Prayer for Sunday April 18, 2010: 
Dominican Republic
This Week in GM:
MMI Tip of the Week:
It's Vacation Bible School planning time. Who in your congregation is working on VBS? Please pass on this link to the Global Ministries Youth and Children webpage for VBS Curriculum ideas: http://globalministries.org/resources/youth-and-children/
Save the Date!
Missionworks is coming to Cleveland, October 7-10, 2010. For more info, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/missionworks.html
POLAND
GM Missionaries serving in Poland, Doug and Liz Searles, ask for prayers for families, the government and people of Poland. To read their e-mail, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/prayers-for-families-the.html
To read a statement from our partners, the Evangelical and Reformed Church of Poland, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/evangelical-reformed-church.html
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Natural Resource Wars in D.R. Congo and their Impact on Woman and Children is the theme for the upcoming Congo Symposium on May 21 & 22 in Indianapolis. For more info and to download the registration form, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/africa/congo-symposium.html
HAITI
"Reconstruction with dignity" is the message that David Vargas brings back from a pastoral visit to Haiti with UCC and Disciples leaders. To read David's reflection, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/lac/david-vargas-reflects-on.html
Church World Service encourages us to urge Congress to provide needed funds for Haiti. Click here to learn more: http://globalministries.org/news/lac/support-us-humanitarian-and.html
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
General Ministers and Presidents Sharon Watkins and Geoffrey Black, and Global Ministries' co-Executives Cally Rogers-Witte and David Vargas commend "A Moment of Truth" to the churches for study and consideration. To read their pastoral letter, click here: http://globalministries.org/mee/kairos/UCCDOCGM-Palestine-Kairos-April-2010.pdf
To learn about the Churches for Middle East Peace Advocacy Conference on June13-15, 2010, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/register-today-for-the-cmep.html
LIBERIA
The Liberian council of churches in partnership with the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA) holds a Reconciliation and Peace Building Conference. To read the concluding statement, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/africa/reconciliation-and.html
ADVOCACY: Immigrant Rights Sunday on May 2
MONTHLY MISSION STORY:
April 2010: text only or pdf or español
May 2010: text only or pdf
GIVING: Special Giving Opportunities
Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:
- Enid, Oklahoma: April 22, 2010 from 1 to 5pm and April 23 from 9am to Noon in conjunction with the Oklahoma Regional Assembly. For more information, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/oklahoma-mmi.html
- Marion, Illinois: May 8, 2010 from 9am to 4:30pm at Zion United Church of Christ. For more information, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/illinois-south-mmi.html
- 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
- 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
- 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
Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
FL: March 1 – April 30, 2010, Coralyn and Laslo Medyesy (Hungary) Contact: Candy Younglove cyounglove@uccfla.org
IL: March 1 – April 30, 2010, Donna Dudley (Angola) Contact: Tom Norwalk tnorwalk@sbcglobal.net
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
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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