11/25/07 - Newcomer's Brunch Sunday

On Sunday, November 25, please meet with your Soul Care Groups (if you are in one).

If not, please come to the Oahu Veteran's Center at 9am for the Newcomer's Brunch (with coffee) to with & get to know Steve & Dyne!

Walk for Africa Hawaii - December 1 at Koolau Golf

Join others in raising funds for HIV Orphans in Africa by participating in the "Twilight Walk for Africa Hawaii" on World AIDS Day, Saturday, December 1, 2007 from 4:30 to 7:30pm.

To register, please go to their website at www.walkforafricahawaii.com

Church Family Retreat - October 26-28

The first Imago Dei Church Family Retreat happened on October 26-28, 2007.
We did not have worship at OVC that sunday.
CLICK HERE FOR A MAP.
-Em

Way of the Soul Classes October 5-6

As mentioned in his messages recently, Steve will be holding a couple of sessions to take us deeper in the ways of the Soul. These sessions will be held at Pearl City Community Church, 933 Lehua Avenue (click HERE for a map) They will be held:

• Friday, October 5, 7pm-9pm
• Saturday, October 6, 8:30am-11:30am

Any further questions, please contact Mary at mary*AT*imagodeihawaii.org
(note: type the @ sign instead of "*AT*")

Next Family Meeting - August 19th

The next Imago Dei Family meeting will be held on Sunday, August 19 after worship. The Bylaws committee will present the Leadership portion of our bylaws for approval by the Community.

By the way, if you did not yet fill out the Imago Dei membership covenant (see above) that allows you to vote in the family meeting see Chris for the covenant form.
-Emerick

Baptism

Baptism is an important sacrament of our faith. If anyone is interested in baptism, please contact Steve through the church e-mail at imagodeicc@gmail.com.

Imago Dei Covenant for membership

At our June 3 Family Meeting, we approved the membership covenant that all voting members must agree to annually to be a voting member of Imago Dei. For those who were not able to attend the meeting and wish to be a member of Imago Dei Christian Community in Hawaii, please see Chris for the covenant form. If you wish to heard a recording of the meeting, see Emerick.

Prayer Night - Thursday May 31

A time of prayer specifically for Imago Dei Community members before the Sunday June 4 family meeting will be held Thursday 5/31 at "The Lodge" at Wailuna. The "Lodge" swimming area is on the left.

Family Meeting - Sunday, June 3, 2007

Our quarterly Family Meeting will be held June 3rd, after worship.
We will be discussing the new Bylaws, Chris' internship, Staffing questions (Administrator vs. Associate Pastor or other...), funds to support ministries in Thailand, as well as tithing.

"Touch A Heart "ministry Blog Site

I just accidentally ran into Eugene Muratsuka's new blog site for their "Touch A Heart" homeless minitry. Click HERE to go there....
-Em

Common Grace Ministries

Pastor Jay Jarman's Common Grace ministries was featured in an article in yesterday's Star-Bulletin. This is a ministry that we want to support fully.
Click HERE for the article.

For links to previous excellent sermons that Jay has shared with Imago Dei, click on the following:
3/4/07 - Missional or Euphemissional?
3/26/06 - Uncommon Grace of Jesus

No Homeless Ministry on April 29

Due to scheduling problems, we will not be having the homeless ministry food distribution on Sunday, April 29, 2007. Will try again next month..

Global Day for Darfur Candlelight Vigil - Sunday April 29, 2007

To help urge U.S. response to the Darfur genocide (over 0.4 Million killed, 2.5 Million displaced) The Hawaii Coalition for Darfur will be hosting a Candlelight Vigil and concert at the State Capitol grounds on Sunday, April 29, 2007 from 7pm-9pm.

The Vigil and Concert will try to to raise awareness, call local citizens to action and call on local, national and international law makers to take more action to restore peace in Darfur. Speakers will include; Mark Hanis, Executive Director of the Genocide Intervention Network, Father Marc Alexander of the Hawaii Catholic Diocese, and Kelly Rosati, Executive Director of the Hawaii Family Forum and Director of the Hawaii Catholic Conference. Pre- and post- vigil music will be provided by the energetic Johnny Shot band. To tone things down for our vigil portion, the beautiful tones of Leo Nani will fill the air as we snap our glow sticks and bear witness to the victims of Darfur. The vigil will use 2 colors of glow sticks to symbolize advocacy of a hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur. This event will advocate for the passing of Hawaii's divestment legislation HB34.

Please RSVP Leanne at info@hawaii4darfur.org so we know how many glow sticks we need.

If you'd like to get involved here in Hawaii, please email Leanne at info@hawaii4darfur.org and/or visit their website at www.hawaii4darfur.org.

http://www.hawaii4darfur.org/
http://www.savedarfur.org/content

Real Christians of Genius

Real Christians of Genius

Upcoming Schedule for April 2007

Some meetings coming up in April...

• April 22, 2007: Imago Dei Family Meeting after worship on Sunday. Move to the Makai dining room after worship for our quarterly family meeting. We need some helpers to break down the worship stuff in the main hall during that time.


• April 29, 2007: Homeless feeding ministry CANCELLED
  

H.I.M. Session on Soul Care

Steve & Lisa led two breakout sessions for over 120 people at Hawaiian Island Ministries' "Honolulu '07" conference on March 30.
For the attendees, here are some links that were mentioned:

Handouts from "Soul Care In Community" (click on the title to download pdf file):
Steve's Part 1 Handouts
Prayer of the Examen Handout
Steve's Part 2 Handout

Internet Links mentioned by Steve for contemplative practices:
pray-as-you-go.org
sacredspace.ie

CD's? You can order the session by going to www.dovecds.com/him

Questions? Enter a comment by going to the bottom of this article & clicking on the word COMMENT or click on the picture of the Envelope next to it to send Steve an e-mail at imagodeicc@gmail.com

Link to Dyne Peich's message on the "Christian Response to Anger" (including her "Slippery Slope" of christian interaction that Lisa referred to)
Click HERE for streaming audio
or HERE for MP3 (to download to your computer for iPod or similar)

HIM 2007 Conference!

Sign up for Hawaiian Island Ministries' 2007 Conference, titled, "Love One Another" to be held at the Hawaii Convention Center on March 29-31, 2007!

Go to http://himonline.org/ for more information. The schedule of presentations can be seen HERE

Steve & Lisa will be doing two breakout sessions on Soul Care in Small Groups on Friday. march 30 at 10:30am & 3:30pm.

March 11 : Small Group Sunday & Newcomer's Brunch

On Sunday, March 11, we will NOT have the normal Sunday Worship gatherings. Instead, please meet with your Soul Group (if you are in one already)

If you are NOT in a Soul Group, meet at the Veteran's Center at 9am for the Newcomer's Brunch with Steve (brunch to be supplied by Chris & Yihe's Soul Group!)

Slavery in the 21st Century

The U.S. State Department estimates that currently there as many as 27 Million people in slavery in the world, more than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Approximately 2 Million children are enslaved in the global sex industry. Nearly 300,000 children are seized & forced to be soldiers, sometimes to kill their own relatives and neighbors.

We are called, as God’s missional community, to participate in His desire to, “… to proclaim freedom for the captives …to comfort all who mourn” (Is 61:1-3) and also to, "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. …defend the rights of the poor and needy." (Proverbs 31:8-9)

What can our community do?

From Imago Dei, Steve & the scout team will be leaving on the mission trip to Thailand in a week or so. Among the places they will visit will be the work of Mark Crawford & the International Justice Mission, who help girls sold into sexual slavery. (Click here for website or here for article from Christianity Today)

So what are some ways we can help?

1. Pray
*Ask God to inspire and equip local government authorities to combat slavery.
*Pray for the Christian community in the areas of the world where slavery is rampant. Ask God to bless the local Body of Christ with conviction, wisdom and courage so that they might intervene to stop this violence.
*Ask God to comfort all who are held in slavery and awaiting rescue. Please also pray for the full restoration of those who have been rescued.
*Ask God to raise up qualified Christian professionals to join organizations such as the International Justice Mission in the ongoing effort to rescue people from slavery.
*Pray that God will bring awareness to the Body of Christ around the world concerning modern-day slavery, the biblical mandate for Christians to seek justice and the need for financial resources to pay for the rescue the poor can not afford.
2. Give. Raise funds to free slaves, or just give to organizations that look to alleviate poverty in these third world countries. Click on the links below for websites of organizations:
3. Sign a petition. You can find one at theamazingchange.com or stopthetraffik.org
4. Learn more about human trafficking/slavery. Check the websites below. Read. (See the movie “Amazing Grace”, about the life of the life of William Wilberforce, a parliamentarian, christian & antislavery pioneer who was highly influenced by John Newton the former slavetrader who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace".) Newsweek review of movie HERE
5. Talk to others about slavery.
6. Pray about maybe being a part of the next missions trip that the community sends to Thailand.

Click on Links:
International Justice Mission
Compassion International
World Vision International
http://theamazingchange.com/
http://www.freetheslaves.net/
http://www.childvoiceintl.org/
http://www.polarisproject.org/
Justice for Children

Amazing Grace