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Global Ministries

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Shawn McConaughey
NWYM Associate Superintendent
Global Outreach and Pastoral Care



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Christmas Letter from Friends Serving Abroad


Highlights from 2010:

  • Moscow Friends has doubled in attendance.
  • In Israel, please pray for rain. Without the fires, we are still suffering through a drought.
  • PRODOLA faces changes in the program as it adjusts to the legal demands of the different countries our students and faculty represent.
  • The NWYM Board of Global Outreach has approved the next steps proposed by the North Africa Leadership Team.

 

May Trip to China


Our drive to accomplish or “do” something is admirable. It is a common trait for Americans! On the other hand it can get us into trouble. What if we went on a trip to begin to learn how to simply “be” with a particular people in their context?

That’s what we want to attempt. You are invited to join us This spring we plan to visit 3 locations in China. There may be some “up front” time, and we will see some sites, but mostly we want to find ways to be with and make new Chinese friends. An occasional English lesson, a softball game, some side-by-side service, are just a few of the ways we hope to interact. But listening will be our primary task. Listening to our hosts, listening as God speaks to us about our experience, to each other, and to our own assumptions and expectations along this journey.

Some practical details you should know about the trip: It is for young adults and is sponsored by the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends. You don’t have to be a Quaker to join. It will be for three weeks this May. Participant cost will be about $3,500. There will be two team leaders and room for between 12-16 participants. Deadline for application is: February 1, 2011. Find the application here.

Haiti Update:

Friends, here is a creative upcoming relief effort for Haiti from our own George Fox University. Families could plan to attend the event on April 16th or there is a way to donate online.
The proceeds from this fundraiser go to Mennonite Central Committee. We also encourage you to give to the organizations that we listed in our original article on Haiti below.

In Haiti there are about a dozen Evangelical Friends Churches connected to Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region with about 2000-2500 attenders. They are located 30 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti along the coast. Many in these hills will be unlikely to get aid from other sources anytime soon, according to John Williams, Eastern Region Superintendent.

Emergency funds are greatly needed in Haiti. All that you send through EFM will be forwarded to Eastern Region which directly supervises the Friends Churches. They are planning to work with World Relief and possibly World Vision. All Haiti funds that come to EFM will be forwarded to Eastern Region.

Please clearly mark your check either “Haiti-relief only” or “Haiti-where needed most.”  We recommend “where needed most” which gives the freedom to help the missionaries and their ministries, too.

Send your gift to EFM, P.O. Box 525, Arvada, CO 80001.

Other organizations providing aid for Haiti:

MAP International
Medical Teams International
Mercy Corps
World Concern

Resources

Philosophy of Ministry

Download a copy of NWYM’s Global Outreach philosophy of ministry.

GO! (God + Others)

GO! is a publication of Northwest Yearly Meeting. Designed particularly for children, its purpose is to give young people stories by and about children from around the world. It also includes illustrations, maps, and activities.

You can view and print past copies of this newsletter here.

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