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2023 Missions Opportunities
2023 Global Health Trips To all those interested in making a difference through global health, You’re invited to join one of the 2023 trips listed below (and attached). The UB Global Medicine Program partners with trusted people and organizations to serve those in need all around the world. For more information about the UB Global Medicine Program or to make a donation to support this program, please visit: www.medicine.buffalo.edu/globalhealth. Your donations will be used to purchase medications and medical supplies for the teams to use when...
read more2023 Missions Breakfast report
Winter Missions Breakfast We had a wonderful time yesterday in personal fellowship at our annual Missions Breakfast hosted this year at Wallace Hall in Brighton Presbyterian Church after a 2-year COVID lapse into remote Zoom meetings. Over 34 enthusiastic attendees, including students, practicing providers, and spouses. were in attendance as we received five inspiring presentations from our colleagues. Check out (or review, if you were there) the presentations linked below: Dr. Christine Borghi-Cavallaro (with Dr. Leslie Purnell) – Medical...
read more2023 Winter Missions Breakfast
Focus On Missions Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 28th, from 9-11 am in Wallace Hall at Brighton Presbyterian Church, 1775 East Avenue, Rochester, NY . We’re looking forward to some inspiring presentations (see list below) so mark your calendars, respond using our RSVP page, and come out to hear how some of your colleagues are crossing cultures to share their faith and skills with people groups in need. Dr. Christine Borghi-Cavallaro (Family Medicine) –...
read more2022 CCHF Conference
2022 CCHF Conference April 7th-9th • Cincinnati, OH Conference Website Clinicians and Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF) clinics all over the country have experienced great stress for many reasons this past year. Amazingly, by the grace of God, most have also experienced growth and supernatural provision. While we are grateful for growth, growth carries its own set of stressors. So April 7-9, CCHF will be gathering for an in-person conference designed to encourage and refresh. In addition to our normal agenda, we plan to offer a...
read more2022 Missions Zoom recap
Missions Zoom success We had 35 colleagues, including students and folks logging in from Mexico, Cambodia, Illinois, and other far-flung places to our second COVID Missions Zoom “Breakfast” on Saturday morning, January 29 from 9-11 with very edifying live reports, complete with PowerPoints, from 3 presenters back home and live reports from Cambodia and Mexico, all of whom have family and/or training ties to the Greater Rochester area. Our gathering opened with prayer and introductions, then started off with Ethan and Elizabeth Helm sharing...
read moreFusion Talk 5-8-21
You’re Invited! Join us and our Buffalo CMDA of Western NY colleagues at a virtual conference online on Saturday, May 8 for our next Fusion Talk on Understanding Racism in Healthcare, Part II. May Fusion Talk: Understanding Racism in Healthcare, Part 2 Saturday, May 8 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm | Zoom Event Details Register Here (zoom link is in registration confirmation) Further Information Website Event See Flyer attached Recordings of Past Fusion Talks The Pandemic Goes to Church: COVID-19 & the Vaccine Who Goes First?: COVID-19 & the...
read more2021 Missions Zoom success
Around the World! We had an excellent turnout at our first COVID-19 Missions Zoom “Breakfast” on Saturday morning, January 23 from 9-11 with very edifying live reports, complete with PowerPoints, from five missionaries from Cambodia and several African nations on our panel, all of whom have family and/or training ties to the Greater Rochester area. There are both long-term and short-term opportunities overseas for any who are interested. Click here for a PDF with map locations, contact information, and prayer requests from our missionaries....
read moreWho Goes First?
Covid-19 & the Vaccine Event by CMDA of WNY cosponsored by MCCF Online ZOOM Meeting Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 7 – 8:30 pm As the world waits for the COVID-19 vaccine, there are a flood of questions. Who will the vaccine be available to first? Was it ethically developed? Is it safe? Will it end COVID-19? Can we trust the information? Come hear Ed Bednarczyk, PharmD, John Crane, MD, PhD and Rev. Julian Cook respond to these and many other questions related to the vaccine from a Christian worldview. Format for Event 7:00...
read more2021 Winter Missions Virtual Breakfast
Focus On Missions Christian Health Professionals Zoom Saturday, January 23, 9-11 am Please set aside the date and then follow our direct link on January 23 at 9:00 am to log into our upcoming Winter Missions Virtual Breakfast Zoom Meeting. Our Speakers Dr. Chase and Jim Miller (ENT and Pure Water) – Tenwyk Hospital, Kenya (Africa) Drs. Ethan and Elizabeth Helm (Family Medicine) – Cambodia Drs. Warren and Lindsey Cooper (Surgery/Peds) – Nyankunde Hospital, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Drs. Daniel and Priscila...
read more2020 Fall Non-Breakfast
“United in God’s Love” Our MCCF Fall Non-Breakfast will be Saturday, November 7, 9-11 am Changed to Zoom on 10/3* Feel free to invite and bring others. Click here for a PDF flyer you can distribute. *** Various Speakers will be sharing words of testimony, insight, encouragement, prayer, or amusing or uplifting anecdotes with us about how to live in victorious faith in the midst of the pandemic, polarization, and general tumult of our times. *** *10/3 Update! MCCF Gathering Changed to Zoom! Due to a very low signup so far, we’ve...
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