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MAKE CONNECTIONS; GET TRAINING
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STUDENTS
Thank God for the contact made with students recently: students and doctors on Summer Teams in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Estonia; CMF student leaders attended the UCCF forum; CMF Summer school in Cumbria; Student leader training last weekend; 30 attended a London freshers' day barbecue; other Freshers' events held at medical schools around the country.
Student Membership is now only £6 – encourage more students to join.
Early Bird Booking Rate - Members £69 / Non members £79 - before 18 December 2011
OPPORTUNITIES
Ukrainian Christian Medical Association conference, 29-30 October in Ternopil (about 2 hours from nearest airport at Lviv). UK students and doctors very welcome. Email Giles if you're interested in going – a couple of CMF students went to their Easter conference. Read about it here.
CMF is seeking to raise £1.2 million over three years to strengthen and expand its ministry. Gifts and pledges to date total £194,023. Click here to support the development fund.
CMF is recruiting a new Head of Operations to take over from Marcus Watkins. Please pray that the right person is found for this key role.
Looking for overseas work? CMF advertises opportunities for work and voluntary service overseas; the web page is one of our most visited.
RESOURCES
Lord Falconer's Commission on 'assisted dying' is about to report. Keep up to date on this and other issues through the CMF blog.
Congratulations to Andrew Horton, CMF's Media Producer who has won the 'Most Creative Use of Social Media' award for his work on Easter Live 2011. To watch and listen to Andrew's CMF videos and podcasts, click here.
SUPPORT
Starting house-jobs brings with it many pressures. CMF's pastoral care scheme offers graduate members fellowship and support. Contact the CMF office for more information.
On the move?
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Recommend CMF to a colleague
Talk to your Christian colleagues about joining CMF. And don't forget non-medics can become 'Friends of CMF'
Jesus said: “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Luke 10:2).
Steven Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) 020 7234 9668
Alistair Thompson on 07970 162 225
Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) was founded in 1949 and is an interdenominational organisation with over 5,000 doctors, 900medical and nursing students and 300 nurses and midwives as members in all branches of medicine, nursing and midwifery. A registered charity, it is linked to over 100 similar bodies in other countries throughout the world.
CMF exists to unite Christian healthcare professionals to pursue the highest ethical standards in Christian and professional life and to increase faith in Christ and acceptance of his ethical teaching.
