CONTENTS

Letter from the Director PG06 Speakers & Descriptions PG13

Leaders PG07

Sponsors / Exhibitors / Partners PG20

Purpose / Mission PG11

Schedule PG25

Summit Highlights PG07

Floor Plan PG26

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WELCOME TO

SEALS2012

DEAR SEALS 2012 ATTENDEES,

We are so excited that you can join us for this years Southeast Asian Leadership Summit. We have been praying for you and your families. We know that many of you have had to leave behind your families, your day to day work, and take a slight pause from your studies. We pray that this years summit will bless you as we have a conversation together as to what it means for us as Southeast Asian Americans, and those who have a heart for SE Asian Americans, to Arise & Shine. This years theme came out of the needs and thoughts of many who attended our 2010 summit in the Bay Area. This years verse comes from Isaiah 60:1 NIV Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

On a personal note; if you need anything from either me or the committee please dont hesitate to ask. You may need to just sit down and talk, get prayed for, or just to be encourage. Please dont hesitate to ask. We are here to love you, serve you and pray, Gods blessings over you.

Let us arise & shine together, KEN SEM KONG

Director of The Southeast Asian Catalyst

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST THREE SUMMITS

SEALS 2006
Camaraderie and a sense of hope were given to SE Asian leaders. For the first time, they felt like they were not alone. Honor and respect was also shown to the first generation leaders as we recognized and appreciated them.

SEALS 2008
Reconciliation occurred when a first generation leader was knocked in the head by God and made a public apology for the first generations lack of support towards the efforts of the second generation. This brought much needed healing and freedom.

SEALS 2010
Attendees were left in awe as God imprinted something special on every single persons heart. They were impacted by: womens time, the showing of the 1040 documentary and being able to worship God through SE Asian song and dance.

SEAC COMMITTEE MEMBERS : SEALS 2012 ROLES

KEN KONG
Committee: Director of SEAC

NICH KHIM
Secretary of SEAC/SEALS Production Director

KIM CHAN
Committee Member

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NHUANH LY
SEALS Co-Program Director

DORA VANG
SEALS Co-Program Director

MEYHO SAEPHAN
SEALS Seminar Director

ELIZABETH LUN
SEALS Creative Worship Director

AROUNSAVATH SACDYPHOUD
SEALS Grounds Team Director

SAKONH PATHIPPHANITH
Design, Marketing & Social Media Director

SOBE SAMBATH
Partnership Development / SEALS Program Assistant

TAM LE PHOUNG NGUYEN

Scholarship & Volunteer Director

NATE SAN
SEALS Program Assistant

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METTA SACDYPHOUD
SEALS Worship Leader

LINDA HAWES
Committee Member

KIMNANG & PRISCILLA SENG

Committee Members

JANICE CHAU
SEAC / SEALS Prayer Director

ADVISORS
KEVIN KANE MARGARET YU MENG MUA OB OBRIEN RUSSELL YEE STEVE SCOFFONE TOM STEERS

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SEALS SUPPORT TEAM

Thank you volunteers for serving God at SEALS2012, we couldnt have done it without all your hard work and invaluable contributions to our team. SOKHA ANG SEALS Exhibitor Coordinator MARILYN TRAN SEALS Logistics Team LISA VO SEALS Logistics Team AMY CHANTHAPHAVONG SEALS Emcee LUKE KHORN SEALS Transportation SINATH PUTH SEALS Lodging Coordinator ROSELYN SIPHENGPHONE SEALS Support Team MARCO VANG SEALS Support Team JENNIFER VANG SEALS Support Team CHRISTINA VANG SEALS Support Team NATHAN BOUNYONG SEALS Support Team RICHARD KANG Transportation & Photographer SOKARY YING Registration & Photographer JAYSON PHAMMAVONGSA Videographer

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OUR STORY
Our story began at the National Asian American Leadership Conference in Los Angeles, CA in March of 04. Southeast Asian Leaders from all over the United States were part of this conference. After the AALC conference in LA, some of the Leaders gathered together at a Starbucks in Long Beach and began to dream about a ministry for Southeast Asian Leaders. They saw what God was doing among Asian Americans and felt that that same movement needed to take place among Southeast Asians. January, MLK weekend of 05, 13 leaders gathered together in Philadelphia for a weekend of intensive meeting and praying. Out of that meeting God spoke to us about a ministry for Southeast Asian and the Southeast Asian Conference. January 13th 15th, we hosted our first SEALS, Southeast Asian Leadership Summit, conference in Long Beach, CA. God brought together 165 leaders from all over the United States from various denominations, para-church ministries and etc..

VISION

Encourage, Develop, Mobilize Southeast Asian Americans within Christian Ministries.

STATEMENT OF FAITH
We, members of the Southeast Asian Catalyst (SEAC), from various parts of the United States and of different Southeast Asian backgrounds, praise God for His great salvation and rejoice in the fellowship He has given us with Himself and with each other. We are deeply stirred by what God is doing in our generation and have been united in our desire and passion to see persons within the Southeast Asian community saved, raised and sent out into Gods great harvest field. We are aligned in our efforts to encourage, engage and equip persons within the Southeast Asian Christian community for Gods greater purposes.

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KEN KONG

JAMES CHOUNG

MYDUR XIONG

TONY

PANG FOUA YANG RHODES, PH.D., LMFT

GREG YEE

MATT GEPPERT

XF MENG MUA

DR. AL TIZON

CHIRAPHONE KHAMPHOUVONG

REV. DR. SOONG-CHAN RAH

MAYLEE CHANG

REV. ANDREW LEE

TOMMY DYO

DR. PETER LIM

TOM STEERS

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WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

PANG FOUA YANG RHODES, PH.D., LMFT

Assistant Professor in the MA Marriage and Family Therapy program at Argosy UniversityTwin Cities. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in pre-marital and marital therapy. She hosts a weekly 1-hour Hmong talk show on RadioHmong (St. Paul, MN: AM1620)

WORKSHOP: RELEASING THE NATURAL GIFTS OF WOMEN Women often believe they have to become more like men to be taken seriously by the church; However, God has shaped and equipped women uniquely to be partners in Kingdom work. The discipleship of women entails affirming, nurturing, and deploying their God-given gifts that the body of Christ desperately needs. But how can we do that within acceptable social and cultural boundaries? Should we affirm the boundaries? Should we revolt against them? Or what? Lets grapple over these issues together.

GREG YEE
Associate Superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church He loves to play basketball and enjoys a cup of coffee or a long hike with good friends. Married for 22 years to Mary and have three Children.

WORKSHOP: YOUR IDENTITY IN A RACIALIZED SOCIETY: THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL Ministry and life is best done at the intersection of the text (Scripture) and context (21st Century, U.S., our city, etc)? Part of our context is the reality of race. What does it mean to be AsianAmerican/Southeast Asian today? Explore the power of race and how it affects our belief in the Gospel work.

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SEAC LEADERSHIP TEAM

WORKSHOP: ADDICTION AND RECOVERY Southeast Asian American communities are no strangers to problems with alcohol, gambling, and other addictions. Church members and leaders are not immune, and are sometimes even especially vulnerable. This will be a sharing & listening session on addiction and recovery. Participants will be asked to keep confidentiality and not share names outside the room.

MATT GEPPERT
The Gepperts sponsor two children in India through SEAPC Raising Kids and sponsored the cure for Puo Ma La Mu, a heart patient in Tibet. He loves football, rugby, fly fishing, trekking, geography, and the Spirit of God. Vice President of SEAPC.

WORKSHOP: YOUR FOUNDATION STARTS HERE! 1 > Learn how to create and register your ministry and mission 2 > Learn how to resource your vision 3 > Learn how to sustain your passion.

CHIRAPHONE KHAMPHOUVONG
At the age of 15, surrendered a life of service unto the Lord crossing the spiritual line from Buddhism to follow Jesus Recruited and trained more than 1600 world mission team leaders and participants to serve in more than 44 countries Partnered and collaborated with more than 100 NGOs and NPOs towards sustainable community development in the local and global communities

WORKSHOP: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN WORLD MISSION AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Want to make a difference in the world in your local and/or global community for Christ? Transformation starts with you before you can impact others. Learn how to be in-tune with Gods best in your life and be a change agent in any capacity setting. Learn how to be a positive difference for the sake of the Gospel with lessons learned of best practices in world mission and global engagement.

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DR. AL TIZON
Associate Professor of Holistic Ministry at Palmer Theological Seminary of EasternUniversity and the director of Word & Deed Network of the Evangelicals for Social Action both inWynnewood, PA. He and his family engaged in community development work, ministry to street children, and church leadership development among the poor in his native Philippines for almost ten years as missionaries. Al is the author of Transformation After Lausanne: Radical Evangelical Mission in GlobalLocal Perspective (Regnum, 2008) and coauthor of several books.

WORKSHOP: EVANGELISM: CONTEXTUAL AND HOLISTIC APPROACHES Living out the value of the new birth requires disciples who understand the missional call of the church so that new births keep occurring! This workshop examines important aspects of biblical evangelism, that is, evangelism that attempts to be faithful to the biblical version of the kingdom of God. We will examine its holistic nature, understanding proclamation as it relates inseparably to compassion, mercy and justice. And we will examine the contextual nature of evangelism, examining ways that the church can increase in multicultural competency for more effective communication of the gospel.

REV. DR. SOONG-CHAN RAH

Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL Author of The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity (IVP Books, 2009); Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church (Moody, 2010); and coeditor of Honoring the Generations: Learning with Asian North American Congregations (Judson, 2012). Currently in the Th.D. program at Duke University.

WORKSHOP: EVANGELISM: CONTEXTUAL AND HOLISTIC APPROACHES. Living out the value of the new birth requires disciples who understand the missional call of the church so that new births keep occurring! This workshop examines important aspects of biblical evangelism, that is, evangelism that attempts to be faithful to the biblical version of the kingdom of God. We will examine its holistic nature, understanding proclamation as it relates inseparably to compassion, mercy and justice. And we will examine the contextual nature of evangelism, examining ways that the church can increase in multicultural competency for more effective communication of the gospel.

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MAYLEE CHANG
Born in Laos and grew up in Minnesota. Through her various experiences along with her psychology background, God has placed in her heart agreater love and compassion for people and a deeper desire to bring them to His truth. She is currently serving as Youth Director and Worship Director at her home church.

WORKSHOP: A RELATIONAL GOD AND PERSONS IN COMMUNION Being made in the image of a triune God, we were designed with a longing and ability to connect with others. Through relationship we learn of our Creator, ourselves, and others. Therefore, knowing how to do healthy relationship is indispensible for growth and effective ministry. In this workshop, we will explore a theological perspective of relationship, ways of knowing self and other, and practical spirituality in the everyday life of missional living.

DR. PETER LIM

Passion: To unleash the potential of young adults and leaders for Gods kingdom purpose. Has many years of experience in recruiting and sending missionaries to various parts of the world. He is currently engaged in teaching Asian American courses at Logos Seminary to equip both seminarians and lay leaders for secondgeneration

WORKSHOP: GROWING CHURCHES THAT MAKE DISCIPLES We dont have a church problem. We have a discipleship problem. Jesus gave us the only mandate - make disciples. He also modeled how it is done. Thats the legacy of His earthly ministry. And a band of disciples Jesus left behind turned the entire Roman Empire upside down. Thats what we need to rediscover and reclaim in our churches, for the sake of the Gospel, the churchs mission and future generations. This workshop will seek to stimulate your thoughts on these questions: 1 > What does a disciple of Jesus Christ look like? 2 > How does a disciple of Jesus Christ make a difference in the world? 3 > How do we create a disciple-making culture in our churches?

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REV. ANDREW LEE

Served in pastoral positions in the immigrant church, in teaching capacities at seminaries and in administrative roles for Christian organizations . Currently the Senior Pastor of the Chinese Christian Union Church in Chicago. His workshop is based on a chapter in a forthcoming publication.

WORKSHOP: SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO Many Asian young adults face the dilemma of choosing to either stay in the immigrant church where they may have come to Christ, or leaving for a pan-Asian or multiethnic church. Why do so many leave in an exodus that is no longer silent? Are there valid reasons to stay? This workshop will examine the reasons young adults give for staying or for leaving.

TOM STEERS
Crosscultural discipler and pioneer for the past four decades with The Navigators. Passion: To see GOD raise up Kingdom laborers who bear much Kingdom fruit. Has a M.A. in Missiology, helped start three churches, helped start SEAC, and founded Asian American Ministries of The Navigators.

WORKSHOP: NATURAL NETWORK EVANGELISM How can you be an effective, fruitful witness bearing much fruit? How can you reach out to your extended family? How can you reach out to your pre-believing friends? How can you be a good witness at work? This workshop will explore ways you can be a positive, organic witness in natural, yet SPIRIT-loaded ways. The Good News always should be the Good News. Yet it becomes the Bad News if we are uncomfortable, say stupid things, or have a superior attitude personally or culturally. We want to equip you with wisdom and sensitivity, plus with a few methods. Jennifer will be sharing one method: how storytelling has helped her evangelize her family both here in the U.S. and in Cambodia where she served the LORD last summer.

JENNIFER KONG
Workshop Co-facilitator Currently serves as the Youth Leader of her church. Received specialized training and practice in Storytelling as a natural witnessing tool.

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TOMMY DYO
Serves as the National Director of the Epic Movement (Crus Asian American ministry). In 2010 was a US delegate and table group leader at the 3rd Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town South Africa. Tommy loves the outdoors especially fishing, backpacking, and eating small fury creatures. He loves to eat, play, hang out, and bask in Gods creation.

WORKSHOP: CONTEXTUALIZED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Bonding, Boundaries, Integrating and Adulthood. A healthy journey towards adulthood while balancing life, community, culture, and family.

XF MENG MUA
Graduated from Toccoa Falls College, GA with a BS in Missology and Columbia International University with a MA in Intercultural Ministry. Ordained in 2006 and is currently serving as the Senior Pastor of New Life in Christ, Brooklyn Park, MN. Married for 13 years to Pangfua Mua with 4 Children: Joanna, Susanna, Justus and Jubilee.

WORKSHOP: BECOMING A LEADER GODS PEOPLE CHASE AFTER What has the potential to increase the harvest of souls, solve many of the deficiencies in the church and potentially spark renewal and revival among Gods people? The answer is, By creating more leaders. But not just any leader, but those that reflect the heart and character of God so that the power of God may rest on them. Only then will your ministry rest on Gods power rather than on mans wisdom. This workshop will help you become that kind of leader.

THE GLORY OF ZION

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

ISAIAH 60:1
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

KEN KONG
He has been a part of the community of Long Beach, CA healing process with its racial tension between Hispanic and Cambodians. He is on staff with The Navigators serving the Southeast Asian community as Director of SEAC, discipling young men in Long Beach, facilitating short term missions to Southeast Asia His passion includes: The Lakers (Go LA!!), prayer, and God.

JAMES CHOUNG
Seeks to empower rising generations of Kingdom world-changers. For fun, he likes to travel with his wife, tease his two sons, play board games with his buddies, hit some jazzy chords on the keys, enjoy Los Angeles endless summer, and swing a racket in hopes of playing something like tennis. He blogs irregularly at www.jameschoung.net.

TONY
Passion: To see Gods named glorified amongst the marginalized and unreached people groups of the world. Tony and his wife (along with two beautiful daughters) currently serve as Church-planters in a restricted Southeast Asian country. They believe that Asian Americans have a unique role to play in missions today and desire to mobilize hundreds more to engage in pioneering work.

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MYDUR XIONG
Currently serves as a certified Christian worker of Holy Trinity Christian Church, equipping and engaging leaders and laymen alike in the study and application of Gods Word. Her heart is geared towards but is not limited to the Hmong, Volunteered in Thailand for 2 years.

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PARTNERS / EXHIBITORS
CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF SACRAMENTO
PARTNER

HEART FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA

PARTNER THOMANS THORSTAD TOMT.LELC@GMAIL.COM HEARTFORSEASIA.ORG

EPIC MOVEMENT / CRU

PARTNER / EXHIBITOR TOMMY DYO TOMMY.DYO@EPICMOVEMENT.COM EPICMOVEMENT.COM

ASIAN AMERICAN-INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (IV PRESS)

PARTNER / EXHIBITOR JAMES CHOUNG JAMESCHOUNG@ME.COM ASIAN AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL FELLOWSHIP (AATF) OF FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PARTNER DANIEL FULLER DANIELDLEE@FULLER.EDU

INHERITANCE MAGAZINE
PARTNER WILL TSENG WILL@INHERITENCE INHERITENCEMAG.COM

LOGAN HOPE ( CHRISTIAN NON-PROFIT )

PARTNER KEN MACBAIN KEN@LOGANHOPE.ORG LOGANHOPE.ORG

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MINISTRY FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING ASIANS

PARTNER KEN KONG KENSEM.KONG@GMAIL.COM

ROBERT MORRISON PROJECT

EXHIBITOR PHIL REMMERS FUSU1734@PSMAIL.NET ROBERTMORRISONPROJECT.ORG

NEXT GEN NEXUS

EXHIBITOR STEVE SCOFFONE CITYSTEVE@ITEAMS.ORG

SEAPC ( SOUTHEAST ASIA PRAYER CENTER )

PARTNER / EXHIBITOR MATT GEPPERT MATTGEPPERT@YAHOO.COM SEAPC.ORG

NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY

PARTNER / EXHIBITOR

THE NAVIGATORS
KIRSTEN BURDICK EBURDICK@NORTHPARK.EDU NORTHPARK.EDU PARTNER / EXHIBITOR KEN KONG KENSEM.KONG@GMAIL.COM NAVIGATORS.ORG/US

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE FOR THE EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH

PARTNER GREGORY YEE GREG.YEE@PSWC.ORG PSWC.ORG

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WORKSHOPS
WORSKSHOP #2 4:155:45PM BECOMING A LEADER GODS PEOPLE CHASE AFTER Xf Meng Mua Room 8 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? Rev. Andrew Lee Room 9 GROWING CHURCHES THAT MAKE DISCIPLES Dr. Peter Lim Room 6 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY, DEVELOPMENT IN WORLD MISSION AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Chiraphone Khamphouvong Room 1 CONTEXTUALIZED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Tommy Dyo Room 10 NATURAL NETWORK EVANGELISM Tom Steers / Jennifer Kong Room 5

SCHEDULE THURSDAY
WORSKSHOP #1 2:304:00PM A RELATIONAL GOD AND PERSONS IN COMMUNION Maylee Chang Room 1 NATURAL NETWORK EVANGELISM Tom Steers / Jennifer Kong Room 5 CONTEXTUALIZED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Tommy Dyo Room 10 GROWING CHURCHES THAT MAKE DISCIPLES Dr. Peter Lim Room 6 BECOMING A LEADER GODS PEOPLE CHASE AFTER Xf Mang Mua Room 8 YOUR FOUNDATION STARTS HERE! Matt Geppert Room 9

FRIDAY
WORSKSHOP #3 10:45AM12:15PM YOUR FOUNDATION STARTS HERE! Matt Geppert Room 9

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SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY, DEVELOPMENT IN WORLD MISSION AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Chiraphone Khamphouvong Room 10 BECOMING A LEADER GODS PEOPLE CHASE AFTER Xf Mang Mua Room 8 GROWING CHURCHES THAT MAKE DISCIPLES Dr. Peter Lim Room 6 EVANGELISM: CONTEXTUAL AND HOLISTIC APPROACHES Soong-Chan Rah / Al Tizon Room 5 A RELATIONAL GOD AND PERSONS IN COMMUNION Maylee Chang Room 1 YOUR IDENTITY IN A RACIALIZED SOCIETY: THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL Greg Yee Room 11

WORSKSHOP #4 2:153:45 EVANGELISM: CONTEXTUAL AND HOLISTIC APPROACHES Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah / Al Tizon Room 5 NATURAL NETWORK EVANGELISM Tom Steers / Jennifer Kong Room 8 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? Rev. Andrew Lee Room 9 CONTEXTUALIZED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Tommy Dyo Room 6 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY, DEVELOPMENT IN WORLD MISSION AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Chiraphone Khamphouvong Room 10 ADDICTION AND RECOVERY SEAC Leadership Team Room 1 RELEASING THE NATURAL GIFTS OF WOMEN Pang Foua Yang Rhodes, Ph.D., LMFT Room 11

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EXTERNAL SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY
4:00PM-6:00PM 6:00PM-6:30PM 6:30PM-8:00PM 8:00PM-8:15PM Guest Arrival + Registration Introduction Dinner + Sharing Time Closing

THURSDAY
9:30AM-10:00AM 10:00AM-12:00PM Registration Introduction Exhibitors Prensentation Worship Message: Ken Kong Lunch + Dessert & Tea With Regional Group Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Dinner Evening Session Testimony: Xf. Daniel Yang Worship Message: Mydur Xiong Closing

12:15PM-2:15PM 2:30PM-4:00PM 4:15PM-5:45PM 6:00PM-6:50PM 7:00PM-8:30PM

8:30PM-8:45PM

FRIDAY
9:00AM-10:30AM 10:45AM-12:15PM 12:15PM-2:00PM Introduction Worship Message: Tony Workshop 1 Lunch + Creative Arts

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2:15PM-3:45PM 3:45PM-4:45PM 4:45PM-5:00PM 5:00PM-7:30PM

7:30PM-8:45PM

8:45PM-9:00PM

Workshop 2 Free Time Group Photo Cultural Celebration Night Urbana Presentation Worship Message: James Choung Communion Dinner Award Ceremony: Pastor Kevin Kane Open Mic Performances Closing

SATURDAY
9:00AM-10:15AM Rise and Shine Breakfast w/ Cultural Group Breakfast / Prayer / Sharing Introduction Worship Message: James Choung Closing Prayer+ Benediction: Ken Kong Box Lunch 10:30AM-12:30PM

12:30PM-1:30PM

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