Christi and Jeff Boyd
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| Jeff Boyd is the PC(USA) liaison for Central Africa. In this role, he facilitates relationships with partner churches and institutions in Cameroon, Congo, and Equatorial Guinea. He also provides support for mission personnel and is a resource for U.S. congregations who are in a relationship with one of our partners in the region.
Christi Boyd is the companionship facilitator for the Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Joining Hands initiative in Cameroon. Working with Cameroonian mainstream churches, non-profit organizations, and grassroots groups, she has facilitated the establishment of the national network and the development of its programs. These include cooperative grain banks in northern Cameroon, a microfinance program, and an anti-corruption program focusing on revenue management in oil, gas, and mining projects.
See their Mission Connections profile. |
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| Monmouth Presbytery e-News
August 5, 2010
Update on Jeff and Christi Boyd’s visit |
| Dear Friends in Monmouth Presbytery,
Mid-summer greetings!
If you’ve been on a mission trip, you already know what a life-changing experience it can be to come away with a renewed sense of your place in the body of Christ and an awareness of how what’s happening in the rest of the world impacts you – and vice versa. Not everyone can go on a world mission trip, but all of us are invited to be part of the next best thing this month!
The world will be coming to Monmouth Presbytery when Christi and Jeff Boyd, mission co-workers from Cameroon, visit in August. My church, Church on the Hill in Ocean, has a long-standing relationship with the Boyds; and First Presbyterian Church in Rumson recently established a new relationship with Christi. After hearing that the Boyds would be here on two consecutive Sundays, the Mission Council of the Presbytery decided to invite them for the entire week. You are invited to share in the ministry of Jeff and Christi in worship, over food, in the garden, and more.
Please look over the schedule and make it a point of coming to at least one worship service or gathering. I especially hope you will come and have dinner with us and the Boyds at Church on the Hill on Wednesday, August 18 – supper and sharing are free, but please let us know you’re coming and how many you’re bringing! |
Opportunities to meet and greet Christi and Jeff
There are lots of opportunities to meet and greet the Boyds:
- Sunday, August 15 at 9:15 a.m. – Worship – First Presbyterian Church, 4 East River Road, Rumson
- Tuesday, August 17 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. “Sandwich Seminar” at Plumsted Presbyterian Church, 14 Front Street, New Egypt
- Tuesday, August 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. – “Eat and Greet” at Allentown Crossroads Youth Center – pizza, ice cream, post-Triennium conversation, and “The Africa Game”
- Wednesday, August 18, 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. – informal brown bag lunch at Monmouth Presbytery Center, 446 Tennent Road, Tennent, NJ
- Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 – 8:15 p.m. Supper and Sharing at Church on the Hill, 10 Cold Indian Springs Road, Ocean – supper and sharing are free, but please R.S.V.P. by Sunday, August 8
- Thursday, August 19, 10-11:30 a.m. Brunch and conversation around mission in Africa at The Golden Bell Diner, located at 3320 US Highway 9 in Freehold
- Saturday, August 21, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Westminster PC Garden, 94 Tindall Road, Middletown – tour the new PAR (Plant a Row for the Hungry) Garden, visit with representatives from Rutgers University Master Gardeners of Monmouth County, meet and greet Christ and Jeff Boyd, hear from Westminster’s Garden Team about how to start a garden at your church, learn what’s happening with the Food Sovereignty initiative in Cameroon.
- Sunday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m. – Worship at Church on the Hill, Ocean
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