Please register to confirm your spot in Ignite 2008.
Keynote Speakers:
Friday Evening: Peter Hong
Senior Pastor of New Community Church in Chicago, IL
Saturday Morning & Evening: Brian Kim
Lead Pastor of New Song Community Church in N. Orange County, CA
Special Music:
Friday Evening: Starfield
Saturday Morning: Ignite Worship Band
Saturday Evening: Mia Fieldes (Hillsong United) w/Ignite Worship Band
Schedule:
July 25 (Friday):
6pm - 8pm: Check In & Registration
8pm: Ignite 2008 Begins
8:15pm: Worship led by Starfield
9:15pm: Keynote Message by Peter Hong
10:00pm: Evening Concludes
July 26 (Saturday):
9am - 10am: Check In
10am: Ignite Day 2 Begins
10:15am : Worship led by Ignite Worship Band
11:00am: Keynote Message by Brian Kim
12:00pm: Break for Lunch
1:30pm: Worship led by Ignite Worship Band
2:00pm: Breakout Session #1
3:30pm: Break
4:00pm: Breakout Session #2
5:30pm: Break for Dinner
7:30pm: Ignite Final Session Begins
7:45pm: Worship led by Mia Fieldes with Ignite Worship Band
8:45pm: Keynote Message by Brian Kim
10:00pm: Ignite 2008 Concludes
Breakout Session Speakers & Titles:
- Irene Wong (ieng@mindspring.com):
Title: "Finding our Voice as Asian American Women"
Asian American women in the church are faced with confusing messages and many pressures. What does it mean to be a woman in the Asian American church? How do we respond to the various pressures from our families, culture, and society, and live out our faith in Jesus at the same time? How can women use their God-given gifts as leaders in the church? This session will discuss the cultural and church pressures facing Asian American women and give a biblical perspective to encourage women to discover their voice and flourish in their God-given vocations. Men are welcome to attend. - David Lee (daviddlee@hotmail.com):
Title: "The Broken Church"
Stories of problems in churches comes from news outlets and our own personal experiences and lead us to one conclusion: the church is not what it's supposed to be. Whether dealing with Asian American intergenerational church issues, or sensing that traditional church practices are no longer relevant or effective, we want to know how can we have a church that reaches the ideals of our Christian faith. We'll talk about problems we see in churches today and how God guides us in our response and in our efforts to have a Christ-honoring church community. - David Park (dpark75@gmail.com):
Title: we are what we create: exploring the connections between Asian American identity, creativity and the church
The asian american life so far has been predicated on our ability to succeed, produce and consume. we are the highest-educated, largest wage-earning ethnic demographic in america. but while asian americans are writing bestselling novels, producing and acting in movies, dancing on mtv and crooning ballads on american idol, where do asian american christians come in? why is it that our churches worship and preach like white churches? could there be a connection between our theology and our identity, which would then influence our artistry? david park presents a brief history and asks even more questions to explore together about what is at stake when the asian american church only produces and consumes, but does not bother to create.
Bio:
blogger and seminary student, park is always re-imagining what asian american church can be. with a varied background in marketing, sushi bar hosting, bank telling, and "office space" life, park brought a unique perspective to canaan korean presb. church as a youth pastor for the few years he served there. for now, he's a frightened new dad and realizes he has less time than he thought to change the world, or at least his front lawn. - Jason Kong (jasonakong@hotmail.com):
Title: 'Single and Satisfied'
This session will give you insight on how to 'survive' this season of life. We'll explore what God has to to say about being single and be challenged to embrace your singleness and see it as opportunity. There will be time of Q&A towards the end of the session.
Bio:
Schools: Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Ill. And Georgia School of Ministry in Macon, GA
Ministry: EM pastor at Antioch Church in Suwanee.
- Chris Kim (cyk3e@hotmail.com):
Title: "Healthy Ministry Teams"
Workshop description: Whether you're part of a church staff, a congregational committee, or a short-term mission team, there are some teams that you find absolutely energizing. And then there are those teams that you regret signing up for completely. What makes one team different from another? In this session, we'll explore several dynamics of a healthy ministry team that incorporate creativity and energy in achieving your end goals.
Bio:
A graduate of the University of Virginia and Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Chris is currently on staff at North Point Community Church, a multi-satellite church in Atlanta, Georgia. Gifted as a pastor and communicator of the gospel, Chris has served in various ministries settings across the country. - William Yoo (willyoo@hotmail.com):
Title: "Living for Jesus in a World of YouTube, Facebook, MTV, Casual Drinking, and Harry Potter"
In 1 John 2:15, the Bible teaches Christians to not love the world or anything in the world. But for most of us, it's easier said than done. As college students and young adults, we interact with the secular world on a daily basis from our iPods, televisions, computers, schools, workplaces, books, and friendships. Is there a way for us to be pure and holy without disengaging with the world and living like hermits? Should we simply avoid television shows like "The Hills", books like "Harry Potter", unbelieving friends, and social settings that involve alcohol? Or is there a way we can watch television, surf the Internet, listen to all types of music, and befriend all kinds of people that glorifies God? In this seminar, we will discuss how to apply Biblical principles to our everyday. - Ed Sohn (edsohn80@gmail.com):
Title: "Global Missions: Imaging the Gospel Beyond Traditional Evangelism"
Church-planting and the presentation of Christian doctrine into unreached or under-reached people groups has long occupied a special place as the most important aspect of missions, while humanitarian aid and justice ministries have been alienated as biblical but less important. But might grace be better demonstrated through free food for the hungry and investment into underdeveloped nations, and not always simply through the "Four Spiritual Laws"? Might the freedom of a persecuted, oppressed captive be a clearer communicator of salvation than a recitation of John 3:16? And might this be the way that God has moved through all of human history, including Christ's time on earth? This workshop will challenge and question notions that verses and churches are the only (or the best) vehicles for the Christian gospel to manifest, especially in a postmodern era where a defense of the gospel must involve elements of narrative and experience more than rationale and logic.
Bio:
Entering his third year practicing business litigation in Atlanta, Georgia, Ed works primarily on matters for Fortune 100 companies including securities litigation and commercial disputes. Ed is an alumni of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Computer Science '02) where he attended and served as a part of Covenant Fellowship Church, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. '06), where he served at Grace Covenant Church in Philadelphia. Since moving to Atlanta, he has attended the Agape Ministry, KCAUMC, where he serves as the Missions Chair and teaches Bible study. Ed is also a member of The Living Room, a small urban faith community that gathers in the Castleberry Hill district of Atlanta.
Ed has taken several short-term missions trips, including an inner-city trip to Chicago (May 2003), a trip to Mexico (July 2003), and a 9-week internship with the International Justice Mission in Tamil Nadu, India (June - August 2004). He has helped trained a short-term missions team to Paraguay from Agape and continues to explore missiology in the 21st century. Ed continues to be actively connected to Justice Ventures International, a Christian justice ministry on the ground in Asia. - Brian Kim (brian.kim@newsong.net):
Title: "Leading from Within"
....a workshop focused on personal leadership and life
Bio:
As one of the chief cultural architects and pastors at Newsong for nearly 11 years, Brian has had pioneered and led several key ministries at Newsong. Brian began as the Creative Arts Pastor-leading worship every week, overseeing missions, launching college ministries, and now church planting. Brian currently serves as Lead Pastor of Newsong North Orange County in Fullerton, CA a multi-site of Newsong. He is also a part of the Vision Team which provides strategic leadership to the Third Culture Alliance of Churches that spawns and launches Newsong multi-sites around the world in places like London, Bangkok, Bangalore, Beijing, and Mexico City.
Most importantly, while leading worship for a Newsong Retreat, Brian met Carolyn; a beautiful, singing, dancing, Laker loving, ESPN watching (yeah I know, it's a tough life), high school teacher. After a wild romance of God-things and God-moments, she decided to allow Brian the privilege of being her permanent roommate. They have been married for a little over 9 years and have 2 beautiful kids who, undoubtedly will continue their legacy of Laker Loving. Nathaniel Isaiah is 5 and is already being touted as the first Chorean in the NBA while Emily Grace is 3 and has an early start looking for cash and credit cards in her daddy's wallet. - David Kim (CPAC): david.daesoo.kim@gmail.com
Title: "Locating the Terrains of our Family Dynamics"
Looking at the emotional process at work within each individual families to those in church, one can identify the influences of previous generations upon life cycle events. These influences, once identified, hold key to unlocking the knowledge of why my family is certain way or why one chooses a certain partners and even why certain relational pattern keeps get in the way of deeper intimacy with oneself, others and God.
Bio:
David Kim brings his pastoral experience in his psychotherapy as the senior pastor of Grace United Methodist in Cambridge MA from 1998 to 2006. David Kim worked as a psychotherapist at the Danielsen Institute (Boston) for two years and received additional training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at the Center for Anxiety Related Disorder (CARD). David Kim holds an adjunct faculty position at the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute where he also worked as a group therapist and supervisor. David Kim has M.Div from Emory University Candler School of Theology and STM specialized in pastoral psychotherapy from Boston University School of Theology. David Kim is finishing his PhD in Counseling Psychology and Religious Studies (CPAR) from Boston University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Currently, David Kim works at the Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) as the director of mental health programs. - David Yang: davidyanglaw@gmail.com
Title: "Being Christian Professionals"
In the seminar, I will be discussing some issues facing Christians in the work force such as balancing work and family, community activism and the believer, challenges and temptations at work, and things to consider in setting personal and professional goals.
Bio:
David Yang is a member of the Kim & Yang, LLC Attorneys at Law in Duluth, GA. Before starting Kim & Yang, LLC, David worked at Kim & Woo, LLC, the legal department of Korean Airline's North American headquarters, McElroy, Deutsch, and Mulvaney LLP in New Jersey, and Kim & Chang in Korea. In addition, he is the current President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Korean American Coalition and the Chairman of the Committee for the Next Generation of the Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta.