spacer Your Global Ministries Update: April 7, 2010

April 7, 2010

Prayer for Sunday April11, 2010: Japan

This Week in GM: 
Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 7:30pm EST - Mission LIVE Haiti Update webinar with Patrick Villier, President of CONASPEH & Felix Ortiz, GM Latin America & Caribbean Area Executive. To access the log-in info, click here:   http://globalministries.org/calendar/haiti-update-2.html

Did you know?
The Christian Board of Publication (CBP)/Chalice Press has produced an extensive study resource on the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo with the help of GM and several Disciples Regional Ministers who visited the two Congos. For more info and to order your copies, click here: http://www.chalicepress.com/New-Day-for-Christians-English-BR-One-Person-Can-Make-a-Difference-P577C155.aspx

Save the Date!
CONGO SYMPOSIUM sponsored by GM in Indianapolis @ Downtown Sheraton May 21-22, 2010. Confirmed speakers: Professor Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, author of The Congo From Leopold to Kabila and Keith Snow, investigative journalist who has written extensively on the DRC. For more info contact, LaMarco Cable lcable@dom.disciples.org or 317-713-2574

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Fighting erupted on April 4th in the city of Mbandaka, home of the Community of the Disciples of Christ in Congo. To read an initial report, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/africa/fighting-erupts-in-mbandaka.html

ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Heads of Churches (including Sharon Watkins and Geoffrey Black) write to President Obama on Israeli Settlements. To read the letter click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/heads-of-churches-write-to.html

BANGLADESH
The Church in Bangladesh designates Lenten offering to help Haiti earthquake victims. To read the pastoral letter from the moderator of the Church of Bangladesh, click here:http://globalministries.org/news/sasia/church-of-bangladesh-raising.html

Loss in the Family:
Global Ministries is saddened to learn of the death of Frances Thompson, who served for many years in the Philippines, commissioned by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in 1937:  http://globalministries.org/news/losses/death-of-frances-thompson.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:

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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Contact Information
Bob Shebeck
Executive, Mission Interpretation and Constituency Relationships
Mission Education and Interpretation
PO Box 1986
Indianapolis,Indiana 46206
317-713-2571
Fax: 317-635-4323
bshebeck@dom.disciples.org

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