That they may all be one.

Swaziland

Pastor Jim and Karen Mohr are visiting their daughter Annie, who is a Peace Corps Volunteer in Swaziland, a country about the size of New Jersey in southern Africa. Annie's village is located in the southeastern corner of the country. Thank you to all who have donated clothing and art supplies for Annie's work in AIDS education.

Volleyball

Members of our Mission and Outreach Committee has helped Annie's work with youth. She wrote this to Charlotte Gress:

"Thanks again for your donation! We used it to form a second volleyball team and got the net, volleyball, and also a netball for the netball team. (Netball is a popular sport here similar to basketball.) The kids cut down 2 small trees to use as poles, and now they have a beautiful volleyball court! There have been about 40 people coming to play ---- mostly youth, but even a couple of 'makes' (mothers/women)."

Uganda

In November 2003 the Rev. Hosea Nelson Kyasooka of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and his wife Sarah came from Kampala, Uganda to visit us. They shared their ministry with street children and poor city dwellers and taught us some new songs. Our Mission and Outreach Committee has been helping to support several of the children through scholarships. For more information contact Cathy Schnabel,chair of the committee.

Ghana and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches

For many years the United Church of Christ has had a relationship with the Presbyterian Church in Ghana. This summer the Mohrs will be attending the General Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches on the campus of the University of Ghana near Accra.

The Accra logo

Reformed Christians across Africa were invited to submit their vision of the theme "That All may have Life in Fullness". Launched in January 2001, the logo contest garnered more than 100 entries. Emmanuel Som Tetteh, a young Ghanaian graphic designer and member of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana submitted the prize-winning logo.

At the centre of the logo is an Adinkra symbol known as Gye Nyame. Literally meaning "except God", the Gye Nyame represents God as the omnipotent and immortal source of all things.

The source of the symbol is an Adinkra proverb that says the "great panorama of creation dates back to time immemorial, no one lives who saw its beginning, no one will live to see its end, except God".

The Gye Nyame is circled by the Nyankonton Asante kente cloth design. Literally, the Nyankonton kente means "God's eyebrow" (the rainbow). It was created in exaltation of the beauty and mystery of the rainbow. It reminds us of God's covenant with Noah and all creation.

The egg shape of the design is a common African symbol for life.

Egypt - the Coptic Church

For about ten years our congregation has had a special relationship to the Coptic Church in Egypt. Howard and Kathy Mathis traveled to Egypt in 1995 to assist with agricultural and children's ministries at Beni Suef. Several representatives of the Copitc Church have visited us, including Sister Agapie Assad, who was here in Aptil 2004 to tell us about her work with orphans. Our Mission and Outreach Committee continues to assist in this endeavor.