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Mission Opportunities
For Mission Monday, February 11, 2008
This newsletter is paid for through your annual conference connectional ministries giving.
Edited by Daniel R. Gangler, director of communication dgangler@inareaumc.org.
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LEGISLATIVE ALERT
PULL TAB BILL HAS A CHANCE TO PASS INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Indiana Senate Appropriation’s Committee heard testimony on HB 1153, Pull Tabs, this past Thursday. NO vote was taken. The committee will vote on the bill this Thursday. Under legislation passed by the Indiana House in January, more than 7,000 bars, taverns and restaurants across the state would be allowed to offer the pull tabs and other forms of low-stakes gambling. This marks the second consecutive year that state legislators have considered proposals that would expand gambling in Indiana.
Many Hoosier are getting fed up with the General Assembly continuing to expand legalized gambling in Indiana. Please protest this expansion by writing your State Senator TODAY.
Thank you. – Indiana Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
Editor’s note: Contact your senator by e-mail. To find his/her e-mail addresses, log on to www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact.pl. Don’t know your legislators and need a listing by ZIP code? Log on to www.in.gov/apps/sos/legislator/search/.
EVENTS DEADLINES THIS WEEK
FOX, REISMAN TO LEAD INDIANA AREA CONVOCATION FEB. 29-MARCH 1
Deadline for registration is Feb. 14.
Kayc Mykrantz, lay leader of the North Indiana Conference, and Ike Williams, lay leader of the South Indiana Conference of The United Methodist Church, invite both laity and clergy to a unique LEAP Year Event – Let’s Establish A Priority to Tell Our Story – the weekend of Feb. 29-March 1, at United Methodist-related University of Indianapolis. They will be joined by Dr. Eddie Fox of The World Methodist Council and nationally known North Indiana Conference Evangelist, the Rev. Kimberly Reisman, in a two-day event leading participants to become confident in sharing their faith through personal stories. LEAP will run from opening worship at 7 p.m. Friday night, Feb. 29, through closing worship at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 at Ransburg Auditorium in Esch Hall. Bishop Mike Coyner will lead opening worship followed by a presentation by Fox. Registration will open at 5 p.m. Cost is $50 per person including materials and Saturday lunch. A brochure and bulletin insert including a registration form is available online at www.inareaumc.org. Printed brochures have been mailed to lay leadership across the state.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2008 GLOBAL JUSTICE VOLUNTEERS
Deadline to Apply: Feb.15.
There is still time for young adults between the ages of 20 and 30 to apply for short-term, volunteer mission service in the 2008 Global Justice Volunteers program of The United Methodist Church. The 2008 areas of service are Asia and Africa.
The Global Justice Volunteers program offers young people the opportunity to live internationally for two months and explore the issues of justice and its advocacy as a component of mission. The internships relate to grassroots and ecumenical partners of the General Board of Global Ministries, the international mission agency of The United Methodist Church. Emphasis is on cultural exchange. Young adults from the US and Europe live and work in community with young people from the host region.
The program is sponsored by the Mission Volunteers Office of Global Ministries in collaboration with the Women’s Division of the mission agency.
Each intern is expected to contribute $2,200 to the program. Participants usually finance this cost through fundraising in their community/church. Limited scholarships are available.
- Spring Term dates to Asia: (issue focus: Migrant Farmers and Workers) March 3-April 24, 2008, Still accepting applications
- Summer Term dates to Africa: (issue focus: HIV & AIDS, substance abuse as it relates to conflict situations...) June 30-August 17.
For additional information go online to www.gjv.info, or contact Beth Buchanan at bbuchanan@gbgm-umc.org.
MISSION NEWS
NORTHERN INDIANA HIT BY SECOND WAVE OF FLOODING
Disaster News Network posted a story on the northern Indiana flooding at www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=3609.
CHURCHES CAN FINANCIALLY HELP FLOOD SURVIVORS IN NORTH INDIANA
Churches wishing to make monetary donations to assist victims of the recent flooding in North Indiana may send funds to:
North Indiana Conference UMC
PO Box 869
Marion, IN 46952
Note for Flood Relief in North Indiana – Account 030401
Flood buckets and flood bucket materials are being collected by the Monticello UMC, 200 South Main Street in Monticello. For more information, contact Pastor Brian Beeks at 574-583-5545.
Homes that flooded along the Tippecanoe River last month, were flooded again last week. Once the water recedes, volunteers will be able to muck out houses. Information about volunteering will be posted when volunteers are needed.
OPERATION DOCTOR TO WORK ON NEW MOTHER-CHILD BLOCK AT KISSY
Representatives from Operation Classroom/Doctor, the General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Kissy General Hospital, its medical board and the church decided on Saturday, Feb. 9, in Freetown, Sierra Leone to set a common vision of Kissy Hospital. They will pursue funding for the construction of a Mother-Child Block at Kissy Hospital, which would house a maternity and child ward and the nutrition unit.
The goal is to begin construction in 2010, if funding is available,
Operation Classroom/Doctor was asked and agreed to develop a master plan and preliminary plans for the Mother-Child Block by May 1. Included in the plan will be the development of a transitional plan to care for the programs that will be displaced by the construction. All plans will be reviewed and approved by the medical board of the conference.
The General Board of Global Ministries will provide the funds for the development of the site plan and the preliminary drawings of the Mother and Child Health Block.
Operation Classroom will assist in providing funds for the transitional program to care temporarily for the programs that will be displaced due to the construction of the Mother and Child Health Block. – Joe Wagner, Operation Classroom, Operation Doctor
UE EDUCATION STUDENTS HELP 3RD GRADERS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY
Education students at the United Methodist-related University of Evansville will help a group of local third graders celebrate Black History Month this Tuesday, offering them a tour of the Evansville African-American History Museum.
The group from UE will serve as museum docents for the Dexter Elementary School third graders on Feb. 12. Each of the 18 University juniors will be responsible for a different display in the museum – a responsibility that includes doing extra research on that particular exhibit, as well as being responsible for any general knowledge about Black History.
This idea came about when Sharon Gieselmann, assistant professor of education at UE, and the members of the Black History Month committee at Dexter Elementary school were exploring ideas to celebrate African-American history. Dexter’s principal, Vicki Duncan, and Lana Burton, who is on the board of directors at the museum, attended the meeting, which led to the idea for the university students to be docents for the third graders. – UE
AFRICA UPPER ROOM DIRECTOR GUIDES GROWING MINISTRY
If Roland Rink were to draw a caricature of himself, he would sketch a mangy lion protecting those around him. Except for the mangy part, he’s identified himself aptly, though the lion would have to be a gentle one.
Rink is the managing director for Africa Upper Room Ministries, an arm of Upper Room Ministries headquartered in Eikenhof, South Africa, just outside Johannesburg. The vision for Africa Upper Room is no less than helping every African spend time with God daily.
Established in January 2002, Africa Upper Room coordinates printing and distribution for African editions of The Upper Room daily devotional and other Upper Room resources.
Africa Upper Room represents a new model for international ministry in several key ways, according to Dale Waymack, the ministry’s Nashville, Tenn.,-based Africa region coordinator. Those include “coordinating editorial, production, fulfillment and distribution components of an African publishing system on the continent and … providing a means for drawing people together throughout the continent creating synergy for those with similar passions.” -- UMNS
BLOOMINGTON DISTRICT ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR HAITIAN ORPHANAGE
The Bloomington District Mission Trip to Haiti is quickly approaching. The trip will take place March 7-16. The project for this mission trip will be the construction of an orphanage on the grounds of the Haiti Methodist Church Project at Gebeau, which is near Jeremie, Haiti. The cost of this project will be around $40,000. The Bloomington District Office is accepting donations for this project. Please make checks payable to the Bloomington District UMC and mail to the District office, 1520 South Liberty Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403-5167.
HIGHLIGHTED MISSION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
UMCOR TO SEND STAFF TO ASSIST IN LONG TERM RECOVERY TRAINING
Gordon Knuckey, a staff member of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, will be coming to Indiana TOMORROW, Tuesday, Feb. 12, to the Monticello United Methodist Church, 200 South Main from 9 to Noon to conduct a simplified version of long-term recovery training for pastors and laity in the Lafayette District wishing to help north Indiana residents recover from flood damage. A complimentary lunch will be provided by the Monticello UMC. Please call the church at 574-583-5545 for lunch reservations.
Knuckey will offer a second session Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Columbia City UMC, 605 Forest Parkway in Columbia City, Ind. (phone 260-244-7671). For the Columbia City event, lunch is on your own. No reservations are necessary. Pastors and laity from other districts wishing to receive this training also are welcome to attend. – Gary Peterson, NIC disaster recovery coordinator
SOUTH INDIANA CONFERENCE VIM TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 1
The South Indiana Conference announces a United Methodist Volunteer in Mission (UMVIM) Training Event scheduled to be held Saturday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Camp Indi-Co-So, 558 Sieboldt Quarry Road in Springville, Ind. www.sicumc.org/gocamp/indicoso.asp
If you are interested in leading or participating on a mission trip this event is for you! Lorna Jost, UMVIM Administrator for North Central Jurisdiction, will be the event leader. The cost is $30 per person and includes UMVIM Training Manual and lunch. Please send reservations to the South Indiana Conference – VIM Training, 1520 S. Liberty Drive, Bloomington IN 47403 by Feb. 15. For more information, please contact Jenni Walker or 812-893-1760.
EARLY DISASTER RESPONSE TRAINING SET FOR INDY ON MARCH 8
The Indiana Area of The United Methodist Church is sponsoring a United Methodist Volunteer in Mission EARLY DISASTER RESPONSE TRAINING event on Saturday, March 8 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street in Indianapolis (one block west of North Meridian Street (US Highway 31). Coffee and snacks from 9:30 to 10 a.m., training from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. UMCOR approved trainers
Who should attend? All volunteers interested in Early Disaster Response work, pastors, District Disaster Response Coordinators. Cost $20 per person, includes lunch, snacks and materials.
For more information contact: Bob Babcock, South Indiana Conference disaster response coordinator, or Gary Peterson, North Indiana Conference North Conference.
To register send name, address, city, state, ZIP code, home phone, e-mail address, plus name of church, district and either SIC or NIC, to St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
Make check payable to: St. Luke’s UMC, add to memo line “Disaster Training.”
DISASTER MINISTRY CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS JUSTICE IN DISASTERS
Complex issues like global warming, battered local economies, predatory lending practices, and changing immigration laws are worsening the impact of disasters in the U.S. on the nation’s most vulnerable people. A national conference of disaster recovery experts, scheduled for Nashville this March, will tackle those issues at the national Domestic Disaster Ministry Forum presented by humanitarian agency Church World Service.
This year’s “Economics and Justice in Disasters” Conference, March 29-April 1, at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn., will feature speakers from academia, government agencies, and faith-based disaster-response groups. Participants are expected to include leaders from national faith groups and denominations with programs and ministries dedicated to the increasing and specialized work of disaster ministry, as well as representatives from FEMA, the American Red Cross, and VOAD groups (Voluntary Organizations Active In Disasters).
A Domestic Disaster Ministry Forum registration form and information may be downloaded from www.cwserp.org/reports. (Follow the links for 2008 Forum Brochure and 2008 Forum Registration Form.)
NORTH IND. TO HOST VIM TEAM LEADER TRAINING AT KOKOMO APRIL 12
The Mission Volunteers Resource Team of the North Indiana Conference has scheduled a Volunteers in Mission Team Leader Training event for Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s UMC, 700 East Southway Blvd. in Kokomo, Ind. Penny Krug will be the trainer for this event. Leaders and/or participants of VIM work teams and youth leaders need to attend this important event.
The cost is $10 person, which includes lunch and basic materials plus $25 for a VIM Training Manual (only one needed per church). Topics include: How to plan a mission trip? Where to go when your church wants to send a team, spiritual enrichment, being a team member, cultural sensitivity, insurance and liability forms regardless of where you go, issues of risk and answers to questions.
For more information: Contact Bonnie Albert, bonkay@hotmail.com, or phone 219-464-1447.
Registration deadline is Friday, April 4. To register, send name, address, phone number with area code, church, city. Make checks payable to North Indiana Conference, memo VIM training and mail to P.O. Box 869, Marion, IN 46952. For registration form, log on to www.nicumc.org.
NEWLY LISTED MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
TERRE HAUTE DISTRICT OFFERS TRIPS TO MISS. AND MISSION DISTRIBUTION
The Terre Haute District Missions Committee is planning three short-term work team trips in 2008. Feb. 24-March 1, Mission Trip to Pearlington, Miss. If interested, please contact Pastor Bob Kumpf at 812-448-1486 or Rev. Monty Barker at 812-232-7263. There is no limit on the number of people to go on this trip.
March 5-7 & April 16-18 – Mission Trips to Midwest Mission Distribution Center in Chatham, Ill. Trip cost will be $125 per person, plus transportation and food en route. Project: Assembling flood buckets, health kits, grounds keeping and much more. CHALLENGE: Each person participating or church to sponsor Flood Buckets with a donation of $45 each. (No supplies, just cash) Limit of 25 persons to Chatham ages 16+ years.
For more information on these mission opportunities please contact the Terre Haute District Office at 800-919-8165 or 812-237-0101.
SOUTHEAST VIM TEAM PLANS TO RETURN TO TAIAMA, SIERRA LEONE
There is a Volunteer in Mission team forming to return to Sierra Leone, West Africa, with tentative dates of April 3-13 inclusive of travel. The team will go to Taiama and serve at the Taiama Health and Maternity Centre. This team will have a pediatrician as a member of the team and will have a child focus. A pediatric medical clinic will be offered and needs allied health workers as well as persons who will learn to dispense medicines. A second focus is a Bible school for the children of the community.
Costs will be $3,300 which includes round trip airfare, lodging, transportation, most meals and your visa. You are required to have a passport and certain immunizations.
A $300 deposit is due now with the remainder due by March 1. Checks can be made out to FUMC and designated for “Africa VIM.” Your check should be sent to FUMC, attn: Dr. Joe Geary, P.O. Box 25, Paris, TN 38242 .
The team will be limited to 8 to 10 people of which three are currently enrolled. Questions can be sent to korimissions@yahoo.com or call Dr. Geary at 731-642-4764.
OPERATION CLASSROOM PACKING PARTY IN TERRE HAUTE DISTRICT
Operation Classroom’s next Packing day is Thursday, April 24, at 9 a.m. at Breden Memorial UMC, 2228 S. 7th St. in Terre Haute. The church will be open on Wednesday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to collect supplies. In addition to regular classroom supplies, we are emphasizing sewing supplies, chalk, and vitamins. Joe Wagner is in West Africa until mid-March. Bill Green received an email from Joe stating that the van is in need of approximately $3,000 in repairs. If anyone wants to make a monetary donation for the repair, please contact the Terre Haute District Office, 1403 Chestnut Street, Terre Haute, IN 47807. Call 812-237-0101 or 800-919-8168.
SMITH VALLEY UMC ANNOUNCES MISSION OPPORTUNITY TO COLOMBIA
Dr. Joe Bottorff of Smith Valley UMC in Greenwood, Ind., will be leading a group of Lay Missioners to Cartagenta, Colombia, South America, July 19-26. There is room for four more participants. Cost is $1,495 with a $150 deposit required at the time of reservation. Contact Pastor Joe for more details at 317-432-6706. Our focus on this trip is medical, women’s prison, children’s ministries and support of vocational youth education.
DETROIT CONFERENCE VIM TEAM PLANS TRIP TO HAITI FOR NOV. 7-14
Curtis Bartz of the UMC Detroit Conference will be leading a team to Haiti, Nov 7-14. He serves as an active member of the Michigan Area Haiti Task Force and has led over 15 teams and raised more than $100,000 for projects in Haiti through church support and individual contributions. If you would like to join the Haiti School Project team as we work and worship with our Haitian partners in mission, contact Curtis Bartz, 313- 278-4849 or jbartz@mich.com for information and an application.
PREVIOUSLY LISTED MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
AVON CHURCH TO HOLD FORUM ON INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT FEB. 17
There will be a forum on the India-Pakistan conflict at Avon United Methodist Church, 6850 East US 36 in Avon just west of Indianapolis. Adults and youth are invited to join us on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 9:30 a.m., as Dr. Rajesh Kher provides an informative presentation on the Kashmir conflict. For further information, please contact Diane Gattone at 317-272-4068 or dgattone@avonumc.com.
STUDENT VIM TEAM TO PERU MARCH 6-16 NEEDS A DOCTOR
Students from the University of South Carolina will be traveling to Peru, March 6-16, to be in service to a home for street children in Kusi, in the Andes. The trip is sponsored by the Methodist Student Network, a campus ministry at USC. Students will do construction, working on several buildings to be used by the children. They will also run a Vacation Bible School and hold meetings with the local youth. It is also hoped to have a simple health clinic that can serve the local community with basic health care. The mission team is looking for a doctor to accompany them. Spanish fluency is not necessary as translators will be provided. The cost of the trip is approximately $1,400. We will depart/return from Charlotte. For more information, please contact Rev. Tom Wall at USC 803-799-7363 or WallBrodie@aol.com.
UM MISSION INITIATIVE SUMMIT SCHEDULED FOR TEXAS APRIL 17-18
United Methodists who are doing the work of the Christian Gospel through mission initiatives around the world will gather in Plano, Texas, in mid-April to share their experiences and build even greater mission momentum.
Those already invested in evangelism and service in more than 20 countries hope that many other church members will join them in the first Mission Initiatives Summit on April 17-18. Sponsored by the General Board of Global Ministries, the summit will be hosted by St. Andrews UMC.
Among the guest speakers is the Rev. Mike Slaughter, pastor of Ginghamsburg UMC, Tripp City, Ohio, one of the fastest growing United Methodist churches in the United States.
For details and registration visit: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/news/events/?i=16762.
WARSAW DISTRICT PLANS 2009 MISSION TRIP TO LIBERIA
Rev. Cindy Reynolds and Rev. Bill Kaster are leading a trip to Liberia Jan. 10 through 24, 2009. They are looking for ten people who are interested in being a part of the trip to connect with St. Matthews School. St. Matthews School is the Operation Classroom School supported by the Warsaw District. If you are interested, call the Warsaw District Office at 800-783-6111.
HERE’S A MISSION PROJECT IDEA FOR THIS COMING SUMMER’S VBS
Operation Classroom invites Vacation Bible School directors to consider OC’s new program of PENNIES FOR PEACE as a VBS mission program. Pennies for Peace will fund a program in Liberia to help children with the trauma they experienced during the war. Groups of children are gathered for a day of play therapy, singing, Bible lessons, and food, under the leadership of Rev. Anthony and Jennifer Dioh
Children from your VBS can bring their pennies or change. You might want to have a contest between boys and girls. You may also decide to have a hands-on project of collecting school supplies. A short CD will be available on the importance of PENNIES FOR PEACE.
For more information, contact Operation Classroom at ocmisson@frontiernet.net or log on to www.operationclassroom.org
HENDERSON SETTLEMENT OFFERS PROGRAM FOR SENIORS APRIL 20-26
Primetimers: The Life and Spirit of Appalachia at Henderson Settlement in Frakes, Ky.
April 20-26, 2008
- Event Coordinator: Jerry Lambdin, Mission Resources Director, Henderson Settlement
- Telephone: 606-337-3613
- Email: jerrylambdin@hendersonsettlement.info
- Registration deadline: Extended to Feb. 20.
Retreat to this rural mountain community in Kentucky to learn about the life and spirit of Appalachia and the various ministries provided at the historical settlement schools in the Red Bird Missionary Conference. Explore the history of three Appalachian settlement schools: Henderson Settlement, Red Bird Mission, and Pine Mountain Settlement School.
For more information and registration, please contact the Primetimers office toll-free at 877-882-4724 or by e-mail at primetimers@gbgm-umc.org or log on to http://new.gbgm-umc.org/news/events/?search=Primetimers&C=2927&I=14872
MISSION TO CUBA HAS AN OPENING FOR MAY TRIP
We have an opening for our mission to Cuba, May 17-28, 2008. Cost will be about $1,850. We will be working on a seminary construction project in Havana. Please contact Neil Vander Linden (ngvl@charter.net – 864-859-3652)) for further information. A prompt response is needed as visa processing can take three months.
OPERATION CLASSROOM SCHEDULES MORE WORK TEAMS THIS YEAR
Operation Classroom is sponsoring a work team to W.PL. Brumskine UM School Oct. 4-19. Kay and Lamar Zeigler are the team leaders. The project is yet to be determined. Contact the OC office or Tom at ttillett@ralis.com for more information.
Kay Hess, OC coordinator of Rushville District, will be leading a team to the Bo Centenary School from June 19 to July 11. They will be renovating the main classroom and office building. Bo Centenary has an enrollment of 1,000 students. Bo Centenary is in partnership with the Kokomo District. For more information contact Kay at: hess100@juno.com.
The Lafayette District is planning three work teams this spring and summer.
Our first project is a local project at Pine Creek on Saturday, May 3. Rev. Bruce Mowery is coordinating the project. For more information contact bemowery@hotmail.com.
Our second project is the Itabuna Methodist Church in Itabuna, Brazil, from June 27 to July 11. The team will continue the construction of the church which is started in 2005. This will be their third team from the district to work on this church. There is the option of a side trip from July 11-14 to Recifie where the district has had a number of teams. There they will attend the wedding of Erik, who was our translator when we worked in Recife. Joe and Carolyn Wagner are the team leaders. For more information, contact Carolyn Wagner.
Our third project is Henderson Settlement, from July 20 to 26. All applications for this project are due March 12. The Rev. Anne and Timothy Kumeh will be the team leaders. For more information contact Anne at annekumeh@aol.com
For more information, contact the Rev. Joe Wagner, Operation Classroom, Inc., PO Box 246, Colfax, IN 46035 or call 765-436-2805 or send by e-mail at ocmisson@frontiernet.net. Also visit the Operation Classroom Web site at www.operationclassroom.org.
MISSION OPPORTUNITIES REMINDERS
More information about these opportunities as well as a listing of ongoing projects and contact information can be seen at www.inareaumc.org/general_info/mission_opportunities_listings.htm, which has all the details for these opportunities.
PLACEMENT REQUEST: HEALTH VOLUNTEER COUPLE
- Family physician with one-year experience serving in Zaire and his wife seek a 3- to 12-month Individual Volunteer assignment. Physician is able to do minor surgery, clinical teaching and direct care. Physician’s wife is fluent in Spanish. Both have received Individual Volunteer training. Notify Roger Boe at boeroger@cableone.net for more information.
UNITED METHODIST VOLUNTEER IN MISSION TEAMS NEEDED IN MEXICO
- Contact information: Jerry Hill jerry.hill@bsumc.com or call 864-320-3165
COLUMBUS DISTRICT TO HOLD MISSION CONFERENCE FEB. 24
- Information Contact: the Rev. Duane A. Loos, Columbus District Director of Missions at 812-623-2382or by e-mail DUANELOOS@aol.com.
TERRE HAUTE DISTRICT SPONSORING WORK MISSION TO MISS. IN FEBRUARY
- Feb. 24-29, 2008
- For more information contact the Terre Haute District Office 812-237-0101, 800-919-8168; thdist@joink.com or Pastor Bob Kumpf 812-448-2917, Harmonyumc@verizon.net.
HAITI SOLAR OVEN PROJECT BEING ORGANIZED FOR FEB. 26-MARCH 10
- For more information, contact Rick Jost immediately with your interest at rjost@brookings.net or call 605-692-3391. Jost lives in Brookings, S.D.
MINNESOTA OC VIM TRIP STILL NEEDS PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANT
- Feb. 28-March 14, 2008.
- Please contact Doris Acton, RN, UMC Medical Outreach – Makeni, Operation Classroom Ministries Minnesota at doris.acton@nhylandsumc.org or 952-835-7585.
SOUTH INDIANA CONFERENCE UPCOMING MISSION TRIPS
- March 2008
- March 7-16 – Bloomington District Mission Trip to Haiti
- March 23-30 – Ames Chapel UMC Trip to Gulfport, Miss.
- June 2008
- Harrodsburg UMC to Henderson Settlement, Ky.
- Youth District Mission Trip Location TBA
- July 2008
- July 12-19 – Mooresville First UMC to Canalli, Mexico
- Summer 2008
- Bedford First UMC to Louisiana
- South Indiana Native American Mission Trips
- September 2008
- Sept. 20-27 – Ames Chapel UMC to John’s Island, S.C.
- Sept. 22-29 – Mooresville First UMC to Henderson Settlement, Ky.
WARSAW, MICHIANA DISTRICTS PLAN WORK TRIP IN 2008
- March 1-8, 2008
- For more information, please contact Pastor Jean Ness at 260-856-4482 or 574-529-1044 or e-mail jness@ligtel.com.
UMCOR INFORMATION AS YOU PLAN AHEAD
- March 2 – One Great Hour of Sharing
TWO OPEN SLOTS FOR UNITED METHODIST VIM TEAM TO CUBA
- April 18-30, 2008
- For more information, contact the team leader, Larry Burke: ljrdburke@comcast.net
UNITED METHODIST VIMS NEEDED TO BUILD MONTANA PLAYGROUND
- May 2-5, 2008
- For more information, contact: Barbara Galusha Karst, High Plains Coordinator, bgkarst@vcn.com.
OPERATION 2008 CLASSROOM TEAMS
- Sierra Leone
- May 6 to 22 – Sierra Leone – Koidu Secondary School - U of I, Lang Brownlee, team leader
- June 18 to July 9 Sierra Leone – Bo Centenary School, Kay Hess, team leader, hess100@juno.com
- To Liberia
- June 24 to July 11 – Liberia – Tubman-Gray School, Ken and Kitty Decker, team leaders, ken.decker@prodigy.net or kitty.decker@prodigy.net
- October 9 to 28 – Liberia – W.P.L. Brumskine School, Lamar and Kay Ziegler, team leaders, lamar@rnthompson.com
MINNESOTA MEDICAL MISSIONS TO SIERRA-LEONE NEEDS PHYSICIAN
- June 26-July 8, 2008
- September 27-October 7, 2008
- For further information please contact Doris Acton, RN at doris.acton@nhylandsumc.org or at 952-835-7585.
MISSOURI CONFERENCE SPONSORING HEALTH VIM TRIP TO MOZAMBIQUE
- Late June through early July, 2008, sponsored by the Missouri UM Conference
- For more information, call Tom Mitchell if you have questions or want more information. Phone 314-725-4003 or e-mail TomM8132@aol.com.
Last updated on 04/01/2008Compiled as a service of Indiana Area United Methodist Communication in Indianapolis.