{"id":239,"date":"2010-12-20T02:34:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T10:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momissioncast.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2010-12-22T04:05:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T12:05:50","slug":"199-missioncast-134-baptisms-in-ghana-living-lord-umc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momissioncast.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"199. MissionCast &#8211; 134 Baptisms in Ghana &#8211; Living Word UMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ao23IDvYu5Q\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" title=\"Little Bethlehem\" alt=\"Little Bethlehem\" src=\"http:\/\/momissioncast.com\/images\/ep199_ghana.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><a title=\"YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EmvPQrnwvlI\"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object> \n\n<style> st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]-->  <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">While praying and fasting, a leadership group at Living Word  United Methodist  Church, felt God calling for their congregation to reach further out in mission.\u00c2\u00a0 With more prayer and fasting they felt God calling them to reach out to Sub-Saharan Africa.\u00c2\u00a0 As a part of this process of discernment the Rev. Michael McIntyre was fasting and praying suddenly &#8220;Ghana&#8221; flashed in his mind.\u00c2\u00a0 He did not know anything about Ghana and didn&#8217;t know where in Africa it was.\u00c2\u00a0 The leadership team felt God was calling them to reach out to Ghana.\u00c2\u00a0 The congregation contacted UMCOR about helping with pure water in Ghana.\u00c2\u00a0 A missionary with UMCOR said they should come and listen to the people to hear from the people what their needs were.\u00c2\u00a0 A trip was organized which included Senior Pastor Michael McIntyre, Associate Pastor, Rev. Gregory Philip Finfrock and Director of Multimedia Ministries, Michael Logsdon.\u00c2\u00a0 Several videos of their trip may be found on a special website the church created to direct attention and help for Ghana from their congregation, other congregations and other organizations and individuals in their community. \u00c2\u00a0 Find their new website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momissioncast.com\/www.helpghananow.com\">www.helpghananow.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">In our MissionCast Michael shares an incredible experience where they were called upon to baptize 134 persons who responded to their preaching and to the leading of the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Click the     picture to view the MissionCast or scroll down view other formats or to     download the MissionCast for projecting on a screen.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> <a title=\"Medium\" href=\"http:\/\/momissioncast.com\/videos\/ep199_ghana_med.wmv\">Medium Resolution Video<\/a> (For DSL or Cable)<br \/>\n<a title=\"High\" href=\"http:\/\/momissioncast.com\/videos\/ep199_ghana_high.wmv\">High Resolution Video<\/a> (For DSL or Cable and especially for downloading to project on a screen)<br \/>\n<a title=\"higher\" href=\"http:\/\/momissioncast.com\/videos\/ep199_ghana_higher.wmv\">Higher Resolution Video<\/a> (Better quality viewing than high resolution)<br \/>\n<a title=\"Quicktime\" href=\"http:\/\/momissioncast.com\/videos\/ep199_ghana_quick_high.mov\">Quicktime Video<\/a> (for Mac users)<br \/>\nWatch on YouTube (click on picture)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><br \/>\nAlso check out the list of MissionCasts at the right indexed by category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Instructions for downloading videos to your computer<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">:\u00c2\u00a0       Right click on one of the links above and select \u00e2\u20ac\u0153save link as\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or       \u00e2\u20ac\u0153save file as\u00e2\u20ac\u009d then tell your computer where you want to save the   file     and click OK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Sign up for a weekly MissionCast announcement by email.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><br \/>\nEarly every Monday morning we send an announcement about the content of       the weekly MissionCast and information about future MissionCasts.  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Michael McIntyre was fasting &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momissioncast.com\/?p=239\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">199. 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