World Missions

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 2010

Saturday, February 6
8:15 AM                  Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 9:45 AM      Opening Celebration and Worship Service
10:00 - 10:45 AM  Workshop Session 1
11:00 - 11:45 AM  Workshop Session 2
12:00 - 12:45 PM  Workshop Session 3
1:00 - 1:30 PM       Lunch (Swetenburg Hall)
1:30 - 2:30 PM       Exhibits

Sunday, February 7
9:30 - 10:30 AM     Missionary Forum in Swetenburg Hall
                                 Children with missionaries in their classrooms

10:45 AM                Gathering Music for Worship
11:00 AM                Worship-Combined services

GOAL AND MISSIONS 2010
GOAL - $85,000

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Outreach Foundation..........................................$20,000
The Outreach Foundation, a validated mission support group of the PCUSA, supports three Crisis Nurseries in Lusaka, Zambia ($7,000); supports Ted and Sue Wright, who serve as missionaries in Zambia ($5,000); the Namumu Orphanage ($6,000) and for the new Siavonga Presbyterian Church ($7,000)

Haiti Education Foundation, Inc...........................$20,000
In 1999, our congregation provided funds to build a school in Haiti. This year we will continue funding 363 scholarships at a cost of $55 per year for each student.

Congo Protestant University.................................$8,000
The University has added a much needed medical school to their professional departments. The first group of students have now completed their pre-med training.  FPC will help support these students with Medical School Scholarships ($4,500) and Medical School Equipment ($4,500).

Wycliffe Bible Translators.....................................$5,000
By their strategic involvement in Bible translation, we have the opportunity to impact entire people groups.  Three areas of the world have greatest need for Bible translation: Central, East and Southeast Asia; the Pacific Archipelago including Indonesia, New Guinea and Central Africa. We are please to provide support for missionaries Rex and Jean Lieffers ($2,500) and Glen and Beverly Ferguson, serving with Jungle Aviation and Radio Service ($2,500).

Rivers of the World ...........................................$10,000
ROW is an international exploration and development agency which targets remote river basins. This year our contribution to ROW will target the evangelistic work being done along the Amazon River. This mission includes medical supplies as well as the computerized "talking" Bibles and other badly needed supplies.

Son Servants.......................................................$5,000
Since its beginning in 1982, Son Servants has provided opportunities for youth and adults to experience short-term mission trips, both inside and outside the United States. Son Servants'aim is to provide quality experiences that can be carried back to the local church and, with God's help, into a lifetime of service. Our donation supports these goals.

Solid Rock Missions..............................................$6,000
Solid Rock Missions is the sponsoring non-profit agency that
coordinates the volunteers from FPC and other churches and
medical groups who take mission trips to the region of San Juan
de la Maguana of the Dominican Republic. The funds are used
to support the operation of a medical and surgical clinic, outpatient clinics and two Christian schools.

Erin Hartley.................................................................$4,500
Erin is the daughter of FPC members Phil and Lisa Hartley and
Lesa Ellard. She is associated with Works of Love, Inc., a nonprofit, charitable corporation whose activities are intentionally
structured in accordance with the life and teachings of Jesus, by
offering spiritual life and hope. She currently lives in Krin Krin,
Nicaragua, where she teaches English. Erin is required to raise
all her financial needs through family and friends.

Stephanie Caldwell......................................................$4,500
Stephanie is the daughter of FPC members David and Tracy Caldwell and granddaughter of Cliff and Dottie Rigby. She is in India and is associated with Rahab's Rope, a ministry for young women, and works with Karunya, a slum ministry for children. Stephanie is required to raise all her financial needs through family and friends.

Cheryl Burke...............................................................$2,500
Cheryl is the daughter of FPC members Charles and Sharon
Burke. As a missionary/educator she serves as the Dean of
Students at Foreman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan, a
mission of the PCUSA. Cheryl also assists in the Chapel program,
serving 700 Christian students and teaching Bible studies. She
does not receive an income from the college, but she raises all
her financial needs through family, friends and churches.

                                       -Offering-

Your World Mission Conference Pledge Offering, over and above your stewardship pledge, is your special gift to God.  This is your response to God's call for you to serve Him and His people.

HAITI EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Mary Joe Oliver and Susan Turbeville
The Haite Educational Foundation was started by Frances Landers after a 1981 visit to Haiti. Susan and Mary Jo are representing the foundation at the 2010 WMC. Today the foundation supports 40 elementary and ten high schools with more than 10,000 children enrolled, as well a vocational school, and 24 high school graduates attending colleges in Port-au-Prince.

THE OUTREACH FOUNDATION
Ebralie Mukarusagara
Ebralie, Projects Coordinator for the Outreach Foundation, returns this year. She is a native of Rwanda and survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994. She, her husband, William Mwizerwa, and their five children live in Nashville. She is closely involved in the developing and evaluating of each of Outreach's selected projects.

THE OUTREACH FOUNDATION
Mark Papp, a member of our congregation for over 30 years, and his wife Michea answered God's call to the mission field in Siavonga, Africa, where they partnered with natives to build a Presbyterian church. They received many blessings and miracles from their first mission trip. From a field of rock and dirt rose God's new church in just 40 days!

SOLID ROCK MISSIONS
Doctors Bill Jones and Scot Stewart
Bill Jones is a local urologist and FPC member who, with his wife Andrea, has coordinated a Dominican Republic medical mission trip for the past four years. Scot Stewart is a local ear, nose and throat physician who is also a FPC member. He and his wife Cathy have been recent additions to the Dominican Republic mission team. Solid Rock Missions supports this yearly medical mission as well as multiple other medical missions teams at their clinic in the interior of the Dominican. They also provide local children with an education and appropriate nutrition at a Christian school near their medical facility.

CONGO PROTESTANT UNIVERSITY
Jack Spencer worked for 40 years for the CDC before retiring in 2004. Most of his career was devoted to implementing and managing STD and HIV prevention programs. Since retirement he has been a Management Consultant to Global AIDS Program (GAP) and has worked in 16 developing countries in Africa, Asia and South America. This past summer he spent two monts in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Jack and his wife Linda have been members of FPC since spring of 2005.

WYCLIFF BIBLE TRANSLATORS
JUNGLE AVIATION RADIO SERVICE (JAARS).
Glen and Beverly Ferguson attended Moody Bible Institute where Glen graduated with a BS in missionary aviation technology. He worked in Brazil, transporting hundreds of missionaries on medical emergency flights. The two now serve at the Wycliffe Bible Translators/JAARS Center in North Carolina. Glen is Director of Missions and Beverly is involved in the JAARS Women's Ministries encouraging missionary wives as they return from stressful overseas assignments.

SON SERVANTS
FPC Youth and Adult Missionaries
Since its beginning in 1982, Son Servants has provided opportunities for youth and adults to experience short-term mission trips both inside and outside the U.S. Son Servants' aim is to provided quality experiences that can be carried back to the local church, and with God's help, a lifetime of service. Through the efforts of Son Servants, a group of youth and adults from FPC went to New Orleans this past summer to serve the people and assist in the clean up, repair and rebuilding of homes that were affected by Hurricane Katrina.

GLOBAL MUSIC
This year's conference will include a emphasis on the musical resources we have in our Presbyterian hymnal that come from Spanish-speaking countries. Interest sessions will be led by Mike Henry, assisted by members of our congregation and friends.