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Welcome to the Homepage of the Palmus of Ethiopia!
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Plans for Family Ministry
*** Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) Family Ministry (Family Life Education Program, FLEP)
EECMY Family Ministry Overall Structure 2010
EECMY Family Minstry Training Structure 2010
EECMY Family Ministry Advanced Level Training Plan 2011-2015
EECMY Statistics 2009 & numbers of Family Ministry trainers
2009
2008
Information Leaflet: (on screen)
FLEP Program
Description
Daily Program of an
EECMY Marriage About "Handbook for Family Ministry" [pdf-file] The List of Contents of More about the
sending body of the Palmus, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
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Mrs. Anna-Kaarina and Rev. Matti Palmu, "The Palmus of Ethiopia", served as missionaries in the Ethiopian Evangelical (Lutheran) Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) 1974-1993, 2000-2009, returning to Finland after the 10th working period in May, 2009. Until 1993 they were in Ethiopia as a whole family; 3 out of 4 children were born in Ethiopia. 2000-2009 the Palmus continued in Ethiopia as an "old couple". Since 2009 there are 7 grandchildren in the extended family.
On this Homepage you get information about the life and work of the Palmus - mainly in Finnish, thou. If you wish to have a look on the pictures of their monthly Prayer Letters since 2000, click here and choose the month from the column on the left.
2000-2009 the Palmus were developing the Family Life Education Program (FLEP) of the Mekane Yesus Church in Ethiopia. As of 2010 their working area was enlarged to be international:
NEW STAGE AS OF 2010: Family Life Advocacy and Education Capacity Building Project
As of the beginning of 2010 the Palmus proceeded to a new stage, working as Family Ministry Consultants in the new project of Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM), the Family Life Advocacy and Education Capacity Building Project 2010-2013. The target area of the project are the co-operating partners (churches, congregations, organizations or other partners) of FELM in various countries (shown as orange colour on the map above). The base of the Palmus is in Finland. |
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