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HOOSIER UNITED METHODIST
Mission Opportunities

For Mission Tuesday (due to the holiday), February 19, 2008 

This newsletter is paid for through your annual conference connectional ministries giving.

Edited by Daniel R. Gangler, director of communication dgangler@inareaumc.org.

FOR THE LATEST IN DISASTER NEWS AND RECOVERY LOG ON TO www.disasternews.net and www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor

DEADLINE REMINDER

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 TOMORROW, 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

FOX, REISMAN TO LEAD INDIANA AREA CONVOCATION FEB. 29-MARCH 1

Deadline for registration is Feb. 21.

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.

The LEAP Event qualifies for Continuing Education units at 1 CEU per hour in workshops and plenary sessions. Worship sessions do not count for CEUs. LEAP also counts as credit for Certified Lay Speakers.

MISSION NEWS

MAJOR INTERFAITH FLOOD RECOVERY ORGANIZED FOR NORTH INDIANA

According to North Indiana Conference Disaster Coordinator Gary Peterson, flood recovery efforts continue to come together providing assistance to hundreds of families who survived the two floods this month and last in northern Indiana. This will be a nine county effort broken down into four sub-groups located at Delphi, Monticello, Remington and Brookston.

Groups involved in this effort include: United Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Church of Christ, Baptists, Mennonites, Salvation Army, The United Way, American Red Cross, and INVOAD, Indiana Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (www.invoad.org) the group who is helping with the organization of these communities to counsel them toward an effective recovery process. In Carroll County alone there is an estimated million dollars in unmet needs.

More information will come as efforts are organized.

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.

SOUTH INDIANA SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MISSION SCHEDULED FOR JULY

The South Indiana Conference School of Christian Mission will be held on the campus of the University of Indianapolis, July 26-Super Saturday Session or July 27-30 Weekday School. The 2008 Theme is “Living the Sacred.” Studies this year are: Spiritual Growth Study, “I Believe in Jesus” with Bishop Michael Coyner; Geographic Study: “Israel- Palestine” with the Rev. Mary Wilder Cartwright; Current Issue Study: “Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival” with the Revs. Dr. P.T. Wilson and Billie Nowabbi; Young Women’s Study: “Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival” with Rita Gaither-Gant, Kathy White and Barbara King.

This school is designed for mission committee members, lay leaders, pastors, United Methodist Women members, young women, youth and children. Activities will include: Mission studies, worship, music, UMW officer update, mission update, mission education resources, videos, hands-on mission project, fellowship and banquet. For more information check out the “Southwind” newsletter by logging onto: www.gbgm-umc.org/sicumw/

CATCH UP ON GINA RIENDEAU’S MISSION TRIP TO AFRICA ON BLOGSPOT

Gina Riendeau, North Indiana Conference mission staff person and her husband Alan, are spending two months in Africa in Zambia as Individual Volunteers. Gina has developed a wonderful blog and has such poetic insights into the life there – you can just peruse through their daily life and enjoy United Methodist missions at work! Go to: www.griendeau.blogspot.com.

MADISON, IND. CHURCH OFFERS PET CARETAKERS’ MINISTRY

Support groups for those grieving after the loss of a loved one, or caring for an ailing family member, are not unusual. But recognizing the strong bond between people and their pets, members of North United Methodist Church in Madison, Ind., go a step further, reaching out to those dealing with the illness or death of four-legged friends. “They need somebody to talk to,” says Bob Schultz, a pet owner and church volunteer who started the Pet Caretakers’ Ministry. “They’re coming in and they want prayer for their pets. And they want prayer for themselves, taking care of them.” The ministry meets once a month at the church, and North United Methodist also has expanded its 24-hour prayer line to include prayers for pets and their owners. – UMNS

TENNESSEE CHURCH TRANSFORMED INTO CRISIS CENTER AFTER STORMS

After a ferocious tornado pummeled their rural Tennessee county with death and destruction, members of Lafayette United Methodist Church thought their first Sunday worship service together would be a time to give thanks for survival and to seek divine guidance to minister to their battered community. With no deaths or significant property damage among its membership, the church had been transformed into a family crisis center, and its pastor, the Rev. Michael Welch, quickly became the United Methodist denomination’s go-to person to organize relief work in a county that had lost at least 13 lives and more than 400 homes. Instead, worshipers who gathered on Feb. 10 grieved an unimaginable loss – the death of Welch and his family in a traffic accident on Feb. 7, two days after the storm hit. Welch, 51, died, along with his wife, Julie, 45, and their children Jesse, 14, and Hannah, 11, when a tractor-trailer carrying relief supplies slammed into their van on a traffic-choked two-lane highway just west of Lafayette. An adult son, Garrison, was not in the accident and survives the family. – UMNS

UMC INVITED TO APPLY FOR $5 MILLION GRANT TO ERADICATE MALARIA

The United Methodist Church has been invited to apply for up to $5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Foundation to underwrite a campaign to strengthen its global health ministries. The fundraising, education and outreach campaign would aim to raise $100 million over three years and especially would support the church’s efforts to eradicate malaria and other diseases of poverty in Africa. The denomination plans to submit a formal grant proposal. Global health is one of four areas of focus identified by the denomination as part of its long-term vision. – UMNS

UMCOR DONATES MONEY TO FEED DISPLACED CITIZENS IN KENYAN

Continued violence in Kenya has displaced hundreds of thousands of citizens and disrupted the food supply in parts of that African nation. Stockpiled food has quickly disappeared, and the United Methodist Committee on Relief is appealing to United Methodists to donate money to bolster the food supply. UMCOR has spent $120,000 on relief needs in Kenya since early January, assisting more than 10,000 people in the region. “There’s just not enough food to feed people,” said the Rev. Sam Dixon, UMCOR chief executive. Donations to assist UMCOR’s response in Kenya can be dropped in local church collection plates or mailed to UMCOR, P.O. Box 9068, New York, NY 10087. Write “UMCOR Advance #982450, International Disaster Response-Kenya” on the check memo line. For credit card donations, visit UMCOR’s Web site at www.umcor.org  for online giving information or call 800-554-8583. – UMNS

HUNGER ADVOCACY GROUP OFFERS VBS MISSION PROJECT

The Society of St. Andrew is offering a Vacation Bible School mission project that can be incorporated into any VBS themed curriculum. It is entitled “endhunger.org – GAF/FAH.” The VBS mission project will engage students in mission as they go surfing through the Bible to learn about hunger.

“endhunger.org – GAF/FAH” is designed to supplement your VBS program and help your students learn about hunger in America and how Jesus wants us to meet people’s needs. Daily student activity sheets contain short scripturally based stories, facts about hunger and SoSA’s ministry, potato trivia and pencil activities. And, for the first time, they include an on-line component. For more information, log on to www.endhunger.org/pr_VBS_08.pdf.

HIGHLIGHTED MISSION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

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.

RX CONNEXION TO HOLD ANNUAL CONSULTATION IN LINCOLN COUNTRY

The North Central Jurisdiction (NCJ) health arm of United Methodist Volunteers In Mission, RxConnexion, will hold its annual consultation in historic Lincoln country at Sugar Creek UMC in Chatham, IL near Springfield on May 2-4. In addition to workshops, program components will include exhibits, team presentations, fellowship, singing, musical entertainment and an opportunity to visit historic Lincoln sites.

Special guests include: Dr. Cherian Thomas, Executive Secretary Health & Welfare, General Board of Global Ministries, New York, NY; Dr. Roger Boe, Medical Consultant for GBGM Individual Volunteers, Pocatello, ID; Beth Ferrell, RN Mission Interpreter in Residence for the North Central Jurisdiction, OH; Nancy Eubanks, GBGM Consultant for Individual Volunteers, Brownsville, TN; Joe and Carolyn Wagner, Directors of Operation Classroom and Operation Doctor, Indiana Area Conferences. Dr. Elias Lara, UMVIM coordinator for Mexico Medical Teams will give a workshop on the need for medical teams in Mexico.

On Friday evening, the program will kick off with Dr. Thomas’ Keynote on “Community Based Health Care and Opportunities for Medical UMVIM” Saturday’s workshop topic choices are: “Personal Challenges”, “Water Safety and Purification”, “Packing Tips”, “Dental Teams “, “Health Team Basics”, “Community Based Health Care Teams,” “ Spiritual Care”, “ Individual Health Volunteers”, “Managing Parasites”, “The New UMVIM Blog”, and “Team Conflict Management”. A VIM Leader training course will be offered on Saturday and may be registered for separately.

  • Registration is 4-5 p.m. on Friday, May 2. The meeting concludes after 9:30 a.m. Worship on Sunday, May 4.

  • Fees: $75 - Meeting Registration, 3 meals, snacks (no breakfast)

  • Lodging: $65 - Reserved Room at near-by Baymont Inn or $15/night Limited lodging space is available at the Midwest Distribution Center

  • Optional Tour: $10 Lincoln Springfield Tour Saturday evening

  • Registration Deadline is April 15 (tax day).

  • For more information or to receive a registration form, visit www.gbgm-umc.org/northcentralvim/rxconnexion.html or write umvim-ncj@brookings.net for a copy.

NEWLY LISTED MISSION OPPORTUNITIES

PERU CHURCH ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE IN UPCOMING MISSIONS FAIR

The Main Street United Methodist Church in Peru, Ind. is planning a Missions Fair on Sunday, April 13 at the church. Main Street UMC invites representatives of the many missions fields we support (local, U.S., and worldwide) to attend and set up displays on ongoing missions work. Tentative plans include a missionary speak from the pulpit at both our 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. service. Between services (9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.) and after the second service, tables or booths will be set up with materials and as many missions representatives as possible available. Also following the second service there will be an “International Luncheon” featuring many dishes from various mission countries. All mission guests are invited to take part in this luncheon.

For more information and ways you can support Main Street UMC Mission Faith, contact Miles Straly, mission commission chairman, home phone: 765-472-2273, cell phone: 317-850-1448 or by e-mail: mstraly@mcremc.net. Home address: 1859 S 400 W, Peru, IN 46970.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AT CENTERVILLE, IOWA

NEW CHURCH CONSTRUCTION – The members of Faith United Methodist Church of Centerville, Iowa, continue construction of their new building. Volunteers are needed and are most welcome to come and help with the construction. Work Day is every Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. with lunch and refreshments provided. Groups can make arrangements for other days. There are various jobs available with volunteer professional supervisors on site. Contact the church office at 641-856-3862 or the Trustees Chair at 641-895-0381.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR GULF PORT HURRICANE RECOVERY IN AUGUST

  • GULF PORT, MISS., August 9-17, 2008

Leaders: Peg and Arley Ellingson, 203 S. 1st Ave Hinton, IA 51024, phone: 712-947-4551(h), 712-947-4553 (o), 712-203-8068 (c) or e-mail: pellingson@usa.net. We will continue assisting with recovery efforts in the Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian and Long Beach areas. Our tasks will include: dry walling, mudding, sanding, tiling, setting doors, installing cabinets, painting and trim work etc. The cost is $250, which includes all lodging, transportation and meals (except those on travel days and one evening meal. Maximum of 12 participants are needed.

PREVIOUSLY LISTED MISSION OPPORTUNITIES

TERRE HAUTE DISTRICT OFFERS TRIP TO MISSION DISTRIBUTION

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.

BLOOMINGTON DIST. 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.

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.

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.

PENNIES FOR PEACE MISSION PROJECT IDEA FOR THIS SUMMER’S VBS

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

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

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

STUDENT VIM TEAM TO PERU MARCH 6-16 NEEDS A DOCTOR

  • 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

TWO OPEN SLOTS FOR UNITED METHODIST VIM TEAM TO CUBA

HENDERSON SETTLEMENT OFFERS PROGRAM FOR SENIORS APRIL 20-26

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 CLASSROOM SCHEDULES MORE WORK TEAMS THIS YEAR

  • Pine Creek – May 3. Rev. Bruce Mowery is coordinating the project. For more information contact bemowery@hotmail.com.

  • Bo Centenary School – June 19-July 11. For more information contact Kay Hess at: hess100@juno.com.

  • Itabuna Methodist Church, Brazil – June 27- July 11. For more information, contact the Wagners at ccwagner@hotmail.com.

  • Henderson Settlement – July 20-26. Applications are due March 12. For more information contact Anne at annekumeh@aol.com

  • W.PL. Brumskine UM School – Oct. 4-19. Kay and Lamar Zeigler are the team leaders. Contact the OC office or Tom at ttillett@ralis.com for more information.

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

MISSION TO CUBA HAS AN OPENING FOR MAY 17-28 TRIP

  • Please contact Neil Vander Linden (ngvl@charter.net – 864-859-3652)) for further information.

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.

WARSAW DISTRICT PLANS 2009 MISSION TRIP TO LIBERIA

  • Jan. 10 through 24, 2009

  • If you are interested, call the Warsaw District Office at 800-783-6111.

Compiled as a service of Indiana Area United Methodist Communication in Indianapolis.

Last updated on 04/01/2008

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