{"id":4154,"date":"2013-12-18T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4154"},"modified":"2013-12-18T13:22:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T18:22:17","slug":"missions-catalyst-12-18-13-world-news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4154","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst 12.18.13 &#8211; World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In This Issue: Origins of a nativity scene, helping disabled children, and more<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4152\">SOUTHEAST ASIA: Christians Share Christmas Story with Nativity Crafters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"TURKEY:%20Embracing%20Outcast%20Children\">TURKEY: Embracing Outcast Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4148\">CANADA: Yummo Comes Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4146\">SOUTH AFRICA: Praying for Peace and Healing on the Streets of Manenberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4144\">An Opportunity for You<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Greetings!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s edition of News Briefs features a story about how a village family in Southeast Asia was able to hear the gospel when Christians explained to them what the nativity scenes they were making and selling really meant. This month many Christians around the world take the opportunity to share the story of Christmas with those who may have never heard or understood it.<\/p>\n<div>A few more Christmas-related stories which may interest you:<\/div>\n<div>\n\u00bb Learn about a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-25194026\" target=\"_blank\">multicultural nativity play<\/a> featuring performers from more than 50 nations (BBC). Guess where the baby Jesus is from!\u00bb Read about <a href=\"http:\/\/news.om.org\/newsbytes#1\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas in South Sudan<\/a>, where more than 20 churches have sprung up in refugee camps (Seedlinks, via OM NewsBytes).<\/div>\n<p>\u00bb Our friends at OM also encourage us to pray for <a href=\"http:\/\/news.om.org\/newsbytes#5\" target=\"_blank\">brothers and sisters who remain in prison<\/a> this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Finally, lift up cross-cultural workers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alifeoverseas.com\/homesick-for-the-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\">home(sick) for the holidays<\/a> (A Life Overseas). Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>blessings,<br \/>\nMissions Catalyst<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionscatalyst.org\">Missions Catalyst<\/a> is a free, weekly electronic digest of mission news and resources designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide for global ministry. Use it to fuel your prayers, find tips and opportunities, and stay in touch with how God is building his kingdom all over the world. Please forward it freely!<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Pat\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Pat.jpg\" width=\"139\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pat Noble has been the \u201cnews sleuth\u201d for Missions Catalyst since 2004. In addition to churning out the news, she is working to create a SWARM (Serving World A Regional Mobilizers) in Northern New York using the <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=zaeaz4bab&amp;et=1105315904437&amp;s=0&amp;e=001N0EYJu9_l7U3xbyVqdh6tiClADp95RktD5NYsjeSRrkS6Z7bIXmZdAO1LtzTbPBYhGFjq7CKcjRTiPfxugcAUe7EhfR1tmt1iT2DDvJFSI1s8NQ4QeCQxQ==\" target=\"_blank\">NorthernChristian.org<\/a> website. You can connect with her at <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsoeverthings.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.whatsoeverthings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In This Issue: Origins of a nativity scene, helping disabled children, and more SOUTHEAST ASIA: Christians Share Christmas Story with Nativity Crafters TURKEY: Embracing Outcast Children CANADA: Yummo Comes Home SOUTH AFRICA: Praying for Peace and Healing on the Streets of Manenberg An Opportunity for You Greetings! This week&#8217;s edition of News Briefs features a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4154\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Missions Catalyst 12.18.13 &#8211; World News Briefs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4154"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4154\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}