ASIA - Southeast Asia Consultation

The Western North Carolina Conference will host the Southeast Asian Consultation in the Charlotte area from October 1-3, 2009. Bishop Goodpaster and Mike Collins extended this invitation to the General Board of Global Ministries and it was accepted by the Board.

Bishop Goodpaster serves as the Bishop for the Southeast Asian countries of Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. At the present time, Cambodia is not under his supervision, but it might be headed that way in the near future.

As more information is made available, we will keep you posted!

World Desk Blog

Thank you for your interests in "working together" in ministries and missions throughout the world. This is my first attempt at the working relationship.

I see us working together in numerous ways:

1. Using this Blog: I will be placing information on this blog and there will be opportunity for others to post comments. I will also share the Blogspot address in enews so others may see what is happening. As soon as I get a good hold at blogging, I will post labels so that information pertinent to certain areas will be easier to find.
2. Posting Information: I want this blog to be as interactive as possible. If you have information to post, please let me have the information and I will review it and post it in the blog and then others may comment on it.
3. Enews: I will place information I receive in the wncc-enews. This is our number one means for communication.
4. Conference Calls: It is my hope to host a conference call-a-month (i.e. one month would be Asia, the next month Europe, the next month Africa, ... This will begin in February. I will post the schedules on the blog and in enews. Again, this is to get us all grounded on the same page.

I am looking forward to being in partnership with you!

Mike Collins