News and Prayer Bulletin
Christian Concern Mission, Shamshabad, India
making lives wholesome
CCM House Phone:: + 08413 222188 20-82, Shamshabad 501 218 Fax : 08413 222176 Ranga Reddy District E-mail: ccmission@yahoo.com Andhra Pradesh, INDIA Web:www.ccmission-shamshabad.org
Let me think of others and share first.
CCM Bulletin November 2009: As a Christian gesture to the victims of the flood I and two of our Destitute Home girls representing CCM went to two villages Bierelly and Gurram gadda( just in the middle of two branches of the Krishna river). Mostly Christian population of 35 families are in loss of food stuff--rice and paddy and others and houses and crops . No loss of lives, though. Some 6 non Christian families also were affected. We distributed 20 blankets and 10 saries and some dresses to the affected people. This was from CCM Compassion Home which we bought for them for Christmas. The girls were happy to share their own things as well with joy.
We are very happy to see this gesture of Thinking of others. This is CCM Motto. CCM girls are enthusiastic in folding and getting the packs ready
At Bierelly some twenty houses were completely fell flat due to flood which was hip deep for 3 days. Church Compound was not badly affected though 4' water receded after 3 days and Pastor’s family badly affected--2 quintals of rice damaged just to dump in the trash and some other food stuffs and clothes too.This family and many others took shelter in the Church building. The village Officer ( Sarpanch also Christian) 3rd from right along with him is handing out while I, 2nd from right reading the list of victims and far behind the lady victim is our Home girl ,Sharmila ( from the same village) is just helping.
A scene with river over flown. The river is seen in the far right . And the village Gurram Gadda on the hill top far left in the background This is an isle village which never expected such flood but only after some 100 years. The flood puffed up into the village with the floated waters even up to 150 yds upwards from the bulged river level !!
I just crossed the river with the help of a Pastor in a temporary but small boat in that fiery scene( I wish I could take some more pictures.( Some public professionals took pictures for us while distributing . I took their help in getting these pictures). One example of fallen houses and damages is this picture shown at the right. It was really hard to justify the need. People thronged into the Church for help when I was distributing the materials. I was pacifying them ( from left 3 inside with grey hair) showing my hand pacifying them.
There is one more village ( Revulapally ) which I could not visit due to lack of support material. Thinking of us CCM Now Some parts of Nalgonda district also affected by heavy storms although no floods even though in the midst of pouring rains: Vempad CCM Health Clinic and staff quarters damaged seriously. I have not given the full report of our damaged office building . However the roof is very badly damaged which needs re-fixing at Vempad. Leaking and bent to fall. The staff quarters much more damaged. We are unable to stat and work in these buildings. This needs more details on technical report which we are seeking from an engineer. S.J Joseph
CCM Compassion Home a home where no home
Focus in this Bulletin: Creating opportunity “to grow and branch out”
I am putting before you the Compassion Home . The girls in the Home need to Stretch our their OWN CURTAINS of …(life) as we work more on Creating Opportunity for those Compassion Home.Compassion home is a home where no home. At a crucial hour of need many girls and women take shelter as an opportunity for a short stay home
Some of the Home girls use their skills in teaching at the CCM Computer Institute ( Anitha standing by the wall in the back got trained at the Institute)
Studying in university for degree program they make use of the opportunity for kitchen skills in cooking their own food and related skills for future home life.
CCM Compassion Home children going to a school walking for one mile
CCM children learning computer skills as a Training. And work opportunity given for Home girls. Sudha and Priya work in the office.
Home girls in the university singing at devotional hour in the community during Passion week and prayer as observed by the local church
Our forbearance: Phil. 4:5 “Let your forbearance be known to all men”. We are facing severe financial crisis. The Home girls could not have a privilege of good meal for the past 3 months and quite often staying without light during summer nights due to power cut since we could not afford to pay the bills on time. Prayer Request: Please take time to Pray and support this ministry which could be YOUR mission and ministry. And thank you for your mission of supporting and encouraging us to continue our ministry You can send your donation via
- By Western Union ( very reliable and fastest )
- By check( normally takes 45 days to get cashed
- Via bank using Swift Code which takes 4-5 working days.
Our Bank: State Bank of India Address: Hyderabad Main Branch, Kothi, A. P. India Account No: 108 116 84235 Swift Code: SBI NIN BB 122 Branch Code: 0847 SBI Commercial Branch, Hyderabad Main Branch Grace and Peace Rev. Joseph J Silumula ( S. J. Joseph ) Executive Director, CCM India
- First ability: to present Christ as Liberator and Saviour Second ability: to walk a second mile ( in suffering for Christ ) Third ability: to society for a hunger for truth in Christ. Fourth ability: to equip the saints and to encourage one another. Fifth ability: to manage the 6 types of programmes: From a Street School to a network of programmes: 1. outreaching 2. caring 3. healing 4.counseling, 5. training and 6. Relief
…that I might win more of them I cor. 9: 19
CCM Christmas Bulletin 2008: a month of the greatest Gift—salvation in Jesus
Vision :“Stretch out your curtains of”… development and growth Mission: Stretching out curtains of development and growth in …. Ministries : Stretching out curtains of life through:
Look through the Compassion Home: Creating Opportunity: for holistic direction: “ in the way that he/she should walk” : discipline, health, security, skills and rehabilitation
- Ministry of Compassion through Compassion Homes : destitute children Homes, old people and disabled
- Ministry of Outreaching through Mission to the High places High caste and elites ) Mission to the Low Plasces( the marginalized people—beggars, alcholics, soothsayers, robbers etc.
- Ministry of Healing through health education and services
- Ministry of Counseling through youth, family other seekers
- Ministry of Education and training through awareness development , academic education and skills and livelihood trainings--primary, high school, college and trainings
- Ministry of Relief through benevolent action with Christ’s love—food items, clothes, medicine and rehabilitation services
These children come from a variety of odd situations and needs --from helpless to homeless, from broken homes to a street life at the crossroads,disconnected and abandoned. Now they are being connected, recharged and empowered. And so, after BA degree,3 are in training ( of teachers, of nursing and computers ) for jobs to stand on their own, 3 employed in CCM offices, 10 in high school 5 in primary School. Out of 25 enrolled, some more being admitted to fill the gap of the 5 who left / escaped unwilling to Christian faith. Self-support venture: Action for self-dependencce. Under Progress: Farming –short term crops--- rice, pulses, maize, cotton ;Sujatha arranging prizes
Under long term crop planning --- coconut plants, fruit trees ( being developed phase wise and support needed for sprinkling irrigation ; Under planning: milling for flour and rice products; Making products --paper plates and cement products -- bricks, pipes etc. to support some of the programmes run independently. Please join us as we look to the Lord in prayer for the :
- ability to present Christ as Liberator and Saviour
- ability to walk a second mile ( in suffering for Christ )
- ability to society for a hunger for truth in Christ.
- ability to equip the saints and to encourage one another.
- ability to manage the 6 types of programmes: From a Street School to a network of programmes:
- outreaching
- caring
- healing
- counseling,
- training and
- Relief
Your Part : Prayer and support as the Lord leads you and your Church. Good way to send your gift and donations through bank to bank ( swift code enclosed along with other bank information ) OR through : Western Union OR Checks are good, but only through Registered Post please. Grace and Peace Rev. S.J.Joseph Christian Concern Mission PO Bag 5, Shamshabad RR District 501 218, Andhra Pradesh ., India Phone: + 08413 – 222188 Fax: + 08413 222 176 e-mail: ccmmission@yahoo.com Web: www.ccmission-shamshabad.org
CCM News Bulletin for Nov.2008
Focus of this month: Creating Opportunity with a holistic direction: "… in the way …..should go" Prov. 22:6
A look at the life style status of the girls: Total enrolled: 25
| 1. Homeless | 8 |
| 2. broken home | 4 |
| 3. abandoned | 3 |
| 4. run away | 5 ( ran away from the CCM Home unwilling to Christian faith) |
| 5. handicapped | 5 ( crippled and mentally retarded ) |
- Our Mission to the Compassion Home:
- opportunity for better discipline: formation of habits to some very late and very hard--eating and study habits daily hour(s ) of discipline doing daily duties - eating on time and going to bed on time including going to school Sunday school and healthy given food; washing,cleaning both body--personal hygiene, surroundings. counseling
- opportunity for better way to belief --- there are other high caste girls in the Home because of high caste inmates, so helping them knowing their creator God and Church the sustainer of Christian faith , sending to SS and Youth meetings. Girls camps
- opportunity for better physical health-drinking clean water,eating healthy food , relaxing and keeping faith in Christ for peace
- opportunity for better habits - wearing clean and good cloths in stead of poor and torn clothes, practicing study habits,
- opportunity for better social and secure life - providing and making and being in the good company, helping each other, playing with the house parents, a social security
- opportunity for better mental life --- mental exercises through studying and learning lessons, reading Bible reading news papers and fun hour.
October 4, 2008
Greetings from Christian Concern Mission, India We would like to narrate some interesting stories of those in the Compassion Home explaining our ministry of creating opportunity for those in the Home.
Very much the youngest in the Home Ruth Rani ,the Rugged Ruthie……….
is the entertainer in the Home and a cream
of the crop in the class but hard for handling
among her friends in the Home and in the
school. She is always a winner in the Sunday School
in learning and singing. A spokes person, she likes to be
seen first in any activity. She just crossed 5th year.
We praise the Lord for her wisdom and
Smartness in her class 1(grade 1).
Mounika Rachel; the eldest sister of Ruth is just
the opposite ,but not a dull one, more stable and
reserved and generally soft-spoken.
She is industrious in the class with a thorough
going sense at work with a strong mental drive
to finish. She never finds a dull moment at work.
From the past history they are the witness to
the “ wounded soldiers” in their first home
which is a broken family and with no address now !
She is 8 plus studying in
the 3rd Grade.
Raja Vikram Reddy 8 plus , is son of an
unwed mother who is mentally retarded.
A very active boy at work other than studies,
Vikram belongs to a high caste community.
His mind is always at manual work more of a
mechanical trade. He is in grade 3 who gets
good grade on the prompting, since, a very moody
who demands more attention of the House
parents—Joseph and Hannah
Prayer and support: For God’s guidance for them
to become good students in class and shaping themselves
into good citizens earthily and heavenly.
Rev. S.J.Joseph
Christian Concern Mission
PO Bag 5, Shamshabad
RR District 501 218, Andhra Pradesh ., India
Phone: + 08413 – 222188 Fax: + 08413 222 176
e-mail: ccmmission@yahoo.com
News Bulletin July 08
Let your tolerance be evident to everyone Phil. 4:5( JB Philips)
CCM has been passing through a tough time of strange experiences over these past few months. And yet we are pushing on boldly SINCE His GRACE EMPOWERS US. Sujatha is a very active student in the Compassion Home, a very good athlete, winner of cups and medals to her credit. They praise and remind the Lord’s enabling grace of empowerment through her skills. She is a singer who took part in the Choir and Sunday School and VBS of the local Church where she is a member. She is a social worker in and round her company of friends with a loving concern for them who she likes to win. She is also endowed with uncontrollable whims and wishes! With all grace she also completed her BA degree and just looking for a teaching job contrary to her interest which is for a police job. She just went for summer vacations to spend with her relatives, the Lord also gave a permanent time of vacation! Sujatha Last Happy Birth Day
CCM Compassion Home is feeling empty in mind and heart loosing Sujatha.
CCM Compassion Home is missing a person who enjoyed the opportunity
created by CCM ministry over these years .
We appreciate your PRAYERS WITH SUPPORT.
Grace and Peace
S. J. Joseph
Executive Director
News Letter April 08
I would like to share with you a shocking and critical concern..
The Lord has been pushing us to a remote corner for testing our faith.
One of our CCM Compassion Home girls in the BA degree program ( 22 years )
is very seriously ill and in the hospital now. She comes from a High Caste community .
She was orphaned when she was 11 being a member of a broken family.
The doctors say that she needs more longer treatment in such a paralyzed condition.
She is under Acute Medical Care now for these 11 days and still in semi-conscious condition.
She needs intensive care and medication even to the point of rehabilitation after coming from
the hospital treatment. She should be moved back to the CCM Compassion Home .
She needs a special bed and other facilities in the Home. This is very costly matter.
As I see it now, it may cost us $ 3750/- ( Rs. 150,000/-)
She is expected to be in the hospital for more than a month.
1. Special Bed and room at CCM Rs. 10,000.00
2. Special Care by a nurse /special attendant
even after our girls volunteer to give their time
with their studies and including saff. 45,000.00
3. Medical care and supervision 90,000.00
4. Unforeseen costs 10,000.00
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Total in Rupees 155,000.00
In US $ 3750/
Although there are other poor and destitute girls in the Home at present CCM Compassion Home is
going to be also a Home for the Disabled of varieties disabilities and where such disabled
will be taken care of like in a home with a special care . With this girl the number of the
inmates will be 6. The Lord has put a burden on my heart to do the ministry for these, THE LEAST
I have shared my concern now.
First of all I would like you to pray for this young girl in the shadow of death ! The Lord gave
her a chance of survival up to this point of health . Will you please consider this request as a
sign of your concern with a donation as the Lord leads you?. Yes, CCM is feeling grateful for
your timely support in the past. And remains grateful ever !
In as much as ye have done it unto to one of these, the least, ye have done to me. ..Matt. 25:40
Grace and Peace
S. J. Joseph
Executive Director
Christian Concern Mission
News Letter July 07
To Christian - Communities
Greetings from Christian Concern Mission, India. This time, I am sending this News Letter on
Compassion Home. Kindly pay attention to the details.
Vision: Creating opportunity towards a holistic growth
Mission: Education and training with rehabilitation facility
Project: CCM Compassion Home( a home where no home ) as a ministry of CARING has been giving its
services to the needy and homeless girl children. This is a wing of the ministries of Christian
Concern Mission, Shamshabad, India while others being health.counselling, outreaching,
education/training, relief . Existing ever since 1980, with a humble beginning, Christian
Concern Mission started as a Street school ( in 1980 ) as first step into the development
arena with a holistic Christian emphasis on human growth and advancement.
Web: www. ccmission-shamshabad.org
Categories of Inmates: Aimed at serving primarily for the needs of the poor and orphaned and
homeless girls very much like in a home situation, we got variety of social lifestyles of
girls enrolled to get opportunity to grow and brunch out . Some come from the broken homes, some
mentally retarded, a few of them in mental crisis and from the distorted/troubled families,
some from the homeless and a few from very poor families. All come from rural areas.
Care for Spiritual growth The girls get spiritual food from the devotional hour at the Home
every day and from the Sunday School, MB Church at Shamshabad where they to worship weekly.
Occasionally they get spiritual toning from the youth camps and gatherings. It is no
exaggeration to say that the Home girls contribute their service more than the other local
youth members of the Church and they bag more prizes from the Sunday School.! Two older girls
sing in the choir and 3 lead in SS and Junior Church and VBS since they get trained from time to
time. Six of the girls got baptism and growing now in grace. We feel proud of their growth and
advancement.
Caring for Education and Training: To give a push for a forward movement, we aim at empowering the girls in view of the unjustifiable Indian social customs since the GOSPEL liberates the human situation.
- This year there are 25 enrolled; Of these 3 in degree, 3 in Junior college 12 for high and middle schools and 7 in the primary.
- Apart from schooling we create an opportunity for trainings in typewriting, computer and dress making in order to empower them to stand on their own.
- Some of the girls studying in college help in the office, because an opportunity created for a job work along with training in office administration and accountancy.
- Pray for our efforts and challenges ahead of us as we create opportunity for these girls with A HOME WHERE NO HOME meeting their NEEDS both physical and spiritual .
- Our urgent Needs in priority : First Priority: Food each month Euro 200/- Or yearly 2,400 Second Priority: We have to build up Endowment Fund every year for 7 years beginning this financial year ( April - March )—to help maintain the Home in future and Rehabilitation facility, helping for higher education and training and settlement towards a family life and to stand on their own as you read above. This plan will help us under self-sustenance strategy for all ministries.
News Letter April 07