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The Missionary Society
Leadership,
Education, and Service
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UPCOMING
MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Richmond Region Episcopal Mission Trips to Mississippi and
Louisiana:
January 26-February 2, 2008 (organized by
Saint Stephen's, Richmond)
March 8-15,
2008 (organized by Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond)
International Mission Trips
January 3-7,
2008 - Educational Mission Trip to Panama (Jason
Roberts is the team leader. Please contact him with
questions)
July or
August, 2008 - Building Mission Trip to Panama
October 30 -
November 3, 2008 - Educational Mission Trip to Belize (Dr.
Kinloch Nelson is the team leader for this trip. Please
contact him with questions.)
Language Opportunity
GHT, through
VCU, will offer a Conversational Spanish class in the fall. It
will be an evening class on Wednesdays and
cost $100 per person plus the cost of the text. Email
Jane
Carlson for more information.
Please
contact Jason or
Kathy if you have any questions about these mission
opportunities.
Thank you to Roberto Celis for his service to the
Lord as a GHT
Missionary to Panama from June 10-July 11, 2007!
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Mission Statement
of the Missionary Society
The Missionary
Society of Grace & Holy Trinity seeks to serve Christ's Global
Community through leadership, service and education.
About the
Missionary Society
The Missionary Society
of Grace and
Holy Trinity is led by the Holy Spirit
and a steering committee of parishioners who have a passion for
the Mission of the Church.
There are many
different ways for a member of The Missionary Society to
participate, including prayer, leadership, education, service,
and financial support.
Together this
congregation of Grace and Holy Trinity will take the Gospel of
Jesus Christ to Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth.
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See
what we did for the Month of Mission 2006 |
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Members of
The Missionary
Society Steering Committee:
President
Kathy Colwell
Hill
Trip Planning
Hal Hill*,
Carol Thomson, Kinloch Nelson, Mary Nelson
Fund Development
Emily
Abrahams,
Sarah Beck*,
Julie Herring
Education and Parish Relations
Mary Nelson*
and Aisha Huertas
Staff Liaison
The Rev. Jason Roberts
*Convener of Working Group
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AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE CONCERNING
MISSIONARY WORK
Last Spring, the Trustees of the Grace and Holy Trinity
Endowment Fund, Inc. a grant in the amount of $50,000 to
further the work of outreach and service by our Church. The
Trustees have done us a great service and have empowered us for
the work of ministry and mission.
The purpose of the grant is to help
create “signature” projects that respond to the world’s needs
and God’s call to us. The projects themselves are to be
reviewed and supported by the Vestry. Far more than simply
funding good works, these projects are meant to facilitate
hands-on involvement by the members of our Church.
One grant of $50,000 was given to The
Missionary Society. The Missionary Society was started in
2004 with the purpose of building relationships in Christ’s
global community through involvement by means of leadership,
education, and service. Intrinsic to this purpose is
finding ways to involve the whole parish in mission. Over the
past two years, the Missionary Society has sponsored the Month
of Mission, with guest preachers and educational events;
coordinated two trips to Panama; raised funds for Katrina
Relief; and supported the Region Ten trips to Mississippi.
Currently Kathy Colwell Hill is the leader of this group and she
is supported in this work by an active Team, including the Rev.
Jason Roberts.
-The Rev. Bollin M. Millner, Jr.
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Check out
these links to learn more about mission opportunities around the
world
International
Justice Mission
Episcopal Church Missionary Community
Episcopal
Relief and Development
Anglican
Frontier Missions
South American Missionary Society, USA
Five Talents International
Episcopal Partners for Global Mission
Our Little Roses - San Pedro Sula,
Honduras
Mission opportunities for young adults
(college and post college)
Appalachia Service Project
The Society of
Saint Andrew |
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March 2007 NOLA Mission Team
August 2006 Panama Mission Team
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