To assist himself and others in getting ready for ministry in Uganda,
Barry McWilliams has assembled the following

Index of Eldrbarry's Uganda Pages.

Pages on Preparing for a Short Term Mission Trip to Uganda

• A Basic Guide to Getting Ready for a Mission Trip to Uganda This "Step-by-Step" page has plenty of links to both Bob Hayes' ACTI pages and Jim Sutherland's Reconciliation Ministries pages, and draws from my own experiences in raising support and making preparations.
• Teaching and Preaching Ministry Preparation Some guidelines and advice on preparing to minister in Uganda, including working with interpreters.
• My McWilliams/ Sutherland List of Essentials (Equipping yourself for a trip to Uganda)
• Encountering Africa: "Time" and "Money Matters". A couple of charts contrasting Western and African concepts.
• Eldrbarry's Uganda Links Here is a page full of links related to Uganda and Short Term Mission Work there.
• A request for Ugandans for help in a Ugandan Language Phrase Project Eldrbarry is working on.
• Eldrbarry's Missions Reading List - Plenty of suggestions for reading on various topics linked to Amazon.com.
• A list of suggested books to take and give to African pastors

Pages Related to My trips to Uganda:

My most recent mission trip in November 2007 as part of team of University Presbyterian Church, Las Cruces, NM to Hoima and Western Uganda

• A report on our Ministry in Bunyoro and Buganda in November 2007
• The McWilliams's Mission Fund supporting our mission trips to Eastern Europe and Africa
• My Trip Preparation Website for Mission 2007
• My Mission 2007 Prayer Page
• Mission 2007 Packet: Samples of materials prepared to assist in raising support (pdf) and a response form
• Links regarding Hoima, Bunyoro-Kitara, etc

My Mission Trip - May, 2005: as part of a Team of University Presbyterian Church, Las Cruces, NM to Kinkiizi, Kajjansi and Kamuli, Uganda

• My Trip Preparation Website for Mission 2005
• My Reports: A Narration of Uganda Mission 2005 and a Summary of the Ministry (pdf)
• Pygmy Rally at Bwindi - May 4th, 2005 with pictures
• Pictures: Hoima . . . Kinkiizi Diocese . . . Basoga Diocese . . . Kayumba and ABC
• My Mission 2005 Prayer Page
• A Bibliography on Mercy Ministry - Getting ready for my teaching ministry.

A trip to Kaposvar, Hungary, and Uganda in March, 2001:


• Mission Trip 2001 Page
• 2001 Mission Trip Report Page (pdf)
• Sowers and Reapers - A sermon on John 4 related to my trip (pdf)
• Some Pictures from my March 2001 trip to Uganda: Ramblings - New Life Presbyterian - Crusade - Kampala

I went to Uganda with a Team headed by John Pickett in March, 2003:

• A Report on my 2003 Mission Trip (with hyperlinks)
• Uganda Mission March 2003 (Has links for resources and notes from our teaching)
• A ministry Summary of the March 2003 Mission Trip (pdf) includes intinerary, and what we taught and did at each location.
• My Trip Preparation Website for Mission 2003 (Used when raising support)
• Mission 2003 Packet: Samples of materials prepared for raising support (pdf) and my response form
• Mission 2003 Prayer Requests
• Eldrbarry's Tongue-in-Cheek Impressions of Life in Uganda Some humorous observations made during my trip.

From our Teaching Ministry in 2003:

• John Pickett's 10 Steps to Becoming the Leader You want to be
• Eldrbarry's Stewardship Bibliography - including Christian Microenterprize Development - a Christian approach to poverty. I have a series of web pages on Stewardship 101 for the Third World) being taught in the fall of 2003.)
• A Supplement to the Christian Life Wheel (Stuff I took along but didn't use. Others on the Team taught using Navagator's materials.)
• Jesus' Leadership Principles and Method of Training His Disciples a talk I gave at Kinkiizi.
• Kinkiizi Diocese Girl Child Education Program A letter from the Bishop.


ACTI Miscellaneous Pages

• Bob Hayes' Are Short Term Missions worth the cost?
• How To Pray for Missionaries (pdf) Handout
• Some More Ways You can Support Missionaries or as a Handout (pdf)
• Building your Missions Library: A Baker's Dozen Suggestions also as a Handout (pdf)
• Bob Hayes' How to E-mail a Missionary (pdf) Handout
• A Bulletin Insert of ACTI (pdf)
• More on ACTI (this has extended material linked from the Getting Ready Page including The Board, financial policies and raising support, Insurance needs)
• Uganda Snips Short (100 Word or Less) bulletin inserts on Uganda.
• Shopping in Uganda Links on various kinds of Ugandan souvenirs, art and handcrafts, etc., as well as some tips on bartering. (Under construction)

  I will be adding pages of maps and graphics; sample letters, etc as well as adding to the Getting Ready Page. I hope eventually to add additional Teaching Materials bibliographies, trip reports, cultural information, and other useful pages related to Uganda. If you have done ministry in Uganda or have suggestions for these pages, your suggestions and contributions are most welcome for possible inclusion.

  Some On Line Resourses for Church Mission Committees LInks on organizing a missions committee and various missions related links
  Contact me at eldrbarry@eldrbarry.net..
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