Please download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for your church bulletin or newsletter:    
            October 2009: text only or pdf or español 
            November 2009: text only or pdf or español

To download the WEEKLY PRAYER for Sunday Worship, click here: American Samoa

Download resources to highlight Congo Week October 18-24 in worship this Sunday: Congo Week Resources

Start your Christmas Shopping early with a Global Ministries Alternative Christmas Gift: Gift Ideas

40 Plus Gather in Cleveland for MMI Training
Disciples and UCC members met in Cleveland at the Radisson Gateway Hotel and UCC Church House for a week-end of Ministries and Mission Interpreters training October 9-11. It was a great training opportunity which featured Partner updates from area offices, mission stories from GM Missionaries, a game of Global Ministries Jeopardy, steps to Being a Global Mission Church, ways to share the story of how Disciples and UCC are participating in God's mission around the world, opportunities to serve as a person in mission and give to the work of mission, global advocacy and justice issues ... and much much more. To view some photos of the week-end, click here:  http://picasaweb.google.com/bshebeck/October2009MMI?authkey=Gv1sRgCPrHgqfgnYi4jQE#

To learn more about MMI and to see when the next training will be offered, click here:  http://globalministries.org/get-involved/ministries-and-mission-interpreters/

CLAI Proposes Action Plan in Solidarity with Churches in Honduras
The Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) convened representatives of the denominational families of Latin America for a pastoral visit in Honduras, from September 28 to October 2, specifically in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, to listen, reflect and establish proposals for accompanying the churches in the critical situation the country is going through. To read the steps of the action plan, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/lac/latin-american-council-of.html

Do You Use GoodSearch When Searching the Web?
Global Ministries received the following recently from Diane Millar, member of Pilgrim Faith UCC, Oak Lawn Illinois and a Ministries and Mission Interpreter (MMI):   "A couple of years ago I received an invitation to use the GoodSearch website to benefit Global Ministries. I've been using it 10 to 15 times most days ever since. If I just click 10 times a day, I generate $36 dollars a year to Global Ministries. I'm clicking anyway, so why not do some good at the same time?" More than $480 has been generated by people using GoodSearch and choosing Global Ministries – Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ as the cause they support.  You too can set a bookmark or toolbar to use GoodSearch easily every time you search online and benefit Global Ministries.  Invite your friends, family and others in your church to do the same.  Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=847213 for more information and to start giving while you search the internet. 

The AACC Responds to the Crisis in the Republic of Guinea
"The All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has taken cognizance of the horrific news and pictures from the massacre that since the 28th of September 2009 has cost more than 157 innocent lives as well as over 1200 persons injured.  The bloodshed that has put Africa and the whole of humanity to shame, compels the All Africa Conference of Churches to send a message to the Republic of Guinea to express the shock and indignation caused by these horrors…" To read the rest of the letter, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/africa/violence-in-guinea.html

Join the "Cell Out" for the Congo on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Cell Out is an organized cell phone usage boycott to bring awareness to the war in the Congo over natural resources.  Coltan is a mineral used in numerous electronic devices such as cell phones and game consoles (Microsoft X-Box and Sony Playstation), and is mined illegally in the Congo by rebel militia and foreign forces.  As a result of Coltan being sold to multinational corporations, 45,000 Congolese have died each month since 1996. To learn more, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/africa/join-the-cell-out.html

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Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:

• Southern California: Saturday, October 31, 2009 sponsored by the Pacific Southwest Region (DOC) and the Southern California-Nevada Conference (UCC) – For more info, contact Larry Hixon larryhixon@yahoo.com or got to: http://globalministries.org/calendar/mmi-training-in-claremont.html 
• Enid, Oklahoma: April 22-23, 2010 in conjunction with the Oklahoma Regional Assembly. More information coming…
• Greensboro, North Carolina: Monday June 21, 2010 @ 6:30pm to Wednesday June 23, 2010 @ 1:30pm, before the Disciples Women's Quadrennial Assembly. To see more details and download the registration form, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/quadrennial-2010-mmi-training.html 
• Cleveland, Ohio: October 7-10, 2010 (tentative): Missionworks with an MMI training. More information to come…

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
IA: October 17-31, 2009, John Campbell-Nelson (Indonesia/Timor) Contact: Hal and Donna Rusk h.rusk@mchsi.com
CT: October 12-31, 2009, Lydia Bartholomew (Jerusalem) Contact: Cecile Gilson cecileg@ctucc.org
MD: October 18 & November 1, 2009, Marla Schrader (Palestine) Contact: Robert Maddox robtjr11@comcast.net
Penn Central: November 8, 2009, John Campbell-Nelson (Indonesia/Timor) Contact: Tyson Frey tysonf@apostlesucc.org
AZ: January 11 – March 6, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Barbara Decker bdecker@uccswc.com
MA: March 20-21, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Marilyn Crosby marilyncrosby@yahoo.com
WI: April 11 – May 16, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: William Kesting wkesting@excel.net