MONTHLY MISSION STORY for church bulletin or newsletter:     
          January 2010: text only or pdf 
          February 2010: text only or pdf

WEEKLY PRAYER for Sunday Worship: Turkey
FORUMS: Share with us!
GIVING: Special Giving Opportunities
MISSION LIVE WEBINARS: Webinar Schedule

This Week in GM:
Wednesday, January 20 @ 7pm Eastern – Donna Dudley, missionary to Angola – Mission Live Webinar. To find the log-in information, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/missionaries-live-donna.html

What's New on the GM Website?
3 to 5 minute video Global Mission Moments for use in Sunday worship or other ministry contexts to put a face on the global partners and missionaries who are serving around the world on our behalf. To view the list by country of what we have so far, click here: http://globalministries.org/resources/video-mission-moments/

HAITI
The latest news on our GM partners in Haiti. Mark this link as a favorite and return often:  http://globalministries.org/news/lac/haiti-earthquake-what-we.html

EGYPT
NCC leaders condemn attacks on Christians in Egypt:  http://globalministries.org/news/mee/national-council-of-churches.html

LEBANON
Final Communiqué of the 6th General Assembly of the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches (Anglican-Lutheran-Reformed):  http://globalministries.org/news/mee/fellowship-of-the-middle-east.html

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Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:

• Lebanon, Illinois: January 23 from 9am to 4:30pm at St Paul UCC. For more info, contact Jan Aerie aeriej@ucc.org 
• Enid, Oklahoma: April 22-23, 2010 in conjunction with the Oklahoma Regional Assembly. More information coming…
• Fort Worth, Texas: May 15, 2010 from 9am to 4:30pm at University Christian Church. For more information contact Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org
• 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 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Cleveland, OH: Missionworks with an MMI training. More information to come…

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
KY: January 10 – February 28, 2010, Emily Christmas (South Africa) Contact: Ed Ball eball40601@gmail.com
AZ: January 11 - March 6, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Barbara Decker bdecker@uccswc.com
MO: January 17 – March 31, 2010, Carla Giger (South Africa) Contact: Danny Stewart  danny-ccma@socket.net
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
MA: March 14, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Cheryl Hempen cahempen@comcast.net
MA: March 15-19, 2010 Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Andrew Gustafson gustafsona@MACUCC.org
MA: March 20-21, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Marilyn Crosby marilyncrosby@yahoo.com
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

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