Please download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for your church bulletin or newsletter:
            August 2008: pdf or text only or espanol
            September 2008: pdf or text only

To download the WEEKLY PRAYER for Sunday Worship, click here: China

Last Chance for MissionWorks/MMI October 2-5, 2008: Register here

Take action on the Congo: Coltan Petition

Judy Chan, GM Missionary serving in Hong Kong, Reflects on the China Olympics
"For much of the world, the past 17 days have been consumed by the 2008 Summer Olympics. Yet, Hong Kong has been watching and waiting for seven years since Beijing was awarded the Games in 2001. When it was first announced, I worried whether China would be able to live up to the promises made to the international community. I knew money was not an issue but everything else might be..." To read the rest of Judy's reflection, click here: http://www.globalministries.org/eap/missionaries/one-world-one-dream.html

Kids to Kids is Changing and Expanding in Many Exciting Ways
For over a dozen years Kids to Kids has been helping Disciples elementary age children understand the needs of others and how they can respond to those needs through over and above giving.  Now Kids to Kids is also becoming more ecumenical as children from The United Church of Christ are being invited to join in the work. The hope is to make the new program totally web-based and interactive with new art work, new mission projects in North America and around the world.  A curriculum component is being added that will be useful in vacation church school and adaptable to other learning situations such as Sunday morning church school, youth group meetings and intergenerational gatherings.  Each year, the vacation church school program will focus on a different country in which Global Ministries international partners are serving.  Kids to Kids will continue to lift-up mission programs of the wider church as well as local programs like yours. If your congregation has an outreach project that serves children in the wider community and you would like for it to be considered as a Kids to Kids US/Canada Mission Project, please contact Kaye Edwards kedwards@dhm.disciples.org or Lutgarda Lee leel@ucc.org to acquire an application.

Vacation Bible School in Sycamore, Illinois Making a Difference in Kenya
The Vacation Bible School of the Mayfield Congregational Church in Sycamore, Illinois, decided to respond to a missionary letter from Phyllis Byrd, Global Ministries missionary in Kenya, about crops in Kenya being destroyed by worms.  They focused their efforts on raising funds for the farmers in Kenya.  The Vacation Bible School was held in a Day Camp format at a local farm.  Each morning, the children would gather in a circle in the barn around a 50 lb. bag of rice.   They discussed how shipping a bag of rice, though greatly needed by the people in Kenya, would cost too much; instead children were challenged to bring what they could every day.  Once they experienced the joy of giving, they brought more.  They put the money in a grapefruit juice can so the children could shake it and nothing would fall out.  At the end of the week, they had collected $149.00 for the farmers in Kenya.  A real success story from the children of Mayfield Congregational Church!  If you have a story to share, please send it to:  Ginny Haag, Office of Resource Development, P.O. Box 1986, Indianapolis, Indiana   47206-1986, or send by email to:  ghaag@dom.disciples.org

Martha Millet, Former Missionary in Turkey, Passes Away
Wider Church Ministries/Global Ministries sadly announces the passing of Martha Millett, former missionary to Turkey, in Pilgrim Place, Claremont, California on August 22, 2008 after a long illness. In 1951 she was appointed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) as a teacher of English and Mathematics at the Uskudar American Academy, a private secondary school founded by ABCFM missionaries and serving Turkish girls in Istanbul. Her devoted and exemplary service to the school continued until her retirement in 1989. To read more, click here:  http://www.globalministries.org/news/losses/death-of-martha-millett.html

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Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
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
PA: October 6-12 and October 18 – November 5, 2008, Judy Chan (Hong Kong Christian Council) Contact: Christine Johns cjohns@padisciples.org
FL: January 17 – February 28, 2009, Scott Couper and Susan Valiquette Couper (South Africa) Contact: Candy Younglove cyyounglove@ucc.fla.org
NC: May 1 – June 30, 2009, Tim Rose (Reformed Church of France) Contact: Janelle Bunn janellebunn@soc-ucc.org
OH: May 1 – June 30, 2009, Scott Couper and Susan Valiquette Couper (South Africa) Contact: Bob Molsberry bobm@ocucc.org
MO: June 1 – July 15, 2009, Anil Henry (India) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net
Connect with Global Ministries Staff at Disciples and UCC Events:
Tri-state Association Meeting, Evansville, IN: August 29-30, 2008 – James Vijayakumar vijayj@ucc.org
Kentucky Regional Assembly, Owensboro, KY: September 4 – 6, 2008 – Sarah Riester sriester@dom.disciples.org
Northeast Regional Assembly, Poestenkill, NY: September 13, 2008 – LaMarco Cable lcable@dom.disciples.org
Disciples Western Cluster Congregational Transformation Event, Fullerton, CA: September 20, 2008 - LaMarco Cable lcable@dom.disciples.org
Florida Regional Assembly, Orlando, FL: September 18-21, 2008 – Julia Brown Karimu jkarimu@dom.disciples.org
South Carolina Regional Convention, Aiken, SC: October 3-5, 2008 – Julia Brown Karimu jkarimu@dom.disciples.org
Indiana Regional Assembly, West Lafayette, IN: October 10-11, 2008 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org
Mid-America Regional Assembly, Springfield, MO: October 10-12, 2008 – David Owen dowen@dom.disciples.org and Xiaoling Zhu zhux@ucc.org
Upper Midwest Regional Assembly, Des Moines, IA: October 11, 2008 – LaMarco Cable lcable@dom.disciples.org
Pacific Southwest Regional Assembly, San Bernardino, CA: October 16-18, 2008 – Maria Cruzado mcruzado@dom.disciples.og
Ohio Regional Assembly, Columbus, OH: October 17-18, 2008 – Julia Brown Karimu jkarimu@dom.disciples.org
Nebraska Regional Assembly, Lincoln, NE: October 17-18, 2008 – Jane Sullivan-Davis janesd@dom.disciples.org
Southwest Regional Assembly, Fort Worth, TX: October 17-19, 2008 – David Owen dowen@dom.disciples.org
Kansas Regional Assembly, Manhattan, KS: October 17-18, 2008 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org
Capital Area Regional Assembly, Frederick, MD: October 17-18, 2008 – Sarah Riester sriester@dom.disciples.org
Tennessee Regional Assembly, Fall Creek Falls, TN: October 24-26, 2008 – Maria Cruzado mcruzado@dom.disciples.org
Arizona Regional Assembly, Tucson, AZ: October 24-25, 2008 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org, Dave Coatsworth coatswod@ucc.org
Greater Kansas City Regional Assembly: October 15-16, 2008 – Nancy Pickell npickell@dom.disciples.org
Massachusetts Conference Annual Meeting, Worcester, MA: November 1, 2008 – Susan Sanders sanderss@ucc.org, Peter Makari makarip@ucc.org
Illinois-Wisconsin MMI training and Regional Assembly, Springfield, IL: November 14-16, 2008 – Jane Sullivan-Davis janesd@dom.disciples.org , Jane Aerie aeriej@ucc.org
Georgia Regional Assembly, :November 14-16, 2008 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org