Connect 2008
May 12 is the early registration deadline for discounted
fee for CONNECT 2008 (formerly known as UMVIM-SEJ Rally). I have
copied the press release that went out last month in the bottom
of this email. This year we are highlighting 2 KY based teams:
one to Honduras and one to Uganda in Projects With a Purpose.
We need to support the work being led by Jim Burris from Frankfort
First in Honduras and by Linda Gardella in Uganda. I'm very excited
about my medical speaker. It previous years I was severely limited
in who I got to speak because of budgetary constraints. This
year I went for the person I wanted, not the person we could
afford. He is Dr. Henry Perrry. He developed and implimented
the first census-based community health program in Bolivia called
Andean Rural Health. Andean Rural Health is now Curamericas Global
and is in many countries around the world. Dr. Perry has served
as a Presidential Advisor on world health. He has a dual job
now of working as international project director for Curamericas
Global and as a professor at Future Generations. He has a great
sense of humor and just hearing him would be worth the trip.
We are having a great number of workshops that would benefit
any volunteer. One of the highlights of every meeting is being
able to talk one to one with other participants and with internationals.
Come join us at CONNECT for a truly mountain top experience.
Judy Neal
KYVIM
President, UMVIM-SEJ Medical Fellowship
PRESS RELEASE:
UMVIM, SEJ would like to announce the upcoming event, CONNECT that will be
held on June 18-20, 2008 at Lake Junaluska, NC. CONNECT’s theme is "INSPIRE.
INFORM. INTERACT"
CONNECT will feature keynote speakers, Dr. Lester Spencer, President, Board
of Directors, United Methodist Volunteers in Mission, SEJ; Bishop James Swanson,
Sr., Holston Conference; Rev. Chris Stockwell-Goering, Missionary Interpreter
for SEJ, and Dr. Henry Perry, founder of Curamericas and professor within Future
Generations, a nonprofit educational institution that teaches and enables a
process of equitable and sustainable community change in several third world
countries.
Workshops will be offered on a wide variety of mission topics, including but
not limited to: Families in Mission, Cultural Sensitivity, Disaster Response,
Global Water Crisis, Obtaining Medications, Team Health, and Lay Denistry.
Visit with international and domestic project leaders who will share first-hand
information about work in their countries and states.
YUMVIM (Young United Methodist Volunteers In Mission) An excellent program
for children and grandchildren will be offered. Kids will have a lot of great
mission oriented activities such as hands-on projects, music, worship and plays,
throughout the CONNECT event.
Projects with a Purpose provides time to network with international and national
projects. This is a great opportunity to find information about your next mission
trip or sign up for an exploratory trip to that particular country or area.
Projects with a Purpose will include:
Honduras
Kenya
Uganda
Native American ministry
Cambodia
France
Disaster Relief in Mississippi
For more information and to register please visit www.umvim.org or call 404-377-7424. |
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