Prayer for Sunday August 15, 2010: Afghanistan
Video of the Week: International Assistance Mission - Afghanistan
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AFGHANISTAN
10 members of the International Assistance Mission, a Global Ministries partner organization, were murdered in Afghanistan. To learn more and to access the International Assistance Mission website, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/sasia/10-iam.html
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
In his first sermon as president-elect of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Rt Rev. Dr Munib A.Younan told a congregation today that Christians should be "children of the light," and urged them to "pray that Palestinian Christians may not lose faith and leave the country." To read more, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/pray-that-christians-not-flee.html
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
To read the declaration that was written following the Congo Symposium in Indianapolis in May, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/africa/congo-symposium-1.html
To view video clips from the Congo Symposium, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/africa/congo-symposium-dvd-clips.html
EGYPT
In response to the declaration by the Dove World Outreach Center, which describes itself as "a New Testament Church", to host an "International Burn the Quran Day" on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Protestant Churches of Egypt have issued the following statement: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/the-protestant-churches-of.html
Monthly Mission Bulletin Story:
- August 2010: text only or pdf or español
- September 2010: text only or pdf or español
Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:
- Oceanside, California: Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 8:30am to 4:30pm at First Christian Church in Oceanside. For more info, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/southern-california-mmi.html
- Cleveland, Ohio: October 7-10, 2010 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Cleveland, OH: Missionworks with an MMI training. For more information, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/missionworks.html
- January 14 & 15, 2011: Florida Disciples and UCC Mission Summit/MMI training event: Save the date and more info will be coming!
Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
MO: July 1 – August 31, 2010 Anil Henry (India) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net
IN: August 24-29, 2010 Erin McKinney (Dominican Republic) Contact: Sarah Haas pastorsarah@friedensucc.org
VT: September 1- October 10, 2010 Zoltan Szucs (Hungary) Contact: Bob Keller rsdbkeller@yahoo.com
VA: September 6-30, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Jim Perry jimandjohanna@yahoo.com
CA(south): September 21-29, 2010 Buddy Martinez (Thailand) Contact: Susan Richardson KYMOMCAT@aol.com
CA(north): October 1 – November 30, 2010 Buddy Martinez (Thailand) Contact: efencabo8573@att.net
NC: October 1-31 (not including 7-11), 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Vertie Powers vertiepowersenca@soc-ucc.org
CT: October 11-31, 2010 Doreen and Michael McFarlane (Chine) Contact: Cecile Gilson cecileg@ctucc.org
OK: October 12-29, 2010 Erin McKinney (Dominican Republic) Contact: Tom Jewell tjewell@okdisciples.org
NE: November 8-30, 2010 Doreen and Michael McFarlane (Chine) Contact: Ken Moore DrKMoore@juno.com
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