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September 12, 2006 Mission News of South Indiana ConferenceEdited by Elsie Miller Volunteers and Funding Needed to Help Rebuild Baker Chapel UMCAfter an amazing and never-to-be-forgotten 9/11 weekend in DeGonia Springs, volunteers and funding are still desperately needed to rebuild the Baker Chapel United Methodist Church building. Immediate needs this week are experienced roofers. With the outer walls going up within 3 ½ hours on Friday, September 8, and by Sunday about a dozen trusses were up, deckers and roofers are needed now – ahead of schedule! If you are an experienced roofer, please contact Elsie Miller at the South Indiana Conference Center emiller@sicumc.org or toll-free 800-919-8160. There also is a need for someone to volunteer landscaping expertise. There are many trees that were to be planted this past weekend but were not planted due to the heat. The members of Baker Chapel would like planting advice and help designing a prayer garden where their former church building use to sit. If you have a background in this area and would like to volunteer your services, please contact Elsie. Updates and volunteer registration forms may be found at the Indiana Area UMC Web site at www.inareaumc.org, and at the Baker Chapel UMC Web site at www.bakerchapel.org. Volunteers are being scheduled into April, 2007. If you would like to help fund this project, please send your gifts to South Indiana Conference, PO Box 2267, Bloomington, IN 47402-2267, note on the memo line – Baker Chapel Rebuilding Fund. THANK YOU! Thank You to All Those Who Have Completed Mission Trips in 2006South Indiana Conference has record that 733 volunteers have completed mission trips so far in 2006 – fantastic! Thank you to all those who have submitted their Mission Report which was distributed at Annual Conference and is now apart of Charge Conference Forms. Please be sure to complete this form every time a mission activity is completed. If you would like to receive a mission report form, please contact Elsie. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the Seashore District Volunteer Center in Mississippi, teams who have participated with Operation Classroom, and the Native American trips, and to the following by district: Bloomington
Columbus
Evansville
Indianapolis East
Indianapolis West
New Albany
Rushville
Terre Haute
Mission Opportunities of the North Indiana ConferenceOn September 30, (registration deadline September 20) a Volunteers in Mission Team Training & Disaster Response Training is scheduled to be held at St. Luke’s UMC in Kokomo, Ind. For more information, please contact Bonnie Albert at 219-464-1447 or bonkay@hotmail.com. Check out information posted on the e-HUM e-vents calendar posted weekly at www.inareaumc.org. January 13 – 27, 2007 to Roatan Bay Island, HondurasThis year’s team will again hold a Bible School. In addition we will paint the outside of the preschool we built two years ago. We will finish four new classrooms in the original school building. For more information, please contact Tom & Nancy Ruielle with Waynedale UMC at 260-638-4405 or reuillen@aol.com. The cost per person is $1,500. Mission Opportunities Posted from North Central Jurisdictional Office of UMVIMKaren Daudelin of Wesley United Methodist Church in Bloomington, IL is leading a 3rd medical mission trip to Nicaragua Feb. 16-24, 2007. They lost one of the team doctors due to a scheduling conflict and are especially interested in getting a pediatrician or family doctor to take that spot on the team. If interested, please contact Karen at kpdaudelin@verizon.net. Haiti – March 6-20, 2007Virginia Bell, leader, Detroit Conference. Every year a team of teachers goes to Jeremy, Haiti and teaches Vacation Bible School to the fifth graders! Can you imagine the anticipation of 3rd and 4th graders, knowing that soon it will be their turn? The team is also adding a medical component this year. Call or email Virginia for more information, 906-492-3203, vbell@lighthouse.net. Deadline soon… Nicaragua, Cusmapa – February 1-12 AND August 13-23, 2007Leaders Bob and Regina Elgin, West Ohio Conference. Their team helped build an education building at a school and taught Vacation Bible School and English as a second language. This was their third trip to Cusmapa. Contact the Elgins at relgin@cinci.rr.com or call 513-777-5660. Lithuania – July 1-15, 2007.Richard and Donna Fisher, leaders, Dakotas Conference. Since Lithuania’s entry into the European Union, they are hungry to learn English. In 2005, the first TeachUM team to Lithuania learned that helping Lithuanians practice English might be the most practical economic development tool we can offer. Out of their difficult and often tragic history, Lithuanian Christians have much to teach us, too! Donna can be reached by phoning 605-355-9532, or emailing dfisher@rapidnet.com. Sign up by October 1! Volunteer Pastor Needed for English Language CongregationIn the central Mexico cities of Guanajuato and San Miguel, a number of North Americans have retired. The opportunity for outreach with an English language congregation, both to permanent English-speaking residents, as well as to a large number of tourists is a priority of the Central Conference of the Methodist Church of Mexico. In Guanajuato, the church has a sanctuary in the city center where no one meets now. In San Miguel, the work is to start a congregation in a city where land has been purchased. Needed is a firm faith in Christ and an understanding of the United Methodist connection, with a call to evangelization, flexibility and a willingness to be under ecclesial authority. Housing and a small stipend provided. Contact Lorna Jost, Individual Volunteer Consultant (ljost@brookings.net), for information on how to apply and visit the Individual Volunteer website (http://individualvolunteers.info). Your Church Can Help Groups as They Rebuild Burned Fences in DakotasHands Across the Dakotas, a loose-knit group of churches and traditional relief organizations, is planning to help various farmers and ranchers rebuild fences which were burned in this summer’s extensive prairie fires in North and South Dakota. Work teams are requested. The North Dakota contact for United Methodist Churches interested in helping is District Superintendent Debra Ball-Kilbourne in Jamestown. Her e-mail: neumc@daktel.com. Donations for materials and supplies will also be needed. Teacher of English in KoreaThere is an immediate and future need for English teachers in the Wesley Mission School in Sapko, Korea. Prospective volunteers should apply through the Individual Volunteer program of the GBGM (or the SEJ if you live in the SE). Successful applicants would be in the classroom 6 hours a day, five days a week. Pastor Byoung Han Jeong would prefer someone who could come for 6 months to a year, but will accept shorter term commitments at this time. There is a shared apartment with utilities, you can have lunch with the children, and there is a stipend of $500 / month for those who will stay longer term (this has been increased temporarily to $1500). Sapkyo is about a two hour or less wonderful train ride from downtown Seoul. It is SW of Seoul and located in the Chungcheong Namdo Province. Contact Lorna Jost (ljost@brookings.net), Individual Volunteer Consultant , for information on how to apply and visit the Individual Volunteer website (http://individualvolunteers.info).
Contact Elsie Miller, Administrative Assistant, UM South Indiana Conference, 1520 S. Liberty Dr, Bloomington, IN 47403-5167, 812-336-0186, ext. 221, Fax: 812-336-0216, toll-free 800-919-8160, emiller@sicumc.org. # # # e-HUM Announcement copyright 2006 by Indiana Area United Methodist Communications. |
