Please download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for your church bulletin/newsletter:
September 2007:  pdf or  text only or  spanish
October 2007:  pdf or  text only or  spanish

To download the WEEKLY PRAYER for Sunday worship, click here:  Pakistan 

Three months until Christmas! Do you need some ideas for gifts?  Alternative Christmas Ideas

Prayers and Support expressed by Global Ministries for the people of Myanmar (Burma)
Our prayers of support and concern are with the people of Myanmar, the country once known as Burma. The hopes and democratic aspirations of thousands, inspired bravely into peaceful witness by Buddhist religious leaders, once again swell against the cruelty and repression of their government. Their mounting demonstrations this week beckon a change in political leadership, the end of abduction and torture of dissident and minority voices, and the release of political prisoners such as Nobel-prize winning opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, confined to home arrest for nearly seventeen years. Yet the world watches as the military government meets the prayers and protests of their people with bullets, batons and scores of arrests. More violent reprisals are sure to come. To read more, click here:  Myanmar

World Communion Sunday Resources Posted on the Global Ministries Website
Is your congregation doing anything special for World Communion Sunday on October 7? World Communion Sunday offers congregations a distinctive opportunity to gather around the Communion Table with the global community of faith in our hearts. The first Sunday of October has become a time when Christians in every culture break bread and pour the cup to remember and affirm Christ as the Head of the Church. On that day, they remember that they are part of the whole body of believers. Whether shared in a grand cathedral, a mud hut, outside on a hilltop, in a meetinghouse, or in a storefront, Christians celebrate the communion liturgy in as many ways as there are congregations. World Communion Sunday can be both a profound worship experience and a time for learning more about our wider community of faith. Click here for some creative ideas for celebrating in your congregation:  Resources for World Communion Sunday

Global Ministries Missionaries Share an Update from Botswana
Jim and Jayanthi Wilson are Global Ministries missionaries in Gaborone, Botswana.  Jim serves as a teacher of theology at Kgolagana Theological College.  Jayanthi works in community development at the Mabogo Dinku Advice Centre. In a recent letter they share an update about our partners in Botswana and their ministry. To read the update, click here:  Update from Botswana

Global Ministries Partners in Colombia Publish a Human Rights Violation Report
JUSTAPAZ, Christian Center for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action and the Restoration, Life and Peace Commission of the Evangelical Council of Colombia (CEDECOL) are pleased to release the human rights report: COLOMBIAN CHURCHES DOCUMENT THEIR SUFFERING AND THEIR HOPE. To read the press release for this report, click here:  Colombia Human Rights Report

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

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
FL, TN, AL and GA: August 1 to September 30, Anil Henry (Mungeli Hospital in India) Contact: Tim Downs tdowns@secucc.org
OK: August 15 to September 30, Jorge Bardequez (Mission Christiana Nicaragua) Contact: Charles Hattendorf chattendorf@okdisciples.org
IN: August 18 to November 5, Art Mehaffey (The Disciples of Christ Community of the Church of Christ in Congo) Contact: Cheryl Cloar cheryl@ccindiana.org
VA: September 1 to November 5, Xuyen Dangers (CWS in Laos and Vietnam) Contact: Jane Parker jparker@jetbroadband.com
IA: September 10 to November 5, Doug and Liz Searles (English teachers in China) Contact: Hal and Donna Rusk h.rusk@mchsi.com
IL South: September 16 to October 14, Jeff and Susan Moore (Morija Seminary in Lesotho) Contact: Jerry Bennett pjerrybennett@hotmail.com
SD: November 12 to December 14, Doug and Liz Searles (English teachers in China) Contact: Marc Stewart sdacm@rushmore.com and sducc@aol.com
MI: November 14 to December 16, Art Mehaffey (The Disciples of Christ Community of the Church of Christ in Congo) Contact: Jon Lacey jlacey2632@aol.com
NH: January 28 to March 10, 2008, Ana and Tod Gobledale (Churches of Christ Theological College in Melbourne, Australia) Contact: ajepson@nhcucc.org
WA: May 10 to June 30, 2008, Ana and Tod Gobledale (Churches of Christ Theological College in Melbourne, Australia) Contact: Marvin Eckfeldt marveck@comcast.net