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  • India Mission Association

(see the "Networks" section)

www.IMAindia.org

  •  Mission Upholders Trust

www.membcaremutin.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member Care News Bulletin #23

India-Membercare (India Missions Association Membercare) is created to facilitate Membercare issues for Christian workers in India and South Asia. Our purpose is to help provide and develop member care resources. This Forum is dedicated to the information, networking and discussion on issues related to member care. Let us join hands in strengthening each other.  Your written contributions are very much Appreciated. Please contact: "Pramila Rajendran" pramila_rajendran@yahoo.com 

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. CONGRATULATION MUT ON IMA MEMBERCARE AWARD 2003

2. ADVANCED BIBLICAL COUNSELING

3. DORM MOTHERS FOR GRACE ACADEMY GIRLS HOSTEL, DEHRADUN

4. INSTITUTE ON CHRISTIAN COUNSELING

5. SHARPENING YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP, DELHI

6. SHARPENING YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP, COONOOR

7. CONSULTATION ON " FAMILY MINISTRY" IN INDIA

1. CONGRATULATION MISSIONARY UPHOLDERS TRUST

This year IMA MEMBERCARE AWARD 2003 EXCELLENC IN MEMBERCARE was given to MUT. MUT have excelled in impacting many missions around the country and creating awareness for the welfare of missionaries. The IMPACT Scheme, Love your Brother Scheme and the Missionary Rest House in Vellore have helped hundreds of needy missionary families.

Contact: vlr_muttu1993@sancharnet.in 

2. ADVANCED BIBLICAL COUNSELING

Do you want to Understand and Counsel, Care & Help people, better?

If so then…One week Residential Seminar on Advanced Biblical Counseling…Is for you! Some of the topics are:

bullet Understanding and caring for people
bullet Counselors' attitudes
bullet Building an Effective Strategy for helping people overcome their problems
bullet Counseling skills
bullet Marriage counseling.

Dates are : 29th September to 5th October 2003.

Venue: `Satyodayam', 12-5-33, South Lalaguda, Secunderabad.

Registration Fee: Rs. 2000/- per person (includes food, stay & hand-outs).

Payment: Can be made in Cash or by Money Order/Demand Draft drawn in favor of `Person to Person' payable at Secunderabad and sent to us along with the filled-in registration form.

Contact:
Person to Person
Institute for Christian Counseling
10-3-18/4/1, East marred ally,
Secunderabad - 500026.
Telefax:27732801, 27733471
E-mail: counsel@hd2.dot.net.in 
Website: www.ptpcounsel.org 

3. DORM MOTHERS FOR GRACE ACADEMY GIRLS HOSTEL, DEHRADUN

There is a urgent need for two dorm mothers to look after girls in the hostel. We need someone who loves the Lord and kids. Salary is no bar for the right candidate.

Contact: 
Benjamin Newton ( Principal )
Grace Academy
21 New Cantt Road
Deharadun 248001
Uttaranchal
Email: graceacd@sancharnet.in 

4. INSTITUTE ON CHRISTIAN COUNSELING

The Institute offers Bible based counseling. The syllabus contains:

bullet The Biblical Basis of Counseling
bullet Counseling Principles and Process
bullet Pre-Counselling Attitudes and skills
bullet Doing Christ centered Counseling and 
bullet Dealing with special problems.

Dates Are: October - November 2003

For details contact:
Grace Counseling India Centre
Gandhinagar P.O. Kottayam, Kerala 686008
India
gcindia@sancharnet.in
 
Phone: 0481-2591843, 2595094
www.gracecounselor.org 

5. SHARPENING YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP, DELHI

YWAM is hosting workshop on SYIS from October 13th - 17th October 2003 at Delhi. Workshop Topics are: Biblical Foundations, Loving Listening, Drawing People Out, Helping Others Solve Problems, Confronting Effectively, Receiving Confrontation, Managing Conflicts, Effectively Helping Others Manage Conflicts, and Building Trust, Living in Community, Helping Others Grieve Well, Managing Stress, Maintaining Margin, and the Battle for Moral Purity, Being An Encourager. The workshop concludes with an opportunity for participants to integrate the knowledge and skills they have gained, in order to apply them more effectively.

For more enquiry write to: Diane Williams dwilliams@pmbx.net 

6. SHARPENING YOUR INTERPERSONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS,
    COONOOR, INDIA.

SYIS workshop from October 25th - 29th October 2003 in Coonoor for School - teachers.

Workshop Topics are: Biblical Foundations, Loving Listening, Drawing People Out, Helping Others Solve Problems, Confronting Effectively, Receiving Confrontation, Managing Conflicts, Effectively Helping Others Manage Conflicts, and Building Trust, Living in Community, Helping Others Grieve Well, Managing Stress, Maintaining Margin, and the Battle for Moral Purity, Being An Encourager. The workshop concludes with an opportunity for participants to integrate the knowledge and skills they have gained, in order to apply them more effectively.

Contact: The Lazarus Fly donita@md5.vsnl.net.in, membercare@imaindia.org 

7. CONSULTATION ON " FAMILY MINISTRY" IN INDIA

URBAN INDIA MINISTRY holds a Consultation on Family Ministry in India on 10th September at Frontier Management Centre, Hoysala Nagar, Bangalore from 9AM to 5 PM. All participants should confirm their coming by the 3rd of Septemeber03. If you need accommodation, UIM will book rooms for outstation participants for a day at FMC. Travel has to be borne by the participants. However we can arrange to pick up participants from Airport, Railway station to the venue and back.

Please confirm your coming at the earliest.

For details: Contact: 080-5277757, 51153642
email us at: urbanindiaministries@vsnl.com  or
sunnyciby@hotmail.com