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: Zimbabwe

Christmas Shopping made easy! GM Alternative Christmas Gifts

Participate in our Global Mission Forums: Share with us!

Order you 2010 Global Ministries Wall Calendar today: GM Calendar

Promote World AIDS Day on December 1: World AIDS Day Resources      Share your World AIDS Day action

Save the Dates and Log-on to Global Ministries Webinar Presentations

• Advent in the Middle East – Tuesday December 15, 2009 at 7pm Eastern
• Missionary Live! – Mark Behle: Lesotho – Thursday January 7, 2010 at 7pm Eastern

Feedback Request on Needs for Global DVD Resources and Downloadable Digital Video
Have you used the Connecting Threads DVD and Study Guide in your congregation? (Click here to view the DVD sequences http://globalministries.org/resources/multimedia-resources/) Before creating a new DVD resource, the Global Ministries Mission Education and Interpretation team wants to get your feedback:

• How would you evaluate the Connecting Threads DVD and Study Guide?
• What does your congregation need in a new Global DVD and Study Guide resources?
• Does your congregation need or use Downloadable Digital Video in Sunday Morning worship?
• What would you like to see produced that would illustrate the global mission we are doing together as UCC and Disciples?

Please just click reply to this e-mail to give us your opinion or go to our Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Forum and enter your response by clicking here:  http://globalministries.org/get-involved/ministries-and-mission-interpreters/share-mmi.html 

Ecumenical Accompanier in Israel-Palestine Shares Her Experience
Elice Higginbotham served as a short-term volunteer through Global Ministries working with the WCC's Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). She shares her journey with us through her blog entries: "Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers. - Romans 12:12-13. Our EAPPI group began its orientation last August with an "opening circle," and I recorded some of my own "opening thoughts" in one of my early blog posts at that time. We held a "closing circle," too, last Friday afternoon (a week ago today, as I write this) before our group members began dispersing over the ensuing weekend to return to our home countries. My vivid memories and parting thoughts were two: the Women's Association of Jayyous, and vegetables… To read the rest of this blog post and others, click here: http://eliceinpalestine.blogspot.com/  

Second Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution
The International Working Committee (IWC) of the Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution warmly invited Global Ministries to send one or more representatives to the Second Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 and Peace in East Asia which will be held November 30 to December 4, 2009 at Academy House, Seoul, Korea. Xiaoling Zhu, GM area executive for East Asia and the Pacific, and Jeffrey Mensendiek, GM missionary serving in Japan, will be representing Global Ministries at this important peace initiative. To read more and see the Conference agenda, click here:   http://globalministries.org/news/eap/second-inter.html

WCC Calls for Investigation of Gaza War Crimes
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has asked the United Nations secretary-general to make sure that recommendations of a key report about war crimes committed during the conflict between Israeli and Palestinian armed forces in Gaza at the beginning of 2009 are properly followed up. In an 18 November letter, the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia urged the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to take steps in order to press both Israel and Hamas to "unconditionally concede the need for complete and credible investigations into their actions during the war". To read the rest of the statement, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/world-council-of-churches-3.html

Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana in Costa Rica Shares November Newsletter"From the Development Office of the Latin American Bible University, we welcome you to enter our doors through this monthly release and take a glimpse into seminary life in San Jose, Costa Rica. We will introduce you to our faculty, staff, and most importantly our students who come from all parts of Latin America, with hearts of service for the Lord…" To read the newsletter, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/lac/universidad-bblica.html

Don't let all the sale ads and lines outside popular stores get you down. There is an alternative… Alternative Gifts from Global Ministries made in honor of friends and loved ones. Give a gift that can change the world: http://globalministries.org/get-involved/special-giving-opportunities/alternative-christmas.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:

KY: January 10 – February 28, 2010, Emily Christmas (South Africa) Contact: Ed Ball eball40601@gmail.com
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