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Daniel L. Wong
Tyndale University College
English Speaking Chinese Ministerial (ESCM)
 Krystaal music group Click here sings at our Feb. "English Speaking Chinese Ministerial" meeting.  June 24 '09 Special Meeting
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ESCM stands for "English-Speaking Chinese Ministerial" Fellowship. We also hope ESCM stands for E=Encouraging, S=Supportive, C=Caring, M=Mutual Ministerial Fellowship! Oh, yeah, with Development, Growth, and Fun at the core of the monthly ESCM Gatherings too! We are part of the Toronto Chinese Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship. We gather to worship, pray, and commit our lives & ministries to God. LOCATION: Logos Baptist Church (Milliken), 133 Old Kennedy Road Markham TIME: 1st Wed of each month, 10 a.m.-12 noon, lunch following New Facebook group - English Speaking Chinese Ministerial (ESCM) LOOKING AHEAD: Future 2010 ESCM Gatherings The 2010 ESCM Committee members are pleased to announce that next year’s ESCM monthly, first-Wednesday-of-month Gatherings will provide ample opportunities for challenging learning, fellowship, networking, and worship and prayer around the theme, "Recovering Forgotten Ways". 2010 Theme — Recovering Forgotten Ways: Lessons from the Early Church to Reactivate Today’s Church Life and Mission The theme comes from the title of Alan Hirsch’s book, The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church. The topics for each month’s brief introduction and small group discussions follow the chapters in Hirsch’s book. Our discussions will be rich. Especially if we get to read the chapters from The Forgotten Ways ahead of time! Future programs: Aug. 3 (Tues.), 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Our annual BBQ at Steve Chu's!! Walk/hike included. Email ESCM at escmgta@gmail.com for address. 10AM - Spiritual walk along the river/ravine 11AM - Return for fellowship & sharing 11:30AM - BBQ & eat 1PM - Hang out if people are free Menu: Salmon, chicken, BBQ pork, bread, salad, drinks, watermelon Cost: $5 Sept. 8 (not Sept. 1) - The Apostolic Environment (Randall Mah) Oct. 6 - Organic Systems (Marilyn) Nov. 3 - Communitas, Not Community & Conclusion (Freddy) Dec. 1 - Christmas celebration Some Announcements: 1) ESCM Membership: If would like to register for membership please email Rev. Dr. Huckle Choi 2) Project Contempo: "WHAT'S MY BRAND" (FINDING MY IDENTITY AT WORK) Speakers: Tom Addington (Co-founder of the Life@Work series) and a speaker at events organized b John Maxwell Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010. Time: 12:30PM-5:30PM Place: North Toronto Chinese Baptist Church Fee: $15 Registration beings in mid-May: projectcontempo.org Remarks: All pastors but pastors only are offered a free entrance to the event ($15 value), no registration needed Please bear with a long e-mail this month because we would like to communicate with you some events that are happening as well. Past 2010 Meetings: January 6 - "Launching the New Year in Prayer & Mission", in 2010. Steve led us through a meaningful Lectio Divina from John 1 and Phil. 2:5-11. February 3 — Setting the Scene for Recovering Forgotten Ways - What about the" cultural distance" between today’s churches & the majority of population? - Doing church: how do we do it today? Always done this way? Other ways to do church? - If time allows, please read the introduction and Ch. 1 of "The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church" for discussion. March 3 -- Jesus is LORD - What does church look like when God & world are viewed as totally separate? - Are we becoming dualistic? Does separating social, spiritual, physical, emotional aspects make us dualistic? April 7 — Combined ESCM & TCEM Meeting: Celebrate Urbana 09 & Consider Disciple-Making -Celebrate what God did in our communities with the Urbana 09 Global Missions Conference. -Topic: Disciple-Making — What is it really about? Thinking our way into a new way of Acting OR Acting our way into a new way of Thinking "Like the famous Tim Horton’s vocabulary of "double-double," our Multicultural Context is really double-double intercultural. 1) Most of our Chinese churches, with our Cantonese-, Mandarin-, and English-speaking congregations, involve leaders and members in intercultural relationships and communication. 2) Our Chinese churches are set in the multicultural mosaic of the larger Canadian context, where Chinese church members rub shoulders with co-workers and neighbours from a diversity of ethnic/cultural backgrounds. How are we discipling our people to carry on the mission of Jesus in the reality of the multicultural (or intercultural) context? Can leaders and church members develop in intercultural competency?" We will also have a brief 5-minute Urbana 09 report, as it has been a tool for intercultural exposure that the Chinese Churches in the GTA has made use of. May 5th — Incarnational 4 P's (Presence, Proximity, Powerlessness, & Proclamation) * Where did our Ecclesiology come from? The Acts 2 church? * What happens when "church" follows mission (who Jesus is and what he did)? June 2 — Discipleship * Rev. Kai Mark will be sharing with us and leading us into a discussion time. July 7, 10 am-12:30 pm - Physical Walk/Spiritual Walk. Let's come out and enjoy a time of fellowship with God and brothers/sisters in nature! Dr. Daniel L. Wong will be leading us walk and reflect. Please see details below. "Most Christian workers are in desperate need of exercise. Let us take a walk together and also reflect on our spiritual walk. We will meet at 10 a.m. in the parking lot for the trail head of the Oak Ridges Corridor Park Trail that is just east of William Bond Park on the same south side of Old Colony Road in Richmond Hill. Old Colony Road is running east and west and found turning left off Bayview Road north of Stouffville Road. The trail is about a total of 5 km, 2.5 there and back. Pack your lunch, water, snacks, hat and suntan lotion. There are only outhouses nearby at the William Bond Park." [Please see http://www.everytrail.com/fullscreen.php?trip_id=451428. It's just a reference that was found on the internet. We'll gather at where the "END" sign is and that's pretty much the route of the walk. You could also see the pdf file for the map.] A lunch is available to be brought for you for about $5 if you respond by Friday, July 2nd. If you are attending this walk (and if you'd also like a $5-lunch), let us know by email to ESCM @ escmgta@gmail.com. Here are some pre-walk questions and verses that you may consider: 1. Do I regular incorporate exercise into my life? In what ways? 2. How is my spiritual walk? 3. What do I expect from this Nature Walk/Spiritual Walk? Some verses to consider: Micah 6:8 (NIV) "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Ephesians 4:1-3 (NASB) "Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,3being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Photos of Meetings and Events Click here 2009 THEME: STRUGGLES AND SOLUTIONS — The Journey Together of English-Speaking Ministry Leaders through Challenges & Opportunities Feb. 4, "Life Management 1 - sharing by Ted Tham (follow link for notes) Click hereand Steve Chu March 4, "Life Management 2" led by Rev. Donna Dong, Inter-Varsity Canada's Multi-ethnic/Multicultural Ministry Director and Urbana 06 plenary speaker, and Dr. Daniel L. Wong, Asst. Prof. of Christian Ministries at Tyndale University College, past instructor in Preaching at Tyndale Seminary, and an English Ministry pastor for 18 years. Rev. Donna shared on "Developing Personal Vision" (follow link for outline) Click here. Dr. Daniel L. Wong shared on "What I Teach But Do Not Follow" Click here A special invitation was extended to Tyndale University College & Seminary students to join us. We had 50 in attendance! Apr 1, "Opportunities In The Midst of a Financial Crisis Unlike Any We have Seen in Our Lifetime: Responding to the Economic Downturn, Personal/Church" by Winston Ling, chief enrollment officer at Tyndale University College & Seminary Click here. PowerPoint presentation at Click here May 6, "Second Generation Ministry" is the focus of the Joint English Speaking Chinese Ministerial and the Toronto Chinese Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship. Rev. Michael Lau, Sr. Pastor of Logos Baptist Church (York Region Mission) will present on how we relate to one another among the generations and Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Wong, Asst. Prof. of Christian Ministries at Tyndale University College, will discuss practical principles of ministering to the Second Generation. Invitation to Korean and other Asian ministry workers. This is based on an extended workshop that he will give on "The Future of Second Generation Ministry in Canada" for the Canadian Chinese Presbyterian churches, May 2, Markham - outline Click here June 3, "360 Degree Leadership", by Rev. Dr. Ted Tham, based on Bill Hybel's book, "Courageous Leadership." Are you a 360 Degree Leader? 360-degree Leaders don't just direct their gift of leadership south, to the people under their care. They also learn to lead north by influencing those with authority over them, and to lead east and west by impacting their peers. But most importantly, they learn how to keep the compass needle centred by leading themselves-by keeping their own lives in tune so they can provide maximum direction for others. Notes Click here June 24 Topic: "Update on Second Generation Ministries World Wide" Presenters: Members of the English Ministry Task Force of CCCOWE Seasoned English Ministry pastors from Sydney, Australia, New York City, and Los Angeles will join us: Ying Yee, Eugene Hor, Donald Yee, Wayland Wong, and our own Paul Wang. While gathering in Toronto to meet as the English Ministry Task Force of the Chinese Coodination Centre of World Evangelization. Time: 10 am - 12 noon The Trainee Workbook for the The Ministry Apprentice Program (MAP) as introduced by Rev. Ying Yee is available in PDF at Click here and 4 related files. This material has a copyright. Aug 4 (TUES.), BBQ @ Steve’s "Top 10 Reasons Why I Stay In Ministry", coordinated by Steve Sept 2, Our September ESCM gathering will be a special "Field Trip" opportunity as we join the TCEMF (Toronto Chinese Evangelical Fellowship, our parent organization) in a tour of Yonge Street Mission and its ministry to the poor. Topic: "Loving our Neighbours - the Poor in the GTA" Special Speaker: Rick Tobias, Director of Yonge St. Mission Program Time: 9:30 am carpooling 10:00 am Coffee @ Yonge Street Mission 10:30 am - 2:00 pm: actual program, including lunch and brief prayer walk. Oct 7 "Pastoral/Leader Transitions: When to Stay, When to Go?", panel discussion coordinated by Freddy Nov 4 Pastoring Your Family - inner circle including your immediate family, relatives, and housemates - special speakers: Lee & Estella Wong The material from Lee Wong and Estella Cheong on Pastoring Your Family are found at Click here Dec 9 (not the 1st week) Christmas Celebration - joint w/ Toronto Chinese Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship at a Japanese restaurant Some groups represented in ESCM - in addition to pastors of Chinese churches there are those ministering in groups as Inter-Varsity, SIM, Toronto City Mission, Maranatha News, Urban Promise, and Tyndale University College & Seminary Recommended Resources Asian American publications Available at Click here There are Asian American resources there for purchase. "Pooped Pastors" is a site by Steve Brown in Florida Click here He has a radio program as well. "Honorable Mentions" - DJ Chuang noted this group under "Resourcing English Pastors in Toronto and Canada" Click here ESCM Committee Ted Tham (co-chair) Randall Mah (co-chair) Steve Chu (representative to TCEM) Ada Chung (representative to TCEM) Donna Dong Freddy Lam Marilyn Law Howard Ngan Daniel L. Wong This devotional by Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest was read at our last committee meeting on Feb. 12 by Steve Chu - Click here For further information contact us at escm.gta@gmail.com. There is an ESCM email announcement that is sent out. Updated July 29 '10; 2761 hits Comments
Comment by: Donna Dong
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your work on setting up an ESCM page on your website. Very helpful. I appreciate another avenue of getting notice of ESCM out there.
Comment by: Ada Chung
This is GREAT, VERY NICE! Thanks! =)
Comment by: Karen Wong
Oh, I wish I was in Toronto! I'm in Montreal. It's great to see English speaking ministry workers in a Asian context support, encourage and grow together. I'll put this site on my list of favorite! God bless you
Response by Dr. Daniel L. Wong: We miss you back at Tyndale Seminary and in the Toronto area. We will provide some resources on this site later. For now you can look under my "Coaching for English Ministry in Chinese Churches". Post a comment
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