THE INSIDE SCOOP Issue #119 / January 6, 2022
Top Stories:

  • US-MC 2022 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
  • JANUARY 2022, WHAT IS NEW? OC Ministry Stories on One Challenge.org
  • 2022 NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE
  • CABLE: OC’S ROOTS – Women in Ministry, Businessmen in Ministry, Giving to Ministry – OC 58 years ago
  • FROM SWI TEAM: How to Take a U-Turn on the Porn Superhighway
  • COVID UPDATES FROM CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
  • OC STATE OF THE MISSION WEBINAR, JAN 26
  • ... VIRTUAL CHAPEL: Video Archive, Prayer Sheets, & more!
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US-MC 2022 HOLIDAY CALENDAR
The US-MC office will be closed for these holidays in Jan/Feb:

  • January 17, 2022 - Martin Luther King Day
  • February 21, 2022 - President's Day
JANUARY 2022, WHAT IS NEW? OC Ministry Stories on One Challenge.org
This special monthly email bulletin is for you and others to skim to see what's new in OC’s world of ministry. Spread some good news!

FORWARD this to your missions committee or other partners. Or even COPY a story/video link to your own e-letter!
2022 NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE
Happy New Year 2022 from the Comm Team to you!

Thank you for submitting your monthly letters using the new Word template. If you have any questions about the template (or if you need a 2-page template), please email us at Newsletters-Intc and we will follow up with you.

We are giving you more time to turn in letters each month by moving the due date from the 27th to the 1st. Your Word files will still be processed by the Comm team for proofreading and layout review and then sent on to the printers.

The January/February 2022 letters will be mailed out and emailed around January 19.

Your MARCH newsletter is due February 1, 2022, to be mailed/emailed out on March 1.
CABLE: OC’S ROOTS – Women in Ministry, Businessmen in Ministry, Giving to Ministry – OC 58 years ago
Get a glimpse of the fortitude and faith of Grace Wakelin in Journey to Orchid Island – Only a woman was willing to go (February 1963 issue of Cable).

Read about an innovative trip to Mexico CIty made by Overseas Ambassadors, a group of 13 businessmen led by then Chairman of the OC Board of Directors, Ray Stedman. Ambassador’s Crusade – A week of new beginnings (March 1963 issue of Cable).

Read Dick Hillis advice on giving to ministry in Since You Asked (April 1963 Issue of Cable). Also, in this issue read Angel Escort, Dick’s account of his dangerous trek across war zones to get to a hospital for an emergency appendectomy … with his wife, Margaret and two children, 3-months and 17-months. And lots of other faith-building stories.
FROM SWI TEAM: How to Take a U-Turn on the Porn Superhighway
Some have said that when we let our thoughts roam in the direction of pornography, we begin to set thoughts on a porn superhighway, and it becomes very difficult to change our direction. 

Matt Fradd, who's done a lot of research to understanding the threat of pornography, explains this Porn Superhighway and gives us helpful ideas about changing directions.
COVID UPDATES FROM CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM (CRT)
All CRT verbal announcements at Monday chapel are documented and posted on the intranet, including the latest COVID Guidelines for the US-MC Office (Dec 13, 2021)

OC STATE OF THE MISSION WEBINAR, JANUARY 26, 2022
As we in OC prepare to head into 2022, it’s time to take a look: a look up, a look back, a look around and a look ahead. We’ll do exactly that as we gather for our annual State of the Mission webinar on Wednesday, January 26, at 7 am Mountain Time, via Microsoft Teams (check your internal email for the link to join).

In the webinar, Dean Carlson and others will provide us a snapshot of some key issues in and around OC, and will situate us as we head into a year full of hope and some unknowns. The webinar will have opportunities for interaction and questions.

Please mark your calendar for this important time together. We look forward to seeing you on January 26!
VIRTUAL CHAPEL AT US-MC: Streaming Live and Video Archive
Dean shared during chapel recently -- check out the chapel video recordings
We record the Monday 8:30 am chapel message for those who may not be able to be digitally present and for any who would like to view it at a later time.

See the Virtual Chapel web page for chapel announcements, video, speaker notes, prayer sheets, etc.
PRAYER: Weekly Chapel Prayer Sheets and Daily Website Prayer Requests
Prayer requests and praises are collected into a weekly prayer sheet for Monday morning chapel at the US-MC. Please send your prayer requests to our new email address: PR-IntC@int... in our internal email.
Here are the most recent prayer sheets: 
Also, see the weekly prayer sheets and chapel notes on the company intranet ... and Daily Prayer Points on the OC Website.
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