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:
- 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
- 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. More information to come…
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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