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Local Unit Mission Study Report is due on August 15, 2009

 

 

 

The School of Christian Mission will be held July 22-25 at Methodist University in Fayetteville.  I urge you to promote these mission studies in your unit. The new studies are:  GIVING OUR HEARTS AWAY:  NATIVE AMERICAN SURVIVAL, SUDAN AND FOOD AND FAITH.  More info on each study and a registration form can be found by clicking on the events calendar on this website and then on July 22-25 School of Christian Mission or below.

 

School of Christian Mission Information

 

Carolyn Wood, District E&I Coordinator
 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: 2009 MISSION STUDIES ISRAEL AND PALESTINE This mission study will help the participants to learn about the history and complexities of relationships between Israel and Palestine. We will explore and understand the concepts of security and freedom that dominates the lives of these peoples. This study will challenge participants to move through tolerance and respect to achieve a just peace. GIVING OUR HEARTS AWAY: NATIVE AMERICAN SURVIVAL The purposes of this study are to learn about the inter-relatedness between the indigenous peoples and their land, to identify selected key issues affecting the Native Americans in the United States; by examining the root causes of these issues and to come to understand and appreciate the “Give Away” culture of the Native Americans in the areas of spirituality, ecology, language, story-telling, food and to lead participants to act as responsible US citizens and Christians in accompaniment and solidarity with Native Americans. I BELIEVE IN JESUS This study deals with four key components, namely: The gift of faith of Jesus Christ, the meaning of faith in Jesus, whose faith counts and faith in Jesus in a post modern world. The early Christians had to find Jesus for themselves. Knowing Jesus is not the task of a selected few, but rather the work of the people of God. The Christian community is enabled to be faithful to Christ Jesus as it receives the witness of its many members. We hear the voices of those who challenge any notions of knowing Jesus other than through their particular ways. The issue of how we discern what is faithful to the Gospel message us an ongoing theological task of the church. Jesus is the name above all names; the salvation of the world.