2819 Mission Conference Briercrest's Mission Conference

2819 exposes us to the good work our LORD is doing in our world today and the opportunities that we have to join in that work. It is a time to individually and collectively embrace the mission of the church and our responsibility to join in what the LORD can do with our crucified lives.

September 24-28, 2012

Alumni Celebration Saturday and Sunday September 29-30, 2012

Schedule

Monday, September 24
9:25am - 10:00am	Chapel-Gord Sawatzky	Hildebrand Chapel
Tuesday, September 25
9:25am - 10:00am	Chapel-Gord Sawatzky	Hildebrand Chapel
Wednesday, September 26
9:25am - 10:00am	Chapel-Rosemary Hack	Hildebrand Chapel
3:00pm - 5:00pm	Mingle at Mission Booths	Edwards Chapel
8:00pm - 9:30pm	Poverty Camp	The Landing
Thursday, September 27
7:00am - 7:45am	Prayer Time	S113
8:15am - 9:15am	Mobilizers Session	The Den
9:25am - 10:00am	Chapel-Michael Hack	Hildebrand Chapel
8:00pm - 9:00pm	Missions Q&A	Hildebrand Chapel
9:30pm - 10:30pm	Dorm Hall Prayer Meetings with Missionaries	Various Dorms
Friday, September 28
8:00am - 8:45am	Morning Prayer Time	S113
9:00am - 10:00am	Seminars	Various Classrooms
	Gord Sawatzky-Misconceptions about Missions in Africa	S117
	Rosemary Hack-Being Positive Doesn't Have to be Negative: The Body of Christ Has AIDS	S115
	Michael Hack-Money and Mission	139
	Marie Ens-Rescuing Those Without Hope	S113
10:30am - 12:00pm	Main Session-Michael Hack	Hildebrand Chapel
1:15pm - 2:00pm	Briercrest Unleashed: Student Reports	Various Classrooms
	United Kingdom	S115
	China	S117
	NE Asia	139
	Brazil	S111
	Indonesia, Kenya	S113
2:00pm - 2:45pm	Briercrest Unleashed: Student Reports	Repeat of previous Session
3:15pm - 4:45pm	Concert of Prayer	Hildebrand Chapel
7:00pm - 8:15pm	Main Session-Michael Hack	Hildebrand Chapel

Plenary Session Speaker: Michael Hack

Mike and Rosemary have given their lives to serve our Lord.  Their work with Operation Mobilization over the past 30 years takes them to many countries with limited access.  By faith, they have been used of the Lord to mobilize many missionaries and projects for the Kingdom.  Rosemary has helped to launch AIDSLink which works to alleviate poverty and empower people.  They are based out of South Africa and serve across Africa and the Middle East.  Their heart is for people to know our Lord.  Their goal is invite us to respond to the LORD.  Their hope is to share stories with us that will allow us to see what God is doing and consider how we can participate in this great work.

Michael will be speaking during the Plenary sessions as listed below:

Thursday, September 27
9:40am - 10:15am	The Kingdom of God is at Hand	Hildebrand Chapel
Friday, September 28
9:00am - 10:00am	Money & Mission	Room 139
10:30am - 12:00pm	People Need the Lord	Hildebrand Chapel
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Where Do We Go From Here? Decision Making	Hildebrand Chapel

Rosemary will be speaking during the Wednesday Chapel session as listed below:

Wedensday, September 26
9:40am - 10:15am	Chapel	Hildebrand Chapel
8:00pm - 9:30pm	Poverty Camp	The Landing
Friday, September 28
9:00am - 10:00am	Being Positive Doesn't Have to be Negative:The Body of Christ has AIDS	S115

Chapel and Seminar Speaker: Gord Sawatzky

Gord has been involved in cross-cultural ministry in the EastAfrican context (with Africa Inland Mission) since 1982 in a variety of capacities including: missionary aviation, leadership training, researching unreached tribes, administration and missionary training.  In addition to aviation, he has enjoyed Biblical and Missiological studies at Briercrest, Nipawin, Providence and Western Seminary.  He is currently a part of the CrossTraining Global program as well as coming alongside African missionary initiatives in the central African context.  He is passionate about GBR (Glorifying His Name, Building His Kingdom and Reconciling a lost world to Christ).

Gord will be speaking during the Monday and Tuesday Chapel times and the Friday seminar times as listed below:

Monday, September 24
9:40am - 10:15am	Why Missions?	Hildebrand Chapel
Tuesday, September 25
9:40am - 10:15am	Missions, No Thanks!	Hildebrand Chapel
Friday, September 28
9:00am - 10:00am	Misconceptions about Missions in Africa	S117

Seminar Speaker: Marie Ens

Marie first went to Cambodia in 1961 with her husband Norman and two children, David who was 3 and Shelly who was 1 year old.  They spent one term in Cambodia in church planting.  During that term two more children, Doug and Rod, were added to the family. 

Because of the political situation they were reassigned to Thailand.  In 1971 it was possible for them to return to Cambodia where they served during those war years until 6 weeks before the country fell to the communists in April 1975. 

After a short term being pastor of an Alliance church in Rosthern Sask. They again relocated, this time to Paris where Norman became the pastor of the Cambodian refugee church.  After Norm's death in 1991, Marie returned to Cambodia in 1994 to serve with the Christian and Missionary Alliance until her retirement in 2000. 

Since then she has been in Cambodia in an independent retired capacity working with a Cambodian NGO called Rescue.  Rescue's main projects are ministry at Preah Khet Melea military hospital and Place of Rescue which is a small community of houses for families living with AIDS.  Marie is a field worker associated with Samaritan's Purse who also supports some of her projects.

Marie will be speaking in the Friday Seminar Session as listed below:

Friday, September 28
9:00am - 10:00am	Resccuing Those Without Hope	S113