Your Global Ministries Update: May 19, 2010

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Prayer for Sunday May 23, 2010: Chile

This Week in GM:

- Friday & Saturday May 21 & 22 @ the Sheraton downtown Indy: Congo Symposium. To register, click here: http://globalministries.org/calendar/congo-symposium.html  To order a DVD of the plenary sessions, e-mail Pat Sanborn psanborn@dom.disciples.org

Video of the Week: The Shalom Center in Chile

MMI Tip of the Week:

Is your congregation using the GM Weekly Prayer and Monthly Mission Bulletin Story? Both of these resources can be accessed on the GM homepage. Click on the homepage photo and you’ll go to the Weekly Prayer written by one of our missionaries/partners/staff. Scroll down to the Mission Bulletin Stories section and click on the month and story you want to download. We have a text version, pdf version and Spanish version. Get your congregation in the rhythm of using these resources today!

VENEZUELA

Representatives from the Union of Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Venezuela (UEPV) will visit Colorado June 27 to July 4 to strengthen the Global Church Partnership. To learn about the schedule of events, click here:

http://globalministries.org/news/lac/venezuelan-partners-to-visit.html

GERMANY

How Christians living in a rich society deal with the concern for the poor was one of the subjects discussed by participants at a German church convention (Kirchentag) celebrated in Munich , from 12-16 May. To read more, click here:

http://globalministries.org/news/mee/concern-for-the-poor-in-a.html

ISRAEL/PALESTINE

Janet Wright, GM short-term volunteer, shares about the work of the East Jerusalem YMCA. To read her story, click here:

http://globalministries.org/news/mee/when-did-we-see-you-hungry.html

Attention UCC Constituents!

It is time to share your mission stories for the “Calendar of Prayer.”  Please send via e-mail your submissions to Jan Aerie aeriej@ucc.org for this daily guided prayer resource.  This resource has been used by individuals and local UCC congregations for over 70 years.  It began by lifting up the missionary personnel of the denomination. The “Calendar of Prayer” is a unique offering to the church, lifting up the mission stories of local congregations, conferences, associations and the national settings of the church.  We are invited and encouraged to remember and pray for these ministry outreaches daily. This is an opportunity for you to share your experiences and passions in print with others. Please send short (200 words) stories and links for stories to Jan no later than June 21.

Global Ministries at Quadrennial:

Each week we will highlight a GM activity at Quadrennial for Disciples Women June 22-27, 2010 in Greensboro , NC . This week it’s workshop opportunities:

Thursday, June 24 from 1:45 to 3:15pm

• International Sisters from Africa with Sandra Gourdet.
• International Sisters from East Asia and the Pacific with Xiaoling Zhu
• International Sisters from Latin America and the Caribbean with Felix Ortiz

Friday, June 25 from 3:45 to 5:15pm

• Disciples Women in Global Mission with Bob Shebeck
• Global Giving Update with Jane Sullivan-Davis and Sarah Riester
• International Sisters from Southern Asia with James Vijayakumar
• International Sisters from the Middle East and Europe with Betty Frank
• Disciples Connect to the Democratic Republic of Congo

GoodSearch:

Who doesn’t love a second chance?! GoodSearch is giving us another chance to raise $1 each time someone downloads the Global Ministries GoodSearch toolbar. Starting at Noon Eastern TODAY (Wednesday, May 19), go to this link: http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/global-ministries-disciples-of-christ-and-united-church-of-christ to download the toolbar. It does not require registration and will not ask for your email address. It will give you a place to type in searches and earn 1 cent per search for Global Ministries and will notify you when you are visiting a site that will make a contribution if you make a purchase. It also provides a link to Global Ministries homepage! GoodSearch activities have helped Global Ministries raise almost $1,100 already.

MONTHLY MISSION BULLETIN STORY:                                     

- May 2010: text only or pdf

- June 2010: text only or pdf   

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

Attention Ohio Disciples and UCC around the Sandusky , OH area:

Mark Jenson, a participant on the 2010 Mungeli, India People-to-People pilgrimage organized by Georgia Disciples, is available to share the story of Mungeli through video and testimony this summer on the following Sundays: June 6, 13, 20, 27 and July 11. If you would like to arrange a speaking engagement at your church, please contact Mark at: bjorn03@gmail.com

Find a Missionary Visit in your State:

Northern CA: April 1 – June 30, 2010, Sandra Lee-Takei ( Japan ) Contact: Gen Heywood pastorgen@earthlink.net

MO: June 24-30, 2010, Kim and Patrick Bentrott ( Haiti ) Contact: Suzanne Webb swebb@union-avenue.org

NY: July 1-9 and 18-24, 2010, Dawn and Jon Barnes ( South Africa ) Contact Bob Welcher bobwelcher@verizon.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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For Disciples:                                                    For the UCC:

Bob Shebeck                                                     Jan Aerie

bshebeck@dom.disciples.org                             aeriej@ucc.org

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