Prayer for Sunday September 12, 2010: El Salvador
Video of the Week: Interview with Erin McKinney, GMI with Caminante
Pledge to Pray and Act for Peace: A Million Minutes for Peace
INDONESIA
Global Ministries Southern Asia office received letters from the Communion of Churches in Indonesia regarding the threatened ‘Qur'an burning.’ To read the letters, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/sasia/indonesia-council-of-churches.html
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has sent a message to the Middle East negotiators in Washington to stress the concerns of Palestinian Christians: the final status of Jerusalem, the future of the Christians there and the need for a just peace in the region. To read the more and the message, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/concern-over-status-of.html
To join in a litany of prayer for the peace talks, click here: http://globalministries.org/news/mee/episcopal-diocese-of-14.html
KOREA
Travel to Korea and visit GM partners with a delegation from the Pacific Northwest Conference UCC and the Disciples of the Northwest Region by watching their pilgrimage video. Click here to view the video: http://globalministries.org/resources/multimedia-resources/index/general-videos/nw-prok-visit.html
Read the latest Missionary Newsletters:
- Xuyen Dangers - Laos: http://globalministries.org/sasia/overseasstaff/introducing-the-first-batch.html
- Ana & Tod Gobledale – United Kingdom: http://globalministries.org/mee/missionaries/greetings-from-southeast-1.html
- Mark Behle – Lesotho: http://globalministries.org/africa/missionaries/a-warm-welcome-back.html
- Susan Valiquette & Scott Couper – South Africa: http://globalministries.org/africa/missionaries/why-o-god-do-i-cry-out-to.html
- Nick Green – El Salvador: http://globalministries.org/lac/missionaries/random-film-review.html
- Elena Huegel – Chile: http://globalministries.org/lac/missionaries/reflection.html
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Monthly Mission Bulletin Story:
- September 2010: text only or pdf or español
- October 2010: text only
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:
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 17-29, 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 (China) 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 (China) Contact: Ken Moore DrKMoore@juno.com
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