Seminars: Epic Conference

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Download - Alan Tung – Twu Wuv (True Love)

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Download - Cenia Wong – Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents

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Download - Glennis Shih - A Discussion On The Barriers and Challenges of Going on Short Term Missions

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Download - Jason Chang – Moving In Power

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Download - John Mackin - The Objective of Discipleship and Practical Tools to Disciple Others

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Download - John Mansfield – A Theology of Calling

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Download - Vivian Mabuni – Women’s Time

Epic NYC students: you can work, take classes, AND do summer project this summer!

Wanting to be a part of a missions opportunity this summer…
But needing to spend the summer at home?

What if you could do both?

If you’ll be in the LA Basin (LA or Orange County) or New York City this summer we’d like to give you that chance as a part of a pilot project. We are creating a 7 week long summer project experience for people who have to be home for the summer. If you are able to go on either a stateside or International project we encourage you to go! If that’s not a possibility, how about being involved in outreach, service to your community, discipleship and training in your walk with Christ, right in your own world with students in your city?

You will be able to participate while you take summer classes, have a job, and have family obligations with a small financial cost. That’s the idea of this pilot project and we’d love to have you join in. Since God loves LA and New York City, He wants you to be part of reaching your city!

Where: 1) New York City, 2) Greater LA Basin (LA & Orange County)

When:  Approximately June 18 – August 3, 2012

Cost
Participants: $200 (For outreach funding and project costs)
Leadership: $500 (For training and development plus outreach funding and project costs)

What You’ll be Doing: Outreach and Service, Social, Discipleship and Training

Application Deadline
Leadership – March 1st
Participants– March 23rd

To apply to be a part of the Leadership Team or as a Participant on the Project! Ask for an application by e-mail: tom.virtue@gmail.com or joseph.butlig@uscm.org

Little Monkey Stories

We had another great weekly gathering at Queens College today. We read a portion of the excellent graphic novel American Born Chinese. I had planned discussion questions, but I didn’t even get to use them because people just started sharing their “Little Monkey” stories. Basically, if you haven’t read American Born Chinese, one story line is about a monkey who is looked down upon because…well, he’s a monkey. So, he develops these special powers that he uses to punish people. So the townspeople call upon Tze-Yo-Tzuh to talk some sense into the monkey. The portion we shared today talks about how Tze-Yo-Tzuh explains how he created Little Monkey to BE a monkey…and to stop trying to be something else. There is the theme of “belonging” that arises. I was surprised by how many people opened up of their own feelings of shame: one student shared how he was the only Asian in his whole school growing up, another girl shared how she was only 1 of 5 black kids at her school, and our student leader shared a very difficult story of how growing up with only one hand made him face messages like, “you can’t do anything.” I was also encouraged by a student who shared how being a Korean girl adopted into a white family made it difficult to understand her own identity growing up. But, as she said, “Knowing Jesus helped.”

It was a great discussion on how God uniquely created each one of us, put us in the families and communities we grew up in, and gave us a special story to share for His purposes.

First week of the semester!

We had a great first week of the semester. Tuesday a couple of us met up with students at City College to prayer walk the campus, then go out to talk to people about God. We all had significant conversations with people we just met! As Reg said, “once we got over our initial sense of nervousness, we met some amazing people with heart-moving stories – hope that epic can serve them in some way.” One of the girls I met was even part of a youth group growing up called E.P.I.C., which stood for “Endless Possibilities In Christ.” We’ll have to remember that one! After debriefing our time, we enjoyed lunch together and just “hung out” and the new girl we just met joined us. It was a glimpse of the community I’m praying for at City College!

Today we had our first Queens College weekly meeting of the semester…praise the Lord for the 10 students that joined us. I lead a discussion about Jesus as a twelve year old boy at the temple (Luke 2:41-52), when his parents thought they had lost him. It was a door for us to share more about our own experiences with our families, and our desire to learn what it is to be a true child of God while honoring our earthly parents.

So excited for what the Lord is doing in EpicNYC!

East Coast Epic Conference 2012, Morristown NJ

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Listen to Talks from the Conference

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Download - Jesus and the Helpless

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Download - Jesus and the Homeless

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Download - Jesus and the Hopeless

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Download - Jesus and the Heartless

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Download - Vivian Mabuni Testimony

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Download - Vivian Mabuni -Transformation

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Download - Jim Layman and the Panel

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