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 (formerly Mission Saturation Event)
A well-known mission education event is the District Mission Celebration
Event. The purpose it to share the global perspective of Mission by using
the personal mission story from interpreters. The events will concentrate
on the global mission perspective of the United Methodist Church.
The
goal of this event is to have every local church within that district
to host one or more mission speakers within a three to five day period.
Churches are expected to invite mission speakers to meet with different
groups in the church so that everyone has a chance to hear the mission
story in a variety of settings. Request the manual “Planning Your
Mission Celebration Event” from the Mission Education office or
Jurisdictional Field Staff.
Mission education also should occur while
listening to others share their experiences in mission as nurses, doctors,
teachers, farmers, evangelists,
pastors, builders, professors, and mechanics.
United Methodist Districts
and some sub-districts organize these events to celebrate mission and
expand local and global mission awareness. The
events take place either over a weekend or in some cases during the week
with an opening event on the Sunday leading into that week.
For the participation
of the General Board of Global Ministries – Mission
Interpreters (GBGM-MI) the time commitment needs to be extremely flexible.
The events schedule an orientation, which is a requirement for GBGM-MI.
Mission
Celebration Events have 20 to 60 churches participating; they utilize
15 to 20 local Core Interpreters and then request additional
GBGM-MI from GBGM.
To schedule an event in your area, Contact your Jurisdictional
Field Staff for additional information, and specifically the “Request
for Itineration of Mission Interpreters” form. This will be forwarded
to Mission Education to assign GBGM Mission Interpreters.
For further information, contact:
Una Jones, Mission Education
General Board of Global Ministries
475 Riverside Drive, Room 1356
New York, NY 10115
Tel: 212/870-3792
Fax: 212/870-3932
E-mail: ujones@gbgm-umc.org
Or the Advance Field Representative in your Jurisdiction:
NORTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Wayne L. Rhodes
10 School Street, Rm. 1
Naperville, IL 60540
Tel. (630) 357-0170
Fax. (630) 357-5987
wrhodes@gbgm-umc.org
NORTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
Elizabeth "Brooke" Conklin
20 Prospect St., Suite 205
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Tel. (518) 884-8456
Fax. (518) 884-8468
econklin@gbgm-umc.org
SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Rick L. Hawkins
6060 N. Central Expressway, Suite 228 Dallas, TX 75206-5203
Tel. (214) 373-1554
Fax.(214) 361-9329
rhawkins@gbgm-umc.org
SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
M. Joy Magnus
80 Walnut Street, S.W., Suite 102
Atlanta, GA 30314
Tel. (404) 584-6222
Fax (404) 584-0390
jmagnus@gbgm-umc.org
SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
M. Joy Magnus
80 Walnut Street, S.W., Suite 102
Atlanta, GA 30314
Tel. (404) 584-6222
Fax (404) 584-0390
jmagnus@gbgm-umc.org
WESTERN JURISDICTION
Heather Wilson
3450 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1126
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel. (213) 386-5335
Fax (213) 386-0722
hwilson@gbgm-umc.org
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