Click Here for the 2011 Venezuela Mission Report!
Global Partners
Global Partners is a partnership between the Rocky Mountain Conference
United Church of Christ (UCC), the Rocky Mountain Disciples of Christ
(DOC)
and
the Evangelical
United Pentecostal Church of Venezuela (UEPV). As far as we know,
we are the only Partnership through Common Global Ministries wherein
the UCC and DOC work together with a third partner.
Together we represent
about 200 churches in western Venezuela, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
The membership of each of the three partner denominations have committed to:
- Working together to share God's love but not trying to change
each other theologically.
- Planning and working on projects
together.
- Exchanging people and sharing resources.
- Supporting each other
through social, political and spiritual challenges.
Our exchanges
began slowly with limited numbers on visiting teams. Our
teams still only take about 10 individuals
in order not to
create a hardship for
our hosts in Venezuela. When they come here their numbers
are limited because of the increasing problem of obtaining
visitor
visas since 9/11.
Global Partnership Mission
Opportunities
Click Here for the 2012 April Trip Construction Application
The purpose of these trips is to provide cultural exchanges
between the Rocky Mountain Conference/Region of the United
Church of Christ and the Disciples of Christ and our partners
in Venezuela- The United Evangelical Pentecostal Church-
and to support one another in our spiritual journeys as we
seek peace and justice in our world. Each trip is centered
on a project; however the process of relationship building
is more important than what we do.
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You are invited---to visit Venezuela!
Consider joining a UCC/DOC Global Partnership team for a life-changing adventure.
Dates: October 4 - 13, 2011
Cost: approximately $1800 which includes airfare
Although this will be a medical trip and we want to have some medical people on the team, you do not need to have medical skills. You'll be trained to take blood pressures, hand out meds or the like. You do not need to speak Spanish. The team will include interpreters. What is needed is interest in learning about another culture, a love of people and a sense of humor, and flexibility!
Contact Barbara Hanst at bhanst@gmail.com or 303-443-1397 if interested. To learn more or apply go on line at rmcucc.org/outreach/globalpartners/.htm
Get Involved
Members are a mix of ages and genders, lay
and clergy, as well as those who have traveled to Venezuela and
those that haven't
yet. We welcome anyone who is interested in helping to plan the
trips, recruiting travelers, training participants, speaking
and teaching in local churches and fund raising.
We meet once a
month,
currently at the UCC Conference office in Denver. If you are
interested in joining Global Partners, please contact Alice Silver:
720-344-6947 home
or 720-219-0316 cell.
Learn More about
Global Partners
Read the history of Global Partners and the Evangelical
United Pentecostal Church of Venezuela, an open letter from
the UEPV, recent news articles, and more >
Apply to Travel
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