A Message from Pastor Cory Ishida, Chairman
New Dawn Christian Family Services / AACCS Board of Directors
Greetings in the precious and powerful name of Jesus!
I trust that this letter finds you well and healthy in the midst of all that is going on in the world. I am writing on behalf of the New Dawn/AACCS Board.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 says, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven… A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.” Indeed, there is a time for things to begin and a time for things to end.
Over 34 years ago, the Lord gave a pastor and a group of professional counselors a vision to help people who were suffering from broken hearts and broken relationships. As a result, the Asian American Christian Counseling Service was given birth, and for over three decades, it has sought to help people experience wholeness.
Now, after much prayer and deliberations, the leadership of AACCS has determined that it is time to cease operations and close our doors by June 30, 2020. This was not an easy decision to reach. For me, personally, it was a heart-wrenching decision, but one that needed to be made.
Rather than go into the details on this front page, we have included a FAQ page that will hopefully answer some of your questions.
We are now in a season of ceasing operations and “Finishing Well”. To finish well, we are going to need your generous help. We need to take care of our clients, therapists, staff, liabilities and indebtedness. Your finishing well donations will be received as offerings of thanksgiving for the thousands of lives that have been touched through AACCS. We hope you will read more here about what has been accomplished.
Even as we look to finishing well, we continue to have hope for the future. In John 12:24, Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” Jesus was referring to His death and subsequent resurrection.
As AACCS is closing its doors, we are looking to the future. We believe that God will give birth to new ways of fulfilling the mission of AACCS. We are in the process of assisting our therapists in opening private practices. We will make available dedicated funds for member care of missionaries. We are developing ways of assisting pastors and their families. We believe that the Lord will give birth to ways of continuing the mission of AACCS.
We are grateful that the Lord has blessed us with your prayers and support over the years. You have been a vital part of this ministry. Join us as we give thanks to God for His faithfulness over the years. It is a season of finishing well and giving thanks and glory to God. Join us as we pray that the Lord will bless our efforts to honor Him in this season of bringing something to a close.
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