MAY 5 & 6 UEC CONFERENCE

MAY 5 & 6 UEC (Unashamedly Ethical Conference)

Theme: “Ethics, Values & Clean Living”

According to the organizers, “Unashamedly Ethical is a movement that brings Christians to make a commitment to say “NO” to bribery & corruption under the UE Covenant Campaign that many countries have adopted.

Our nation is standing on a precipice. We are now facing unrelenting issues of bribery & corruption that have infiltrated into every area of our lives. With the future of our nation at stake, we must now come to a unified stand against bribery & corruption.

Coming to Malaysia, the Unashamedly Ethical Conference is for marketplace professionals, leaders in church governance as well as students & graduates to be part of this movement, igniting our social circles and local communities to respond to unethical practices.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

DR DION FORSTER is a marketplace minister and academic. He is currently a chaplain to the Global Day of Prayer & the Power Group of companies in Cape Town, South Africa.

STEVE JOHNSTONE is a financial accounting graduate who runs his own training & coaching business in South Africa. He heads the UEC movement.

DATUK PAUL LOW is President of Transparency International. A chartered accountant by profession, he has more than 30 years’ experience in the manufacturing industry & is a former president of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. In 1997, he was one of the prominent Malaysians invited by Dr Mahathir to be a member of the NEAC to help the nation battle the financial crisis.

Dr Mark Lovatt is CEO of 3E Energy Sdn Bhd. He is currently the director of Marketplace Studies at the Malaysia Bible Seminary. Before moving to Malaysia, he worked in IT and the energy industry in the UK.

PASTORS & CHURCH WORKERS SEMINAR

Thursday, May 5^th, 2011

9.00 am to 1.00 pm

Venue: Penang Christian Centre

Registration: FREE

Tea break & Lunch will be provided

Please contact Pr Albert Mah 012-4102025 or Pr Jonathan 012-4011417

UEC MARKETPLACE LEADERS’ SEMINAR

For Business Leaders, Managers, Political & Community Leaders

6^th May 2011 (Friday)

Venue: Berjaya Hotel

9.00am to 5.00pm

REGISTRATION FEE: RM80.00

Includes Tea break & lunch

To register, please call

Josephine 012-4785678, Annie Choo 012-4183363, David 019-4458829 or William 012-4732313

UEC NIGHT CONFERENCE

(Open to Public)

6^th May, 2011 (Friday)

8.00 pm

Venue: Penang Christian Center

FREE ADMISSION

APRIL 26 LUNCH MEETING

APRIL 26 (TUE) @ YMCA

MARKETPLACE PENANG

MONTHLY LUNCH MEET

Our guest speaker is MICHAEL LOKE who is now residing in Melbourne. He is married to Gwen and have 2 sons: Joshua, a church youth director in HK and Daniel, doing his 2^nd year in Monash.

Michael has a Bachelor’s degree from Strathclyde University, Scotland, and master’s degrees from Nottingham University, England and Harvest Bible College, Melbourne. He is a Chartered Engineer.

Presently, Michael works fulltime with Rockwell Automation, as Sustainability Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Previously, He has held various senior positions at Perkins Engines (UK), Delphi Automotive Systems, (Australia, Asia) and Jabil Circuit (Asia).

Michael also serves on the International Board for Bartimaeus Project, under Inter-Mission of Switzerland, working primarily among beggars in the slum areas of India. Together with Gwen, they are advisors of the Alpha course in Australia. He is also a part time lecturer at Harvest Bible College. They attend CityLife Church, Melbourne, a church of about 9,000 and are involved in coaching life group leaders and also serve as facilitators of The Marriage Course.

Michael’s ministry interest include healing/deliverance, leadership development and coaching, church growth and marketplace ministry.

APRIL 8 & 9 TOCT CONFERENCE

APRIL 8 (FRIDAY) TOCT

Transforming Our City Together Conference

Komplex Masyarakat Penyayang

Western Road, Penang

Ever thought about making a difference in the community around you but have no clue where to start? This conference brings you all the information you need to know in one interactive setting.

600 leaders are expected from all around the country to attend. Join this select group of God’s people to expand your knowledge on the issues of business and commerce, family & education, politics & government, media & entertainment, law & social justice from a panel of ministry practitioners from Malaysia & abroad.

Participate in workshops & forums, and explore exhibitions of current projects by existing communities. You could get involved or network with people who have started making a difference within their community. Come & be inspired to be a change agent for God.

SPEAKERS

GOH KEAT PENG

A graduate in English & Education, he read theology at the Asian Theological Seminary & Loyola School of Theology. Most recently, Keat Peng has served the poor communities in East Timor.

DR KIM TAN

Is co-founder & trustee of TBN, the Transformational Business Network which supports micro enterprises & SMEs in developing nations.

RICK RUSAW

Is the lead pastor of Lifebridge Christian Church, Colorado. He co-founded the Externally Focused Network & co-authored several books on the Externally Focused Church, Life & Quest.

DAVID BOK

Served as national director for Navigators Malaysia from 1983-88.Thereafter, he was in missions & leadership development for Navigators in Asia. Currently, he is involved in interfaith dialogue in this region.

TO REGISTER FOR THE TOCT CONFERENCE, go to www.toctconference.com. The registration fee is RM80 per person.

TOCT NIGHT OF HOPE

Is a fund raising event for Project Harap which provides quality pre-school education to the children of the poor, providing a strong foundation for a better tomorrow.

APRIL 9 (SATURDAY)

TOCT BOOTH EXHIBITION

Komplex Masyarakat Penyayang

From 10.00am till 6.00pm.

About 50 organizations will be exhibiting and sharing their experiences in reaching out to the community in the major spheres of business and commerce, family & education, politics & government, media & entertainment, law & social justice. Be inspired as you interact with these exhibitors and get to network with groups & individuals with whom you share a similar interest.

Running simultaneously with the Booth Exhibition will be a number of FREE SEMINARS you can participate. For more info, contact Abraham & Irene Gan (016-4428080)

Nahum

WORD @ WORK Supplement

July – September Focus

On Nahum/Habakkuk/Zephaniah

NOTES on NAHUM

By Abraham Gan

“Battling Bullies In The Marketplace”

The Biblical Book of Nahum centers on Nineveh, the capital of the then super power of the 7^th & 8^th Century B.C.

With its lean & mean military might, Nineveh forced its way into global preeminence. Her foreign slaves built a beautiful & sophisticated metropolis with broad boulevards and a 100 feet high perimeter wall which she believed to be impregnable. She attracted a flood of foreign merchants (3:16) trading a splendid array of exotic expensive goods & services.

She had just defeated the city of Thebes (3:8-9) a famous stronghold of Egypt. She had won the world and no one would be able to challenge her paramount position. Wrong.

Nahum prophesied its destruction by a flood (see 1:8) and in 612 BC, when besieged by the combined armies of the Babylonians & Medes, an unprecedented rain storm brought down one side of her city walls and gifted her enemies a clear passage to deal a fatal defeat (3:19) on her drenched armies.

COMFORT FOR THE BULLIED

“Nahum” means “comfort, consolation or relief.” About a 100 years earlier, the people of Judah witnessed the destruction of their neighbour, Samaria or the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Subsequently, Assyria captured several cities of Judah. In the reign of Hezekiah, God gave Judah a temporary reprieve from the Assyrian threat (see Isaiah chs.36&37). The people of God lived in a climate of fear dreading that their turn for destruction would come soon.

But Nahum brought the good news of the soon collapse of Nineveh and the beginning of a new era of peace & restoration (1:15; 2:2)

BE ENCOURAGED!

Are you currently being bullied, terrorized, intimidated or threatened by some huge unfriendly, cruel force? God will visit all arrogant tyrants with His judgment and destruction. The bigger they are, the harder they shall fall!

THE GREATER CHALLENGE

– Battling the Bullies!

When our marketplace is dominated by ruthless & God defying despots working in tandem or under the spell of spiritual principalities (1:14 cf.Eph.6:12),

the well being of our cities and nation is under a grave threat. It is imperative for us to challenge these “bullies.”

If they thrive and triumph, our future and that of our children will be in dark danger. If we allow these terrorizing forces to plunder our God given rights and inheritance, they will usher in an unbridled reign of terror in our marketplace.

There is already an invisible cloud of fear and intimidation squeezing us to conform to its control (see Romans 12:2). People are afraid to go out of their way to care & share.

The sinister mantra of the spirit of today is: Don’t be a busybody. Just mind your own business. Live your own life. Why get into trouble by getting involved with other people’s lives? Concentrate on your business & career. Enjoy your little paradise. Why jeopardize your livelihood and your family’s future by entangling yourself in other people’s affairs. Let the big government and the paid politicians handle the mess.

Are we allowing ourselves to be bullied into just a corner? Perhaps, a cozy & comfortable corner in our little universe while the rest of the people can go to H…? We need to break free from this mockery of the abundant life in Christ. Let us rise up and battle the bullies in our marketplace!

LEARN MORE

In our coming Marketplace Bible Forum

Venue: RGBC, Air Itam

Date: Sat, 18^th September, 2010

Time: 3.00pm – 6.00pm Teatime begins at 2.30pm

Speaker on Nahum: Sis Josephine Yoong , MBA attends Georgetown Baptist. With her family’s support & encouragement, she runs an exciting business catering to kids & parents. Her heart is for prayer & women in biz.

SPEAKERS for Habakkuk & Zephaniah are Bro Kew Chii Shiang & Bro Eddie Ng. We will introduce them in our next Word@Work supplement

MARKETPLACE DISTINCTIVE

In Penang, we have had many good seminars led by renowned speakers. In MP, we are committed to developing our local Marketplace believers into the full potential & destiny of God has for them. Help us to promote: “Buy Penang!” We believe ‘Local Ginger is Hot Too!”

Enquiries: 016-4428080 or Email: abrahamgan@hotmail.com