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The Outreach Ministry CommitteeReaching out to others, expressing the Compassion of ChristThe Outreach Committee is composed of nine members and meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM.PurposeThe purpose of the committee is to support local, national and international agencies that provide relief to people in need of assistance. Tasks
In January, the committee organizes Mission Sunday, inviting members of various local agencies to participate in services and a presentation of their programs for all church members to enjoy.
Your
Global Ministries Update:
March 27, 2008
Disciples
and UCC… together in God’s global mission - Visit
us at: www.globalministries.org
Please
download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for
your church bulletin/newsletter:
Calming the Storm:
Register now for Churches
for Middle East Peace Advocacy
conference, April 20-22.
Hope is Global:
Join
Darfur activists around the world in a Day of Action on Darfur,
Sunday, April 13. Visit
Save
Darfur to
join an event in your area. Plan
a Tent
of Hope event
with your congregation, school or community.
Request for Prayer for the Election
in Zimbabwe
March 29, 2008 marks a momentous occasion in the political history of Zimbabwe
as the people go to the polls to elect leaders for the country. Given
the past history of Zimbabwe's elections, there is great concern that the
elections are carried out in a manner that fosters free and fair democratic
elections. As Christians this is an opportunity for us to pray with our
brothers and sisters as they exercise their constitutional right to vote. To
read the entire request, click here: Zimbabwe
Elections
Death
of Former Missionary to the Philippines, Lynn Keyes
Word has been received of the passing of Lynn Keyes, 86, on Monday, March 17,
2008. Lynn and his wife, Lillian, served as educators in the Philippines
from 1951-1967. To read the entire obituary, click here: Lynn
Keyes
Global Ministries Council of
Theological Students Publish Latest Newsletter
The following students are a part of Global Ministries Council of Theological
Students for the 2007-2008 school year: Geoffrey Brewster-Phillips Theological
Seminary, Carla Dietz Carroll-Yale Divinity School, Cheryl Cloar-Christian
Theological Seminary, Sage Crary-Hartford Seminary, Evan Dolive-Lexington
Theological Seminary, Diane Faires-Vanderbilt Disciples Divinity House, Cara
Gilger-Vanderbilt Disciples Divinity House, Donna Goodnow-Chicago Theological
Seminary, Stephanie Haskins-Andover Newton Theological School, Robin LaBolt-Eden
Theological Seminary, Mark Pettis-Lexington Theological Seminary, Aaron
Wade-Howard University School of Divinity. To read their newsletter on
“Mission Praxis”, click here: Newsletter
- March 2008
The
National Interreligious Leadership Initiative Sends Letter to Secretary Rice
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Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders, including Sharon Watkins and John
Thomas faxed a letter to Secretary Rice on March 20th. The letter begins: “We
write to commend your active support for current diplomatic efforts led by
Egypt to turn what was for several days an informal, temporary and fragile
cessation of hostilities between Palestinian forces in Gaza and the Israeli
Defense Force into a formal, permanent and comprehensive ceasefire covering
Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.” To read the rest of the letter, click here:
NILI
Letter
Project M.A.E.S.T.R.A. in Paraguay
Shares Stories of its Workers
Project M.A.E.S.T.R.A. is a program of Friendship Mission. Friendship Mission
was founded in 1953 by the United Christian Missionary Society (predecessor of
the Division of Overseas Ministries) and by graduates of the International
School in Paraguay. (The International School was the first Disciples mission
in Paraguay and was founded in 1917.) The Spanish word "maestra"
means "teacher" in English. Project M.A.E.S.T.R.A. uses the acronym
for the Spanish description, which, when translated into English means
"Friendship Mission Extension of Health Services Through Relationships
and Aid." The goals outlined for the project are to provide medical
services including medications to people in areas where there is no local
access to said services; and to offer classes and workshops to teach about
diabetes, hypertension, disease prevention, hygiene, etc. Services are
provided by a team of four which includes a social worker/receptionist, a
nurse, a medical doctor, and physician assistant. To read the stories, click
here: Delia
Lopez and Nelida
Lopez
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Please contact us, if you want any further information:
Find a Missionary Visit in your State: (new
visit added this week!)
WA:
February 1 to March 31, 2008, Doug and Liz Searles (English teachers with the
Sichuan TV and Radio University in Chengdu, China) Contact: Mary Margaret
Pruitt marympaul@foxinternet.com
IL:
February 1 to March 31, 2008, Linda and Bruce Hanson (The
Christian Development Commission (CCD) and The Theological Community of
Honduras (CTEH)
Contact: Lois Whitaker JandLWhit@consolidated.net
Penn
NE: March
21-31 and April 6 to 30, 2008, Jeffrey Mensendiek (Council
on Cooperative Mission, assigned to the Emmaus Center in Sendai, Japan)
Contact: Alan Miller alanm@pnec.org
Penn
SE:
April 6 to May 31, 2008, Dale and Bethsaba Nafziger (National Churches
Fellowship of Nepal) Contact: Geneva Butz butz@psec.org
IA:
May 1 to June 30, 2008, Linda and Bruce Hanson (The
Christian Development Commission (CCD) and The Theological Community of
Honduras (CTEH)
Contact: Selva Lehman selvarl@mchsi.com
Southern
CA: May
1 to June 30, 2008, Jeffrey Mensendiek (Council
on Cooperative Mission, assigned to the Emmaus Center in Sendai, Japan)
Contact: Virginia Arroyo arroyo@scncucc.org
WV:
May 1-31, 2008, Krista Johnson (Sabeel in Jerusalem) Contact: Thad Allen tallen@wvdisciples.org
WA:
May 10 to June 30, 2008, Ana and Tod Gobledale (Churches of Christ Theological
College in Melbourne, Australia) Contact: Marvin Eckfeldt marveck@comcast.net
TN:
June 8-30 and July 13-20, 2008, Krista Johnson (Sabeel in Jerusalem) Contact:
Glen Stewart glenjstewart@bellsouth.net
IN: July 6-10, July
14-22 and July 28 – August 10, 2008, Alex Morse (Caminantes in the Dominican
Republic) Contact: Cheryl Cloar: cheryl@ccindiana.org
CT:
September 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009, Tim Rose (Reformed Church of France)
Contact: Cecile Gilson cecileg@ctucc.org
Outreach
Ministry Sunday
2008
The
Outreach Ministry Committee invites members and friends of the Church to come
celebrate Outreach Sunday on January 27th , 2008.
Jim Morgan from the UCC Our Church’s Wider Mission will be speaking
from the pulpit and available to meet you in the Parish Hall after the 10:00
service.
We
will also be honoring various local agencies that our church supports and to
share the news of the wonderful service they provide to the community.
Would you please join us at 10:00 to worship with representatives from
some of these agencies and take the opportunity to meet with them after the
service? Tables will be set up in the Parish Hall with literature about
the services that these agencies provide plus people who can speak to us first
hand about what they do.
A few
of the agencies that we hope to see on January 27th, 2008:
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