Addiction Medicine
Fusion Event (virtual-only) Saturday, March 12th @ 7:00pm Topic – Addiction Medicine and the Opioid Crisis. Register at www.cmdaofwny.org Join us for a discussion on Addiction Medicine, featuring our good friends and colleagues, Dr. Warren Yamashita and Pastor Frank Monteleone who are working together with others to form a new interest group within CMDA nationally that will focus on a spiritually sensitive and socially responsible response to the addiction epidemic. Warren is a Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine Physician who recently graduated from the Stanford Addiction Fellowship. He...
Read MoreClara in Ethiopia!
Dear Family and Friends, All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. {John 6:37} Thank you all for praying for Ethiopia and me over the last couple months. What a journey that God is using to teach me both about Himself and who I am. He is a good Father. These indispensable lessons I hope to share with you in person one day. Because the security situation showed significant improvement, at the end of January, my school allowed me to return to Addis Ababa! I’m absolutely thrilled to be back, to resume the relationships and the work...
Read MoreMillers to Tenwek 2-22!
Growing and Learning Chase Miller writes, “We are preparing to leave for Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya. Jimmy, Aaron and I will be traveling to Kenya together. Jimmy will have a 10 day trip to focus on water filter distribution in schools and churches. I will have the joy of working alongside my son Aaron as he serves with the Neurosurgery team for the month. I anticipate a busy trip overall as COVID restrictions have prevented many short-term missionaries from traveling. God has been blessing the hearing aid ministry so I plan to fit 30 hearing aids. I will be training a general...
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 live from Cambodia. Unfortunately our video of the...
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 Vaccine Understanding Racism in Healthcare, Part...
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. Let’s continue to network and support one...
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