Please download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for your church bulletin or newsletter:  
            April 2009: text only or pdf or espanol            
            May 2009:  text only or pdf or espanol

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

Check out Global Ministries at General Synod and General Assembly:
            GM at General Synod
            GM at General Assembly

Disciples Easter Offering is April 5 and 12, 2009: Easter Offering Resources 

Over 40 Disciples and UCC Attend Second Haiti/Conaspeh Consultation
On March 30 and 31 a second Haiti Consultation was held in Indianapolis, IN. Patrick Villier, the president of Conaspeh, which brings together over 6,000 grass-roots congregations in Haiti, was present to share Conaspeh's vision for the future and to dialogue with participants on the challenges and opportunities of walking together as one church to carry out that vision. At this moment, Conaspeh's top priority is the purchase of a large piece of property adjacent to the current Conaspeh headquarters which would become a "university" campus complex with a guesthouse facility to welcome groups. To read more about this Conaspeh project, click here: http://globalministries.org/lac/projects/conaspeh-land-purchase.html

2009-2010 Public Policy Briefing Book Available
Due to popular demand, Justice and Witness Ministries (JWM), partnering with Wider Church Ministries (WCM) and Global Ministries (GM), revives a highly respected ecumenical resource, the 2009-2010 Public Policy Briefing Book. JWM and WCM/GM are pleased to share this helpful tool in hopes that it will be a useful instrument for individuals or congregations to engage in the justice and peace movement.  Inside the briefing book you will find tips for congregational advocacy, in-depth coverage of the U.S. financial crisis and the Iraq War, and issue-by-issue coverage of domestic and international concerns likely to be acted on during this two-year session of Congress. To download the Briefing Book, click here: http://www.ucc.org/justice/uccbriefingbook/pdfs/2009-Briefing-Book-3-2-09-Final.pdf

CEDECOL Urges Action on Behalf of Disappeared Colombian Pastor
GM missionary to Colombia, Michael Joseph reports: I first heard of Idia and her missing husband, Pastor William Reyes – of the Light and Truth Interamerican Church of Maicao, La Guajira, on the morning of September 27th a little more than 24 hours after the pastor disappeared on a rural Colombian highway. I was roused by an early morning phone call from the National Coordinator of the Peace Commission of the Evangelical Council of Colombia (CEDECOL), with whom I work; "A pastor has been disappeared. We need to tell the international family of faith; we need them to take action," he told me.
To read more and to take action, click here: http://colombiacalling.blogspot.com/2009/03/pastor-still-missing-urgent-action.html

DisciplesWorld Highlights GM Push for "Conflict-free" Materials in DRC
Global Ministries signed a letter last month, asking electronics companies like Apple, Dell, and Samsung to "play a significant part in combating the trade in conflict minerals in eastern Congo by publicly disclosing [their] supply chains for components containing tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, and by working with our organizations and others in the industry to develop a robust, international mechanism to verify the origin of these minerals."
The initiative was spearheaded by Enough Project, a non-profit that works to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity in Africa. Dozens of American and international faith-based, grass-roots organizations have joined the effort. To read the entire article, click here: http://www.disciplesworld.com/newsArticle.html?wsnID=14967

Hungarian churches warn of social collapse amid financial crisis
"We were already in bad shape before this global crisis, and we are now affected more deeply than other countries in our region," explained the Rev. Balazs Odor, ecumenical officer of the Reformed Church in Hungary, which comprises about one fifth of the country's 9.9 million citizens. To read the entire story, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/hungarian-churches-warn-of.html

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Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:
Cleveland, Ohio: October 9-11, 2009 (dates and place will be confirmed soon)
Southern California: November 14, 2009 sponsored by the Pacific Southwest Region (DOC) and the Southern California-Nevada Conference (UCC) – more info coming

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
MO, Penn NE, Penn SE, IN, CT& KS: April 5 - May 14, 2009, Mrs. Vatsala Vijayakumar (Principal of the King's Matriculation at School Family Village Farm, Vellore, India) Contact:  Beth Miller (317) 713-2570 or bmiller@dom.disciples.org
Penn SE: April 5 - May 31, 2009, Martha Mensendiek (Japan) Contact: Geneva Butz butz@psec.org
FL: April 6-30, 2009, Kevin Howe (CCD in Honduras) Contact: Jack Barnes tarajax1@yahoo.com
VT: April 26, 2009, Bruce Van Voorhis (Hong Kong) Contact: David Vanderlinde-Abernathy
OR: May 1-2, 2009, Jim and Jayanthi Wilson (Kgolagano Theological College in 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 (UCCSA in South Africa) Contact: Ruth Brandon ruthb@sonkaucc.org and Wayne Chasney pastorwayne@monroevilleuccorg
MO: May 1 – June 15 and July 19-25, 2009, Anil Henry (India) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net
MT, WY, UT, & CO: May 4-31, 2009, Bruce Van Voorhis (Hong Kong) Contact: Beth Miller (317) 713-2570 or bmiller@dom.disciples.org
WA: May 16-17, 2009, Doug and Liz Searles (Poland) Contact: Marvin Eckfeldt marveck@comcast.net
GA: May 18 – June 14, 2009 Phyllis Byrd (Kenya) Contact: Ray Miles ray@gadisciples.org
ND: June 5-7, Jim and Jayanthi Wilson (Kgolagano Theological College in Botswana) Contact: Wade Schemmel schemmel@npcucc.org
TX: July 19-24 and 26-30, 2009, Kevin Howe (CCD in Honduras) Contact: JoAnn Hoel at (254) 694-7981
HI: August 1-31, 2009, Martha Mensendiek (Japan) Contact: Charles Buck cbuck@hcucc.org
IA: September 1 – October 11 and October 17-31, 2009, John Campbell-Nelson (Indonesia) Contact: Hal and Donna Rusk h.rusk@mchsi.com