United Methodist Church Zimbabwe Episcopal Area

African communicators elect officers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS)-The Rev. Betty Kazadi Musau has been elected president of the United Methodist Association of Communicators-Africa Region. Musau, 37, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, is the director of communication for the North Katanga Annual Conference. She is the association's second president, replacing Konah Parker of Liberia.

 Twelve communicators from six countries participated in the July 29 election. Other officers, elected for two-year terms, are vice president, Phileas Jusu (Sierra Leone); secretary general, Isaac Broune (Côte d'Ivoire); assistants’ secretary general, Armindo Chauque (Mozambique) and Lloyd Nyarota (Zimbabwe); finance secretary, Louis Loma Otshudi (Democratic Republic of Congo); and publicity and advocacy secretary, Juliet Nabakalu (Uganda). The communicators were in the United States for a three-week training sponsored by United Methodist Communications in Nashville and Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Tipp City, Ohio.
--Isaac Broun

Fund Raising Luncheon for Church Parsonage.....

21 September 2009

Dear .....................................................................................

RE:       LUNCHEON TOWARDS RAISING US$30 000 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CHURCH PARSONAGE

Calvary Greetings

You are cordially invited to Dzivarasekwa Extension Luncheon on 17 October 2009 to be held at Stand No. 6095 off Kirkman road.  We are targeting to raise US$30 000 for the above mentioned purpose.

Your presence to this event is greatly appreciated.

We entrust that you honour our invitation with God’s grace.

Thank you

Yours Faithfully

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Mrs H. Mudambo                                             Mrs E. Njerere                                     

STEWARDSHIP CHAIRPERSON   VICE LAYLEADER

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Mr. A. Mudambo                                               Mr. W. Chairuka

LAYLEADER                                      BOT Chairperson

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Pastor S. Kumuterera

Pastor In Charge        

Zimbabwe Mission Dinner - A Future with Hope

San Antonio Zoo

November 7, 2009

We are asking for your help to fund a modest public water system in the Zimbabwean village of Muziti, beginning with a  water well.  

Fundraising dinner November 7.  It is because of the dire health conditions, along with countless other conditions which threaten the health and education of  Zimbabwe’s citizens, that San Antonio’s Trinity United Methodist and University United Methodist churches are sponsoring this inspiring event.

Featured dinner speaker is Zimbabwean Methodist Bishop A. T. Muzorewa.  who will bring updates on the country's health, hunger, education, children’s welfare, and political dynamics. 

Bishop Muzorewa, now retired, lives in Muziti and devotes his life to banishing poverty in Zimbabwe and other African countries.  He was honored by the  United Nations in 1973 as a Human  Rights Leader for the non-violent struggle for justice and freedom for the people of  Zimbabwe.  Pope John Paul II later honored Bishop Muzorewa with a Medal of Peace for his role in the fight for justice and peace in Zimbabwe and the African continent as a whole.

 Zimbabwean Situation.   As recently as May, 2009, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued an update on conditions in Zimbabwe, particularly relating to the cholera epidemic.  “Central to this outbreak,” the report noted, “remains the almost complete collapse of Zimbabwe’s basic water, sanitation and health infrastructure."

5:30 p.m. Reception, 7:00 p.m. Dinner

Live Music by Joel Laviolette and Rattletree Marimba Band

playing Zimbabwean marimba and mbira music

Tickets - $100 per person

For tickets, contact Holly Schwartz at 210-979-0087

or Mary Holland at 210-492-8711

Invite a speaker to your organization. You can invite a speaker to come and talk about the Zimbabwe Mission Event Fundraiser to construct a Water Well system between the church and school. Contact Ten Muzorewa at e-mail: oneworldcare@yahoo.com for more details.

Dear VIM Leaders and Friends of Mission ,

“Hear’s” a mission opportunity for you to prayer for and maybe pay for …

How much do you appreciate being able to hear the music in church on a Sunday morning? How about the songs of birds in the spring or the voice of someone you care for? Do you have a loved one who is hearing impaired? Would you donate $200 to keep a hearing impaired child in school in Zimbabwe for a year?  Is your church being called to raise $6000 to cover the cost of the whole class of 30 hearing impaired children?

Through the Home of Hope Outreach program, The Nyadire Connection enables hundreds of orphans and vulnerable children of the Nyadire region in Zimbabwe to remain in school by providing fees, a backpack of school supplies, and establishing a personal connection with each child.  Especially vulnerable in the fragile environment of Zimbabwe are hearing impaired children.  At the Nyadire United Methodist Mission primary school, Teachers Mwoyosyi Tapfuma and Desmond Dzemwa have 30 hard of hearing or deaf children in grades 2 – 7.  These children from homes in the Mutoko/Murewa/Mudzi region come to Nyadire, live in dorms, eat in the dining room, attend church, and play sports every day. Using sign language, they are taught English, Math, Environmental Science, Social Studies, Religious and Moral education, Home Economics, and AIDS education.

 The Nyadire Connection is searching for a Church or Organization to sponsor this ongoing program.  The yearly fee for each child is $200. The total program cost for the 30 children is $6000/year.    Financial support is critical, but equally important is the opportunity to connect and share with these enthusiastic learners who now live in one of the world’s most troubled spots.  View a picture of one of these children signing his name:  http://www.wpaumc.org/pages/detail/1530 .

To donate, or volunteer your services to connect with and help raise the money to educate these children, contact Elsa Zollars at elsazz@verizon.net or 412 835-1408.

OPEN HEARTS.    OPEN MINDS.   OPEN DOORS.