FL Minister's Annual Meeting 10-09

The Minister's Annual State Meeting of Florida Church of God was held October 15, 2009 at Crossings Community Church in Sanford.

After worship and voting, State Pastor Dr. Greg Wiens presented “Lessons Learned Leading Life Cycles” (PowerPoint to be posted at http://flcog.org/). I attended the break-out session, “Leading the Urban Congregations through Transformation of their Community” - leading a small urban congregation to turn outward by developing passion for reaching out to the community for God - by Rev. Michael Curry, Senior Pastor at Kendall Community Church of God in Miami.

Between displays about Warner University and International School Project, I set up a missions display inviting folks to partner with me in Cote d'Ivoire ministry. Here Tom Yohe, Regional Recruiter for ISP (a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ International) recommends three CCCI resources available in French on DVD:
- "Jesus" (http://www.campuscrusade.com/Jesus_Film/jesusdvd.htm)
- "The Story of Jesus for Children"
(http://www.campuscrusade.com/Youth_and_Children/jesuschild.htm)
- "Magdalena: Released From Shame" emphasizing that Christ loves and values women (http://www.ccci.org/store/featured/2009/magdalena.aspx).

I thank God for seven contacts for potential missions support, several presentations are a matter of scheduling.

Missions Cookbook - Christmas shop early!

“Taste and See” cookbook has been published by the Women’s Ministry @ First Church of God, Cape Coral FL (both my Living Link Partners). Proceeds from the cookbook go toward local and foreign missions.

The hardback “Taste and See” cookbook contains 200 recipes, scriptures on divider pages, plus 24 pages of cooking terms, tips, and measurements. Recipes are from local church members, National WCG President Che-Che Moberly, and others.

International recipes from missionaries:
~ Don Deena Caldwell – Middle Eastern Meatballs

~ Kay Critser / Africa – Yams Tomatoes and Onion Sauce,

          Tanzanian Fried Cabbage and Meat

~ Karen and Jon Lambert /Ecuador – Locro Papa /
           Potato Soup

~ LeAnn Sellers - West African Peanut Sauce

(Included is my 3rd generation family specialty - apple dumplings.)

COST: $12. + $3. Shipping.
Make check payable to “Women of the Church of God”

ORDERS: Send to Fran Mahoney
2213 Country Club Blvd.
Cape Coral FL 33990

MyCHOG

Church of God Ministries invites you to join a new social networking site on the Internet designed specifically for the Church of God family. MyCHOG offers users similar functionality to that offered by sites such as MySpace and Facebook. Using technology, the church can now span geographical distances and come together in the virtual realm to strengthen our relational connectivity.

“It is all about building and strengthening our community within the Church of God,” said David Farlow, chief of strategic communications for Church of God Ministries. “This site is specifically designed to help improve fellowship, worship, networking, and communication to foster greater relational connectivity across the movement. ...”

MyCHOG offers those associated with the church the opportunity to join interest groups, participate in discussion forums, establish personal blogs, share photos and videos, and much more.

I encourage you to consider becoming part of this online family. You can experience MyCHOG by visiting http://mychog.com/. If you join, invite me to be your 'friend' and then you can have easier access to my missions related photos, etc.