We encourage our members
not only to integrate ministry in their everyday practices but to participate in short-term missions, both at home and abroad. Here’s a list of some of the larger organizations that support medical missions (please let us know about other opportunities):
- Medical Missions resources
- CCHF Home Missions Summer Student Programs
- CMDA Global Health Outreach
- Hospitals of Hope
- International Medical Relief
- Medical Ministry International
- OFM (Overseas Missionary Fellowship) International
- Samaritan’s Purse World Medical Mission
- Serge (formerly World Harvest Mission)
- TMS Global
Past Breakfasts and Gatherings
At least once a year we devote our regular community gathering to presentations of mission and ministry, several of which have been gathered over the years below:
10/27/18 MCCF Breakfast
- Dr. Michael Scharf – Recovering from ACEs PowerPoint presentation, also available as video talk on YouTube (starts at 9th slide)
- From ACEs to Assets – Fostering Resilience in Monroe County, interactive PDF handout
- ACE Score Questionnaire – Derived from ACEs Too High website.
8/25/18 “Faith in Healthcare” Retreat
- Dr. David Holmes – Evidence Based Faith in Healthcare: Prayer First. Then Action
1/27/18 Missions Presentations
- Drs. David and Mary Kay Ness – Mission to Roca Blanca in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Dr. Chase Miller – Otolaryngology in Africa
- Dr. Christine Borghi-Cavallaro – Update, House of Hope, Nicaragua
- Dr. Jim Wood – Mission Haiti
11/11/17 “Heroin, Hope and Healing”
- Dr. David Holmes – Addiction Medicine Ministry
- Dr. Darren Caparaso – The Science and Theology of Addiction
1/21/17 Missions Presentations
- Dr. Chase and Jimmy Miller – ENT and water purification projects in Africa
- Dr. Christine Birnie, pharmacology – Pune, India
- Dr. Gina Cuyler (video) – Black Physicians Network (+ website)
- Magdalena Nichols, development – Jericho Road Ministries Global Outreach 2017
1/23/16 Missions Presentations
- Dr. Chase Miller – Otolaryngology in Africa
- Dr. Ellen Dailor – Cardiac Anesthesiology at Shisong Hospital, Cameroon
- Dr. Gary Enders – Primary Care Outreach in Honduras
10/17/15 Rochester Regional Conference Presentations
- Dr. John Boll – Building a Culture of Peace in Your Workplace Workshop
- Chris Campbell – (video) Practicing Value Based Management Workshop
- Dr. William Griffin, dentistry – Science, Faith, and Healthcare
- Dr. David Kim – Physician Assisted Suicide Workshop
- Takesha Leonard, FNP – (video) Addressing Poverty in the Clinic
- Dr. William Morehouse – (video) Integrating Living Faith with Practice (+PowerPoint)
- Steve Noblett – (video) Healing as a Spiritual Issue
- Jessica Schneider – MedSend Stewardship
- Dr. Norman Wetterau – Notes on Handling Contemporary Topics
1/24/15 Missions Presentations
- Chris Campbell – Jericho Road CHC in Sierra Leone
- Dr. Ellen Dailor – Shisong Hospital, Cameroon
- Dr. Ethan Helm – Memorial Christian Hospital, Bangladesh
- Dr. David Hough – Tansen Mission Hospital, Nepal
10/18/14 Inspirational Presentation
- Dr. David Holmes – Experiencing God
1/25/14 Missions Presentations
- Natalie Masco, NP – Peru
- Dr. Gary Enders – Honduras
- Dr. Chase Miller – Tenwyk Hospital, Kenya
- Dr. Ethan Helm – Great Commission, India
1/26/13 Missions Presentations
- Jennifer Becker, MPH – Kibogora Hospital, Rwanda
- Dr. Christine Birnie – Pune, India
- Dr. Jeff and Ellen Harp – Haiti
2/4/12 Missions Presentations
- Dr. David & Hannah Hough – Kenya
- David Terp, PA – Haiti
- Natalie Masco, NP – Zambia
- Dr. Constantino Fernandez – Nicaragua
- Dr. Christine Borghi-Cavallaro – House of Hope, Nicaragua
1/24/09 Missions Presentations
- Drs. Brian and Kristina Lishawa – TB clinic in Jordan
- Dr. Christine Birnie – 2008 mission to El Salvador
4/26/08 Missions Presentation
- Drs. David and Mary Kay Ness – Mission to Roca Blanca in Oaxaca, Mexico
2/10/07 Missions Presentation
- Dr. Kier Thelander – work with PAACS at Bongolo Baptist Hospital in Gabon, Africa
9/25-27/06 Caring for the Whole Person Conference
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