Here’s a site that helps all three…   http://athealth.com/   We heard about the link from Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell (Thanks!). Learn more about their work at   http://www.MemberCareAssociates.org   The athealth.com site offers lots of resources for cross-cultural travelers and those who love them, including topical directories, a bookstore, and a directory of treatment [...]

Where would you go? Well now there’s an answer. Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell recently passed along a great resource site:   http://internationaltherapistdirectory.com/   Just go there and pick someone from a country and/or state near you and — bam — you’ll find a pro’ therapist with specific training and experience with working with MK’s! How [...]

You can now order the new book by Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell, “Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice.” It focuses on providing and developing member care for both mission/aid workers and sending groups. It will help you to help others; to think deeply about member care practice; and link you to [...]

Here’s *another* good book on pastoral care/member care to missionaries, this one called “Tender Care.” (By the way, the word ‘tender’ has to do with a diver’s tender in this case. Find it at…   http://www.barnabas.org

That’s the question with which Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell grappled during the month of March. Their top 4 picks? Deovox   http://www.damaris.org/cm/home/deovox   is a podcast/download designed for those longing to draw closer to God through a study of the Bible. The O’Donnells wrote, “It incorporates examples from popular culture like movie audio clips to [...]

Member Care Update Ethnê-MC Facilitation Team To contact us: membercare@ethne.net Ethnê-MC Update Issue 26: March 2011 This month, Dr. Brent Lindquist continues our discussion about the responsibility Churches and Mission Agencies share in caring for missionaries. The topic is complex, but worthy of our careful thought and discussion. We invite your input as we strive [...]

March 2011 PDF

This valuable 500-page book published by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) went out of print several years ago. It is now available to download free of charge as .doc, .pdf, or .zip files for your computer and as a .mobi file for your Kindle. Its 56 chapters by 38 authors are important resources [...]

Member Care Update Ethnê-MC Facilitation Team To contact us: membercare@ethne.net Ethnê-MC Update Issue 25: February 2011 MEMBER CARE: A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY By Neal Pirolo: www.eri.org A number of years ago, I wrote an article entitled, The Great Divorce. It should have been titled, A Painful Reconciliation. In allegorical form, it spoke of a Church divorcing [...]

Ethne to Ethne Member Care Update February 2011