Prayer for Sunday June 13, 2010: 
Colombia
Blog of the Week: GM missionary in Colombia, Michael Joseph
June is Torture Awareness Month: To learn more, click here: http://www.nrcat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=41
This Week in GM:
Edinburgh 2010 Missionary Conference:
David Vargas, GM Co-Executive, represented Global Ministries at this historic world missionary conference, click here to learn more: http://globalministries.org/news/news/edinburgh-2010.html
To read the concluding statement, "Common Call", click here:
http://www.edinburgh2010.org/fileadmin/files/edinburgh2010/files/
conference_docs/Common_Call_final.pdf
MMI Tip of the Week:
Not sure how to answer some frequently asked questions about Global Ministries or where to send folks on the website to get their questions answered? We've made it easy for you! Click here to view our GM FAQs:
http://globalministries.org/about-us/
Order your DVDs of the Congo Symposium: Contact Marcia Harris to place your order mharris@dom.disciples.org
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
GM co-executives, Cally Rogers-Witte and David Vargas, issue statement on the Gaza blockade crisis. Click here to read their statement:
http://globalministries.org/news/mee/global-ministries.html
To read the World Council of Churches statement, click here:
http://globalministries.org/news/mee/wcc-condemns-the-assault-on-a.html
To read other partner statements, click here: http://globalministries.org/mee/
KOREA
Korean partners issue statements on the current crisis on the Korean Peninsula. To read the Presbyterian Church of the Republic of Korea (PROK) statement, click here:
http://globalministries.org/news/eap/prok-position-on-the-current.html
To read the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) statement, click here:
http://globalministries.org/news/eap/nccks-statement-choenan.html
CHINA
The GM Council of Theological Students is back from their pilgrimage to China. To read all their journal entries and to see photos of their trip, click here:
http://globalministries.org/news/eap/cts-china.html
News from our GM Missionaries:
Special Giving: http://globalministries.org/give/
Global Ministries at Quadrennial:
- Interested in helping out at the Global Ministries exhibit during Quadrennial? Contact Bob Shebeck bshebeck@dom.disciples.org to volunteer your time.
- Interested in hearing the stories of our International Sister guests and asking them questions in person at Quadrennial, please make plans to come to the GM exhibit during the following times:
- Wednesday, June 23:
- Africa 1:30 to 2:30
- East Asia and Pacific 2:30 to 3:30
- Southern Asia 3:30 to 4:30
- Latin America and Caribbean 4:30 to 5:30
- Middle East and Europe 6:00 to 7:00
- Thursday, June 24:
- East Asia and Pacific 12:30 to 1:30
- Middle East and Europe 1:30 to 2:30
- Southern Asia 2:30 to 3:30
- Latin America and Caribbean 3:30 to 4:30
- Africa 4:30 to 5:30
- Friday, June 25:
- Africa 12:30 to 1:30
- Southern Asia 1:30 to 2:30
- Middle East and Europe 2:30 to 3:30
- East Asia and Pacific 3:30 to 4:30
- Latin America and Caribbean 4:30 to 5:30
- Saturday, June 26:
- Latin America and Caribbean 12:00 to 12:45
- Southern Asia 12:45 to 1:30
- Africa 1:30 to 2:15
- Middle East and Europe 2:15 to 3:00
- East Asia and Pacific 3:00 to 3:45
MONTHLY MISSION BULLETIN STORY:
June 2010: text only or pdf or español
July 2010: text only or pdf
Are you coming to Missionworks in Cleveland October 7-10? Register Today!
Upcoming Ministries and Mission Interpreters (MMI) Training Events:
Find a Missionary Visit in your State:
Northern CA: April 1 – June 30, 2010, Sandra Lee-Takei (Japan) Contact: Gen Heywood pastorgen@earthlink.net
Greater KC: June 13-21, 2010, Kim and Patrick Bentrott (Haiti) Contact: Karen Yount kyount2@juno.com
MO: June 24-30, 2010, Kim and Patrick Bentrott (Haiti) Contact: Suzanne Webb swebb@union-avenue.org
(NEW) 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
(NEW) 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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