Happy New Year 2016!
The best is yet to come! 2015 was a very good year filled with challenges, new material to learn and skills to hone, people to meet, and opportunities to grow and reach out. As 2016 dawns we have many more opportunities to look forward to, including but certainly not limited to: CMDA’s Northeast Winter Conference on January 15-17 in Sandy Cove, Maryland (sign up fast!); our annual MCCF Missions Breakfast here in Rochester on January 23rd (RSVP now); the CMDA National Convention April 21-24 in Ridgecrest, North Carolina; the annual CCHF...
read moreWinter Missions Breakfast 2016
Focus On Missions Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 23rd, 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, 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. Chase Miller (Otolaryngology) – Togo, West Africa Dr. Ellen Dailor (Anesthesiology)...
read moreCMDA Northeast Winter Conference
Looking for a break? Consider signing up for the CMDA Northeast Winter Conference, January 15-17 at Sandy Cove on the Atlantic coast in Maryland. This annual conference brings Christians in healthcare from all levels of training and practice, specialty and disciplines – and their families – to the shore of the Chesapeake Bay with the express purpose of providing a restful environment in which to reconnect with God’s purpose for their lives. During this weekend you will learn about integrating a biblical understanding of health and...
read moreLight & Life
A successful first start We had a wonderful turnout at last week’s “Light & Life Conference” in Rochester, and the impartation is still soaking in with the promise of bearing good fruit in the days to come. We deeply appreciated the sacrifice of those who took the day off, many of whom traveled great distances to join us, and the gift of fellowship we shared! Our thanks go out to all who prayed, helped us prepare, gave presentations, and made the effort to be with us. We are still gathering and posting presentations online (accessible...
read moreA 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...
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