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

Please download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for your church bulletin/newsletter:
June 2008: pdf or text only or espanol
July 2008: pdf or text only

Are you coming to Missionworks/MMI in Cleveland October 2-5, 2008? Missionworks/MMI

Efforts on debt cancellation in Haiti

GM Missionary, Bruce Van Voorhis, Shares the Story of Crispin Beltran in the Philippines
"A 75-year-old man fatally fell from a ladder while repairing a leaky roof in the Philippines on May 20 before an approaching typhoon. Normally this tragedy only affects the man's family and friends; but when the man is Congressman Crispin Beltran, the repercussions have rippled throughout the toiling masses that he represented in the House of Representatives and has touched the lives of Filipino migrant workers and others who respect him around the world…" To read Bruce's tribute to this man of justice, click here: Crispin Beltran

Disciples Seminarians to visit UEPV, GM partners in Venezuela
Julia Brown Karimu, GM Mission Personnel Executive, and Carmelo Alvarez, GM Missionary to Venezuela, will be leading a group of 12 Disciples seminarians to visit the Evangelical Pentecostal Union of Venezuela (UEPV) June 16-25, 2008. The students include: Amy Walters (CTS). Stephanie McCormick (LTS), Monique Crain (CTS), Shauna St. Clair (Vanderbilt), Joel Saucedo (Brite), Robyn Fickes (Vanderbilt), Casey Abney Matthews (Brite), Rebecca Anderson (U. of Chicago), Christy Newton (Claremont), Aaron Smith (U of Chicago), Young Jun Yang (Claremont), Sarah Renfro (LTS). The group will gather in Miami for orientation and Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) training on Sunday June 15. From there they will travel to Venezuela to meet with leaders and congregations of the UEPV. Please keep the group in your prayers.

Massachusetts Conference Delegation Shares about their Visit to the Shalom Center in Chile
"My name is Angela Knapton.  I am a member of Hadwen Park Congregational, UCC in Worcester, MA (www.hadwenparkchurch.org). I am currently the chairperson of the Massachusetts Conference's Commission for Mission & Justice and in February of this year I was privileged to be a part of a People-to-People pilgrimage to Centro Shalom, a retreat center of the Pentecostal Church of Chile, which is one of our Global Ministries partners (and where Elena Huegel and John Wallace serve as GM Missionaries.)  I had an amazing experience as did the rest of our delegation from Massachusetts.  I am so thankful for the opportunity…" To read the rest of Angela's story, click here: Angela Knapton To read Maggie Schmidt's story, click here: Maggie Schmidt

GM Missionaries in South Africa, Jon and Dawn Barnes, Share about the Chicken Project
"The chicken house at Rhabule location was completed in late April 2008.  There were many delays in this process, including weather and issues with the builder, but at last the structure is complete.  The Department of Labor has agreed to assist with the training and mentoring of workers, and negotiations are underway by the church to facilitate this process happening as soon as possible.  They are expecting to begin training in the next month.  Reverend Makuzeni has been keeping the Barnes informed on the process and Jon will be going to this location once the training has started to take more pictures…" To read the complete report and view some photos, click here:Chicken Project

Disaster Alert - 2008 Mid West Tornadoes and Floods
Recent tornadoes and flooding in the Mid West has severely impacted the region. Flooding has reached record levels causing damages to homes, buildings, dams, and agricultural fields. Twenty one counties in Indiana, 43 counties in Iowa and 30 counties in Wisconsin were declared disaster areas by the governors in those states. In Michigan, hundreds of thousands of people remained without power because of the storms, including two possible tornadoes that snapped power poles across the state.  A federal disaster proclamation has been issued in Indiana, others will likely follow.  Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri are also suffering under the impact of recent tornadoes and floods. To read more and find out ways you can help, visit:
UCC   http://www.ucc.org/disaster/spring_2008_tornadoes_floods_in_central_us.html 
DISCIPLES   http://www.weekofcompassion.org/pages/updates/jun0809.html 

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

Connect with Global Ministries Staff at Regional Assemblies and Annual Meetings:
South Dakota Conference Annual Meeting,  Yankton, SD: June 13-15 – Cally Rogers-Witte rogerc@ucc.org , David Coatsworth coatswod@ucc.org and Florence Coppola coppolaf@ucc.org
Pennsylvania Regional Assembly, California, PA June 20-22 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org
Fauntleroy UCC, Seattle, WA: June 20-21 - Cally Rogers-Witte rogerc@ucc.org

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
IA: May 1 to June 30, 2008, Linda and Bruce Hanson (The Christian Development Commission (CCD) and The Theological Community of Honduras (CTEH) Contact: Selva Lehman selvarl@mchsi.com
Southern CA: May 1 to June 30, 2008, Jeffrey Mensendiek (Council on Cooperative Mission, assigned to the Emmaus Center in Sendai, Japan) Contact: Virginia Arroyo arroyo@scncucc.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
TN: June 8-30 and July 13-20, 2008, Krista Johnson (Sabeel in Jerusalem) Contact: Glen Stewart glenjstewart@bellsouth.net
IN: July 6-10, July 14-22 and July 28 – August 10, 2008, Alex Morse (Caminantes in the Dominican Republic) Contact: Cheryl Cloar: cheryl@ccindiana.org
Penn Central: August 24 to October 10, 2008, Steve and Lisa Smith (EKU in Germany) Contact: mcoons-torn@pccucc.org
CT: September 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009, Tim Rose (Reformed Church of France) Contact: Cecile Gilson cecileg@ctucc.org
NC: May 1 to June 30, 2009, Tim Rose (Reformed Church of France) Contact: Janelle Bunn janellebunn@soc-ucc.org