General
Missionary Relationships
Mission Travel
Worship & Education
Children & Youth
Videos
Disciples Resources
United Church of Christ Resources
Resources are free unless indicated
To order (unless otherwise noted):
Disciples: 317-713-2574
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OR
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General
Global Ministries Newsletter 2006: Education
Global Ministries Newsletter 2007: Health
Be a Global Mission Church resources offer congregations many ideas about increasing participation in God's global mission through worship, education, advocacy and stewardship.
Please specify: Booklet, Poster, or Power point presentation with mission stories.
Child Sponsorship Brochure: Connecting the World Through a Child resource describes the Global Ministries' Child Sponsorship Program, which is committed to supporting children at risk by providing a practical way for individuals and churches to extend a helping hand.
Foods Resource Bank – Share the Harvest brochure outlines a hands-on project to address world hunger. It is particularly appropriate for congregations in rural settings. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3204 or e-mail wcm@ucc.org.
Global Ministries - Reaching Out Globally in Mission brochure describes the shared mission ministry of the Division of Overseas Ministries, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and Wider Church Ministries of the United Church of Christ worldwide.
Global Ministries Area brochures are each an overview of the issues and concerns in that area. They each include a map of the region and pictures of the programs that are supported through partners in the area. Please specify area when ordering.
Africa brochure.
East Asia and the Pacific
Latin America & the Caribbean brochure.
Middle East & Europe brochure.
Southern Asia brochure.
Global Ministries Bookmarks tell a short story of each region of Global Ministries' work in 5 regions. Available in packs of 50 by region (please specify), or assorted packs which include ten bookmarks of each region.
Global Ministries News provides updates on UCC/Disciples Global Ministries, missionaries, and programs worldwide and how congregations can be involved.
Global Ministries Placemats can be used as a table mat during a meal or a poster to decorate a bulletin board. Intergenerational learning activities are on the reverse side. Pack of 100.
Globalization: Faith and Economic Justice: Partners and Missionaries Reflect on Globalization Edited by Global Education and Advocacy Team. This 71-page resource is a collection of reflections contributed in 2004 by Global Ministries' partners and mission staff around the world. Organized by global region, the collection of both formal essays and brief commentary highlights a variety of perspectives on the impact of economic and cultural changes on communities worldwide. Also available online at www.globalministries.org. Order by calling 866.822.8224, ext. 3220, or email un-gea@ucc.org.
Global Volunteer Service resource from the Global Ministries Mission Personnel Office provides a brief overview of opportunities for missionary service, length of assignments, financial support information, and how to apply.
Mission Postcards feature a monthly mission story from Global Ministries formatted for reproducing as a bulletin insert.
Racial/Ethnic Relations Brochure describes the Office of Racial/Ethnic Relations' mission and highlights resources and opportunities for African, Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic American constituencies to participate in the denomination's ministry around the world through Global Ministries.
Southern Asia Country Profiles are brief descriptions of the fourteen countries in Southern Asia where Global Ministries maintains partner relationships. The profiles give a brief history, a list of our partnerships, statistical information about the population and a summary of the issues that challenge each country. They are also available online at www.globalministries.org. Order print copies by calling 866.822.8224, ext. 3221.
Southern Asia Partner Profiles describes the many Global Ministries partners in Southern Asia including churches, seminaries, schools, hospitals, ecumenical organizations, and others. The major partners are described in this document which is available online at www.globalministries.org. Order print copies by calling 866.822.8224, ext. 3221.
Special Giving Opportunities brochure invites you to consider how one person or congregation can make a difference in the world. Includes brief descriptions of projects and needs for each of the five Global Ministries regions of the world.
World AIDS Day Folder is a collection of HIV/AIDS resources for education, worship and other World AIDS Day activities. Order by calling 866-822-8224, ext. 3218.
Water for All! resources highlight the Global Education and Advocacy team's campaign on critical water issues, partnered with Church World Service and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Missionary Relationships
How to Host a Missionary brochure suggests ways congregations may make effective use of a visit from a missionary.
Missionary Relationships brochure outlines how a congregation can be matched with a missionary to personalize mission.
Peace Like a River Music CD is by the five members of the Murchie family who were missionaries in Japan when they combined their musical talents to create a repertoire of Christian songs in English and Japanese. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3208 or e-mail wcm@ucc.org.
People in Mission brochure from the Global Ministries Mission Personnel Office provides an overview of types and lengths of mission assignments, the selection process, opportunities available, and quotations from current missionaries.
Mission Travel
Living Stones Pilgrimage with the Christians of the Holy Land: A Guide is for visitors who want to share the thoughts and the life, witness and presence of those who now live in the troubled land of Israel and Palestine. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3230. $15.00
People-to-People Pilgrimages Program brochure describes the exciting trend of hands-on experiences in mission and offers initial steps to follow in organizing a successful group mission pilgrimage experience through Global Ministries.
Planning Your Own Unique Trip to the Holy Land guide by Betty Jane Bailey aids in planning and preparing for a group trip to the Holy Land. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3230.
Worship & Education
Breads Around the World leaflets include hunger information, bread recipes, and worship resources from various regions of the world. Six editions available individually or as a set: Middle East, China, Caribbean, India, Africa and Chile. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext.3208 or e-mail wcm@ucc.org.
Cross Culture: A Collection of Global Sermons book expresses ways to learn from sermons preached from pulpits around the world. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3208 or e-mail wcm@ucc.org.
Letters from Palestine is a collection of e-mail letters and journal entries by former Global Ministries missionaries Linda Ammons and John Worrell reflecting their eyewitness accounts of life in Israel and Palestine in the first years of the Oslo Accord. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3230. $4.00 + shipping.
What is Islam? essay provides an introduction to the religion of Islam, its adherents, and their beliefs, practices and demographic make-up, including recommended reading. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3209 e-mail wcm@ucc.org.
Children & Youth
Bright Wings is a 60-page book of collected artwork depicting the lives of Palestinian children from Rawdat El Zuhur primary school in East Jerusalem. Order by calling 800-537-3394. $14.00 including shipping.
Child Sponsorship: Connecting with the World Through a Child resource describes the Global Ministries' Child Sponsorship Program, which is committed to supporting children at risk by providing a practical way for individuals and churches to extend a helping hand.
A Fast That Lasts – Youth Hunger Retreat is a 2-year model youth retreat to fight world hunger. Action-filled 24-30 hour fast educates about world hunger and encourages participants to make personal commitments to lifestyle changes and service opportunities, which can really impact the world hunger crisis. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3215 or e-mail wcm@ucc.org. $10.00.
The Uprooted Game is a board game for youth which helps to build understanding of the realities faced by refugees. It includes a description for conducting a simulation game. Order by calling 800-537-3394. $5.00
Young Adults Overseas brochure introduces opportunities for young adults (21 to 30) to become involved in Christian action and participate in one to three year mission assignments.
Videos
Coming to Say Goodbye: Stories of AIDS in Africa DVD is a documentary produced by Maryknoll Productions about courageous people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa and about the church workers, medical professionals, social workers, and educators assist and support those affected. We are challenged to take up the role as global advocates in combating this devastating disease. $10.00.
Connecting Threads: Partners in Mission depicts each region of Global Ministries' mission with inspiring personal stories in this overview of mission. $10.00.
Connecting Threads: Beneath African Skies Video feature words and music to tell the stories of our mission work in advocacy, development, health care, and education. See determined, dynamic faith in action in the churches of Africa, and learn about specific projects in which U.S. churches can join. 12 minutes. $10.00.
Connecting Threads: Against the Current, Toward the Light Video is a 13-minute video that highlights Global Ministries' partners in Southern Asia. The featured mission efforts are examples of the ways that Global Ministries, through its partner relationships, is helping to create brighter futures for children and youth in the region. $10.00.
Connecting Threads: Out of the Shadows, Into the Sun expresses the hopes and challenges, faith and fears of the growing number of Christians in Latin America and the Caribbean. $10.00.
Connecting Threads: Lilies Among Thorns Video - watch, listen and study as partners and missionaries in the Middle East and Europe share the richness of their work. You will see people and images that challenge common assumptions and inspire hope amid many challenges – lilies among thorns. $10.00.
Connecting Threads: Mountains in the Wind Video is a 20-minute video that enables the viewer to witness the struggles, accomplishments, and faith-fueled climb of our sisters and brothers in East Asia and the Pacific. $10.00
Courage to Hope: Responding to AIDS in Rural China Video/DVD helps the viewer see and hear the challenges of living with HIV in a rural village in the Henan Province and learn ways to respond. 10 minutes. $10.00
God's Surprise: The New Faces of Mission video tells the story of becoming and being a missionary for Global Ministries and includes a study guide. 15 minutes. $10.00
This Holy Place video is designed to urge Christians to explore the issues of peace and justice at stake in the Middle East conflict. For youth and adult audiences. Study guide included. 16 minutes. $12.00
Lady Doak College Video introduces you to Lady Doak College in Madurai, India, which is providing an exceptional Christian educational ministry to young women. Students from all faiths, castes and socio-economic groups live, work and study together. This 8-minute video provides a glimpse of this remarkable ministry.
Disciples Resources
Discover the Disciples brochure is a general description of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The churches mission is: to be and to share the good news of Jesus Christ, witnessing, loving, and serving from the doorsteps to the end of the earth.
Week of Compassion Resources share how WOC provides emergency and long-term assistance to people in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, droughts, civil war and other natural and human catastrophes. WOC responds with help, hope and hospitality to people who have been uprooted and displaced from their homelands by war, environmental catastrophe, famine and natural disaster. Order by calling 317-713-2450.
Disciple Mission Fund is a ministry by which congregations, regions, institutions of higher education and general units share in the mission of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). This ministry is a faithful witness of receiving, caring and giving in Christian community. Disciples Mission Fund receives contribution from more than 2,800 Disciples congregations to support the worldwide mission of the church. This is done through annual contributions to Disciples Mission Fund and through Special Offerings received at Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
www.disciples.org The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) website is a resource where many questions about the Disciples can be answered, or to gain more information and stories about Disciple members, congregations, Regions and National offices.
Disciples World is a journal of news, opinion, and mission for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The name is drawn from that body of people - the Disciples of Christ - for and by whom it is published. The journal is an avenue for the expression of a wide variety of opinions, whether or not those opinions reflect some establishment or preferred viewpoint, written and read by laity and clergy alike and featuring articles on a wide spectrum of topics, along with Bible lessons, columns, media reviews, meditations, poetry, and occasionally short fiction.
Kids to Kids - Disciples Kids-real life... making choices... taking chances...living out the gospel...and making the world a better place to live! With KIDS to KIDS, you make the decisions. What to do? It's up to YOU! It is all about Kids helping Kids. To download special Kid to Kids project both global and homeland, visit
http://www.homelandministries.org/FamilyandChildren/KidsToKids/
Woman-to-Woman Worldwide
Woman-to-Woman is an opportunity to personalize mission in the life of congregations and regions. Woman-to-Woman responds to the call for church women to experience solidarity with one another, to affirm the unity of the church in Jesus Christ and to join the common struggle for justice and peace in the world today. These international, ecumenical and personal experiences encourage faithful women to identify and support their diverse ministries. For resources visit: http://www.homelandministries.org/Women/womantowoman.htm
United Church of Christ Resources
Heath and Wholeness Advocacy Brochure
This brochure describes the mission and resources of the Health and Wholeness Advocacy Office. Order from Heath and Wholeness Advocacy, 866-822-8224, ext. 3218. Free.
In Mission: A Calendar of Prayer for the UCC has daily entries that describe mission partnerships in the U.S. and around the world. Pages suitable for duplication as bulletin inserts. Order by calling 800-537-3394.
O God, Tender and Just
This set of resources includes reflections, resources, essays, Bible Study, and liturgy in response to September 11, 2001. Order by calling 800-537-3394.
One Great Hour of Sharing Annual Report
This resource illustrates how your One Great Hour of Sharing gifts are used for building sustainable communities, emergency relief, refugee resettlement, and disaster response. Order from Global Sharing of Resources, 216-736-3215.
One Great Hour of Sharing - Frequently Asked Questions addresses questions regarding this special offering which funds UCC disaster, refugee and sustainable development efforts. Order from Global Sharing of Resources, 216-736-3215.
One Great Hour of Sharing – Giving Help, Hope and Life
An assortment of materials and activities to promote this Lenten offering that supports programs internationally for building sustainable communities, emergency relief and rehabilitation, and refugee advocacy and resettlement, as well as domestic and international disaster preparedness and response.
OGHS Music Video/DVD: We Change the World
Use this short music video/DVD to add a meaningful dimension in a worship service for OGHS. It can be an effective attention grabber at an OGHS display, a discussion starter in small groups, or the opening feature at a special event. Video or DVD $5.00.
Why Worry About HIV/AIDS?
A special UC News resource (October 2004) with information on HIV/AIDS and related stories from UCC congregations and Global Ministries. Order by calling 866-822-8224, ext. 3218.
Year 175: A Brief History of the UCBWM was written in 1985 by former United Church Board for World Ministries (UCBWM) Executive Vice President Dr. David M. Stowe. Order by calling 800-537-3394.
UCC Volunteer Ministries
Mission Trip Opportunities lists work/study mission trips for groups who wish to engage in volunteer service in the United States and Puerto Rico. <www.ucc.org/ministries/volunteer> Order from 216-736-3216.
Volunteer Ministries Brochure describes the Partners in Service Program, Mission Trip Opportunities, Service Day programs, and Leadership Training Events. To order call 216-736-3216.
Volunteer Ministries - Partners in Service booklet describes the opportunities for individuals and couples in short- and long-term volunteer placements in the United States and Puerto Rico. To order call 216-736-3216.
UCC National Disaster Ministries
Disaster and Disability in a Land of Faithfulness brochure is a beginning guide for developing a church disaster plan jointly with persons of varying abilities. Order from WCM National Disaster Ministries, (216) 736-3216.
Disaster News Network website <http//www.disasternews.org> provides connections to news and stories about faith-based disaster response and volunteer opportunities.
Disaster Response – Donations That Make A Difference brochure outlines seven steps to take to provide assistance following a disaster. Order from WCM National Disaster Ministries, (216) 736-3216.
Disaster Response On the Web <http://www.ucc.org/disaster/index.html> provides current information and updates on UCC Disaster Ministries involvement in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Helping Protect God's Creation: Assistance for People of Faith in Technological Disaster brochure describes the program of the UCC/Church World Service Resource Unit on Technological Disaster. Order from WCM National Disaster Ministries, (216) 736-3216.
Prepare to Care: Guide to Disaster Ministry in Your Congregation is a practical guide that includes check-lists, risk assessment, definitions of terminology and information on response and recovery. Order from WCM National Disaster Ministries, (216) 736-3216.
Preparing and Responding: UCC National Disaster Ministries brochure provides information about preparedness for and response to natural and technological disasters in the United States and Puerto Rico. Order from WCM National Disaster Ministries, (216) 736-3216.
The Silent Disaster: People of Faith Respond to Technological Disaster manual is for communities in to identify what might be a technological disaster, and includes how to organize a faith-based task force. Order from WCM National Disaster Ministries, (216) 736-3216.
UCC Refugee Resettlement
In the Eyes of a Stranger video is about the amazing transformation that takes place in the lives of refugees and UCC church members who welcome them through the ministry of refugee resettlement. Hear the voices of refugees and Christians who have responded to God's call to welcome the stranger and love the sojourner. 8 minutes. Order by calling 800-537-3394. $12.00
One Day Everything Changed: The Story of Annie, a Refugee Girl is an 18-page coloring book about Annie, a girl forced from her home by war in Liberia, West Africa. Annie lives in a refugee camp and is then resettled to the U.S. This resource is illustrated by Rev. Linda Carleton, Interfaith Refugee Ministry, New Haven, CT. Order by calling 866.822.8224, ext. 3233. $2.00.
Refugee Journal: Telling the Story of UCC Refugee Ministries is a 16-page booklet featuring four inspiring stories of refugees as they begin a new life in the USA with the help of UCC congregations engaged in refugee resettlement through UCC Refugee Ministries. The Refugee Journal also shares the history of UCC involvement in welcoming refugees since 1946. Order by calling 800-537-3394.
Refugee Resettlement Ministry in the UCC: Welcoming Uprooted People brochure promotes local church involvement in refugee sponsorship through UCC Refugee Ministries. Order from UCC Resources, 1-800-537-3394.
Refugee Resettlement Ministry Packet contains information for congregations preparing for refugee sponsorship, including how to organize for sponsorship, the process for refugee admissions and worship materials. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3233.
Restoring Hope to a Broken World Poster of a refugee woman and child reminding us of the plight of uprooted people. It is 11"x17" and bears the UCC and Church World Service logos. It is appropriate for use to promote One Great Hour of Sharing offering, also. Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3233.
