spacer Your Global Ministries Update: October 27, 2010

October 27, 2010

Prayer for Sunday October 31, 2010:  India 

Video of the Week: GM Missionary to India, Anil Henry

Are You Registered for the Border Conference February 10-13, 2011?  http://globalministries.org/calendar/border-conference.html

Thanks for Connecting to GM on Facebook
382 people indicated they were joining the Cell Out! event on the GM Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150728631635724
1095 people have “liked” our GM Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/GlobalMinistries.DOC.UCC

MissionWorks 2010 Presentations and Resources are on the Web
To see what you missed or to re-live the event, click here:  http://globalministries.org/resources/missionworks/

GM Council of Theological Students
The Council had their first gathering at MissionWorks. To learn about the Council, click here: http://globalministries.org/mission/seminarians/

To read their 2010-2011 action plan, click here: http://globalministries.org/mission/seminarians/CTS-Action-Plan-2010-2011.pdf

To access their blog, click here:  http://criticalpresencewordpress.com/

Interested in an Alternative Trip to Israel Palestine?
http://globalministries.org/mission/group-trips/In-the-Footsteps-of-Jesus-Tour-Announcement-2011.pdf

ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Volunteers John and Faye Buttrick, both UCC ministers from Illinois, have just returned from three-month service with the WCC Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel: http://globalministries.org/mee/partners/ecumenical-accompaniment.html
Read their blog reports online at: http://fjbuttrick.blogspot.com/

Alternative Christmas Giving through GM:
http://globalministries.org/get-involved/special-giving-opportunities/alternative-christmas-giving.html

Monthly Mission Bulletin Story:          
- October 2010: text only or pdf or español
- November 2010: text only or pdf or español

Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:

- January 14 & 15, 2011: Florida Disciples and UCC Mission Summit/MMI training event: Save the date and more info will be coming!
- May 7, 2011: Arizona Disciples Global Mission Summit: Save the date and more info will be coming!

Find a Missionary Visit in your State: 
CA(north): October 1 – November 30, 2010 Buddy Martinez (Thailand) Contact: efencabo8573@att.net
NC: October 1-31 (not including 7-11), 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Vertie Powers vertiepowersenca@soc-ucc.org
CT: October 11-31, 2010 Doreen and Michael McFarlane (China) Contact: Cecile Gilson cecileg@ctucc.org
OK: October 12-29, 2010 Erin McKinney (Dominican Republic) Contact: Tom Jewell tjewell@okdisciples.org
NE: November 8-30, 2010 Doreen and Michael McFarlane (China) Contact: Ken Moore DrKMoore@juno.com
TN: December 3-5, 2010 Zoltan Szucs (Hungary) Contact: Barbara Everett beverett@frontiernet.net

If you would like to receive weekly Global Ministries updates, please send your name, e-mail address, physical address, phone number, and home church to: bshebeck@dom.disciples.org 



 
Contact Information
Bob Shebeck
Executive, Mission Interpretation and Constituency Relationships
Mission Education and Interpretation
PO Box 1986
Indianapolis,Indiana 46206
317-713-2571
Fax: 317-635-4323
bshebeck@dom.disciples.org

Powered by Convio
nonprofit software