Resources for World Mission Sunday-- Feb 22, 2009

From The Rev. Amy Denney Zuniga:

In 1997, the General convention of the Episcopal Church designated the last Sunday in Epiphany as World Mission Sunday. This year World Mission Sunday falls on February 22, and the theme is "Building Up the Body of Christ" and support of the missionaries of the Episcopal Church. Here are some resources:

A poster is available for free download at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79706_104293_ENG_HTM.htm or may be purchased through http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/ .

The weblog of ECR's own missionary, Robin Denney in Sudan, at http://robin-mission.blogspot.com/. Robin also has a video on the Sudan at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCpzcS2P_k8.

Need mission-minded preaching inspiration? The Rev. David Copley, Mission Personnel Director for the Episcopal Church, has a sermon for World Mission Sunday posted at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_104663_ENG_HTM.htm
Additional resources for World Mission Sunday can be found at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79706_21325_ENG_HTM.htm?menupage=75703 .