Nine MUSA Mission Partners Serve in Synod in 2007
Another successful Mission to the U.S.A. project has drawn to a close. Nine mission partners served congregations in Michigan and Ohio for six weeks, joining in all aspects of the congregation's life.
Applications for the 2008 program will be available in January and churches will also be notified by letter.
Rev. Brett Swanson of Greenhills Community Church, Presbyterian in Cincinnati suggests churches considering participating in this program
Churches "should pray over the experience knowing that if taken seriously it will be a transformative time for the congregation and their sense of mission," says the Rev. Brett Swanson of Greenhills Community Church.
Participants in the 2007 program were:
Patricia Habasila (Zambia), mission partner to Greenhills Community Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati Presbytery. Denomination: Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
Rev. Richard Nimo (Ghana), mission partner to Niles (Ohio) First United Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Eastminster. Denomination: Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Rev Nii Teiko Dagadu (Ghana), mission partner to Youngstown (Ohio) First Presbyterian Church, Eastminster Presbytery. Denomination: Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Patricia Phiri (Zambia), mission partner to Mineral Ridge (Ohio) First Presbyterian Church, Eastminster Presbytery. Denomination: Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
Rev. Tariku Tolossa (Ethiopia), mission partner to Westminster Presbyterian Church, Akron, Ohio, Eastminster Presbytery. Denomination: Ethiopian Evangelical Church of Mekane Yesus
Lydia Adajawah (Ghana), mission partner to the Presbytery of Lake Michigan. Denomination: Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Rev. Teferi Barkessa (Ethiopia), mission partner to the Peoples Church of East Lansing, Michigan, Lake Michigan Presbytery. Denomination: Ethiopian Evangelical Church of Mekane Yesus
Grace Bediako (Ghana), mission partner to Westminster Presbyterian Church, Piqua, Ohio, Miami Presbytery. Denomination: Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Rev. Matthew Doleak (Ethiopia), mission partner to Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ohio, Scioto Valley Presbytery. Denomination: Ethiopian Evangelical Church of Mekane Yesus
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