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

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

To find a Global Ministries Project to support, click here: Special Giving Opportunities

Are you coming to the Mission Interpreters (MMI) training in Cleveland, October 9-11? Register today!

Global Ministries Child Sponsors Visit Israel/Palestine
"Participants in the Global Ministries Child Sponsorship Program are touring sites in Israel/Palestine Aug. 30 – Sept. 10, meeting sponsored children and visiting mission partners and historic locations. Ten trip participants have joined four members of the national UCC/Global Ministries staff on this journey to Israel/Palestine. A key feature of the journey is a day visit to Rawdat El Zuhur (Garden of Flowers) School where some of the group will meet and interact with their sponsored child…" To read more about this pilgrimage, click here: http://www.ucc.org/news/global-ministries-child.html?autologin=true
To follow the pilgrimage blog of Gregg Brekke, click here: Gregg's blog

Global Ministries Announces Scholarship Recipients
Each year, Global Ministries provides scholarship assistance to current and future church leaders from Southern Asia and Africa through the Howard B. And Darlene B. Goodrich Global Ministries Fund.  This year, Global Ministries is pleased to announce the following scholarship recipients:

• Reverend Sementh Serenguana, the current president of the United Church of Christ in Mozambique (UCCM), will attend language school in South Africa.
• Thomas Cung Bik, from Myanmar, is a student at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, focusing on the Old Testament.
• Imliwabang Jamir from India is a student at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology.

Update on Mungeli Hospital Construction Projects in India
Anil Henry writes: "We are all excited about the groups coming to Mungeli in 2010 and I know it will really be meaningful for the staff here. Meanwhile life here is WET and different from what we expect in the winter.  I am attaching three pictures of what yesterday was like.  The first is of a tractor that came loaded with bricks and got stuck in the mud… The second is of the new roof that we put on the house where Arun stays… The third is a picture of the guest house getting a second floor put on… To read the report and see the photos, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/sasia/update-on-mungeli-hospital.html

YWCA calls for action to end forced eviction of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
"In the early morning of Sunday August 2, 2009 Israeli police, accompanied by members of the Israeli occupation forces, forcibly evicted eight Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Israel, as the occupying power in East Jerusalem, is prohibited under international humanitarian law from destroying private property unless such destruction is considered necessary for military operations. But for many Palestinians, their homes are under constant threat of destruction. The Hanoun and Ghawi families, evicted on Sunday to make room for Jewish settlers, are the latest victims of Israel's illegal settlement plan across East Jerusalem. The Hanoun family is next door to the YWCA of Jerusalem, the national headquarters of the YWCA of Palestine. To read more about this action alert, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/action-alert-ywca-of.html

Global Ministries Honors "Award of Affirmation" Recipients
The living, prophetic witness of Christian women and men, and of our Global Partner Churches, continues to inspire the mission of Global Ministries. The following persons and/or organizations where honored during the International Dinners at General Synod and General Assembly:

• Latin America and the Caribbean - Bishop Luis Ulises Muñoz, President of Pentecostal Church of Chile.
• Middle East and Europe - Mr. Samer Laham, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All East and Middle East Council of Churches, Damascus Syria.
• Southern Asia - Reverend Dr. Richard Daulay, General Secretary of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia.
• East Asia and the Pacific - Mr. Fe'iloakitau Kaho Tevi, General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches.
• Africa - The United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ)  and The Disciples of Christ Community of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Mission Personnel - Reverend M. Frisco Gilchrist, Former Missionary to Paraguay.

To read their stories, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/news/global-ministries-honors.html

If you would like to receive directly to your inbox these weekly Global Ministries updates, please send your name, e-mail address, physical address, phone number, and home church to: bshebeck@dom.disciples.org

Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:

• Cleveland, Ohio: October 9-11, 2009 beginning with dinner on Friday and going through Sunday at noon. Radisson Gateway, Cleveland, OH.  Registration deadline September 11, 2009 To register for the event go to: http://globalministries.org/calendar/mmi-october-2009.html 
• 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 
• Greensboro, North Carolina: Monday June 21 to Wednesday June 23, 2010 before the Disciples Women's Quadrennial Assembly. For details, visit: http://www.quadrennial.org/Pre_QA_Events.html

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
IA: September 1 – October 11 and October 17-31, 2009, John Campbell-Nelson (Indonesia/Timor) Contact: Hal and Donna Rusk h.rusk@mchsi.com
DE: September 12, 2009 Marla Schrader (Palestine) Contact: Chris Hobgood chobgood@mchsi.com
CT: September 13 – October 8 and October 12-31, 2009 Lydia Bartholomew (Jerusalem) Contact: Cecile Gilson cecileg@ctucc.org
MD: September 17 & 26, 2009 Marla Schrader (Palestine) Contact: Allison Smith pastor@bethesdaucc.org
MD: October 18 & November 1, 2009, Marla Schrader (Palestine) Contact: Robert Maddox robtjr11@comcast.net
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