MTC

Greetings in the Grace of Jesus!
 
It has been several months since MTC and I am still feeling its reverberating effects.  In my 20 years of participation, this Thanksgiving 2014 gathering has had on me perhaps the deepest life impact – in my personal discipline, family, career, and Kingdom vision.
 
The messages were moving.  The praise worship and personal ministry reached deeply into our spirit.  But what made MTC such a life impacting experience is simply the touch of the Holy Spirit.  His presence manifested among us because we gathered in obedience to His call.  On that basis, we stand in great anticipation for the Holy Spirit’s work among us in 2015.
 
For the audio messages and some snippets of the praise worship, please visit our MTC programs page. You can play the messages by clicking on the speaker’s name.
 
Please mark your calendars for MTC 2015 at the Oak Brook Marriott Hotel in Chicago:  Wednesday, November 25^th to Sunday, November 29^th.
 
Please also note that our young people’s MTC gathering, Uprising, will be held at CASC’s Praise and Worship Center on: Thursday, July 30^th to Saturday, August 1^st.
 
For those coming from Asia, we encourage you to start preparing your travel documents now.  In the coming months, we will also forward you key contacts who may call together regional fellowships for preparation and mutual support.  Sr. Pastor Tai and our team also hope to visit your fellowship on behalf of MTC, whether in North America or Asia.  Please let us know if you would like to schedule a visit with us.
 
We look forward to a year of co-laboring with you, of bringing heaven to earth.

MTC is coming up in less than 2 weeks.  Please quickly register and make your hotel reservations today.

We believe that God has in store for us a fresh vision of His Kingdom plan.  For the Holy Spirit has led us to seek His heart on the question: “what are our family responsibilities as a Kingdom servant?”  In other words, how do we cultivate the spousal partnerships and raise our next generation to complete God’s Kingdom call for our generation.

In that vein, we are filled with anticipation for the “great feast” the Lord has in store for us.  He has brought to us servants who have lived out a testimony in their family through their global Kingdom call – of bringing the heavenly Kingdom on earth.  We look forward to the impartation from the testimonies of Pastor & Mrs. Joseph Tai, Dr. Peter & Doris Wagner, Elder Fred & Lilia Lin, and Dr. Peter & Helen Zhao.

May the Lord move your heart and prepare your circumstances to be able to join us.  We thank Him for the opportunity to serve you.

Please continue to intercede with us for this important Kingdom gathering.  You may follow this link for week 7.

Just a friendly reminder here to register for MTC 2013.  The last day for the $10 conference voucher is fast approaching (November 11^th).  Please follow this link – it only takes a few minutes.

Also, the special rate of $62/night for the Marriott is guaranteed though November 6^th.  Please visit this site today to make your room reservations.

Many of you in the past years have been deeply blessed by the early prayer worship.  This has always been one of the most inspiring parts of MTC for me because of the richness of the Spirit’s revelation.  This year, I will be joined by Brother Robin Williams in leading the morning prayer.  Robin is a very anointed singer-musician who I worship with on a regular basis.  I look forward to teaming up with him as we come together to start the day by blessing our Lord.

Please continue to join us in our MTC intercession.  You may follow this link for week 4.

As prayer is the foundation of all that we do, we would like to ask for your continued intercessory support.  Please go to the following page for Week Two of the “7-Week Prayer Guide”.

We are also very glad to have Fred Lin as part of the speaker team this year.  Fred is an ordained elder, a successful CEO, a husband, father, and grandfather, a servant leader, and God’s minister to the market place.  Fred has been running with MTC’s Kingdom vision since the very beginning and many have been touched by his servant’s heart over the past 20+ years.  When Fred retired from Payless Car Rental this year, we believe that he has entered into perhaps the most important phase of his Kingdom ministry.  We are honored to be among the first recipients who will be blessed by the fresh anointing of Fred’s new ministry call.

Please join us.Please register now and receive a $10 discount voucher for use at the conference.  The registration rates are as follows:

Adult  $40
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Student Ministry  $55
(6th grade to college)
(Incl. 3 day’s lunch )
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Child $35
(3yrs old to 5th grade)
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Child  free
(0-2 years old)

We would like to invite you to join us in prayer for MTC 2013.  You may go to the following page to partner with us through the “7-Week Prayer Guide”.  We will publish new prayer guides weekly for 7 weeks as we count down to the MTC event on November 27^th to December 1^st.

Because of MTC’s market place mandate, some of our speakers may present content with special relevance to the following professional areas:

• Urban Planning: Design, Infrastructure
• K-12 Education: Practitioner & Administration
• Pre-School & Day Care Services
• Community Development: After School Services, Sports, Elderly Care Groups, Counseling Services
• Tourism: Hotel Management, Conference Facilitation, Car Rental
• Retail: Apparel, Household Items, Furniture, Creative Gift Items, Health & Specialty Foods, Restaurant & Coffee Houses
• Food: Organic Farming, Beverages, Specialty Import
• Architecture & Construction
• Interior Design
• Venture Investment
• Residential & Commercial Real Estate
• Professional Advisory: Management Consulting, Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Market Place Chaplain, Asset Management, Risk Management
• Business Development into China and Asia

Please join us if you or someone you know are seeking to connect with other Kingdom-minded professionals & entrepreneurs in these areas.

Please register now and receive a $10 discount voucher for use at the conference.  The registration rates are as follows:

Adult  $40
—————————————————-
Student Ministry  $55
(6th grade to college)
(Incl. 3 day’s lunch )
—————————————————-
Child $35
(3yrs old to 5th grade)
—————————————————-
Child  free
(0-2 years old)

We would like to invite you to the 19^th annual Midwest Thanksgiving Conference (MTC) – “On Earth as it is in Heaven”.  This Chicago-based event will be held during November 27^th – December 1^st at the Oak Brook Marriott.
 
Pastor Joseph Tai established MTC 19 years ago in response to God’s call to raise up ministers of the market place – people whom God will entrust with authority and influence to witness to the “end of the earth”.
 
This year, God is calling us to bring the “family” to the forefront because of its essential role in manifesting His Kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven”.  In that, we are excited to have Dr. C. Peter Wagner and his wife, Doris, minister with us as a husband and wife team as well as spiritual parents of our generation.  We believe that the Holy Spirit will powerfully touch our hearts through the testimony of their many decades of partnership – in raising up a godly family, along with some of the most influential Kingdom leaders of our time.  We are burning with expectancy.  Please come and share this divinely appointed moment with us.
 
Please follow these links for:
 
Registration
Theme Narrative – “On Earth as it is in Heaven”
Speaker Team
Program Schedule
Hotel Reservation – $62 USD/Night Special Rate
 
Please forward this note to your friends and fellowship groups.  We look forward to serving you.