Prayer for Sunday May 16, 2010: 
India
This Week in GM:
Video of the Week: Helping Children at Family Village Farm in India
MMI Tip of the Week:
Your stories are worth sharing! We would love hear how your congregation is engaged in global mission. Just click on this link: http://globalministries.org/forums.html and then pick the forum of your choice and share with us! You can also access the forums from the homepage by clicking on the "share with us" icon on the left. Encourage your mission committee to share their story!
GREECE
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, Hieronymos II, met with the country's Prime Minister to express the church's willingness to support the Greek people during the difficult times ahead. To read more, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/greek-church-ready-to-stand.html
KOREA
Nine delegates from the UCC Northwest Conference and the Disciples Northwest Region left Monday, May 10th to be guests of the East Seoul Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK). To read more about the delegation, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/eap/nine-korea.html
LEBANON
Haigazian University, a GM partner, held the inaugural ceremony of the Heritage Building as a proud culmination of five years of fundraising, planning, construction and hard work. To see a photo and read more, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/haigazian-university.html
ADVOCACY:
You are invited to the Churches for Middle East Peace's 2010 Advocacy Conference to learn, increase your skills, network and advocate for peace with justice in the Holy Land. The conference is June 13th - 15th, 2010 at the Kellogg Conference Hotel in Washington, DC. The theme is: Pursuing Peace Together: Working for Reconciliation in the Holy Land. To learn more and to get to the registration link, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/register-today-for-the-cmep.html
Go global this summer!
For ways to connect your VBS, Sunday School, or camp to Global Ministries partners, click here: http://globalministries.org/resources/youth-and-children/or contact Sarah Riester, 317.713.2564 or sriester@dom.disciples.org
NEWS from our GM Missionaries:
John Campbell-Nelson in Indonesia
Tim Rose in Martinique
Judy Chan in Hong Kong
Monica & Tom Liddle in East Timor
MONTHLY MISSION BULLETIN STORY:
Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:
- Fort Worth, Texas: May 15, 2010 from 9am to 4:30pm at University Christian Church. For more information, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/mmi-training-ft-worth.html
- 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
Attention Ohio Disciples and UCC around the Sandusky, OH area:
Mark Jenson, a participant on the 2010 Mungeli, India People-to-People pilgrimage organized by Georgia Disciples, is available to share the story of Mungeli through video and testimony this summer on the following Sundays: June 6, 13, 20, 27 and July 11. If you would like to arrange a speaking engagement at your church, please contact Mark at: bjorn03@gmail.com
Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
Northern CA: April 1 – June 30, 2010, Sandra Lee-Takei (Japan) Contact: Gen Heywood pastorgen@earthlink.net
WI: April 11 – May 16, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: William Kesting wkesting@excel.net
MO: June 24-30, 2010, Kim and Patrick Bentrott (Haiti) Contact: Suzanne Webb swebb@union-avenue.org
NY: July 1-9 and 18-24, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact Bob Welcher bobwelcher@verizon.net
KS: July 24-29, 2010 Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact Carla Aday CarlaA@cccckc.org
VA: September 6-30, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Jim Perry jimandjohanna@yahoo.com
NC: October 1-31 (not including 7-11), 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Vertie Powers vertiepowersenca@soc-ucc.org
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