Dave’s Journey

Tomorrow, Wedenesday April 23, at 7pm Mustard Seed Associates will be hosting an MSA Conversation: The New Ends of the Earth: A learning party about the Kingdom and technology with Thomas Knoll. It will be held at the Mustard Seed House in Seattle. It will also be accessible online by going to http://www.msainfo.org/ for anyone to participate from wherever you may be. The evening will discuss the following:

“This is the social age of the web, where online communities, tools, and resources make it easier to extend relationships, expand influence, and invite participation. During this event, we will explore some of the latest technologies, dream about their best application in spiritual/social/justice communities, and learn practical implementation.”

Dates: Jan. 25-27
Location: Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre
website: www.missionsfestvancouver.ca

Missions Fest is taking place again in only one week on Jan. 25-27. I have attended the conference for a number of years and also been involved as a volunteer. I will be at the Mission Opportunities booth in the centre of the exhibition hall. This year the conference is celebrating their 25th anniversary and I am looking forward to being there again. What you will find at Missions Fest and what continues to bring me back each year are:

• Churches coming together to praise and serve God
• Music
• Speakers
• Agencies
• The people you meet
• The challenge for people to put their faith into practice wherever life takes them

Be sure to pray for the weekend and come out if you possibly can.

Date of event: May 7, 2006

Website: Internet Evangelism Day

A day to make known the potential and share the potential and encourage the use of the internet for evangelism. Information on the website provides suggestions on what churches can do.

Dates: Jan. 27-10
Location: Vancouver - Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre
Website: http://www.missionsfestvancouver.ca/
The annual event held in Vancouver will again bring Christians together to learn and share about world missions. This is an event that I have participated in for a number of years and I am looking forward to what will be taking place.

Dates: Feb.10-11
Location: Vancouver - UBC Robson Square
Website: http://2006.northernvoice.ca/

Learn and interact with others at this blogging conference.

Dates: Feb. 7-9
Location: Vancouver - UBC Robson Square
Website: http://www.oscms-summit.org/

This conference will cover various topics, particularly focused on the development of content management systems. This includes a series of topics related to Drupal.

Dates: Jan. 9-13
Location: San Francisco - The Moscone Center
Website: http://www.macworldexpo.com/

Have a happy new year!

Time: Nov 3 (10pm Pacific Time)
Location: Worldwide
Website: http://www.worldusabilityday.org/