virtually without an army. God’s reason for this downsizing is so that they would not glory in themselves, that they would not say it’s their own strength that gave them victory. You know the story – God gave the victory!
Now God frequently trims our resources to get us to depend entirely on Him. Sickness, financial reversal, family conflict, and other difficulties cause us to turn our lives over to God. Unlike popular psychologists, God does not propose that we should believe in ourselves. Our self-centered society celebrates self-reliance. But God strips us bare, forcing us to recognize our frailty and inadequacy. God shows us that human resources are insufficient for the battles we face. God then teaches us the lesson of dependence, which results in confidence. Here’s the truth of the matter: When the odds seem overwhelming, God overwhelms the odds!
When the odds seem overwhelming, God overwhelms the odds!
Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God’s faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning… He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years. We do not expect He will send 3 million missionaries to China; but if He did, He would have ample means to sustain them all… Depend on it, God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.
And I say, “Amen” to that!
Besides the political unrest going on in Bangkok Thailand, weeks ago the BBC News had an amusing story. An autistic boy in Bangkok was on his first day at a special needs school. He started crying for some reason and crawled out a window. Trouble was, the class was on the third floor, so he ended up sitting outside on a ledge. As the firemen tried to get the boy to come back inside, one of them overheard the boy’s mother saying he liked comic book superheroes. So the fireman got a brilliant idea. He dashed back to the station and donned a Spider-Man costume that he wore at schools to liven up fire drills. Then, when he beckoned, the little boy eagerly went to “Spider-Man.”
The little autistic boy wouldn’t listen to those strange firemen, but he knew who he could trust! Now think of yourself as that little boy, out on a ledge, in danger. There are people calling to you, but you don’t know them. Then suddenly you see a familiar face and hear a familiar voice, and you know you’ll be saved. John chapter 10, Jesus gives the analogy of the “good shepherd.” He describes the special relationship 
between Himself and His followers, pictured as sheep. “And the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers” (v. 4-5).
Sheep come to know their shepherd intimately, down to his manner and the sound of his voice. They trust him because of what he does for them; he has earned their trust. Jesus Christ, the good shepherd, has earned your trust because of who He is and what He has done: “The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep” (v. 11). Jesus did far more than pull us off a ledge or out of a pit. He took our blame, and accepted the punishment of a righteous God, all so that we wouldn’t have to pay for our sins with our own lives.
“He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out (Jn.10:3).” When you hear Him call your name, follow Him. He will never steer you wrong.
Calvary Chapel Dumaguete Missions trip to Thailand…A slideshow…
CCD Missions Committee – The Movement
Vision
Our vision is to be a missions-oriented church, sending out individuals and teams helping to fulfill the Great Commission.
Purpose Statement
The purpose of the Mission Committee is to promote missions in Calvary Chapel Dumaguete with the goal to become a sending and supporting church for missionaries primarily coming out of our own congregation and eventually those from other Christian organizations or churches. Our main focus is to spread the Gospel and to make disciples of Jesus-Christ(). We desire to support already existing missionary works and also target to reach out to those who have not yet heard the Gospel. All this in order to expand the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus-Christ on earth. (through prayer support, evangelistic activities, biblical teaching, education, medical help, practical and technical support, financial support and others).
Name of the Mission Committee
MOVEMENT : Move ME NT
Move: Mission Oriented Vision for Evangelism
Me: Me
NT: New Testament – Gospel
Movement = Move me to bring the Gospel
Theme Verse
“Here I am Lord, send Me”. Isaiah 6.8
Team Structure
Responsible elder: Uly Curilan
Team leader: Marie-Th. Benold
Assistant leader: Ami Pinero
Short term team leader: Becky Kimball
Cashier: Chacha Somoza
Mission Activity Plan for 2008
January
Mission Fellowship (20)
Mission Awareness Presentation (21, 28)
Prayer Focus: Korea: Viktor /Mae
February
Mission Fellowship (17)
Thailand team preparation meeting
Mission Awareness Presentation (3, 4,11, 18, 25)
Prayer Focus: Thailand: Eric / MJ
March
Mission Fellowship (16)
Thailand team preparation meeting
Thailand Trip fund raising fun day (22)
Prayer Focus: Thailand: VemVem and Mira
April
Mission Fellowship (20)
Trip to Thailand: (27- May 9)
Prayer Focus: Thailand: the Team
May
Thailand trip Report Night (25)
Prayer Focus: Thailand
June
Mission Fellowship (15)
Thailand team reentry evaluation meeting (22?)
Prayer Focus: Muslim countries and people groups: Indonesia, Magindanao (Ryan&Maricel), Pakistan (Pat& Shari bailey) and Tausug (Neru, Jeremia)
July
Missions Month
Prayer Focus : 10/40 Window countries: Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma) and China
Thailand video Showing (13?)
Mission video/Movie showing ?
Praise &Worship Night for the Nations.
August
Mission Fellowship (17)
Condensed World Mission Course (CWMC) changed to Kairos Course (9, 16, 23,30)
Prayer Focus: Countries of the 10/40Window
September
Mission Fellowship (21)
Kairos Course (6, 13, 20)
Graduation from Kairos Course (27)
Prayer Focus: Tribal Bloc: Bagobo (Sally), Badjao, Maranao (Laarni) etc.
October
Mission Fellowship (19)
Short term Mission exposure for the Kairos Course graduates (?)
Prayer Focus: Hindu bloc
November
Anniversary month
Mission Fellowship (16)
Prayer Focus:
December
Mission Fellowship (14)
Others?
Prayer Focus:
