A word from Ellen
Hello all! I am currently back in Cameroon. I sent Mission Doctors Association a new blog post that they have not yet posted, but if you are interested you can see my blog here: www.ShisongHeartCall.blogspot.com We are doing well here. It has been a little slow because we have had trouble getting enough blood for a couple of our patients who have rare blood types, but we are now moving along. I am grateful for your prayers for our patients and also for peace in Cameroon. I return to the US December 4, God-willing, then to Cameroon again on...
read moreLight and Life – Fall 2015
Take a break! MCCF is hosting a Regional Conference on Saturday, October 17 in Rochester, New York and you don’t want to miss it! Click here for the whole scoop, then sign up and invite your friends. And here’s a PDF brochure you can print and use to help us get the word out! Light and Life – Being living letters in a post-Christian world
read moreHoughs and Nepal
Dr. David and Hannah Hough have been back in Rochester since December after spending two years serving with Samaritan’s Purse Ministries in Tansen, Nepal. Now Nepal is calling again, this time after the massive earthquake we have all heard about. David will be returning on May 15 to spend two weeks doing relief work with Samaritan’s Purse. Click here if you would like to support David and others providing short-term mission-driven Gospel relief there. To read about and support the United Mission to Nepal for longer term...
read moreBirnie Named Interim Dean
Dr. Christine Birnie, Department Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Professor, has been appointed to serve as Interim Dean of the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, effective immediately. Birnie joined the Wegmans School of Pharmacy in 2006 as a founding faculty, and was promoted to Department Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010. Most recently, she also served as the Interim Associate Dean. In addition to her administrative responsibilities as department chair, Birnie remains active in the classroom, teaching pharmacy calculations,...
read moreWinter Missions Breakfast
Focus On Missions Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 24th, from 9-11 am at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. We’re looking forward to some inspiring presentations (see list below) so mark your calendars and respond using our RSVP page. Drs. Elizabeth & Ethan Helm (Family Medicine & Pediatrics) – Bangladesh Dr. Ellen Dailor (Anesthesiology) – Shisong Hospital, Cameroon Paul Violanti, NP (Jericho Road Global Missions Director)...
read moreHarold Lowry 1927-2014
Early this past Friday morning Susan Morehouse’s father passed peacefully into the arms of his Father with her at his side at St. John’s Nursing Home. He was 86, widowed for 7 years, and had led a full, rich life up until months before his death when a series of health reversals left him bedridden and progressively debilitated. The staff at Cloverwood, Rochester General Hospital, and St. John’s Home was an inspiration in their professional devotion to his personal care, and family and friends have been a wonderful source of...
read more2014 Global Missions Health Conference
The 2014 Global Missions Health Conference in Louisville, KY is soon approaching on November 6-8 and its organizers are in full gear to develop this experience with quality and excellence so you can connect and learn along with thousands of other people interested in healthcare missions. There will be a large variety of speakers, wide range of exhibiting organizations, and some special new events for this year. Even though the notice is late, check out the GMHC website and see if you can find a way to attend!
read moreRoots and Fruit
We had a deeply encouraging time of fellowship and edification at the Academy of Medicine at yesterday’s Fall Breakfast! Dr. David Holmes made gave an engaging and stimulating presentation about “Experiencing God” in our daily lives that’s worth making available here, both for those who attended and those who couldn’t make the event. Just click on this link, review Dr. Holmes’ PowerPoint presentation, and let us know if you’d like to have a Workbook or Prayer Journal.
read moreMCCF Fall Breakfast
Our MCCF Fall Breakfast will be on Saturday, October 18, 9-11 am at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. “Looking for more in your Experience of God?” Dr. David Holmes, Family Doctor/Teacher “You may have been frustrated in your Christian experience because you know God has a more abundant life for you than you have experienced so far. Perhaps you have been a believer for many years, but your Christian life has become dry and monotonous. Maybe you have heard others excitedly talking about what God is doing in their...
read moreA Legacy of Love
What could be more amazing than arriving at the tomb and finding it empty, meeting an angel, discovering that the person you thought was dead is really alive and loves you more than you can even imagine? Easter fills us with hope that grows stronger and stronger with each year, each season. Sometimes it seems like winter will never pass and that spring will never come, but then there it is! Warmth and love and life and flowers! It’s far, far deeper and broader and eternally more significant than Easter eggs and baskets and...
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