Myanmar hit by Cyclone Nargis Cyclone Nargis, a category four storm, swept across southern Myanmar on
May 2 and 3 leaving 134,000 people dead or missing and some 2.4 million people destitute. The storm
washed away or severely damaged the stocks and fields of most of the Iriwaddy Delta's rural
households, leaving many families little to sustain them in the coming months.
Message from Rev. Sa Do, of the Cong. Churches of Myanmar: Many destitute people are coming to
churches, they need food clothes, shelter. We started to sharing our rice with the needy people.
Sharing rice with other church families Home destroyed by Cyclone I am very worry on my mission fields
as my places included most terrible places which the storm destroyed. Preschool damaged by storm One
of our preschools and church roofs have been destroyed by the storm. Now we are focusing on
reconstruction issues not only food relief. We urgently request you continue to pray for these
destitute people, and many orphans.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
The Christian Mission in the Far East ministers both spiritually and physically to people in 20 provinces in the Philippines, establishing more than one hundred ninety churches, orphanages and schools. Functions of the mission include evangelism, discipline, church planting, and training of pastors and church workers. The mission is also well known for providing elementary and high school education to remote areas (tribes), as well as care for the homeless.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
Heifer International does so much more than put food in the mouths of hungry people. Heifer helps people feed themselves.
The goal of every Heifer project is sustainability project partners achieving self-reliance.
And year after year, as partner families pass on the gift of knowledge and one or more of their animals’ offspring to others in need, they become links in a network of hope, dignity and self-reliance that helps hundreds of others care for themselves.
Get an insider’s view of our non-profit organization, which has offered tangible, effective and long-lasting ways to make a real difference for almost 60 years.
Mission Aviation Fellowship utilizes planes to transport food, supplies, ministers, etc. to remote locations to help transform individuals, communities, and nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
The mission's goals are four-fold: (1) to support local pastors in their ministry to NACC churches; (2) to share the love and compassion of Christ through spiritual nurture and material assistance; (3) to plant Congregational Churches in the surrounding villages and suburbs; and, (4) to help educate children and train them for future leadership in NACC churches. The NACC serves 33 churches.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
It started more than 60 years ago. In 1946, Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill, Presiding Bishop of the
Episcopal Church, set a goal of one million dollars per year for the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World
Relief. On nationwide radio, he challenged the Christian brothers and sisters of his communion to
raise one million dollars in one hour. And they did!
What began as a challenge has become a tradition for many Christian churches. Today, more than a dozen
church families, including our National Association, have taken up the challenge and kept the
tradition alive. Every offering is unique, but the goal is ever the same: in the spirit of Christ, to
help people help themselves in places of poverty, hunger, sickness, conflict, emergency and natural
disaster.
In recent years, the churches of our National Association have contributed more than $600,000 to One
Great Hour of Sharing programs: $240,000 to Tsumani relief, $260,000 to help with ravages of Hurricane
Katrina, and more than $100,000 to a host of missions and ministries targeting hunger, homelessness,
earthquakes, flooding, tornadoes and typhoons.
Every effort is made to work through member churches and missions closest to those in need. Recent
donations to help those affected by tornadoes in the midwest, specifically those in greensburg,
kansas, have been shepherded by the people of maple hill community congregational church in maple
hill, kansas. Similar efforts on our churches' behalf have been offered by the people of cedarwood
church in wetumpka, alabama in response to hurricane katrina, and the travencore church council of
south india in response to those affected by the tsunami.
Where our churches and missions are not present, we work through respected and responsible
organizations such as the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, World Vision and Church World Service,
all of them Christian, four star Charity Navigator recommended agencies.
There are many ways for you and your church to be involved. You can take a One Great Hour of Sharing
offering in response to a particular cause or concern. You can also set aside a Sunday, or several
Sundays, every year to take an OGHS collection. Designated funds will be sent in a timely manner.
General monies will be held by the Missionary Society to be distributed as needs arise.
To be sure, the world has changed since 1946. But human needs have stayed the same. Please remember
to make OGHS a part of your own and your church's giving. Monies may be sent to the Missionary
Society at any time. Many will be served, and many will be grateful, for your help in making God's
love real in times of need.
Relief funds may be requested with little or no advanced warning. To assure that reserve funds are
available when needed, please contribute to the One Great Hour of Sharing Fund throughout the year.
Special OGHS envelops are available through the NA office.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
The London Missionary Society sent the first Congregational Missionaries to India in 1820. As a
result, a group of Congregational Churches were gathered in the southern part of India that is known
as the Travancore Church Council. Forty-five churches, ranging in size from 20 to 1400 families, now
spread the gospel in the state of Tamil Nadu. Some of these congregations worship in thatched sheds.
Additionally, there are ten missionaries working in Northern India, with plans to spread God's word.
Under the leadership of Rev. Kenaz Solomon, these churches face strong opposition in a culture hostile
to any foreign faith. It is essential that we support this important work. Rev. Solomon and his wife,
Kamazh, along with sons Sammy and David have ministered faithfully as a missionary family for many
years. They serve the Lord with a sense of loyalty to Christ and the Congregational Way. The
Travancore Church Council sponsors:
Sunday Schools with an enrollment of more that 5,000 children. The TCC prepares a common
Sunday School curriculum for Churches.
Congregational Christian Hospital - A 30 bed hospital at Palliyadi serves 14 villages (30,000
people). Schools One Elementary School and a Christian Middle School. The government provides a
noon meal and textbooks for students.
The Women's Christian Fellowship General Council oversees six sewing schools for young women
to prepare them for careers. The Hand Embroidery Project involves women who work with linen items.
These goods are available for sale through NA Churches. Additionally, the Women's Fellowship is
running five nursery schools.
Christian Youth Welfare Association Hundreds of young men and women are members of TCC
Churches. This association helps to provide fellowship with other Congregational youth.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
The teens annually (usually around Lent) participate in the 30 Hour Famine sponsored by World Vision. This is an international youth movement to fight hunger. In 2009, they participated on April 24-25. Some of the activities to raise money were:
Donations - talk to one of the teens during coffee hour to sponsor them.
Chore auction - need something done, bid on the sheet in the Narthex to have the teens do the task for you.
Movie Night (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) Concessions were be available.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Support the various fund raising activities.
Today about 200 million people do not have the Bible in their own language. Wycliffe's vision is to see the Bible
accessible to all people in the language they understand best. To make this vision a reality, Wycliffe also focuses on
literacy development, community development and church partnerships.
How to Get Involved
Prayer
Monetarily - Part of the general offering is directed toward this mission.
The Christian Mission in the Far East ministers both spiritually and physically to people in 20 provinces in the Philippines, establishing more than one hundred ninety churches, orphanages and schools. Functions of the mission include evangelism, discipline, church planting, and training of pastors and church workers. The mission is also well known for providing elementary and high school education to remote areas (tribes), as well as care for the homeless. 
Mission Aviation Fellowship utilizes planes to transport food, supplies, ministers, etc. to remote locations to help transform individuals, communities, and nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The mission's goals are four-fold: (1) to support local pastors in their ministry to NACC churches; (2) to share the love and compassion of Christ through spiritual nurture and material assistance; (3) to plant Congregational Churches in the surrounding villages and suburbs; and, (4) to help educate children and train them for future leadership in NACC churches. The NACC serves 33 churches. 
