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Missions education opportunities at General Assembly
Are you planning to attend the CBF General Assembly in Memphis June 19-20? If so, there will be many opportunities to help you get a head start on next year’s planning for missions education. See some of the suggestions below that correspond to upcoming missions education topics to help you plan your time in Memphis:
Workshops:
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Workshop Title
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Day and Time
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Missions Unit Month and Year
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Making the Karen Konnection
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Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
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Karen Immigrants
September 2008
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Change for Children in sub Saharan Africa
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Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
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UN Millennium Development Goals
April 2009
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Embrace the World – Live!
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Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
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North Africa, November 2008 and Northern California, March 2009
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Window to the World
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Friday, 1:30 p.m. or
3:15 p.m.
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2008-2009 topics’ preview and planning
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Microcredit: Empowering the Poor to End Poverty
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Friday, 1:30 p.m.
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UN Millennium Development Goals
April 2009
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Be the Presence . . . To Congregations Responding to Disasters
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Friday, 3:15 p.m.
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U.S. Disaster Response
May 2009
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The Top 10 Baptist Values Across 400 Years
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Friday, 3:15 p.m.
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Baptist Missional Heritage January 2009
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Embrace the Gypsies
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Friday, 3:15 p.m.
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Short-term Workers among the Roma in Hungary, October 2008
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Missions Marketplace
- Items can be purchased from the Missions Marketplace to support the ministries being featured in CBF’s missions education resources. Look for tables marked with INSPIRE signs. These items make a great “show and tell” for you group or congregation as you study about CBF ministries around the world. The following ministries that correspond with upcoming missions education topics will have items for sale:
o Medical Ministry in Haiti – featured in June 2008
o Macedonia – featured in August 2008
o Karen Immigrants – featured in September 2008
o Short-term Workers among Roma in Hungary– featured in October 2008
o Together for Hope in Kentucky - featured in December 2008
o Afghan Refugees – featured in March 2009
INSPIRE Display
· Stop by the INSPIRE display area in the Resource Fair and pick up free resources for your church.