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Global Mission Resources
Missionary Relationships
Mission Travel
Worship & Education
Children & Youth
Videos
Disciples Resources
United Church of Christ Resources

Globalization Resources from Global Ministries Advocacy and Education team, includes resources from Global Ministries' partners and mission staff around the world as well as a variety of perspectives on the impact of economic and cultural changes on communities worldwide.

Water for All! resources highlight the Global Education and Advocacy team's campaign on critical water issues, partnered with Church World Service and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

Global Volunteer Service resource from the Global Ministries Mission Personnel Office provides a brief overview of opportunities for missionary service, length of assignments, financial support information, and how to apply.

Missionary Visits and Relationships outlines how a congregation can be matched with a missionary to personalize mission and ways congregations may make effective use of a visit from a missionary.

People in Mission brochure from the Global Ministries Mission Personnel Office provides an overview of types and lengths of mission assignments, the selection process, opportunities available, and quotations from current missionaries.

Living Stones Pilgrimage with the Christians of the Holy Land: A Guide is for visitors who want to share the thoughts and the life, witness and presence of those who now live in the troubled land of Israel and Palestine.  Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3230. $15.00

People-to-People Pilgrimages Program brochure describes the exciting trend of hands-on experiences in mission and offers initial steps to follow in organizing a successful group mission pilgrimage experience through Global Ministries.

Planning Your Own Unique Trip to the Holy Land guide by Betty Jane Bailey aids in planning and preparing for a group trip to the Holy Land.  Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3230.

Breads Around the World
Six four-page "Breads Around the World" pieces (Africa, Chile, the Caribbean, India, China, and Middle East) are available for use in preparing for World Communion Sunday. They include hunger facts, bread recipes and liturgical resources.
 Breads Around the World: AFRICA
 Breads Around the World: CARIBBEAN
 Breads Around the World: CHILE
 Breads Around the World: CHINA
 Breads Around the World: INDIA
 Breads Around the World: MIDDLE EAST

What is Islam? essay provides an introduction to the religion of Islam, its adherents, and their beliefs, practices and demographic make-up, including recommended reading.  Order by calling 866-822-8224 ext. 3208 e-mail wcm@ucc.org.

Bright Wings is a 60-page book of collected artwork depicting the lives of Palestinian children from Rawdat El Zuhur primary school in East Jerusalem. $14.00 including shipping.

Child Sponsorship Brochure:  Connecting the World Through a Child resource describes the Global Ministries' Child Sponsorship Program, which is committed to supporting children at risk by providing a practical way for individuals and churches to extend a helping hand.  Learn more at Global Ministries Child Sponsorship

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Connecting Threads DVD includes the 6 videos of the Connecting Threads series and the God's Surprise video into one DVD. A 7-session Study Guide is also included which will enable you to take your adult Sunday School class for a trip around the world to witness the incredible work Disciples and the UCC are doing through Global Ministries. Order your Connecting Threads DVD and Study Guide by calling 1-800-537-3394.

Week of Compassion  Share how WOC provides emergency and long-term assistance to people in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, droughts, civil war and other natural and human catastrophes.  WOC responds with help, hope and hospitality to people who have been uprooted and displaced from their homelands by war, environmental catastrophe, famine and natural disaster.  Order by calling 317-713-2450.

Disciple Mission Fund is a ministry by which congregations, regions, institutions of higher education and general units share in the mission of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). This ministry is a faithful witness of receiving, caring and giving in Christian community. Disciples Mission Fund receives contribution from more than 2,800 Disciples congregations to support the worldwide mission of the church.  This is done through annual contributions to Disciples Mission Fund and through Special Offerings received at Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

www.disciples.org  The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) website is a resource where many questions about the Disciples can be answered, or to gain more information and stories about Disciple members, congregations, Regions and National offices.

Disciples World is a journal of news, opinion, and mission for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).  The name is drawn from that body of people - the Disciples of Christ - for and by whom it is published. The journal is an avenue for the expression of a wide variety of opinions, whether or not those opinions reflect some establishment or preferred viewpoint, written and read by laity and clergy alike and featuring articles on a wide spectrum of topics, along with Bible lessons, columns, media reviews, meditations, poetry, and occasionally short fiction.

Kids to Kids - Disciples Kids -real life... making choices... taking chances...living out the gospel...and making the world a better place to live! With KIDS to KIDS, you make the decisions. What to do? It's up to YOU!  It is all about Kids helping Kids.

Woman-to-Woman Worldwide
Woman-to-Woman is an opportunity to personalize mission in the life of congregations and regions.  Woman-to-Woman responds to the call for church women to experience solidarity with one another, to affirm the unity of the church in Jesus Christ and to join the common struggle for justice and peace in the world today. These international, ecumenical and personal experiences encourage faithful women to identify and support their diverse ministries.

Heath and Wholeness Advocacy Brochure
This brochure describes the mission and resources of the Health and Wholeness Advocacy Office. 

O God, Tender and Just
This set of resources includes reflections, resources, essays, Bible Study, and liturgy in response to September 11, 2001. 

One Great Hour of Sharing Annual Report
This resource illustrates how your One Great Hour of Sharing gifts are used for building sustainable communities, emergency relief, refugee resettlement, and disaster response.

Year 175: A Brief History of the UCBWM was written in 1985 by former United Church Board for World Ministries (UCBWM) Executive Vice President Dr. David M. Stowe. 

UCC Volunteer Ministries

Mission Trip Opportunities lists work/study mission trips for groups who wish to engage in volunteer service in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Volunteer Ministries Brochure describes the Partners in Service Program, Mission Trip Opportunities, Service Day programs, and Leadership Training Events.

Partners in Service booklet describes the opportunities for  individuals and couples in short- and long-term volunteer placements in the United States and Puerto Rico. To order call 216-736-3216.

UCC National Disaster Ministries

Disaster News Network website provides connections to news and stories about faith-based disaster response and volunteer opportunities.

Disaster Response On the Web provides current information and updates on UCC Disaster Ministries involvement in the United States and Puerto Rico.

UCC National Disaster Ministries brochure provides information about preparedness for and response to natural and technological disasters in the United States and Puerto Rico.

The Silent Disaster: People of Faith Respond to Technological Disaster manual is for communities in to identify what might be a technological disaster, and includes how to organize a faith-based task force.  Order from WCM National Disaster Ministries, (216) 736-3216.

UCC Refugee & Immigration Ministries

Refugee Resettlement Ministry in the UCC: Welcoming Uprooted People brochure promotes local church involvement in refugee sponsorship through UCC Refugee Ministries.