OC Minisitries 20th Anniversary Celebration: Make Your Plans Now to Attend

MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN:

OC MINISTRIES 20TH CELEBRATION – Thursday October 29
OC Ministries is a mission program of the Minnesota Annual Conference

Sierra Leone Consultation with our new Bishop from Sierra Leone. Bishop John Yambasu. Hear and discuss his vision of how we can partner to help rebuild the church, schools, and medical work. Share your partnership with the conference. Let us make plans to work and rebuild together. –Thursday, October 29 9:00 to 3:00

Liberia Consultation with Bishop John Innis. Hear his vision and others vision as we discuss how we can partner more effectively to help rebuild the church, school, and medical work in Liberia. Let us make plan to work and rebuild together. – Friday, October 30 – 9:00 to 3:00

We have reserved rooms at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel Minneapolis South where there is:

*Complimentary parking
*Complimentary shuttle service to and from the MSP Airport
*Complimentary full hot breakfast buffet (two per room)
*On-site restaurant, lounge, Avis car rental, and Starbucks Coffee Shop
*Indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and 24-hour fitness center

$85 per night per room ( This price is valid through September 1.
You need to call 952.893.8434 and make your reservations. When you call mention you are a part of the Operation Classroom group. If you have problems, call me at 765.650.0231 or email me at wagners@operationclassroom.org
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South
7800 Normandale Boulevard, Bloomington, MN 55439
Phone: (952) 835-7800 Fax: (952) 893-8431

For further information on our hotel please visit: www.sheraton.com/minneapolissouth

 

Dr David Dunn of Riley Hospital, Ann Newton, social worker, of Greencastle, and Sue Mullendore, a school counselor,  of Crawfordsville has been selected to go to Liberia October 23 to November 6 to conduct a trauma couseling workshop for 36 Liberian clergy and lay persons. The content of the workshop will be a basic understanding of counseling, especially as it relates to trauma, substance abuse and Domestic violence issues.  This is the 7th counselling seminar Operation  Classroom has held in Liberia since 1994. Operation Classroom has also conducted similar workshops in Sierra Leone (4) and Cote d' Ivoire (2).

 

The program was started by Rev. David V.W. Owen, Assistant to Bishop Coyne and Bishop Arthur Kulah.  The Liberia Annual Conference formed a partnership with Operation Classroomto establish the S. Edward Peal Center for Reconciliation and Renwal.  They have also placed counselors in 9 of the United Methodsit Schools.  $150 spoonsorships for the Liberiaan participants are needed.  For more information contact the Operation Classroom Office.

 

 

 

YES KIT BAGS AVAILABLE

If you want to provide YES kits for students and you do not want to sew the bags, contact the OC office.  We have bags which are available.  Just let us know how many you want and where to sent them.

 

MAKING A DIFFERENCE ONE YOUTH A TIME

You can make a difference inthe world one youth at a time by providing a work/study grant so he/she can attend school.  For $75 you can send a child to school for one year in one of the Operation Classroom schools.  You will receive a picture and a bio of the student.  You can send a check to the OC office or pay  by credit card with the button on the right of the page. Or you can make three payments of $25 each: September, January and March.  Stop and think, "What if this were your child?"

 

BACK TO SCHOOL -- but some youth in Sierra Leone and Liberia will not be included in the back to school crowd because of the lack of funds. For only $75 you can provide a work/study grant for a youth in one of the 15 Operation Classroom schools. You can use a credit card by going to the right of this page and click on donate or you can send a check to Operation Classroom.  You can also pay for the scholarship in three payments of $25 each.(September, January and April)  You will receive a picture and a bio of the student later this fall.

INFLATION HITTING SIERRA LEONE

In the past few weeks the Leone exchange rate has risen officially to 3650 to $1.00.  Street rate runs as high as 3800. Some feel it could go as high as 4000.  Prices of essential goods continue to rise in anticipation that the exchange rate will not stabilize soon. The merchants are raising the present prices  for fear they may not be able to recover Moines spent to replace the goods in stock.

 

YOUR SCHOOL KITS

Operation Classroom has Bibles and New Testaments available for your school kits. Bibles for Junior and Senior High and New Testaments for Elementary.  Bibles ($2 each and New Testaments $1.25 each plus postage)

CONTAINER LOADED AND SENT

1161 boxes of school supplies, hospital supplies and church supplies and church program supplies to Liberia were recently loaded in a container.  Over 1200 boxes of school supplies and hospital supplies including nearly 100 chairs, 43 tables, filling cabinets and other supplies were recently loaded in a container and sent to Sierra Leone.  In the two shipments there 48 boxes of chalk for each school, 6000 spiral notebooks, 1000+ composition books, 7 cases of paper, thousands of  pens, and around 500 packages of loose leaf paper plus art and sewing supplies. The containers should reach Liberia and Sierra Leone in early September.

 

 

LOADING A CONTAINER FOR SIERRA LEONE

Tuesday August 4.  The container for Liberia was loaded July 30.