* Dec 18th (Friday) from 5:30-9 pm in Orange County: The Crossing Church hosts a holiday outreach event to the homeless of Orange County (~800 people bussed from all of OC), the Friday before Christmas. This year the healthfaire will be. Last year, we started having a healthfaire along with the outreach event- offering free diabetes, hypertension, dental, and eye screening. We are looking for volunteers to help in the healthfaire and also looking for private practioners who are willing to offer free gift certificates for medical or dental services. The Crossing Church, 2115 Newport Blvd, Costa Mesa 92627 949-645-5050

*January 23, 2010 - Phil Carlson, MD, MDiv is speaking at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena at 8:30AM. On the 210 freeway at the Lake Ave exit. Breakfast fellowship. Phil is our most popular local speaker. He is an author, pastor and physician and he’s all heart. He is a transparent and vulnerable mentor with a calling to minister to us! Contact for the breakfast is Grace Jeon gracej@lakeave.org. RSVP is appreciated but not necessary.

*January 26 – 28th Michael McLaughlin, MDiv., area director for CMDA is speaking at various campuses on a tour through Southern California. A graduate meeting is being planned as well. TBA.

*February 5 – 7th 2010 Mike Budincich is a chiropractor/pilot in Pasadena who flies to Baja often to help the poor. We have airplanes signed up and need volunteers to fill the planes. 2 dentists and 2 chiropractors signed up, need two MDs/PAs especially a female for pellvic and female issues too. Need two dental assistants, evangelists and translators, and a cook. Contact Mike Budincich at 626 893 3025 (cell).

*February 12 – 14th 2010 - Pre-med students in the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at UC San Diego are going to Mexico on a medical trip. They need healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists, nurses, etc) to help with their outreach clinics in Ensenada. They leave on Friday morning, 2/12 and will return Sunday afternoon 2/14. Housing is in the town of San Vicente and facilities include warm showers and flushing toilets. This trip is sponsored by Mexican Medical Ministries. If anyone you know would like to find out more information, please contact Kenny Pettersen at kpetters@ucsd.edu or (909)240-9427.

*March 20 - May 1 - Dr. Mike Roberts is planning to take medical/dental teams to Guatemala during the spring breaks of the UCLA and USC students. March 20 thru March 27th, is the spring break for those at UCLA. April 24 thru May 1, during spring break for those at USC. We will be serving in Guatemala--in two different locations with churches and mission agencies--and will offer primary medical and dental care. We will be joined by Christian colleagues in Guatemala. Cost will be $1600, with at least half due in early January. Anyone who is interested in joining us for one of these mission trips to Guatemala should contact Dr. Mike Roberts, at drmiker@sbcglobal.net.

* March 26th and 27th, 2010 - Korean American Missions Health Conference is being held at Bethel Korean Church in Irvine, CA. Korea is being blessed with an explosion of mission enthusiasm. American Koreans are likewise blessed to have great medical and dental skills and a strong sense of the importance of missions in their lives. This conference hosts some of the leading mission experts comparable to our own September missions conference.

* April 9-11, 2010 - Southern California Student Leadership Conference, Irvine, CA.

* April 29 - may 2, 2010 - CMDA National Convention, "A Time For Renewal..."; Ridgecrest Conference Center, Ridgecrest, North Carolina. Get more information here.

* May 27-29, 2010 - Christian Community Health Fellowship at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a great event for people interested in serving Christ through health care among the poor. The website is www.cchf.org. CCHF is a wonderful organization unifying and networking Christian healthcare facilities and workers.

* Spring 2010 Campus Leadership Conference. The Western States Director of CMDA, Michael MacLaughlin, MDiv. will be hosting. There's plenty of network, fellowship and worship. We're going to have plenty of workshops and worship, lunch together, and most importantly, we'll have plenty of time for networking and fellowship among the students from all the campuses. We are hoping to have representatives from every campus from UCLA to San Diego, and Irvine to Nevada. We are tentatively moving this meeting to Orange County.

* July 9-10, 2010 Short term mission trip to Ensenada, Baja, Mexico. This will be our 14th trip to the area where we serve the medically needy and poor. We’ve been blessed to have tremendous church support both in Ensenada and in Southern California, making this a testimony to blessings from the body of Christ in Christ. Learn more by clicking here.

* Mid Summer, 2010 Good Samaritan Medical Dental Ministries continues their annual services to Viet Nam. July 22-August 8, 2009 Good Samaritan Medical-Dental Ministries will be embarking on its 11th annual summer mission to Viet Nam. Each year GSMDM treats approximately 4,000 patients in rural areas, and performs or sponsors 40-50 surgeries, while sharing Christ's love with those we serve. Contact Dr. John Branch at jbranch000@aol.com or www.GSMedicalministry.org

* September 4-6, 2010 - Mosaic Church has been running a healthcare outreach in Ensenada during this weekend for many years. Contact Mosaic for details mosaic.ensenada@mac.com.

* Thursday September 16th to Saturday September 18, 2010 - The Westcoast Healthcare Missions and Ministry Conference, http://www.healthcaremissions.org/, hosted by Fuller Seminary, and Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Bringing international health care missions and urban health care missions together under the same roof. Conceptual design and innovative strategies come together with nuts and bolts advice in a very diverse and thorough conference. This 2 day conference is geared to meeting the educational and networking needs of Christian physicians, dentists, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, public health workers, mission pastors, para-church workers, students and all other healthcare professionals, who are interested in urban and/or global and/or urban healthcare (medical) missions

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For more opportunities in healthcare ethics and global missions see: www.cmdahome.org. Please contact the GHO office at (423)844-1000

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For more information on local meetings and activities:
Pasadena, Grace Jeon, gracej@lakeave.org
Irvine, Marina Ball, marina.a.ball@kp.org
Redlands/Loma Linda, Robert Soderblom [rsoderblom@hotmail.com]
West LA/UCLA, http://www.medstudent.ucla.edu/cmda/
Pomona/Western University of Health Sciences, David Redding, dredding@westernu.edu
Fresno, George C. Gonzalez, georgeang@comcast.net
San Diego, Nick Yphantides, drnick@healthsteward.com