Download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for your church bulletin or newsletter:     
            November 2009: text only or pdf or español 
            December 2009: text only or pdf or español

Download the WEEKLY PRAYER for Sunday Worship, click here: Guadeloupe and Martinique

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House to take up Travel for all to Cuba on Thursday, November 19, 2009: CubaGo!

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Next Global Ministries Webinar on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 7pm
Mark your calendars and save the date! Global Ministries will offer an Advent in the Middle East webinar on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 7pm Eastern. Peter Makari, GM Middle East and Europe area executive, will lead a pilgrimage to the Lebanon, Syria and Israel/Palestine with Bob Shebeck and 7 Disciples Regional staff: Bill Allen, Ben Bohren, Beth Dobyns, Katheryn Graham, Ken Hall, Sandy Messick, and Ken Moore. The webinar will share about the hopes that our GM partners share with the group during this Advent Season. Stay tuned for more information next week!

GM Announces Mission Priority Positions and Receives a Funding Commitment
It is with great excitement that Global Ministries announces that funding has been secured for the first of its newly announced mission priority positions.  University Christian Church (UCC) in Fort Worth, Texas has taken the lead and committed to funding the first of the priority positions.  To learn more:  http://globalministries.org/news/news/university-christian-church.html

GM Missionary in El Salvador Gives Update on Flooding
Nick Green who serves with the Lutheran Church in El Salvador, shares in his blog: "News poured in from around the country. The damage was astounding. Over 150 dead, hundreds more missing, and tens of thousands who have lost everything. Delegations who had come early for the International Partner Encounter changed their plans to better understand these events. On Tuesday, November 10th, I went with Bishop Medardo Gómez and the delegation from Finland to Verapaz, one of the most affect areas…" To read more on Nick's blog, click here:  http://nickmission.blogspot.com/

Consultation on Peace, Reconciliation and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula 
"Marking the 25th anniversary of the Consultation convened by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches and by the Christian Conference of Asia held in Tozanso, Japan in 1984 - the first ecumenical gathering to take steps towards the peaceful reunification of the divided Korean peninsula - the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia brought together church leaders and participants from the two Koreas and from across the world in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, 21-23 October 2009…" To read the entire Tsuen Wan Communiqué, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/eap/tozanso-anniversary.html

UCC and Disciples' Muslim Dialogue Partners Respond to Fort Hood Tragedy
The United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) participate in Christian-Muslim dialogue through the National Muslim-Christian Initiative.  The Initiative brings together several Christian denominations and American Muslim organizations.  In the wake of the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, UCC and Disciples' Muslim dialogue partners issued statements denouncing the shootings. To find links to the different statements, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/mee/ucc-and-disciples-muslim-1.html

Disciples Women Travel to Colombia and Venezuela
Twelve Disciples Women met in Miami, Florida on November 8 and 9 for a time of orientation and training in preparation for their Woman-to-Woman Pilgrimage to Colombia and Venzuela. Sheila Spencer from the Office of Disciples Women and Felix Ortiz, Global Ministries area executive for Latin America and the Caribbean, are leading the trip. The women will visit sisters from the Council of Evangelical Churches of Colombia (CEDECOL) and the Union of Evangelical Pentecostal Churches of Venezuela (UEPV)on their twelve day journey. Please remember these women in your prayers! To view pictures of their commissioning service, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/lac/disciples-women-travel-to.html

Gourdet Travels to Congo with OGHS and WOC LeadersAfrica area executive, Sandra Gourdet, is leading a trip with Susan Sanders, team leader of the UCC One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS), Amy Gopp, director of Week of Compassion (WOC) and Eyamba Bokamba WOC board member. They will be visiting projects supported by OGHS and WOC in the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. To read more, click here:

http://globalministries.org/news/africa/gourdet-travels-to-congo-with.html

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Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:

• Enid, Oklahoma: April 22-23, 2010 in conjunction with the Oklahoma Regional Assembly. More information coming…
• 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 
• 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:
AZ: January 11 – March 6, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Barbara Decker bdecker@uccswc.com
MA: March 14, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Cheryl Hempen cahempen@comcast.net
MA: March 15-19, 2010 Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Andrew Gustafson gustafsona@MACUCC.org
MA: March 20-21, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: Marilyn Crosby marilyncrosby@yahoo.com
WI: April 11 – May 16, 2010, Mark Behle (Lesotho) Contact: William Kesting wkesting@excel.net