Prayer for Sunday July 11, 2010: China
Video of the Week: Courage to Hope: Responding to AIDS in Rural China
MMI Tip of the Week:
Want to learn more about the work of GM “home-based” staff? Check out the video interviews that we have posted here: http://globalministries.org/resources/multimedia-resources/index/staff-videos/
Be a Global Mission Church! Let us know what your congregation/region/conference is doing to live out the Global Mission Church commitment. Click here to access the forum page and type in your response: http://globalministries.org/about-us/be-a-global-mission-church/share-bagmc.html
Click here to access the newly revised Be a Global Mission Church materials: http://globalministries.org/about-us/be-a-global-mission-church.html
SOUTH AFRICA
The UCCSA shares their latest newsletters. To access the newsletters, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/africa/uccsa-shares-latest.html
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
180 Christians from 18 denominations gathered in Washington D.C. from June 13-15. To read the Churches for Middle East Peace 2010 Advocacy Conference report, click here http://globalministries.org/news/mee/churches-for-middle-east-13.html
Advocacy: Individuals and church groups are encouraged to make a Kairos Commitment to study and respond to the document "A Moment of Truth". Click here to learn more and access the commitment card: http://globalministries.org/mee/kairos/
Special Giving: http://globalministries.org/give/
MONTHLY MISSION BULLETIN STORY:
- July 2010: text only or pdf or español
- August 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:
MO: July 1 – August 31, Anil Henry (India) Contact: Danny Stewart danny-ccma@socket.net
NY: July 1-9 and 18-24, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Bob Welcher bobwelcher@verizon.net
MA: July 15-19, Patrick Bentrott (Haiti) Contact: Mark Pohlman jmpohlman@comcast.net
KS: July 24-29, 2010 Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Carla Aday CarlaA@cccckc.org
VA: September 6-30, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Jim Perry jimandjohanna@yahoo.com
NC: October 1-31 (not including 7-11), 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes (South Africa) Contact: Vertie Powers vertiepowersenca@soc-ucc.org
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