Your Global Ministries Update: September 25, 2008
Disciples and UCC… together in God’s global mission
- Visit us at: http://www.globalministries.org/
Please download the MONTHLY MISSION STORY for your church bulletin or newsletter:
September 2008: pdf or text only or espanol
October 2008: text only or pdf bulletin insert format
To download the WEEKLY PRAYER for Sunday Worship, click here: Republic of Congo
Will you participate in the Cell Out for Congo on October 22? Cell Out
Connecting Threads DVD Series to Appear on NBC We are thrilled about the national exposure Global Ministries will receive when NBC affiliate stations are invited to run the one-hour version of our Connecting Threads video series during the month of October. Several have already committed to showing it, but many have not yet. The key is to contact your local NBC TV stations to encourage them to air Connecting Threads. The Connecting Threads website http://www.ucc.org/connecting-threads/ will have a list of all of the NBC stations, email address and phone numbers of the program managers. Information on which stations have agreed to broadcast it and the airdates will be listed on the website, too.
We appreciate all you can do to get the word out, and don't forget to ask your local station and be sure to watch it at home!http://globalministries.org/news/nbc-to-air-global-ministries.html
World Communion Sunday is October 5. Go to Global Ministries website for bread recipes, liturgies, stories, and ideas for celebrating World Communion Sunday in your church!http://www.globalministries.org/resources/special-days/WCS/
Congo Week – October 19-25. Congo Week is a global initiative led by students to raise awareness about the situation in the Congo and provide support to the people of the Congo. Congo Week will occur from October 19 - 25, 2008 on in communities throughout the globe from Brazil to Belgium, South Africa to Sweden, Kenya to Korea and in many other localities. Join with over 100 countries and in solidarity with the people of the Congo during Congo Week.
We appreciate all you can do to get the word out, and don't forget to ask your local station and be sure to watch it at home!http://globalministries.org/news/nbc-to-air-global-ministries.html
World Communion Sunday is October 5. Go to Global Ministries website for bread recipes, liturgies, stories, and ideas for celebrating World Communion Sunday in your church!http://www.globalministries.org/resources/special-days/WCS/
Congo Week – October 19-25. Congo Week is a global initiative led by students to raise awareness about the situation in the Congo and provide support to the people of the Congo. Congo Week will occur from October 19 - 25, 2008 on in communities throughout the globe from Brazil to Belgium, South Africa to Sweden, Kenya to Korea and in many other localities. Join with over 100 countries and in solidarity with the people of the Congo during Congo Week.
Click here for more information, including Congo Week Worship Resources:http://globalministries.org/news/africa/congo-week-worship.html
Report from Joint Fact-Finding Mission to South Korea Two regional human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs)—the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) based in Bangkok and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) located in Hong Kong—conducted a fact-finding mission from July 21 to 24, 2008, in Seoul, South Korea, to examine human rights violations during the daily candlelight vigils that have been held since May 2. The specific focus of the mission was curbs on freedom of opinion and expression and riot police attacks on human rights defenders—lawyers, journalists and medical workers—at the vigils, which have been held to protest the April 18 agreement with the U.S. government to import U.S. beef into South Korea. The vigil participants have been concerned about insufficient safeguards to protect people from contracting mad cow disease, i.e., threats to people's right to health. Click here to read more, including the full report: http://globalministries.org/news/eap/final-report-of-fa.html
