Prayer for Sunday August 8, 2010: Japan

Video of the Week: Asian Rural Institute in Japan

Are you coming to ¡MissionWorks! October 7-10? Info & Online Registration

Child Sponsorship
Global Ministries is in the life-changing business, but it somehow seems most important when we’re able to change a life by giving hope and opening new opportunities for children.  Child Sponsorship does just that in 15 locations around the world. To learn more about how you can become a part of this life-changing program, please go to: http://globalministries.org/get-involved/special-giving-opportunities/child-sponsorship-annual.htmlor contact Linda Lawrence, Child Sponsorship Program Administrator at LawrencL@ucc.org or toll-free (866) 822-8224, extension 3222.

PAKISTAN
Flooding over the past week has resulted in deaths of at least 800 people in Pakistan. To learn more about the situation and Church World Service’s response, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/sasia/pakistan-flood-disaster-cws.html

ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Nearly 23,000 people have said "Yes!" to peace, "Yes!" to U.S. leadership, and "Yes!" to security, dignity, and freedom for both Israel and Palestinians. To learn more and to join the Community of “Yes”, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/mee/cmep-action-alert-23000-and.html

MOZAMBIQUE
Two Georgia Disciples visit partners in Southern Africa. To read a summary of their pilgrimage, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/africa/two-disciples-from-georgia.html

HAITI
The National Spiritual Council of Churches of Haiti (CONASPEH) continues to move forward in recovering from the earthquake of January 12, 2010. To read the latest update that GM has received, click here:  http://globalministries.org/news/lac/conaspeh-recovery-update.html

Urgent Request for Missionaries to Serve in Haiti
To view the description of the three positions and the application info, click here:  http://globalministries.org/get-involved/mission-opportunities/urgent-request-for.html

Monthly Mission Bulletin Story:                                           
- August 2010: text only or pdf or español  
- September 2010: text only or pdf or español

Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:
- Oceanside, California: Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 8:30am to 4:30pm at First Christian Church in Oceanside. For more info, click here:  http://globalministries.org/calendar/southern-california-mmi.html
- Cleveland, Ohio: October 7-10, 2010 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Cleveland, OH: Missionworks with an MMI training. For more information, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/missionworks.html
- January 14 & 15, 2011: Florida Disciples and UCC Mission Summit/MMI training event: Save the date and more info will be coming!

Find a Missionary Visit in your State: New visits posted
MO: July 1 – August 31, 2010 Anil Henry (India) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net 
New OH: August 1-8, 2010 Zoltan Szucs (Hungary) Contact: Alapar Paloffy
New IN: August 24-29, 2010 Erin McKinney (Dominican Republic) Contact: Sarah Haas
New VT: September 1- October 10, 2010 Zoltan Szucs (Hungary) Contact: Bob Keller rsdbkeller@yahoo.com 
VA: September 6-30, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Jim Perry jimandjohanna@yahoo.com 
CA(south): September 21-19, 2010 Buddy Martinez (Thailand) Contact: Susan Richardson KYMOMCAT@aol.com 
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 (Chine) 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 (Chine) Contact: Ken Moore DrKMoore@juno.com