After a weekend of preparations and evacuations, communities throughout LA and in parts of MS and FL took a direct hit from Hurricane Gustav and have experienced extensive damage.
Connect Five Activities for Every ChurchNew World Outlook, September/October 2008
Five suggestions for every local congregation, regardless of size, facilities, location, or resources
By Una Jones
Global Ministries News
8/15/08: This West African country has fifteen congregations and three preaching points.
New York, NY, August 6, 2008--On the eve of the Beijing Olympic Games, the mission agency of The United Methodist Church launched a new website on the work of the denomination in China.
Global Ministries to Participate in "Beyond These Walls" Mission ConferenceAdam Neal, mission specialist with The Advance, will lead one of three workshops at an early October mission conference hosted in Powder Springs, Georgia, by McEachern Memorial United Methodist Church.
More than eight hundred men, women, and children huddle next to each other every evening, trying to find a warm place to sleep. 
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