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NEW - Missouri VIM Position Job
Description & Employment Application Process
NEW - INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE PET OFFERING
NEW - Purchase the new 2008
Jan-March MissionCast DVD
NEW Donate For Flood Disaster
Response
NEW Festival of Sharing 2008
Booklet
Photo of the Week
Where every picture tells a story.
Photo of the Week archive
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Millers UMC Receives Helping
Hand From Volunteers in Mission from Cornerstone UMC |
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Volunteers in Mission Team from Cornerstone UMC in O’Fallon spent 10
days in Miller Mo. to help a fellow church install a new 200 amp
circuit breaker panel and handicap accessible rest rooms. The ten
members of the team brought their own sleeping quarters, cooks,
cookware and tools to complete the work. With the help of church
members they first had to replace an old 50 amp circuit breaker
panel with a new 200 amp panel with 30 breakers to support the
existing electrical circuits and the new circuits needed for the new
rest rooms. The new rest rooms were built in a vacant church room
and required new sewer and water connections to city services. The
rooms were provided with 36” doors and handicap stools. Electric
heaters, washbasins, mirrors and lighting were installed in each
restroom.
On Wednesday evening the members of the Miller and Patton Chapel
churches provided a delicious meal for the Mission team. The members
of this team were; Bernard and Nadine Groharing, Joe Rolen, Gene and
Yvonne Beasley, Dale and Lou Broeker, Bob and Mary Scherer and
Dennis Murary. Cornerstone UMC in O’Fallon has a very active
VIM program. In Feburary, 30 members traveled to Pharr Texas to
build two bedrooms on a home.
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PETs PARADE AT GENERAL
CONFERENCE |
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David Westerfield of the
Kentucky Annual Conference drives a PET onto the General Conference
assembly floor during an April 26 celebration of rural ministries at
the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth,
Texas. (Photo by
Paul Jeffrey -
UMCom)
PET will be the main offering at the Missouri Annual Conference, in
Springfield, in June. Every church is encouraged to raise $250
to give the Gift of Mobility to someone who does not have it.
The offering will be received at the Friday evening banquet during
conference. On Sunday a semi-truck load of PETs will be
dedicated and head out to give this precious gift to several hundred
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THE GIFT OF MOBILITY BECOME
A REALITY FOR MANY AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE THIS YEAR |
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The 10,000th PET which was built a couple of
years ago is shown here. But the real story is that of giving
people like Thong in Vietnam the Gift of Mobility. Thong is a
shoe repair man. His former means of transportation was that
of moving one stool in front of the other and then shifting his
weight to rest on it while he moved the other stool forward.
Imagine his joy at receiving the Gift of Mobility.
Congregations across the state are preparing to give this gift to
hundreds more at Annual Conference this year during the offering to
be received at the Friday night dinner gathering. Our thanks
to KOMU-TV in Columbia for the pictures they took in Vietnam.
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Government of Taiwan Donates
$15,000 for Missouri Flood Recovery |
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| Governor Blunt presented a check for $15,000
to MIDRO from the Government of Taiwan. He received the check
as a donation from Mr. Henry Fan, from the Taiwan Consular General's
Office. Max Marble, who serves as the treasurer of the
Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organization was on hand, in
Jefferson City, on Friday to receive the donation. Pictured
from left to right are: Max Marble, Governor Blunt, Jim
Eckrich, MIDRO president (Lutheran Church), Henry Fan and Ronald
Reynolds, Director of the Missouri Emergency Management Agency. |
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Neosho United Methodist
Men Sponsor a Potato Soup Benefit for the Hungry of Missouri |
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| For 35 years the Neosho United
Methodist Men (with the help of the entire church) have been serving
potato soup with the proceeds going to feed hungry people through the
Society of St. Andrew. They have calculated that they are able to
provide 150 servings of food for every $3.50 bowl of soup they sell.
Through the years their efforts have expanded from an in-church benefit
to one where they deliver soup to businesses all over the town of
Neosho. The men of the church have produced a CD with complete detailed
instructions for planning a potato soup benefit. To receive the CD phone
the Office of Creative Ministries at 573-474-7155 or email
marble@umocm.com
To view a three
minute video of the potato soup benefit click here. |
Click here to see what the world would
look like with just 100 people.
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The Office of Creative Ministries
We coordinate such ministries as:
the Festival of Sharing, Volunteers in Mission, Heifer Project
International, the Society of St. Andrew, the Christian Native Craft
Festival, Disaster Response and many more.
Having been called by God
to do so and having been shown the example of Jesus Christ the Office of
Creative Ministries has joined hands with people of other churches and
faith groups to accomplish the ministry of meeting the human needs that
exist in Missouri and the world.
Office staff
Max Marble, Director
Joe
Bartelsmeyer, Associate Director for Volunteers in Mission (Missouri)
Carol
Oliver, Associate Director for Heifer International
Audrey Phelps, Associate Director for
Volunteers in Mission (National and International)
Terri Williams, Associate
Director for the Festival of Sharing
Ann Moreton, Financial Records
Isaac
Johnson, Office Manager
Please contact us for more
information. Let us know how we can help you grow the mission work in
your local church. You may easily contact us by clicking on to the email
address below. Best wishes in all your mission endeavors.
Telephone 573-474-7155
- Fax 573-474-6898 - E-mail
Office of Creative Ministries
Address 3009 David Drive, Columbia, MO 65202
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