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CBD-Search Member News Articles
The Need For Portable Outdoor Shade
If you are an active outdoor person or one who has children involved in outdoor sports, you need to be aware of the risks of excessive exposure to the harmful UV rays of the sun as well as some preventive measures that are available to each of us. Fact: Outdoor athletes are a high risk for heat related injury. American Family Physician, Aug. 1994 v 50 p 389. Fact: Exposure to the sun reduces the body's ability to cool itself. The Columbia Univ. Coll. Of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide, Edition 3, 1995 p 373. Fact: A heat index of 90 degrees or more is considered hazardous to athletes. American Family Physician, Aug. 1994 v 50 p 389. Fact: Children are more predisposed than adults to dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Patient Care, June 15 1998 v 32nll p 60. The Solution: Portable Outdoor Shade Instant Shade Awning offers a portable retractable awning that has a silver coating on top to reflect heat and harmful UV rays from the sun. The bottom side is black to provide the best and coolest shade on the market. Its Grab and Go convenience makes it perfect for soccer and baseball moms who want to support their children but who hate the sun. Great for the kids too! Just attach to any permanent structure, and you have Instant Shade! Advantages: - Shade is up to 15 degrees cooler based on the heat index than direct sun.
- Less demand on your body to regulate temperature equals conserved energy.
- The team with Instant Shade Awning conserves energy and has the advantage!
The Instant Shade Awning is also great for camping and tailgating! Order yours today!
VBI Offers a BCS Degree
We are delighted to be able to announce that VBI has now added significant value by being able to offer a Bachelor of Christian Studies (BCS) issued by St Stephen's University (SSU). SSU is a chartered university in New Brunswick, Canada that offers legally recognized Bachelors and Masters Qualifications. After a period of dialogue with SSU and various steps to structure our curriculum to fulfil the necessary requirements, the new relationship commenced as of 1st June 2006. This is almost exactly 6 years since the launch of VBI in May 2000. This step is simultaneous with a partnership with Trinity Learning Community, based in Corona, California, which will offer the VBI bachelors program along with its own Masters program, also under the SSU umbrella. More institutional partnerships of this kind (as with TLC) will probably emerge in the future. Since our goal is to empower the local church, the VBI/SSU degree can be deployed in other ministry schools or colleges. The BCS will be the highest qualification we offer. However, VBI will continue to offer other levels of reward to facilitate the education and training of those who wish to achieve a qualification that does not have all the requirements of the SSU degree, namely a Licentiate in Theology and the various Diplomas that constitute the building blocks of both levels of qualification. This new relationship has caused us to review our whole system and has resulted in a new Instruction Manual that functions as a prospectus and road map to our online system. We urge all students to download this file and read at least the chapter entitled "Curriculum overview" to familiarize themselves with the new features. You will also find that the tutorial letters for each diploma (also in the Instruction Manual) are vastly improved and explain how to progress in your studies and which courses to choose. Please do read the tutorial letter relevant to your work before emailing our office with inquiries. We may well reply by simply directing you to a certain page on the Instruction Manual. We trust that you will rejoice with us as we make this announcement, Derek Morphew (Director)
Vineyard Bible Institute
The continuing story of serving God ....
Interested in finding out what Hayden & Emily Andrews are doing in Thailand? Please visit the Hayden and Emily Andrews' Blog, and don't forget to leave a comment or two of support.
Document Improvement Service
 HeyDan Development has recently released a new service, specifically tailored for Thai organisations. Although many websites and documents have already been translated into English by expert translators, it is often more than obvious to native English speaker that the document was not translated by a fellow native speaker. Native English speakers often enjoy finding humour in translated documents, and some documents are noticeably more humorous than others. The problem with this is that a website or document, which has the potential to create many sales, instead loses impact and plausibility because of the style of English used. HeyDan Development is now offering to proof those documents for English readability. Normal proofing is a costly business, as each and every word is pondered and considered for grammar and spelling. But HeyDan Development are offering a service where the customer decides how much time should be spent on a document, and where English readability and understanding takes a higher priority than general grammar and spelling. For more information, please visit our website at HeyDan Development - Document Improvement Service.
Kyliptix Unveils Utility-Priced CRM
Designed for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses Seeding High Performance with Zero Upfront Costs Kyliptix, the first company of its kind to adopt a utility-style, usage-based billing model that eliminates the upfront investment associated with software acquisition, announces launch of KiBS(TM) CRM. Small businesses can now gain a competitive advantage by employing the cost-effective Customer Relationship Management (CRM) functionality previously available only to larger organizations. KiBS CRM is a productivity tool that delivers a complete collection of customer facing processes, including Sales Force Automation, Marketing, Customer Service, and Support, to small businesses. Designed to simplify processes for growing businesses, KiBS CRM can readily serve the needs of a few users, then scale to accommodate several hundred users at a time. KiBS CRM is a dynamic application that enhances the overall performance of a business concerned with customer engagement processes including Web lead capture, Outlook integration, reporting, generation of quotes, sales orders, and invoices, sharing of accounts, contacts, leads and calendar events, and support of multiple languages. Ideal for companies that have outgrown simple contact managers and need to improve their processes, the product enhances the overall productivity of today's small business community. In addition, with no upfront hardware or software purchase requirements, total cost of ownership is minimized and setup expedited. "We're focused on helping companies increase their bottom line by optimizing vital business processes," said William Gast, founder, president, and chief executive officer. "Our KiBS(TM) CRM solution is the first in a full suite of offerings that we will be releasing in the coming months. As a provider of Web-enabled solutions, Kyliptix understands that ease of use and ease of deployment are critical in today's marketplace. By leveraging leading-edge technologies, we created a solution that unites vital business functionality under one umbrella." With this release, Kyliptix Solutions unites key elements needed by the SMB community, including functionality, ease of use, ease of deployment, a flexible billing model, and a price point that makes sense, in one dynamic Web-based solution. Designed to allow multiple users to share one set of data provides continuity to the business from an information and communication flow. With headquarters in Irvine, privately held Kyliptix Solutions Inc. designs, develops, and markets Web-based on-demand application management software to the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market. The company's product is an integrated business automation suite that combines front- and back-office applications into one seamless solution. Kyliptix is in the rapidly growing Software as a Service (SaaS) a.k.a. on-demand or hosting, sector of the software industry. Get your evaluation account at http://www.kyliptix.net/evaluation.php
Bangkok Student Centre
A new ministry is being developed to serve the students of Raamkhamhaeng, Bangkok's largest university, and also to create unity among the churches in the local area. We are currently in the process of setting up this ministry, close to the gates of the university. Although we have many plans and ideas for this centre, it will primarily focus on providing study services for university students. This is a much needed service, and through this we hope to share the gospel, and also to introduce students to the services offered by various local churches, which may be of use to them. Unity among the local churches is very important to us, so rather than starting up a new thing, by copying the services that local churches already offer, we want to offer something truly new, redirecting our customers to the services of the local church as there is need. We would also like to offer ourselves as helpful to the local churches, giving something to them instead of expecting things from them. For more information on our thoughts and plans, please visit Bangkok Drop-In Centre Project.
Check Out Our Blog
After the successful and popular update to www.HayEmX.com, we have now updated the image of our Blog Site.
Visit us to find out more about what we are doing in Thailand, and to subscribe to our monthly newsletter.
Hayden & Emily Andrews
I have recently completely revamped our Personal website. It is well worth the look; to see what we are up to in general, and what we are doing here in Thailand. You are also able to sign up for our monthly newsletter if you are interested in keeping track of what we are doing. Go and have a look at Hayden and Emily Andrews today. God Bless,
T.E.S. (The Evangelization Society)
TES is a long established mission agengy working in evangelism in the UK. In 2004, 'the Society' changed its mode of operation to become a grant-making trust offering grants to evangelists and evangelistic ministries in the UK. (Please note that our constitution does not allow us to make grants to work outside of the UK. Also we do not support, however worthy, projects that are solely church-based and therefore, in the opinion of the Trustees, should be supported by the local congregation). If you wish to consider applying for a grant you should in the first instance contact the Trust Manager by e-mail or post (P.O. Box 63, CULLOMPTON, EX15 2YQ), with an outline of the project which you wish the Society to consider for a grant. Thank you for your interest in TES.
The Poetry Bin - The Final Resting Place
Since my last article, a few people have sent me their poems to be included in 'The Poetry Bin', which is much appreciated. If you have written any poem (whether you think it is good or not) and would like it included on the web for free, please do check out this blog, and then contact me with your submission. The last thing anyone wants to see is a website full of just my poetry (if I can even call it that) ;) so please help me out by sending me your poems - this blog exists to include everyone's work.
Publish Your Poems
Have a look at this new blog site, created for those of you who have written poems, which you would love to share, but that may not be up to the standard of professional poets. We're not going to reject your poem because we think it's of poor quality, although we do reserve the right to reject submissions for other reasons. So if you have a poem, which you would like to share with others, why not submitted it to The Poetry Bin. Why not go and have a look now and read some of the poems that have already been submitted.
The Manual: A Guide to Successful Living
Wouldnt it be great if you could find everything you needed to know to live a victorious Christian life under one cover? The manual has the answers you have been seeking whether you are a new Christian just beginning your journey of faith or whether you are a mature Christian struggling with a particular issue. A Christian Counsellor shares her expertise on a myriad of topics including: anxiety, depression, grief, forgiveness, dating/sexuality, relationships, how to know Gods will, accepting Gods love, effects of abuse, joy robbers, how to renew your mind, and much more. Part one offers basic training: 15 chapters on biblical foundations: prayer, the Bible, Baptism in water, evangelism, tithing, communion, and much more. Perfect for the new Christian! Part two covers 8 chapters to help with further spiritual growth: How to know God's will, discerning truth from error, hindrances to answered prayer, knowing your purpose and your spiritual gifts, renewing the mind, steps to spiritual freedom, plus 24 joy robbers such as: unprocessed grief/loss, unresolved conflict, despair, unbiblical expectations, allowing the past to control the present, purposelessness, lack of boundaries and so much more. Part three addresses 14 specific issues Christians struggle with: Accepting Gods love, dating/sexuality, grief, effects of abuse, relationships, habitual sin/addictions, self-esteem, singles, discouragement, and more. The manual: A Christian Therapist's Biblically-based Guide to Successful Christian Living. Over 30 chapters and over 200 pages for only $14.95. The ideal resource for pastors others in ministry. Order Dawn's e-book from her website Sunrise Counseling and you will receive your copy within 24 hours. Dawn Sutton completed her Masters degree in Social Work in 1995 and is a registered therapist. She has been a successful Christian Therapist for over twenty years. In addition, for the past three years she as provided biblically-based counselling on the internet at Sunrise Counseling. She has recently been featured in the Tillsonburg News and the Oxford Review. Dawn can be contacted via the CBD-Search contact form. If you know of anyone that would benefit from this book or from Christian counselling online, please refer them to my counselling website. Thank you and God bless you,
Life in Bangkok, the City of Smiles
 Hayden Andrews (the author of CBD-Search) and his wife Emily have finally set a date and have their tickets... "We are off to Bangkok, Thailand!" You will remember that Emily and I (Hayden) have been planning to move to Bangkok for some time. This does not seem such a big step for me as I previously lived in Bangkok in 2003. Emily, on the other hand, apart from our trip to my home country, New Zealand, has never lived far away from her family in the UK. We go, trusting in God, and believing that he will keep us, lead us and provide for us as we step out in his name and eagerly desire to serve him. We plan to live in Raamkhamhaeng, Bangkok for the next while until we have established ourselves and have learnt the language and culture. We believe this is very important, especially as we have a heart to reach the the villages of Thailand and the underprivileged in society. You can read more about our dreams, hopes and plans on our personal blog at HayEmX.blogspot.com. Don't forget to visit our blog regularly to find out more about what we are up to. We have known God's provision before, but even so, I am nervous moving to Thailand permanently as we do not have the finances to last there very long. Emily has been offered a job teaching two to three-year-olds at an international school, which will provide us with about a third of our required income. My dream is to carry on attempting to provide us with an income from my work on the Internet (including CBD-Search) until July, to see if we can provide an income from my work where ever we are and whatever we are doing for God. If you would like to help support us in what we believe is God's will for our life, we do not ask for your donations, but ask that you consider purchasing products and services at CBD-Search. This way, we will both benefit. If enough of our current subscribers were to purchase $10 of product and service from CBD-Search per year, we would meet the budget for what we require to live in Bangkok, at very little cost to each of our subscribers. And for $10 per year, you can certainly buy yourself a whole lot of benefit at CBD-Search. The best thing I think you can do on CBD-Search, is to submit your banners to the site to further advertise your resources. These are displayed such a low cost, but provide advertising for you throughout our website. You can also purchase additional keywords for your resources which will help visitors to our website find your particular resource. We are now sending out regular newsletters each month, and you will have read that we want this newsletter to be about our subscribers and what they are doing, and not about us. Therefore, you are more than welcome to submit your articles for inclusion both in our blogs and in our monthly newsletters, again at minimal cost. We have also created a yearly auction so that any of our subscribers can bid for sponsorship at CBD-Search. This auction w ill run during April, and you are all more than welcome to place a bid. All of these services, and more, can be discovered by logging in to CBD-Search and exploring through the menu. Again, if you only choose to purchase $10 worth of services from us each year, you'll be helping us out in a big way. Thank you so much for the way in which you have all supported us since we created CBD-Search, by submitting your resources, your banners, and sending us so many lovely e-mails supporting us in our dream. We are hugely grateful already, and pray God's richest blessings on all that you do in his name. HayEmX.blogspot.com
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Cheap Website Upkeep Service
HeyDan Development, the creator of CBD-Search, is now available to help keep the content of your website up-to-date for a small fee. Hayden Andrews, the owner of HeyDan Development, and his wife are soon to move to Thailand to live, minister and serve God. As a way of providing an income while living in Thailand, Hayden is making himself available to keep the content of your site updated and current, for a small cost. Many people have created their own website but then find the time and effort involved keeping the site up-to-date on a regular basis is just too much. Hayden is therefore offering a service to update your website's content, on your instruction, leaving your website structure and design as it is. This relationship will operate in such a way that you, the customer, will provide Hayden with textual update instructions via email, and Hayden will apply these changes at the earliest possible opportunity on your behalf. While in Thailand, Hayden and Emily are focused on serving God and providing a basic income through their own skills, instead of trying to generate a large profit. Hayden would therefore prefer to provide you with an approximate number of hours per month for a mutually agreed monthly fee. This is not an opportunity to be missed! As well as ensuring that your website remains current and up-to-date, you will be supporting a couple serving God in Thailand. If this opportunity is of interest to you, then please get in contact with Hayden today. Hayden is also available for other Web and Internet related work. If you are interested, please contact HeyDan Development for more information. More information on what Hayden and Emily are up to can be found at their personal Blog site (HayEmX.blogspot.com)
Restorative approaches in the Church
I am a born again Christian working in North Devon Youth Offending Team in the UK. England and Wales has seen a transformation of its Youth Justice systems over the last 10 years with a widespread re-introduction of Restorative Justice (RJ) techniques with many of these principles now enshrined in legislation. The principle aim of the Youth Justice system is to prevent offending behaviour by young people, whilst slightly more helpfully the aim of Restorative outcomes is to meet the 3R's of Responsibility, Reparation and Re-integration in order to get justice for victims and offenders alike. I first came across these changes in 1997 when I started writing and developing youth justice policies and procedures for the West Midlands Police Force as part of a Government pilot of its plans for the Youth Justice system. At this time restorative justice was pretty well hidden within the legislation and to an 'outsider' not really visible. I then attended a conference hosted by Sir Charles Pollard, Chief Constable of the Thames Valley Police Force and key proponent of the use of Restorative techniques. As I watched him talk with open fervour and excitement, I couldn't help but connect him with an evangelical preacher. He clearly believed wholeheartedly in this system and would not be satisfied until we all did the same. Unfortunately as a fairly cynical Police Officer this approach didn't win me over but actually created a barrier which persisted in me until I was sent on a training course to become an RJ Facilitator. The trainer was Tony Walker, another Police officer from Thames Valley. What immediately surprised me was that although he was as cynical as me about the justice system we were currently operating, he also had that bright eyed fervour for a style of justice he clearly believed in. As the course progressed I heard talk of apologies, repentance, forgiveness, mercy and of harm repaired and I was struck with how closely this matched my own Christian beliefs. It was also clear that when people experienced this style of justice they also became 'believers' and I too left as a 'convert'. Since then, I have left the Police to work full time with a Youth Offending Team. I have also become a Restorative Justice trainer and have now led hundreds of people to believe in the power of RJ to repair harm and transform people's lives. Over the last year or so I have become increasingly concerned that whilst I saw Christians worldwide encouraging their criminal justice systems to move away from punitive justice and towards a more restorative and biblical system, many appear to have lost sight of the principal of "removing the log from your own eye before dealing with the speck in your brothers" as stated in Matthew 7v5, and they have neglected the unresolved harm going on in their own Churches. I have been involved in church life for more than 30 years and regardless of creed or denomination I have seen Christians hurt and upset by the actions of other Christians. I know from talking to other Christians that this is not just a localised problem but a common occurrence in our churches. Sadly the response to this is often nothing and much of the harm remains unresolved. This certainly hurts the church in the way that it functions and how Christians are perceived. How must the non believers view the church when they meet so many Christians disillusioned with Church life? What about the offender who can be forgiven by the person he has assaulted but sees no forgiveness in the church? Or the victim who can forgive the person who burgles them but 'cannot' be hurt by the actions of a Christian who refuses to accept responsibility? My heart is to see the principles and techniques of restorative justice being returned to action in the communities they were originally designed for, the Christian Church. This requires three things to happen: - A return to the teaching of the restorative Biblical principles of church life.
- A reflection on church leadership and discipline and how they should be applied in our post modern society.
- The training of church members and leaders in facilitation skills so that they can mediate in the most intransigent or difficult cases.
To this end I have set up a website and company called Matt 5-9, the name taken from Matthew 5 verse 9 where Jesus states "Blessed are the\ Peacemakers for they will be called Sons of God". This site hopes to provide inspiration for those who would seek to be those peacemakers, whether as independent facilitators or through an involvement in church leadership. I believe that if the Church wants to see people turn to it for answers it has to be seen as the type of community which Christ designed and exemplified in the Bible and which are attractive places for people to live in. Our criminal justice systems seem to be learning the lessons, when will our churches?
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