To download the WEEKLY PRAYER for Sunday worship, click here: Ecuador

Are you coming to Missionworks/MMI in Cleveland October 2-5, 2008? Missionworks/MMI

Help pass the Jubilee Act: Contact your Senator Learn about the implications for Haiti

CORRECTION: the correct date for Telfer Mook's memorial service is July 13, 2008 in Benzonia, MI. If you would like to share a memory of Telfer that we can post on our Global Ministries website at Losses to the Family please submit them to Marcy Dory dorym@ucc.org

Support Peace in Palestine and Israel June 4-10
It's Time for Palestine: Week of Global Action, June 4 – 10, is an opportunity sponsored by the World Council of Churches for the international church community to pray, educate, advocate, and participate in public action--all with an eye towards bringing peace in Palestine and Israel.  The action week's message is "It's Time for Palestine," a message that calls for both sides to share a just peace and end 60 years of conflict. The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem invite churches around the world to pray with them together during this time of reflection on Sunday, June 8 (download a PDF of the Jerusalem prayer). The WCC has created multiple resources to help people of faith meditate on and be moved to action – tools to teach more about the complex issues involved, first-hand accounts of the situation, tools to advocate for peace. For additional info, contact Derek Duncan at duncand@ucc.org

David Vargas to Share Mission Paper at Stone-Campbell Dialogue in St Louis
Representatives from the "three streams" of the Stone-Campbell Movement will be meeting in St. Louis, MO June 8-10, 2008 to have dialogue on global mission.  Robert Welsh, the president of the Council on Christian Unity, will be leading the Disciples delegation and David Vargas, Co-Executive of Global Ministries, will be sharing a paper on the topic Monday afternoon from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) perspective. David will trace the development of "Critical Presence" as the strategic approach that Global Ministries has developed in all phases of its mission. The paper will be posted next week on the Global Ministries website.

Global Ministries and Chinese Partners Exchange Correspondence
To read the exchange of letters, click here: China Earthquake

Global Ministries to Welcome Three "College of Mission" Summer Interns in Indianapolis
Through an initiative of David Vargas, Co-Executive of Global Ministries, Global Ministries will have three seminarians serving as interns for two months this summer. The candidates for the positions were proposed by Disciples affiliated seminaries and screened by Julia Brown Karimu, Global Ministries Mission Personnel Executive. Tracy Siegman tsiegman@dom.disciples.org, a Lexington Theological Seminary student, began serving in the Mission Interpretation and Constituency Relationship office with Bob Shebeck this week. Next week, Aaron Smith asmith@dom.disciples.org, a student at the University of Chicago – Disciples Divinity House, and Luis Gierbolini lgierbol@dom.disciples.org, a student at Christian Theological Seminary, will begin their internships in the Africa office with Sandra Gourdet and the Latin America and Caribbean office with Felix Ortiz respectively.  We welcome them to the Global Ministries staff family for the summer!

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Connect with Global Ministries Staff at Regional Assemblies and Annual Meetings:
Illinois Conference Annual meeting, Bloomington, IL: June 5-7 – Cally Rogers-Witte, Mary Kuenning Gross, Sandra Gourdet, Felix Ortiz and Susan Sanders sanderss@ucc.org
Virginia Regional Assembly, Lynchburg, VA June 6-8 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org
Stone-Campbell Dialogue, St. Louis, MO June 8-10, 2008 – David Vargas dvargas@dom.disciples.org
South Dakota Conference Annual Meeting,  Yankton, SD: June 13-15 – Cally Rogers-Witte rogerc@ucc.org , David Coatsworth coatswod@ucc.org and Florence Coppola coppolaf@ucc.org
Pennsylvania Regional Assembly, California, PA June 20-22 – Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org
Fauntleroy UCC, Seattle, WA: June 20-21 - Cally Rogers-Witte rogerc@ucc.org

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
IA: May 1 to June 30, 2008, Linda and Bruce Hanson (The Christian Development Commission (CCD) and The Theological Community of Honduras (CTEH) Contact: Selva Lehman selvarl@mchsi.com
Southern CA: May 1 to June 30, 2008, Jeffrey Mensendiek (Council on Cooperative Mission, assigned to the Emmaus Center in Sendai, Japan) Contact: Virginia Arroyo arroyo@scncucc.org
WA: May 10 to June 30, 2008, Ana and Tod Gobledale (Churches of Christ Theological College in Melbourne, Australia) Contact: Marvin Eckfeldt marveck@comcast.net
TN: June 8-30 and July 13-20, 2008, Krista Johnson (Sabeel in Jerusalem) Contact: Glen Stewart glenjstewart@bellsouth.net
IN: July 6-10, July 14-22 and July 28 – August 10, 2008, Alex Morse (Caminantes in the Dominican Republic) Contact: Cheryl Cloar: cheryl@ccindiana.org
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
NC: May 1 to June 30, 2009, Tim Rose (Reformed Church of France) Contact: Janelle Bunn janellebunn@soc-ucc.org