Video of the Week: Lady Doak College, Madurai, India
International Aids Conference:
Rev. Yvette Flunder and Rev. Michael Schuenemeyer are attending AIDS 2010 in Vienna this week. You can follow them and the conference at the links on UCAN’s AIDS 2010 web page: http://www.ucc.org/ucan/aids-2010-vienna.html
MMI Tip of the Week:
Looking for a resource on a special day, theme or topic? You’ll find a list of categories by clicking here: http://globalministries.org/resources/special-days/
Advocacy: Join the Community of Yes!
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is working with the Community of Yes campaign to build broad bi-partisan support for balanced and determined U.S. leadership in working with Israel and the Palestinians to achieve a two state solution as part of a comprehensive Middle East peace. To learn more and to join the Community of Yes, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/join-the-community-of-yes.html
INDIA
Family Village Farm is a home, community and school for children and adults without families and homes. Children and adults live and work together, creating a community that benefits all. The children mainly come from Kasam, which is a larger village near Katpadi, where the FVF is located. To learn more and view the latest newsletter, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/sasia/fvf-newsletters.html
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
“A few days ago, I was handing out bottles of water within a few miles of Israel/Palestine's only major river, the Jordan. The village of Al Fasayel lies in a desert landscape, a contrast to nearby Israeli settlements, which have access to almost unlimited water. Al Fasayel itself has not had water on tap for over seven weeks…” To read the rest of this story and to learn more about the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/taking-water-to-the-jordan.html
HAITI
To view some new photos from College Saint Andre of CONASPEH in Haiti, click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/bshebeck/20100720PatriceHaitiJuly2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCMuh57mOiurvfw#
Urgent Request for Missionaries to Serve in Haiti
To view the description of the three positions and the application info, click here: http://globalministries.org/get-involved/mission-opportunities/urgent-request-for.html
Special Giving: http://globalministries.org/give/
Are you coming to ¡MissionWorks! October 7-10? Info & Online Registration
Monthly Mission Bulletin Story:
- July 2010: text only or pdf or español
- August 2010: text only or pdf or español
Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:
- 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
- January 14 & 15, 2011: Florida Disciples and UCC Mission Summit/MMI training event: Save the date and more info will be coming!
Find a Missionary Visit in your State: New visits posted
MO: July 1 – August 31, 2010 Anil Henry (India) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net
NY: July 18-24, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Bob Welcher bobwelcher@verizon.net
MA: July 15-19, Patrick Bentrott (Haiti) Contact: Mark Pohlman jmpohlman@comcast.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
New CA(south): September 21-19, 2010 Buddy Martinez (Thailand) Contact: Susan Richardson KYMOMCAT@aol.com
New CA(north): October 1 – November 30, 2010 Buddy Martinez (Thailand) Contact: efencabo8573@att.net
NC: October 1-31 (not including 7-11), 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Vertie Powers vertiepowersenca@soc-ucc.org
New CT: October 11-31, 2010 Doreen and Michael McFarlane (Chine) Contact: Cecile Gilson cecileg@ctucc.org
New OK: October 12-29, 2010 Erin McKinney (Dominican Republic) Contact: Tom Jewell tjewell@okdisciples.org
New NE: November 8-30, 2010 Doreen and Michael McFarlane (Chine) Contact: Ken Moore DrKMoore@juno.com
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