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

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

Plan an educational event for World Aids Day December 1, 2008? Aids Day Resources

Check out our Alternative Christmas Gift ideas: Gift Ideas

Stories from the Theological Community of Honduras, GM Partner in Tegucigalpa
GM Missionary, Linda Hanson, serves as a professor at the Theological Community of Honduras. She shares the stories of some of the students there:
            Angelica - http://globalministries.org/news/lac/angelica.html
            Roberto Efraín - http://globalministries.org/news/lac/efran.html 
            Blanca Aida - http://globalministries.org/news/lac/blanca-aida.html
            Rosa Lillian - http://globalministries.org/news/lac/rosa-lillian.html

Tents of Hope Rally for Darfur, Sudan on National Mall in DC November 7-9, 2008
The Tents of Hope advocacy project for Darfur, Sudan will culminate in a week-end rally in Washington DC. If you are planning to take your congregation's tent to DC for the event, please contact Derek Duncan duncand@ucc.org so that he can organize the Disciples/UCC presence. To see the schedule for the week-end, click here: http://www.tentsofhope.org/scheduleofevents.aspx

Statement on Situation of Christians in Iraq
"The "Arab Group for Muslim – Christian Dialogue" has been following with great pain and concern the distress of the Christians of Iraq, especially in Mosul where attacks have displaced more than a thousand Christian families, and denounces those practices, which contradict with the simplest human values and rights, and with freedom of belief... To read the entire statement, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/arab-group-press-release-on.html

Congo Week Reports
Submitted by Tracy Siegman at Lexington Theological Seminary: "On Tuesday, October 7th… LTS hosted a Congo Week service. Dr. Rick Lowery preached about his experiences in the Congo this past summer and provided a history of the conflict…The choir processed in to an African spiritual with drums and maracas and all the music in the service was African.  Our foreign exchange student served at the table rendering his prayer in his native Kenyan tongue.  I'm sure we weren't able to capture the Congolese worship style - but we sure gave it our best to include elements that would give the community something different than what we're used to in the LTS chapel." Please submit your reports to LaMarco Cable lcable@dom.disciples.org and Derek Duncan duncand@ucc.org

You may be thinking about Halloween but it is time to think about offering an Alternative Christmas Giving Fair for your congregation and/or community. You can request print materials and a Global Ministries display by contacting Sarah Riester at 317.713.2564 or sriester@dom.disciples.org. Honor friends, family, pastors and staff by making a gift in their name to support Global Ministries work with our partners around the world. Global Ministries 2008 Alternative Christmas Campaign materials are also posted on our website. As with other designated giving, 100% of your gift goes to the designated Global Ministries partner or project. Click here for the list of gift ideas:

http://globalministries.org/get-involved/special-giving-opportunities/alternative-christmas.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

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
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
OH: November 2-4, 2008, John Wallace (Pentecostal Church of Chile) Contact: Debbie MacDonald drm1011@hotmail.com
TX: November 16, 2008, John Wallace (Pentecostal Church of Chile) Contact: Lynn Cross lynn@uccftw.com
MA: November 23, 2008, John Wallace (Pentecostal Church of Chile) Contact: Angela Knapton aknapton@goodworksinsurance.com
MO: January 5 – March 31, 2009, Jim and Jayanthi Wilson (Botswana) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net
FL: January 17 – February 28, 2009, Scott Couper and Susan Valiquette Couper (South Africa) Contact: Candy Younglove cyounglove@uccfla.org
OR: May 1-2, 2009, Jim and Jayanthi Wilson (Botswana) Contact: Cathy Wirt cdwirt@aol.com
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: July 19-26, 2009, Anil Henry (India) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net

Connect with Global Ministries Staff at Disciples and UCC Events:
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, Judy Chan judychan@hkcc.org.hk
Georgia Regional Assembly, November 14-16, 2008 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org
Global Mission Event for Conferences, November 18-20, 2008, Radisson Hotel and UCC Church House, Cleveland, OH – Jan Aerie aeriej@ucc.org