Prayer for Sunday April 25, 2010: 
Hungary
This Week in GM:
Thursday April 22 from Noon to 5pm & Friday April 23 from 9am to Noon – MMI training event in Enid, OK. For more info, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/oklahoma-mmi.html
MMI Tip of the Week:
Are you a "fan" of Global Ministries on Facebook? If so, why not invite your "friends" to become a "fan" of Global Ministries? Why not ask the youth in your church to promote being a "fan" of Global Ministries on Facebook? Get everyone you know connected! Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cleveland-OH/Global-Ministries-Disciples-of-Christ-and-United-Church-of-Christ/80696790240
Register for the Congo Symposium Today! http://globalministries.org/calendar/congo-symposium.html
CHINA
OGHS and Week of Compassion respond immediately to China earthquake. Funds were wired through Global Ministries to the Amity Foundation. To follow the earthquake response, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/eap/china-earthquake-response-yushu.html
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Signos d vida: Special issue on Palestinian Christians in Spanish edited by GM Mission Personnel in Palestine. Click here to access the issue: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/signos-de-vida.html
Article written by GM Mission Personnel, Ian Alexander, on the Sheikh Jarrah situation appears in the Scottish Palestinian Reform. To access the article, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/on-resistance.html
CHILE
EPES update on work with children experiencing trauma after the earthquake in Chile. To read the update, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/lac/epes-update-april.html
POLAND
WCC offers condolences to Poles. To read condolence letter, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/wcc-offers-condolences-to.html
ZAMBIA
GM long-term volunteer, Ann Nichols, shares about Zambian hospitality… and eating caterpillars! Click here to read her story: http://globalministries.org/africa/missionaries/hospitality-failure-i.html
To read Ann's blog, click here: http://annwnicholsinzambia.blogspot.com/
ADVOCACY: Action Alert for Haiti
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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