As We Forgive – Film Screening

Film screening on Thursday, March 18 at 7:00pm, McAllister Auditorium, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. This event is free and open to the public

From Rwanda: An Evening of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Hope

Join ZOE’s Epiphanie Mujawimana for a screening of the award-winning documentary: As We Forgive on Thursday, March 18 at 7:00pm in McAllister Auditorium, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. This event is free and open to the public.

Following the screening will be a time of conversation and questions with Epiphanie Mujawimana, genocide survivor and founder of ZOE Ministry’s Giving Hope Empowerment Project supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Africa and with Laura Waters Hinson, As We Forgive filmmaker and founder of the Living Bricks reconciliation initiative.

“As We Forgive…is a powerful movie about hope arising from the ashes of genocide…It will change the way people think about Rwanda and themselves.”
- Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

Resources:

Furman University Campus Map

Share the word about this event with your church and community using our downloadable posters.

As We Forgive – PDF Poster (sized to fit 11″x17″ paper)

As We Forgive – MS Word Poster (sized to fit 8.5″x11″ paper)

Event sponsors:

• ZOE Ministry
• As We Forgive
• Africa Rising, Furman University
• Buncombe Street United Methodist Church

An Evening with Kay Warren

Pictured here in Rwanda, Kay Warren travels the globe encouraging HIV-positive men, women, and vulnerable children, calling everyone, especially the church, into action on their behalf.

Friday,
March 19
at 7:30 p.m

Duke Chapel
Duke University
Durham, NC
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are $25 and are available through the Duke Box Office. Visit the Box Office website to purchase your tickets today.

Through the generosity of Lane and Louise Miller, 100% of ticket sales and donations benefit ZOE’s Giving Hope Empowerment Project.

Map and Directions to Duke Chapel and Divinity School.

Symposium with author and pastor,
Rev. Shane Stanford at 3:30 p.m. (Note new time)

A Positive Life, Shane’s new book about his journey as an HIV positive hemophiliac and Christian minister, is set for release in February.

Kay Warren

Kay Warren and her husband Rick Warren are widely recognized for starting Saddleback Church and many powerful initiatives that minister to people in need. In 2002, Kay Warren became, in her words, “seriously disturbed” by the suffering of the millions infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. An accomplished writer and author, Kay Warren will speak about her work and her latest book, Dangerous Surrender, during the ZOE Ministry event.

Hailed as a wakeup call for the church, Dangerous Surrender chronicles Kay Warren’s entry into the heart of the HIV/AIDS crisis after reading a magazine article about AIDS orphans in Africa. She initially had trouble truly believing that there were more than 12 million orphans in Africa. “Over the next few weeks I tried to escape stories and pictures, but I couldn’t,” she writes. “God and I began an intense internal conversation.”

The dialogue created a great struggle as she tried to ignore a call to this particular ministry. After quite some time, she surrendered her life to God’s lead . Her surrender has led to powerful HIV/AIDS work across the world, including an initiative at Saddleback Church that has grown into the annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church.

Purchase tickets from the Duke Box Office.  Read more about Kay Warren.

Learn more about ZOE Ministry’s Symposium featuring Rev. Shane Stanford on March 19 at 3:30pm in Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity School (Adjacent to Duke Chapel).

For information about having dinner on the Duke University campus, download this 2-page PDF Dining Options at Duke. Page 2 has descriptions of the types of meals available at each venue.

Symposium featuring Rev. Shane Stanford

March 19 at 3:30pm

Goodson Chapel at Duke Divinity School
Adjacent to Duke Chapel
Duke University, Durham NC

Map and Directions to Duke Divinity School

Rev. Shane Stanford

Shane Stanford is a dynamic teacher, author, speaker, and the Senior Pastor of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church, an innovative 5,000 member congregation in Florida. He is also the lead vision architect and teacher for Making Life Matter Ministries, a teaching and resource ministry committed to loving Jesus and loving like Jesus in the world.

Rev. Stanford will be in Durham NC to speak about his journey as an HIV+ hemophiliac and Christian minister and to introduce Kay Warren during an evening event at Duke Chapel.

The author of many books, Stanford’s latest, A Positive Life, is set for release in February and is receiving much praise: “Shane has less written his story than God’s story, a story of grace, mercy and faithfulness as convicting as it is captivating.”– Theologian and writer Leonard Sweet.

The symposium is free and open to the public.

Read more about Rev. Shane Stanford.

Learn more about ZOE Ministry’s Evening with Kay Warren also set for March 19.

For information about having dinner on the Duke University campus, download this 2-page PDF Dining Options at Duke. Page 2 has descriptions of the types of meals available at each venue.

Church Media Kit for March 19

Thank you for helping ZOE Ministry share An Evening with Kay Warren and the Mission Symposium featuring Rev. Shane Stanford with your congregation!

• Bulletin Insert (Black and white PDF)
• Newsletter Article (MS Word)
• Poster (11″x17″ Color and Black and white versions included in PDF. Can be printed on 8.5″x11″ paper using “Page Scaling: Shrink to Printable Area” option in Adobe Reader’s print window.)
• Worship and Email Announcement (MS Word)
• Map and Directions to Duke Chapel and Divinity School (PDF)
• Dining Options at Duke (PDF – Page 2 has descriptions of the types of meals available at each venue)

Read more about Kay Warren.

Read more about Rev. Shane Stanford.

Partnering with Africa Online Store

ZOE Ministry is pleased to support a new opportunity offered through Bidzirk, an online distributor based in South Carolina.  ZOE invites you to support the work of a group of Rwandan orphans who have made handmade Christmas cards, beautiful woven baskets, and jewelry. The items are available for purchase through the Partnering with Africa online store.

ZOE is pleased to support this new opportunity offered through Bidzirk because:

• It is in keeping with the Giving Hope Methodology which allows children who have been trained and empowered by Giving Hope to provide for themselves and their families independent of ZOE’s oversight so that ZOE Ministry may reach out to new families of orphans in need of Hope.
• This project is made possible by the work of a ZOE volunteer who faithfully envisioned such an opportunity for children in our program and for people in the United States who want to purchase their beautiful products.
• ZOE will follow and support this new working relationship between Bidzirk and orphans in Rwanda over the next year.

In keeping with Giving Hope principles, ZOE Ministry will not receive any revenue from these items purchased for Fair Trade prices.

We invite you to support this Working Group as they begin this endeavor and use the small business skills learned through Giving Hope. Visit the Partnering with Africa online store to see pictures of the beautiful handmade Christmas cards, woven baskets, and jewelry.

Learn more about ZOE’s Giving Hope Empowerment Program.

Profile: Rev. Greg Jenks on UMC.org

ZOE’s Executive Director, Rev. Greg Jenks, was featured on The United Methodist Church’s website as a part if their World AIDS Day focus. Learn about ZOE through the Profile of our founder.

“We need to live out our faith in such a way that we’re not loving with words or tongue, but we’re loving in actions and in truth.”

ZOE Ministry Appointed to Key Leadership Roles in Rwanda

Epiphanie Mujawimana is the founder and director of ZOE’s Giving Hope Empowerment Project.  Under her successful leadership, ZOE Ministry has been appointed to two key leadership posts in the Nyaruguru District in the Southern Province of Rwanda:

Chair of the Economic Development Committee.

This committee includes all non-governmental development organizations (NGOs) working in areas such as orphans and vulnerable children, food security, and the empowerment of women.  As chair of this committee, ZOE will help train other NGO’s in best practices for economic development.

Vice-Chair of the Joint Forum of NGOs and Government Services in the District.

ZOE looks forward to continued partnership with organizations in the Nyaruguru District who are committed to transforming the lives of orphans.

Read more about Epiphanie Mujawimana.

Needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Top Priority for New Chair of CDF

Reegan Kaberia

Reegan Kaberia, Project Manager of the Giving Hope Empowerment Project through the Maua Methodist Hospital in Kenya, has been named chair of the Constituency Development Fund.

This strong voluntary committee is comprised of key leaders and representatives from their large area. The committee meets monthly to plan for the development activities for their whole district which includes: construction and maintenance of roads, hospitals, schools, bridges, environment conservation, education scholarships, HIV/AIDS awareness, community capacity building, water supplies, and priorities that arise from development committees within their district.

The National CDF board receives 2.5% of the National gross income which is distributed from the treasury to the District Committee.  This is an honor and a blessing as Reegan will continue to keep the needs of orphans and vulnerable children a top priority and focus within this area of service.

Arthur Jones Featured on UM Portal

Arthur Jones traveled last summer on a ZOE mission workteam to Kenya.

“Changing your point of view can change your entire mindset. And that is as true of global missions as it is of the mission of a single congregation,” writes Rev. Andrew Thompson in a recent posting on the United Methodist Portal website. Thompson was reflecting on an interview with ZOE’s Interim Director of Church Relations, Rev. Arthur Jones. Read the article: GEN-X RISING: Churches need a missional mindset on the UM Portal site.

ZOE Receives Grant from UMCOR

ZOE has received a grant of $80,000 from UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) to extend our relief efforts to those suffering in Zimbabwe.

“A severe food shortage and cholera epidemic combined with the world’s highest inflation of more than 2,000,000 percent has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today.”
Read more on the UMCOR website.

• The UN has estimated that 4,000,000 people could be out of food by January.
• The Cholera outbreak is further devastating Zimbabwe. The World Health Organization said a total of 15,219 cases had been reported as of December 9, with 774 reported deaths. Some health activists say that the toll is probably in the thousands.
• The World Health Organization has warned that 60,000 could become infected with Cholera.
• Prices are now doubling every 24 hours. A loaf of bread can cost as much as half a month’s salary.
• Some of the schools we support have ceased to function. However, the children still come and are fed there. See ZOE’s Food Relief.

A Commitment from The United Methodist Church

In the midst of an extremely difficult situation, the partnership of UMCOR and ZOE reflects the commitment of The United Methodist Church to reach out to the most vulnerable people in the world. Through the support of UMCOR, ZOE will extend its reach, distributing over 430 tons of food this month.

Help ZOE continue to Give Hope.