Outreach Missions MEET GARY MINK - MISSIONARY IN NAMIBIA, AFRICA! Gary will be speaking at our Worship service on December 7, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. We will celebrate his visit with a luncheon following the service. All are welcome! ___________________________________________ United Methodist Human Relations Day January 18, 2009 Homelessness. Poverty. Gangs. Violence. These issues plague the United States and Puerto Rice, but The United Methodist Church is doing something about them. Human Relations Day is an offering aimed to make it a day for ALL God's children. The Human Relations Day offering supports Community Developers, United Methodist Voluntary Service and the Youth Offender Rehabilitation Program. These efforts aim to heal injustice in the United States and Puerto Rico by encouraging social justice and work with at-risk youth. The 1972 General Conference established Human Relations Day to "recognize the right of all God's children in realizing their potential as human beings in relationship with each other." Past actions should not determine the future .We are ALL God's children and deserve justice and equality. Together, we can encourage better human relations by affirming the dignity, self-determination and interdependence of individuals and communities. We can make it a day for ALL God's children. www.umcgiving.org _________________________________________________ Support our Good Samaritan Fund! This is a fund maintained by the Pastor for the aid of those in need. Remember the less fortunate! Thank you! _____________________________________________ THE SAYVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS PLEASED TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF MISSIONARIES AND MISSIONS, LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD! Following is a list of these dedicated persons and their missions: Lowell & Claudia Wertz (Tanzania) U.S. Address: P.O. Box 496 Lansing, IL 60438 Africa Address: P.O. box 1344 Kigoma, Tanzania email: wertz@joyintheharvest.com Gary & Rebecca Mink (Namibia) Bread of Life Foundation Namibia Inc. PO Box 451 Forest Hill, MD 21050 www.breadoflifenamibia.org 410-893-8789 Jeff & Krista Parrett (Campus Crusade for Christ) 12061 Lake Cypress Cir. G 208 Orlando FL 32828 kjparrett3@aol.com CCC acct #0463646 Rev. Suprian Augustin (Haiti) Mission Evangelique Primitive Du N. Testament Pont-Quenepe #12 P.O. Box 118 Gonaives, HT 4110 Apostalic Mission of Haiti - Rev. Suprian Augustin An independent Christian ministry headquartered in Gonaives, Haiti (W.I. My name is Augustin Suprian. I grew up in a Christian family. Both my parents loved God and their faithfulness to the Lord convinced me a lot. At the age of 12, I accepted the Lord as my personal savior and was baptized at 14. At the age of 19, I attended Bible School. I was accepted at Assembly of God Bible Institute, located in a small village east of Port-Au-Prince. In 1974, I received a call from God to go back to Gonaives. I did so. The same year I started a Church, known today as the Church of Gonaives. Since then, I became a "Church Planter." The ministry expanded over the years, and today with God's grace, Apostalic Mission of Haiti is overseeing 18 Churches within 30 miles. I am now 45 years old, married, and a father of seven children. Both my wife and the kids are deeply involved in the ministry. The needs are enormous, but we've been holding by faith. With the support of some beloved brothers, the ministry was able to initiate some actions, such as: Leadership Training and Development, counseling, kindergarten, grammar and elementary school, after-school activities, and food and nutrition programs. Some of these activities survived and some did not. By faith in God, we still believe, that one day at a time, we will be able to revive them one by one. I have been traveling to the U.S. for over 10 years, the Lord has opeded some doors and my countrymen have been blessed and I know for sure that other doors will be opened. Rosie and Nick Brackett Missionaries in Malaysia Please send financial contributions to: Bethesda Christian Fellowship (checks payable to Bethesda & indicate Bracketts in memo line) 1015 Cedar Lane Knoxville, TN 37912 email: nikao4jc@yahoo.com website: nickandrosie.com Lighthouse Mission 54 Railroad Ave. Patchogue, NY 11772 http://www.lighthousemission.net