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For Mission Monday, March 24, 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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IMAGINE INDIANA REQUESTS PRAYERS THIS WEEK.
Dear Resurrection People:
Would you please continue to pray for our Bishop and the Imagine Indiana Team?
They continue to prepare for the many implications ahead of us. Would you intentionally pray this Tuesday, March 25th? The Joint CFA’s are meeting to discuss the financial implications for Imagine Indiana. Please ask for great wisdom as they enter into this discussion.
Thank you again.
“If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone.” (James 1:5-6, NLT)
Because the God of wisdom is faithful,
-- Paula Gast (NIC II Prayer Co-Chair)
and Beth Ann Cook (SIC II Prayer Co-Chair).
NEW EVENTS LISTED FOR THIS WEEK
RELIGION, RACE, ELECTION POLITICS FORUM ON TUESDAY NIGHT AT 7
The Church Federation of Indianapolis invites the public to a timely forum on RELIGION, RACE AND ELECTION POLITICS IN 2008.The Forum will explore the question of “How does one’s faith interact and inform matters of race relations and politics?” The event will be hosted by The Church Federation of Greater Indiana and held at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street in Indianapolis on Tuesday, March 25; at 7 p.m. (with light refreshments). The public is invited to share their thoughts and to hear differing perspectives on the issue. Panelists will include:
- Rev. John E. Jackson, Sr., Trinity United Church of Christ, Gary, Indiana
- Bishop T. Garrott Benjamin, Light of the World Christian Church
- Rev. Derek Duncan, East 91st Street Christian Church
- Rev. Gretchen Schneider, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
- Mr. Hosea Baxter, Crossroads Bible College
- Mr. Mike O’Connor, Marion Co. Democratic Party Chair
- The Honorable Kathy Kreag Richardson, State Representative District 29,
- Indiana Republican Party (invited).
HEAR THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS: SRI LANKA
With the Rev. Selvarajah Muthiah, a minister of the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka, who is on Sabbatical at Christian Theological Seminary, 1000 West 42nd Street in Indianapolis, a couple of blocks east of West 42nd and Michigan Road on Indy’s north side.
THURSDAY FORUM, MARCH 27, -- CTS, Room 122
Exhibit of Artifacts Begin at 12:45 p.m. The presentation begins at 1 p.m.
REMINDER, DEADLINE COMING APRIL 4
UMVIM TEAM LEADER TRAINING TO BE HELD AT KOKOMO APRIL 12
Friday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kokomo St. Luke’s UMC with Penny Krug, trainer.
Open to youth leaders, potential team leaders, clergy and lay. Being prepared will be the best way to insure a successful mission trip. Participants will also hear about the volunteer opportunities in the Monticello and Delphi flood areas.
$10 registration fee includes lunch. The $25 Team Leader Training Manual is a must for each church. Reservation forms are available through the North Indiana Conference Web site.
Registration deadline, Friday, April 4.
http://www.nicumc.org - Bonnie Albert, North Indiana Conference UMVIM Coordinator
MISSION NEWS
NORTH CONFERENCE MISSION STAFFER HAS RETURNED FROM AFRICA
Gina Riendeau, mission staff person for the North Indiana Conference, has returned home from her study leave at the Kafakumba Training Center and Economic Development Projects in Zambia. This is the work of North Indiana Conference missionaries, John and Kendra Enright. Riendeau’s journey is available on her blog site: www.griendeau.blogspot.com.
In April Riendeau will provide a workshop at the “Our Life Together” pastor’s retreat and will share more from this journey. The title of the workshop is “Doing Mission in a Flat World.”
Please receive greetings from the church and our mission partners in Zambia. North Indiana has been a true partner in the work there. Riendeau says it was a privilege to serve.
You can reach Gina Riendeau at the North Indiana Conference Service Center at 800-783-5138 or by e-mail Gina Riendeau.
1964 COPIES OF BOOK OF WORSHIP NEEDED IN SIERRA LEONE
When I was in Sierra Leone recently, I had many requests for the 1964 Book of Worship. If you have a copy you are not using and would like to pass it on to a pastor in Sierra Leone, you can send it to the address below or you can bring it to conference to our truck at the ingathering. If you bring it to conference, please let me know soon. – Joe Wagner, Operation Classroom, PO Box 246, Colfax, IN 46035, phone 765-436-2805, e-mail to ocmisson@frontiernet.net or log on to www.operationclassroom.org.
SOUTH INDIANA FAMILY PROVIDING SAFE WATER FOR PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
A family in southern Indiana is providing safe drinking water mixed with a generous portion of “living water” to parched people around the world. New Life International, a nonprofit Christian ministry started in the 1970s by Byron and Yvonne McGuire in Underwood, Ind., is the birthplace of the McGuire water purifier, a system that turns unsafe water into safe drinking water using salt and a 12-volt battery. Their eldest son, Duvon McGuire, invented the system, which produces chlorinated water and destroys viruses and bacteria. The water purifiers have provided thousands of gallons of safe drinking water for people in more than 60 countries. – UMNS
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ASSISTS IN KENYA’S RIFT VALLEY
As Kenya returns to normalcy after tribal clashes related to a disputed presidential election, most citizens still face challenges to survive. This is especially true in the vast Rift Valley Province, which serves as Kenya’s breadbasket and where hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the violence. Nakuru’s United Methodist Church, led by the Rev. Josam Kariuki, has been working with the National Council of Churches in Kenya and others to provide food, water, clothes, medical services and counseling to displaced people. So far, the church has offered free medical services to more than 27,000 people at a cost of about $6,000. Kariuki also is preaching the gospel of peace and forgiveness. ”We are making tribal elders, church leaders and the youth to sit together and reason as brothers and sisters, convincing them that tribe is only a difference in language and we are all created in God’s image, mixed in tribes to spice up his creative work of creation,” he said. – Rachel Kabui, Nakuru District communicator, UMNS
MOUNTAIN T.O.P. RECEIVED GOVERNMENT GRANT TO BUILD HOMES
Last fall, Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project) got some good news. The interdenominational ministry, which is affiliated with the United Methodist Tennessee Conference, was awarded a $60,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That grant, along with USDA loans, gives the ministry the funding to help Cumberland Mountain families badly in need of home construction or renovation projects. There’s just one problem. “Now, we need people,” said the Rev. Ed Simmons, executive director. He cited a special need for volunteers for its Adults In Ministry program this summer. For more information, visit www.mountain-top.org, e-mail info@mountain-top.org or call 931-692-3999. – UMNS
MISSISSIPPI TEEN TO SING DURING KATRINA REPORT IN FORT WORTH
Elizabeth Cumbest, a 17-year-old singer/songwriter from Mississippi, will perform April 28 as part of the Katrina Bishops’ Appeal Report on Katrina Recovery at General Conference 2008, the meeting of the denomination’s top legislative body, April 23-May 2, in Fort Worth, Texas. Cumbest will be closing the presentation titled “Our Shattered Lives” with a song she is writing for the occasion. Also, a part of the report will be the story of her efforts to raise money to rebuild the ministry and the facility of Seashore Mission, a ministry to the homeless along the Gulf Coast, where Cumbest was a volunteer before Katrina demolished the building in 2005, killing six members of the staff. To date, Cumbest has raised more than $42,000. – UMNS
SERIES EXAMINES CHURCH’S CENTRAL CONFERENCES PENSION INITIATIVE
The Rev. Karmah Early spent most of her life bringing the light of Jesus Christ to the poor in rural Liberia. Now blind and alone, Early is a captive of the darkness. She isn’t sure how old she is or how many years she served as a United Methodist pastor in a rural area outside of Monrovia, Liberia. She knows she has been blind for the past five years and that the pension she receives from the United Methodist Liberia Annual Conference isn’t enough to guarantee “daily bread.” Most of the retired pastors and surviving spouses of pastors live in poverty in Africa, Eastern Europe and the Philippines after serving the church for 20, 30 or 40 years or more. United Methodist News Service is featuring a four-part series on clergy retirees and surviving spouses of pastors from Mozambique, Liberia, Zimbabwe and Estonia. Each week’s stories will profile one country’s pension needs, along with personal and video stories about pastors such as Early. An interactive map will give a geographic snapshot into the lives of these servants of the church. The package can be viewed at www.UMC.org. – UMNS
MISSION AGENCY TO HOLD SUMMIT FOR MISSION INITIATIVES IN TEXAS
United Methodist mission initiatives in several countries and regions countries will jointly come together April 17-18 at St. Andrews UMC in Plano, Texas, for “The Mission Summit.” This gathering, sponsored by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, will be the first time since United Methodism established a new missional thrust in these nations that representatives will meet to learn how God is moving mightily in places where the Wesleyan witness is sharing the Gospel. Countries or areas to be represented are Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand, Central Asia, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Mongolia, Senegal, Cameroon and Honduras. The Rev. Mike Slaughter of Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio, will discuss how to be a missional church in today’s challenging world. A bonus meeting, ‘Missional Church in A Flat World: A Global Conversation for Next Generation Leaders in the Emerging Church,” will occur April 18-19. For more information, including registration and lodging, log on to: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/news/events/?C=2923&i=16762.
‘CREATING A HUNGER-FREE AMERICA ACTION’ WEB SITE NOW ONLINE
America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s food bank network, has a “Creating A Hunger-Free America” action Web site. It can be found at www.hungeractioncenter.org.
With more than 35 million Americans hungry or at risk of hunger each year, it is imperative for you to voice your support for combating hunger in America to your elected officials. Your elected officials look to you for guidance on what is important to your community. Your individual support can make a difference for millions of hungry Americans.
We encourage you to use this website to contact your federal and state elected officials about legislation that will help hungry Americans. Please take a moment to register on this site and see how quickly and easily you can join in the fight against hunger.
Together, we can and will create a hunger-free America.
NEWLY LISTED MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
NORTH KATANGA ANNUAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES COMING TO INDIANA
Eight General Conference delegates from the North Katanga Annual Conference (Democratic Republic of the Congo) will be visiting in South Indiana the two weeks following General Conference (May 5-16). If your church, cluster or district is interested in hosting a day or an event, contact Lourdes Gonzalez or Bob Walters at the conference center.
What is we really need are two RVs for the road show. The delegates want to visit different kinds of churches, UM Health and Welfare communities, UM universities, community ministries, local and state government, industry and Hoosier tourist sites.
French speaking translators would be helpful. This visit is sponsored by the Kamina Project in conjunction with the North Katanga Partnership. For more information about the conference, log on to www.kaminaproject.org/ and www.northkatangaumc.org/.
PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGIST NEEDED FOR LIBERIAN VIM TRIP
Julie Warren is leading a Central Texas Conference sponsored team to Ganta UM Hospital in Liberia, June 19-July 5, (but if a doctor can’t stay that long he/she could return to the United States on June 30). Warren is desperately seeking a pediatric anesthesiologist for this team. The cost of the trip is $3,500. Women’s health focus (surgeries, assessment, ob/gyn), but also will be doing some club foot, ankle/foot deformity work, malaria bed nets, clean delivery kits, as well as hypertension and diabetes. The team also is sending a container to the hospital of supplies and equipment. So far Julie has on board an OB/GYN, cardiologist, anesthesiologist (who does not do peds) and three podiatrists as well as three RNs, a stress tech, scrub tech, social worker, financial controller and teachers. If interested, contact: Team Leader, Julie Warren, steadleaze@charter.net
Or call 817-453-2682 or 817-975-9216.
SMITH VALLEY UMC MISSION OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE JULY 19-26
Dr. Joe Bottorff of Smith Valley UMC in Greenwood, Ind., will be leading fourth 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. The focus on this trip is medical, women’s prison, children’s ministries and support of vocational youth education. Skills required: Ability to hug, smile and show the love of Jesus.
TWO MISSION DISCOVERY OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK
Visit the Spice Island, Grenada! Dec. 26 to January 6, 2009. Cost is $1,600. Work alongside Methodist young adults from Grenada. Do construction work, visitations and outreach near the city of Grenville. For fun, visit a beautiful Caribbean beach. Application deadline: Aug.1. Led by Beverly Nolte, bnmedical@aol.com, (515-237-8544), of Des Moines, Iowa.
The Andes are calling you to Chile! The Methodist church in Curacautin needs additional space to handle conference meetings. Join with Methodist young adults from this community to help build part of the addition. See the volcanoes, mountains and thermal baths way down under. It is summer in Chile when the team travels, Jan. 9-19, 2009. Led by Oscar and Joyce Carassco, ocarrasc@umcnic.org, (847-931-0710 X 10) of Elgin, Ill.
For application and more information on both of these teams, log on to www.gbgm-umc.org/northcentralvim/mission_discovery.html or write to umvim-ncj@brookings.net.
PREVIOUSLY LISTED MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
FLOOD RECOVERY IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST CASE MANAGERS
Recovery efforts are underway in northwest Indiana to assist those with flood damage mostly in the Lafayette District of the church.
The Rev. Mary Van Wyck, pastor of the Remington UMC, said the disaster response there, known as Disaster Assistance in Northwest Indiana (DANI), needs people interested in assisting trained case managers in the field. “We are through ‘hiring’ case workers,” she said.
For those wanting to volunteer, contact Van Wyck at mevanwijk@hotmail.com or by phone at 219-261-2273 or John Mayfield, case management supervisor, at jmay49@hotmail.com.
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 memo for Flood Relief in North Indiana – Account 030401.
FLOOD BUCKETS TO BE COLLECTED UNTIL MARCH 31
Flood buckets and flood bucket materials are being collected by the Monticello UMC, 200 South Main Street in Monticello. If the flood buckets being given have been in storage, please open the buckets to check for moisture or mold. Contaminated buckets cannot be given to residents. Flood buckets will be collected until March 31, according to Peterson. For more information, contact Pastor Brian Beeks of Monticello UMC at 574-583-5545 or Gary Peterson at 260-437-1310.
GARY, IND. TO HOST FIRST EVER TEACHUM FAIR JUNE 15-19
The teachUM steering committee of UMVIM-NCJ is pleased to announce the first ever “teachUM Fair” for June 15-19 at Marquette Park UMC in Gary, Ind. The event will feature workshops specifically for educators and hands on Vacation Bible School for a nearby emerging Hispanic community. Billed as a means of “Increasing Your Comfort Level in Cross-Cultural Teaching Experiences”, this event will feature include workshops by two GBGM staff persons. The Rev. Dionisio Salazar, Assistant General Secretary Hispanic/Latino Ministries will bring the message at the opening worship on Sunday evening and also a workshop on Monday. Both of his presentations center around “Hispanic realities and our United Methodist Response”. Una Jones, Executive Secretary Mission Leaders, will present a workshop on Monday on “Mission Education.” Other presenters include: Beth Ferrell, Mission Interpreter for the NCJ, Nancy Eubanks, Consultant for Individual Volunteer, members of Marquette Park UMC, a multicultural church, North Indiana Conference mission leaders, and members of the teachUM steering committee. In all there will be nine workshops, the opportunity to link to other educators interested in missions and the VBS. For registration, schedule and further information, visit: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/northcentralvim/teachum.html or write/call umvim-ncj@brookings.net; 605-692-3390.
OPERATION UTAH INVITES VOLUNTEERS TO UTAH MISSION TO NAVAJOS
Operation Utah is a 13 day trip, July 9-21 that will take volunteers to southeast Utah. During this mission trip volunteers will stay with the first chartered Navajo United Methodist congregation in the 4-Corners ministry setting, and partner with the pastor and church to make connections with their neighbors in a 20-mile radius.
This trip is for volunteers in Middle School through adulthood. Participants can come as a group, a couple, a family or as an individual. The fee is $750 and covers all expenses except personal spending money.
The links below give good information. For more information, contact Scott or Anita Pattison by phone at 260-347-0056 church or 260-347-3621 home or e-mail them at gspattison@sbcglobal.net
Operation Utah info on the Web site - http://www.impact2818.com/sh_camps-utah.html
Photo gallery (Choose Operation Utah) - http://www.impact2818.com/photo-gallery.html
There are three ways to register for this camp: mail, fax and online. The Registration Form must be completed in full. Payments can be made with credit card (Visa, MasterCard and Discover), e-check, personal check, or iCash. (Camperships and local mission committees are good financial help options.) Fifty percent ($375) of the Operation Utah camp fee is required to register. The entire fee ($750) must be paid in full by June 2.
POTATOES FOR VACATION
Here is an exciting new free Vacation Bible School mission project your churches can incorporate into whatever themed VBS curriculum they are using this year. It will teach children of all ages about the problem of hunger in America and help them understand what Jesus’ command to feed the hungry means to them.
Last year VBS children in 182 churches across the nation learned about hunger with the Society of St. Andrew’s VBS mission project. The children were also directly responsible for providing more than 2.7 million servings of fresh, nutritious produce to hungry Americans with the donation of their nickels and dimes to the Society of St. Andrew, a national nonprofit hunger relief ministry and Advance Special #801600.
For more information and to order the material, go to www.endhunger.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.
PENNIES FOR PEACE MISSION PROJECT IDEA FOR THIS SUMMER’S VBS
- For more information, contact Operation Classroom at ocmisson@frontiernet.net or log on to www.operationclassroom.org
SEWING MACHINES NEEDED IN SIERRA LEONE
- For more information, call the Bloomington District office at 800-919-8161 or 812-339-1445.
UMCOR’S SAGER BROWN DEPOT NEEDS HELP WITH KITS
- For more information, log on to www.umcor.org and click on “Help Sager Brown Deliver Kits of Hope.”
UNITED METHODIST VOLUNTEER IN MISSION TEAMS NEEDED IN MEXICO
- Contact information: Jerry Hill jerry.hill@bsumc.com or call 864-320-3165
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AT CENTERVILLE, IOWA
- Contact the church office at 641-856-3862 or the Trustees Chair at 641-895-0381.
SOUTH INDIANA CONFERENCE UPCOMING MISSION TRIPS
- March 2008
- 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 Calnali,, 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.
DISASTER MINISTRY CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS JUSTICE IN DISASTERS
- March 29-April 1, at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn.
- 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
- April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s UMC, 700 East Southway Blvd. in Kokomo, Ind.
- For more information: Contact Bonnie Albert, 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.
PERU CHURCH ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE IN APRIL 13 MISSIONS FAIR
- April 13
- 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.
TERRE HAUTE DISTRICT OFFERS TRIP TO MISSION DISTRIBUTION
- April 16-18
- For more information on these mission opportunities please contact the Terre Haute District Office at 800-919-8165 or 812-237-0101.
UM MISSION INITIATIVE SUMMIT SCHEDULED FOR TEXAS APRIL 17-18
- For details and registration visit: www.resources.gbgm-umc.org/summit/.
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
OPERATION CLASSROOM PACKING PARTY IN TERRE HAUTE DISTRICT
- April 24, at 9 a.m. at Breden Memorial UMC, 2228 S. 7th St. in Terre Haute
- Please contact the Terre Haute District Office, 1403 Chestnut Street, Terre Haute, IN 47807. Call 812-237-0101 or 800-919-8168.
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.
RX CONNEXION TO HOLD ANNUAL CONSULTATION IN LINCOLN COUNTRY
- May 2-4
- 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.
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 Carolyn Wagner.
- 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
- 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
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.
MISSION OPPORTUNITY – TRAVEL TO MEXICO WITH COLUMBUS D.S.
- June 14-21
- For more information including a brochure visit the Columbus District Web site www.coumc.org or e-mail Brian White.
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.
NORTH INDIANA SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MISSION
- July 9 for the Drive-In Day
- July 9-July 12 at Manchester College, in North Manchester, Ind.
- More information and registration to come.
KOKOMO CHURCH INVITES OTHERS TO UTE INDIANA NATION VIM TRIP
- July 17-July 29
- If you are interested in finding out more information about this opportunity call the cell number below. I look forward to hearing from you! Seeking God’s Horizon, Paul Rogers, cell phone: 765-863-0127.
SMITH VALLEY UMC ANNOUNCES MISSION OPPORTUNITY TO COLOMBIA
- July 19-26
- 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.
SOUTH INDIANA SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MISSION SCHEDULED FOR JULY
- July 26-Super Saturday Session
- July 27-30 Weekday School.
- For more information check out the “Southwind” newsletter by logging onto: www.gbgm-umc.org/sicumw/
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR GULF PORT HURRICANE RECOVERY IN AUGUST
- Gulf Port, Miss., Aug. 9-17
- Contact 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.
MADISON CHURCH PLANS MISSION TRIP TO ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER
- Sept. 22 through Oct. 1
- For more information, call Debi Partridge at 812-273-4601 or email her at partridge2@verizon.net. The price for this trip is $3,000 and the team is almost full.
DETROIT CONFERENCE VIM TEAM PLANS TRIP TO HAITI FOR NOV. 7-14
- Nov 7-14
- Contact Curtis Bartz, 313- 278-4849 or jbartz@mich.com for information and an application.
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 03/24/2008