APPENDIX: Mission Minded Ideas and Resources

 

50 ways to Encourage Global Mission

(from the Mission Interpretation Office, DFMS)

Design a "word find" puzzle sheet with words such as mission, give, serve, stewardship, go, partnership, Anglican, global, pray

Give students three minutes to complete this sentence: "Mission is __________________."

Create a quiz about the Anglican Communion, pulling facts from The Episcopal Church Annual (Morehouse Publishing) or "Who Are the Anglicans? (Forward Movement Publications).

Place a large mirror in the parish hall with missionary printed at the top.

At pot luck suppers, encourage international food, especially from countries that some parishioners call home

Look for stories about mission projects, and post or distribute them.

Invite an international student, seminarian, or visitor to talk with a group; encourage dialogue and learning on both sides.

Get names and addresses or missionaries who have gone out for your diocese, or who are serving in countries that interest you, and write to them.

Make sure your parish has a budget line for mission.

Have a commissioning ceremony for those about to embark on a special mission project. (See "A Form of Commitment to Christian Service" in The Book of Common Prayer, page 42.)

Prepare for the annual in gathering for the United Thank Offering by leading a review of the UTO Grants List.

Display photos and letters of missionaries your congregations and/or diocese is supporting.

Use wall calendars that have a global theme. Church World Service, UNICEF, Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International are good sources.

Create a small display on a parish hall bulletin board called "Did You Know?" Using a map of the Anglican Communion, highlight different provinces as they are lifted up in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer.

Sing a hymn or anthem in a language other than English. Tell a story about the church’s work in the world where that language is spoken.

Organize learning centers representing provinces of the Anglican Communion; use flags, pictures, a map, prayers, articles form Anglican World and other sources, names of church leaders and others, songs, art, jewelry, crafts.

Arrange a telephone call with a missionary in the field, or with a local church leader in a link parish or diocese, during a congregational meeting.

Display a large Peters Projection map or the world, or a globe. in a prominent location; draw attention to areas where Christians are few, or the Good News of Jesus Christ has yet to be shared. Consult David Barrett’s World Christian Encyclopedia or Patrick Johnstone's Operation World.

Use bookmarks offered by mission-related organizations in hymnals and Prayer Books in the pews -- or design your own.

Learn folk dances from other countries.

Plan several mission offerings yearly, especially on World Mission Sunday (Last Epiphany). or around days with a mission focus such as Pentecost, St. Paul’s feast day, All Saints Day. Be sure the congregation is involved in choosing the mission personnel or projects to be supported.

Ask every family to subscribe to Anglican World, as well as national Episcopal newspapers and magazines, so they will learn about mission happening throughout our church.

Write to Episcopal Parish Services and get copies of the Friendship Press catalog of mission education materials; use these resources for adults, children and youth.

Reprint missionary letters in your parish newsletter; ask for regular column in your diocesan newspaper, too.

Use pottery and baskets from other countries in place of your usual chalice, paten, and offering plates.

Use UTO or Presiding Bishop’s Fund placemats at all congregational meals; UTO blue boxes, and the Fund’s red LOVE boxes, can go on every table, as well.

Use a variety of breads from around the world for the Eucharist.

Host "Mission Evenings" and invite missionaries on furlough, or those who have returned or retired, to tell their story.

Ask everyone in the congregation to place money in a medicine bottle, and bring it to worship as an offering for a medical mission project.

When you read of a disaster in any part of the world, pray for those who are suffering, and find out how you can help. The Episcopal Church and Church World Service are organized to send money, food, blankets, medicines, and many other sources of relief.

Have a "Minute for Mission" during worship weekly. Plan ahead; have a committee of volunteers gathering stories and prayer requests so that this time is focused and effective.

Prepare or participate in ecumenical worship services for World Communion Sunday, World Day of Prayer, One Great Hour of Sharing. Local or regional councils of churches, Church Women United, and Church World Service can help you with materials.

Organize a study of missionary saints, using the Book of Lesser Feasts and Fasts, and bring this teaching into the worship on the appropriate days (for example, Uganda Martyrs on June3).

Write to churches in other countries and exchange information, pictures, worship bulletins, etc. Look for links that will make this interesting to all (personal connections, companion diocese relationship, study program).

Use poems or prayers from all around the world in worship.

Regularly include missionaries, as well as the churched highlighted in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, in the "Prayers of the People" on Sunday.

Order a set of flags from the United Nations, hand them out, and ask people to find out enough about that country (and its church, if there is one), so that the rest of the congregation can pray effectively.

Have a prayer service of lighting candles, one from each country in the world. Note how the world, like the room, is made brighter by our care for each other.

Bake a cake for a congregational gathering. Make a rule that no one can eat any but must feed it to another person.

Use the mission hymns frequently (#528-544 in The Hymnal).

Distribute prayer baskets with names of dioceses in the Anglican Communion (a complete list may be found in The Episcopal Church Annual). Ask each worshipper to take one name and pray for that diocese during the coming week.

Compare artistic depictions of Jesus from around the world.

Survey your congregation to find out members’ country of origin, or other links. Invite them to share pictures, memories, customs, foods, hymns. prayers.

Support the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East by participating annually in the Good Friday Offering.

Have a "Stone Soup" supper or "Loaves and Fishes" meal where everyone contributes an item to a plain broth or brings a loaf of bread to share. Ask for donations that will be sent to Episcopal Relief and Development, to relieve hunger in the world.

Promote international pen pal experiences for children and youth in the congregation.

Observe Anglican Communion Sunday (mid-January), and send a special offering to the Anglican Communion Personal Emergencies Fund (for lay workers and clergy throughout the world).

Look at all your books, and the decide how to participate in the Church Periodical Club, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and other mission organizations dedicated to sending books to churches and seminaries and children’s libraries that need them.

Communicate electronically with Anglicans and other Christians around the world.

Please feel free to duplicate and distribute this resource.

 

Mission Minded Ideas

Selected Resources (compiled by Klara Tammany)

FROM EPISCOPAL PARISH SERVICES:

Global Education for Mission

A leader’s guide to designing education events and discussions for adults or youth. Use your own content with this process guide to lead a group in analyzing global issues and events, reflecting theologically, and planning for action.

Mission Matters A three session outline to introduce global mission awareness. The 1 1/2 hour sessions can be used in individual classes, or as a one or two day retreat. Intended for groups who are just beginning a mission focus, or those who want to think more deeply about it. Topics include: The way of mission, our place as Episcopalians in the Anglican Communion and the world, and some basic guided analysis of current mission awareness with steps toward action. Optional activities are suggested to extend the study.

FROM FORWARD MOVEMENT

412 Sycamore St. , Cincinnati, OH 45202, 1-800-543-1813.

Anglican Consultative Council, Anglican Cycle of Prayer

A daily guide for praying together for persons and places in the Anglican Communion around the world, with maps, demographic information, prayer needs, addresses. Publishes yearly.

Lane, Stewart. Learning from Africa.

Flinton, Heather. Generous Living: The Joys and Heartaches of Ministry Overseas

McFerran L. M. Native American Prayers

Ijiri, Toshiyuki Paul Rusch: The story of KEEP and What a Man With a Vision Can Do.

Allen, Hubert J B Roland Allen Pioneer Priest and Prophet

Anglican Communion Office:  Transforming Vision

Ryan, Thomas:  CSP What does It Mean To Be Ecumenical

Carey, George Begin with the Kingdom

Maraschin, Jaci. Growing In Communion

Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods

Anglican Consultative Council, Mission in a Broken World.

Horine, Robert. Partners in Mission USA - II: A Popular Report.

Nazir-Ali, Michael Thinking Globally Acting Locally: Mission and Unity.

Motter, Alton M. Ecumenism 101 A Handbook About the Ecumenical Movement.

Hubbel, William K. Saint Augustine and the See of Canterbury.

Renew Our Vision in Evangelism A Study Guide for the Decade of Evangelism.

MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE BOOKS AND MANUALS

 

Douglas. Ian T. Fling Out the Banner. NY: Church Publishing Inc., 1996.

(A history of and reflection on the foreign work of the Episcopal Church.)

Harris, Mark, The Challenge of  Change, The Anglican Communion  in the Post Modern Era,,  N.Y.

Church Publishing Inc., 1998.

Presler, Titus, Horizons of Mission, Cowley Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002

Roberts, W. Dayton and Siewert, John ed. Mission Handbook. Monrovia, CA: Mission Advanced Research

Center (MARC), 1989. (Faithfully traces the progress & dimension of North American Protestantmissionary activity. Everything you might want to know about mission work - associations, agencies, distribution of personnel, funding, etc.)

The Episcopal Church Annual, Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg, PA

Anglicanism, A Global Communion, Mowbray, 125 Strand, London WC2R 0BB

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FROM FRIENDSHIP PRESS: Can be obtained through Episcopal Parish Services, P.O. Box 1321, Harrisburg, PA 17101, phone 1-800-903-5544. Also available from Friendship Press are a wide variety of country studies with leader’s guide, videos, and other resources. Request a complete catalogue.

Hampson, Tom & Whalen, Loretta, Tales of the Heart - Affective Approaches to Global Education. 1991. For educators engaged in peace, justice and mission advocacy. A unique manual for learning about the world that presents methods where participants are invited to be present to their own stories and hearts, attending to their personal wholeness and holiness and their ultimate effect on global healing. Sets out a clear seminar style plan.

Kitahata Stacy ed. Having an Excellent Adventure: A Hand book for Responsible Travel. 1992

The handbook tells how travel can be an opportunity for human discovery and faith growth. Planners of travel study seminars, work camps, and other mission trips will find it particularly useful. Region specific supplements available.

A 20 min. video (with leaders guide) "Planning and Excellent Adventure based on this handbook guides a group thought the planning process. It can be obtained for the Worldwide Ministries Division, Presbyterian Church (USA) 100 Witherspoon St. Louisville, KY 40202-1396, 1-800-524-2612

Peters, Arno. World Map: Peters Projection

A new world map that dramatically improves the accuracy of how we see the Earth. It helps us see the many peoples and countries of the earth in a fairer and more balanced way.

Kaiser, Ward L. A New View of the World.

A handout that explains that background philosophy and message of the Peters Projection. Includes a history of the map, comparisons with other projections, and suggestions for classroom use.

FROM THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (ELCA):

Division for Global Mission, 8765 West Higgins Rd., Chicago, IL 60631

Embracing God’s World Global Mission Education in the Congregation. 1994.

The guides approach emphasizes receiving the witness of our sisters and brothers around the world and engaging in multisensory learning that connects our everyday life with the world. Very user friendly and adaptable. Include an extensive of resources.

Radatz, Martha Sicora, My Family The Global Family’ 50 Ideas for Global Education

An 10 page collection of simple, thematically grouped suggestions for learning about the world as member of the global family. Good for use with children and in families. Includes a basic list of resources.

 

FROM THE MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE:

21 South 12th St., P.O. Box 500, Akron, PA 17501-0500, 717-859-1151

Trek: A Venture Into a World of Enough It is a wonderful collection of daily meditations! $5.

PUBLISHERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SOURCES:

World Council of Churches Publications

150 route de Ferney, 21211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

Gospel and Culture (a series of country portraits and studies),

With All God’s People (and ecumenical prayer cycle), and other resources

Church World Service, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46315

Facts Have Faces and other resources for youth and adults for learning about global issues.

For the Healing of the Nations 30 daily devotions celebrating a half century of CWS

National Geographic and National Geographic World PO Box 2895, Washington, DC 20013

Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York 10545. Publisher of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America

Maryknoll) which recruits and trains people for overseas missionary service. Aims to foster the international dialogue that is essential to mission. On QUEST see the meeting "Maryknoll Newsnotes". (Catalogue Available)

World Vision Inc., P.O. Box 0171, Tacoma, WA 98481-0171, 1-800-426-5753

A non-profit Christian humanitarian agency dedicated to serving God by helping people care for those in need.

United Nations Publications, Sales Section2, United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-853, Dept. 007C, New York, NY 10017, 1-800-253-9646.

Habitat for Humanity International, 1221 Habitat St. Americus, GA 31709-3498

Two periodicals: "Habitat Global Adventure" (by the Global Village Dept.) and "Habitat World"

Amnesty International USA, 322 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10001, 800-266-3789 News and press releases on available on QUEST meeting: "AMNESTY L"

COOKBOOKS:

Schlabach, Joetta Hendrich, Extending the Table A World Community Cookbook. Scottsdale, PA:

Herald Press, 1991.

Commissioned by the Mennonite Central Committee to promote global understanding and celebrate the variety of world cultures. Includes recipes from 80 countries and stories of hospitality.

Also Loaves and Fishes: A Love Your Neighbor Cookbook (1980) and More With Less Cookbook (1976)

AUDIOVISUALS:

Church World Service/CROP - A cooperative agency of Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican churches of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. PO Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515; 219-264-3102. (free loan)

Friendship Press, 475 Riverside Drive, NY

Ecufilm - 810 Twelfth Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37203; 800-521-4097. (small rental fees)

"To Walk Love: Strangers and Neighbors" An 8 minute slide presentation for pondering Christian mission calling.

From the Mission Interpretation Office of the Presbyterian Church (USA) 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY 40202-1396, phone: 1-800-524-2612.

ART, CRAFTS, GIFTS:

"Villages: Celebration of Craft and Culture" catalogue from Self-Help Crafts for the World, PO Box 500, Arkon, PA 17501; 800-592-7238.

"Mt Shopping List for the World" catalogue from Alternative Gifts, 800-842-2243.

"Helping Hand World Crafts" and their Newsletter "Together We Can" 301 N. First St., Dixon, CA 95620

"SERRV International" PO Box 365, New Windsor. MD 21776-0365.

CALENDARS:

Church World Service Global Calendar - Lives and work of people around the world. (address above) $20

Amnesty International "Thoughts on Human Dignity and Freedom" - Photographs with quotes. (address above) $10

UNICEF - Featuring children and their art from around the world (800-553-1200) 2 wall and i desk calendars available $1.95/$8.50/$14.75

ANGLICAN OFFICES:

Anglican Communion Office, 157 Waterloo Rd., London SEI 8UT, hnp://www.aco.org.

Anglican World - Bi-monthly fill color magazine

Anglican World Calendar - Photographs from around the Anglican Communion. UK $4

Many Faces of Anglicanism - 2 part video presentation of the mission and ministry of Anglicans and Episcopalians worldwide.

Anglican Communion Office at the United Nations, 815 Second Ave., New York, NY 01107, 212-922

-5268. Study papers on issues such as Disarmament and Landmines, Poverty and the Global economy, Women/Children and Development, Environment and Food Security, Human Rights, Habitat Concerns.

WORLD DAYS TO NOTE: Episcopal World Mission Sunday (last Sunday in Epiphany), World Communion Sunday (1st Sunday in October), Week of Prayer for Children Unity (Mid4anuary, Garymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, Route 9, PO Box 300, Garrison, NY 103244)300), Anglican Communion Sunday (Mid-January), World Food Day (Mid-October), UN Day (end of October), World Day of Prayer.

Mission Minded Ideas for Children

Selected Bibliography (Compiled by Klara Tammany)

FROM THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH CENTER:

Treasure Magazine A yearly resource of the "Church School Mission Offering" on particular countries, usually coinciding with Friendship Press geographic theme. Indonesia and Brazil, most recently. In magazine format in full color with teacher guide and poster for home use.

TEACHER/LEADER RESOURCES;

Elder, Pamela, and Mary Ann Carr. World Ways - Bringing the World into the Classroom.

Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Lonman, 1987.

Johnstone, Jill. You Can Change the World. Grand Rapids, MI; Zondervan Publishing House

1993. (A children’s version of Operation World. With a focus on primary evangelism, it contains information on 26 countries with suggestions for praying for people around the world.)

Milford, Susan. Hands Around the World: 365 Ways to Build Cultural Awareness & Global Respect. Charlotte, VT: Williamson Publishing, 1992.\

Wilson-Beech, Faye ed. Great Mission Ideas for Workers With Children. Cincinnati, OH:

General Board of Global Ministries, 1991. (A resource for adults who work with children in mission. Offers ideas, resources and plans that assist the teacher.)

The Children’s World Series. NY; Friendship Press, 1993. (This set 3 vol. brings together the best songs, stories, and games from more than 60 countries. For ages 5-12.)

Duckertt, Mary. A World of Children’s Games.;Walker, Mary Lu, A World of Children's Songs;

Pellowski, Ann A World of Children's Stories, These 3 are the Children’s World Series

Also available for children from Friendship Press - a wide variety of country studies with leader’s guides, videos, story books, and other resources. Request a complete catalogue from Episcopal Parish Services, PO Box 269, William Perin Annex, Philadelphia, PA 19105-0269, phone: 1-800-903-5544

Messenger’s of God’s Love - Involving Children in Mission. Louisville, KY: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1992. (A leader’s guide giving a wealth of mission ideas, stories, and activities for planning and carrying out mission events in churches. Includes materials for a wide age span.)

CHILDREN’S BOOKS:

Banyai, Istvan. Zoom NY Penguin Books, 1995. (A delightful zooming look at the world from up close to far away where nothing is as it seems. A picture book.)

Batchelor, Mary’. Children’s Prayers from Around the World. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1995,

Cooney, Barbara Miss Rumphius. NY: Puffin Books, 1982. (A delightful, beautifully illustrated book about making the world a better place.)

Kindersly, Barnabas and Anabel. Children Just Like Me. NY: DK Publishing, 1995. (A unique celebration of children around the world . Photographs and stories bring to life the lives of children around the world. Produced in association with UNICEF for it’s 50th anniversary.)

Knight, Margy Burns. Talking Walls. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 1992. (Introduces young readers to different cultures by exploring walls around the world.)

Milford, Susan. Hands Around the World. Charlotte, VT: Williamson Pub., 1992, (365 Ways to build cultural awareness and global respect.)

Speir, Peter. People. NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1980 (A picture book for young children about the variety of peoples in the world, their similarities and differences. It beautifully demonstrates the wonder of diversity and the uniqueness of all who share this world.)

Rocha, Ruth and Otavio Roth. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. NY: United States Publications, 1989. (An adaptation for children.)

Wood, Douglas. Old Turtle. Duluth MN: Pfeifer-Hamiltion, 1992. (A fable that promotes a deep understanding of the earth and our relationship with all beings.)

 

SOME HELPFUL READING RESOURCES

"A CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL SPIRITUALITY", Meehan, Francis X. Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1983.

"BEYOND CULTURE", Hall, Edward. Anchor Press, Garden City, NY.

"DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS", Kohls, Robert L. Society of Intercultural Education, Training, Research (SIETAR), Wash., DC.

"DOING THEOLOGY IN A DIVIDED WORLD", Fabella & Torres (Editors). Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1985.

"FINDING OUR WAY: American Christians In Search Of The City Of God Lessons From Panama", Kater, John L., Cowley Pub., Cambride, Mass. 1991.

"FLING OUT THE BANNER? The National Church Ideal and the Foreign Mission of the Episcopal Church", Douglas, Ian T., Church Hymnal Corp., NY, NY 1996.

"FROM THE OTHER’S POINT OF VIEW", Hess, Daniel, J., Herald Press, 1980.

"INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A Perceptual Approach", Singer and Marshall, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1987.

"LIVING YOUR RELIGION IN THE REAL WORLD", Daniels, Madeline M., Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1985.

"POOR, YET MAKING MANY RICH", Dickinson, Richard, World Council of Churches 1983.

"WE DRANK FROM OUR OWN WELLS", Gutierrez, Gustavo, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 1984

"REACHING OUT TO YOU: An Orientation Guide for Visitors to the United State" Prepared by the Ecumenical Working Group for Mission to the USA, affiliated with the NCCCUSA, 475 Riverside Drive, NY, NY, Published in 1993

"PEOPLE, PLACES AND PARTNERSHIPS: A Workbook for you Mission Trip Abroad", Sally, Campbell-Evans, Produced by the Ecumenical Working Group for Mission to the USA, affiliated with the NCCCUSA,

"Welcoming Friends from Abroad" - A Guidebook for Hospitality

"Come Home Changed" - A Guide for Youth Traveling for Transformation

- Order from: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Division for Global Mission

8765 W. Higgins Road

Chicago, IL 60631

Telephone: 1-800-638-3522

"People, Places and Partnerships" - A Workbook For Your Mission Trip Abroad

"Reaching Out to You" - An Orientation Guide for Visitors to the USA

- Order from: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Worldwide Ministries Division

100 Witherspoon Street

Louisville, KY 40202

Telephone: 1-800-524-2612

 

Living Overseas - A Book of Preparations, Ted Ward

The Free Press, A Division of Macmillan, Inc., New York

 

Make a World of Difference: Creative Activities for Global Learning

Friendship Press, New York

Creative learning activities to teach about global interdependence and international development issues.

 

Cross-Cultural Reentry: A Book of Readings, Clyde N. Austin, Ph.D.

Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas

 

Global Mission Websites

The Episcopal Church

Every second, an Episcopalian is engaged in global mission. He might be teaching a theological course at Uganda Christian University. She might be preparing for her two-year commitment to teach English in Taiwan. Whatever the ministry, whatever the project, world mission is happening. In order to keep abreast of the general and specific issues that impact one’s commitment to ministry in a global context, below are some of the hundreds of websites that seek to support that endeavor. They are designed to provide that information and resources, to inspire and encourage women and men in their personal and corporate ministry projects. Explore and enjoy!

Anglican Africa http://www.saia.org/AnglicanAfricas.html

Anglican and Global Relations http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/agr/

Anglican Communion Office http://www.anglicancommunion.org/

Anglican Communion News Service http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/

Archives of the Episcopal Church http://www.episcopalarchives.org/

Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ecumenism/

Episcopal/Anglican Women’s Network http://www.dfms.org/women/

Episcopal Life http://ecusa.anglican.org/episcopal-life/

Episcopal Migration Ministries http://ecusa.anglican.org/emm/

Episcopal News Service http://www.dfms.org/ens/

Episcopal Partnership for Global Mission http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/epgm/

Global Episcopal Mission Network http://gemn.org

Historical Society of the Episcopal Church http://ecusa.anglican.org/whsociety/

The Episcopal Church Annual http://theredbook.org/

Peace and Justice Ministries http://ecusa.anglican.org/peace-justice/

Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief http://www.pbfwr.org/

United Thank Offering http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/uto/

For more information, contact:

World Mission Interpretation and Networks

815 Second Avenue

New York, Ny 10017

1-800-334-7626 x 6226

Fax: 212- 983-6377

Email: tandres@dfms.org

 

                                            

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