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Jocabed, Amanda Craft and Omar Chan Staffing the Presbyterian Border Region Outreach Booth at the Presbyterian General Assembly in Detroit

 




June 27, 2014

 

 

27 de Junio, 2014 

 

Frontera de Cristo has been crossing borders for thirty years seeking to live out the good news of Jesus Christ who has "broken down the dividing wall of hostility that is between us". 

In their latest Mission Connections Letter, our mission co-workers Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado remind us that: "Following Jesus across borders, whether they be national, political, religious, cultural, or economic, can often provoke discomfort and even fear; however, it is a vital spiritual discipline that God utilizes to transform us and the world."
 

We are grateful for your partnership that helps make our ministry possible and ask you to pray with us that God may give us courage to cross new borders as we continue to seek to be proactive, positive and faithful witnesses here on the US/Mexico border and beyond!

 

 

 

Peace,

 

         Jeni O'Callaghan      Rodolfo Navarrete Arrieta          Monika Patience       Carmina Sanchez

              President                   Vice President                         Treasurer               Secretary 

 

 

 

 

Help Us Celebrate Our

30th Anniversary

 

We are celebrating 30 years of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ in word and deed here on the US/Mexico border and beyond.  As part of the celebration, we are collecting "rememberences".  Please send your reflections and pictures of your experiences with Frontera de Cristo to us as we re-member 30 years of bi-national ministry.
 
We'll be posting pictures from different parts of our history on Facebook every Thursday-- what many in Facebookers call "throwback Thrusday"-- we'd love to add yours to the archives.  If you haven't already, please like us on FB! The first thirty new likes will get 50% off the two featured books in this addition.
 
Also, please mark November 21-23 on your calendars.  We will be sending out information soon about our 30th Anniversary celebrations in Agua Prieta.
 
Thank you for your prayers, encouragement and support!

 

 

 

Mexican Coordinator Chosen As An International Peacemaker 


As a response to an increasingly conflict-ridden and fragmented world, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program created the International Peacemakers Program.

 

International Peacemakers are leaders from global partners who come to the US to share their experiences as peacemakers. We are pleased that our own Jocabed Gallegos will be serving as in International

Peacemaker to give voice to the important work of peacemaking and reconciliation along the Mexico/US border.

 

From September 19-October 12, Jocabed will join church leaders from Syria, Russia, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Palestine, the Phillipines, South Sudan and the Caribbean in speaking in churches throughout the US to share how God is working through the church to bring about a more just, loving and peace-filled world. 

 

Click here to meet the other peacemakers.

    
 

 

 

 

Building Relationships and Understanding
Across Borders
        

 

  We continue to receive delegations from churches, universities, schools and organizations from the US, Canada and Mexico.  Below is a video created by the Young Adult Volunteers of the Presbyterian Church serving in Hollywood, CA after their immersion experience with us.

 
Mexico
Mexico

Contact us if you are interested in scheduling a delegation with us here on the border or in Chiapas.
 
 Books For Summer Reading

 

  

                    Presbyterians on the Frontier:
   A Story of Presbyterian Border Ministry 1984-2014

This book is the result of 20 years of volunteering with Presbyterian Border Ministry (PBM) and three years of research, interviews and writing.
According our Coordinators Jocabed Gallegos and MarkAdams: "We have both been shaped by PBM-- it is the water we swim in. We are grateful to Parrish for writing Presbyterians on the Frontier allowing us to step outside of the water and more fully understand the power of God to transform lives, including ours, through this crazy thing called bi-national ministry."
You can get your copy for $12 by going to our secure donation web-site and putting Presbyterians on the Border in the memo line or email us..  (If you choose to pay $30 for the 30 years of PBM, $18 will be tax deductible.) Books will ship June 13.

Parrish W. Jones
, PhD. a retired Presbyterian (USA) minister, has written for the Presbyterian News Service and "Presbyterians Today" on PCUSA missions. This work is a result of 20 years of volunteering with Presbyterian Border Ministry (PBM) and 3 years of research, interviews and writing.
Order your copy now!!!
         Caf� Justo: Cafeina con Conciencia  

has arrived  

 

FDC's   Just Trade Center just received its first shipment of Caf� Justo: Cafeina Con Conciencia, the Spanish translation of Just Coffee: Caffeine with a Conscience.

 

If you would like to receive a copy of the book, click here and give $20 through our secure donation site and put "Book in Spanish" in the memo or email us.

 

 We are very grateful to Dr. Miguel Ugarte, professor of Spanish and his team from the Univeristy of Missouri: Rosa Morales, Danilo Leon, Lorena Medrano, Hilda Fennelle, Toshiya Kamei, Tomas Blazquez, Blanca Kelty, and Charles Presberg who translated the chapters.

 

We are also grateful for Dr. Lee Ann Grace of Buffalo State University and Howard Henry-- members of University PC Buffalo and  longtime partners of FDC, who worked hard to edit, copy edit and format the book.

 

 

Trinity Presbyterian Church

Van Challange 

 

Fitz,the FDC van, was"born" in 1984-- the same year FDC was born.

   Please join us in the challenge of responding in faith to the root causes of immigration and drug violence as we celebrate 30 years of binational ministry and live in to a new, exciting and to be honest a daunting ministry of drug prevention and intervention ministry.

 

           Trinity Presbyterian Church (Tucson) has offered a $5,000 challenge grant to fulfill one part of this new ministry: replacing our beloved Fitz, which was donated to FDC by the Blessed Nuno Society.  "Fitz" is retired, and almost dead.

 

Fitz, the Frontera de Cristo van, has made it clear that most of the time he is very stubborn and will only start if one's patience outlasts his stubbornness. His seats are in great disrepair, the windows fall out and the doors only open from the outside (only two of the three). The AC seldom works, and if it does, he will not go in reverse.

 

Mountain Shadows PC quickly accepted the challenge and gave over $5000.  A generous couple has added $5000 and Fountain Hills PC has given $500.  We have had several other individual donations and verbal commitments from a couple of other churches.  We are almost able to pay for the new (to us) van . . . help us "get over the top".

 

If you have a picture of Fitz in action, please send them to us

 

Donate now on our secure online donation site to help us meet the challenge! 

 

 Read more about how retiring Fitz will help your ministry here on the border! 

 

    

 

Adrian, Jim and Dan at Cafe Justo's General Assembly Booth
The Blessing of Partners            
 
We are grateful for so many partners who bless our ministry.  Suzanne and Jim Bates, Directors of Westminster Presbyterian Camp on Higgins allowed the Frontera de Cristo and Caf� Justo delegation to stay in their house during General Assembly and also let them use their car!  The hospitality and fellowship enriched the lives of all and made it financially possible for FDC and Caf� Justo to have a presence at GA and interact with many existing partners and meet new ones.  Muchas Gracias Suzanne and Jim!


Save The Dates:
October 31-8, 2014 
November 7-15, 2014
Coffee, Migration and Faith
Border to Border Delegation

 

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We are already signing up folks who are interested in joining our 2014 delegation.  Because of interest, we have added another week. Join us in building relationships and understanding across borders enjoying great coffee, wonderful fellowship, delicious food, and incredible hospitality in the rainforest in 2014!
  
Click here to see the 2014 flier!


  
 Click here to see pictures from 2013 Delegation.
  
Please email [email protected]  if you are interested in the delegation, but not ready to register yet.

David Cifuentes and family sharing with the 2013 delegation.

 

 

   
 
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Support 

Frontera de Cristo by:

  

1)  Joining us in giving thanks to God for:

  

  --the blessing of our call to witness that Jesus Christ is our peace across the borders that seek to divide us; 

 

2) Praying with us for God's guidance and help in:

  

--Responding to the reality of the impact of drugs on the families and communities of Agua Prieta;

 

 3) Providing Support to the Migrant Resource Center:

 

-The MRC invites YOU to visit or volunteer. Come, learn, and be blessed by our brother and sister migrants.

 

-MRC Donation needs:

 

-Shoelaces

 

-Underwear

 

-Socks

 

-MRC Volunteers commute by bike-but we need helmets and bike lights! Please consider donating to help keep us safe on

the roads.  

 

 

-Financial donations will help pay MRC operating costs, but food items when donations are scarce and keep our bicycles in operating condition.

 

 

3) Donating by clicking the donate now button.

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