Methodist Cambodian youth, aged 16-24, gathered from around their country last week in Phnom Penh for their 2012 strategic planning at the Wesley Bible Center. Irene Mparutsa, a Global Ministries missionary and a nurse from Zimbabwe, took the opportunity to facilitate a discussion about HIV/AIDS with the 35 young people. While the rate of HIV infection is declining in Cambodia, there is a need to teach prevention as well as reduce stigma for those who are HIV-positive.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: AIDS/HIV | Health | Mission opportunities | Poverty | Prayers | United Methodist Church | Youth | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Cambodia |
Date posted: Dec 01, 2011

I come from a large, highly connectional Pennsylvania Dutch family. I can't remember a vacation that didn't include five more people than the room could hold. My understanding of immediate family extended beyond my brother, mom, and dad to include aunts, cousins, great aunts, second and third cousins, and family friends.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: AIDS/HIV | Civil rights | Hate | Human rights | Justice | Lent | United Methodist Church |
Date posted: Mar 18, 2011

Applications due March 31, 2011 Young people are needed to live out their faith through social justice by interning and volunteering around the world and in the United States this summer.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: AIDS/HIV | Education | Global connections | Human rights | Justice | Mission opportunities | Volunteers | Youth | Focus on Leadership Development | Kenya | Uganda |
Date posted: Feb 25, 2011

In 1928, British Methodist missionaries founded Maua Methodist Hospital (MMH) in Maua, Kenya--about a five-hour drive northeast of Nairobi. As the only full-service hospital in the region, today this 275-bed facility serves a population of 700,000. My husband, Bill, and I are United Methodist missionaries assigned to the hospital. Bill provides technical support, and I work with quality management. For many reasons, we are thankful to be part of the ministry here. Mindful of Matthew 25:35-40, the hospital seeks to serve Jesus by caring for neighbors in need.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: AIDS/HIV | Children | Emergencies | Health | Human rights | Poverty | Women | Men | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Kenya |
Date posted: Dec 09, 2010

More than just a lovable orange character on Sesame Street, Zoe was one of the sisters of Greek mythology who resided in the Garden of Hesperides. Zoe translates to "life," and that is precisely what the ZOE Ministry, Advance #982023, brings not only on World AIDS Day, but 365 days a year.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: AIDS/HIV | Children | Health | Poverty | Welfare | Women | Youth | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Rwanda | Zambia | Zimbabwe | Kenya |
Date posted: Dec 02, 2010

New York, NY, December 1, 2010--The Latin American Biblical University, an ecumenical school in Costa Rica with strong United Methodist ties, is one of four seminaries in Latin America that is developing a master's degree in theology with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS ministries.
Source: Health & Welfare Ministries, GBGM
More about: AIDS/HIV | Health | Welfare | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Argentina | Brazil | Colombia | Costa Rica |
Date posted: Dec 01, 2010

"Healthy I am only when my family is also well and healthy," said a teacher in Malawi. "I am healthy only when I am at peace with my fellow human beings and with creation," she continued. "I am healthy when my relationship with God is right. Being healthy means physical and spiritual well-being." I think this teacher is right, so I ask myself: "How healthy am I by her criteria?" How healthy are my colleagues? How healthy are our families...our congregations...The United Methodist Church...our world?
Source: New World Outlook
More about: AIDS/HIV | Education | Health | Human rights | John Wesley | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Welfare | Wesley | Focus on Global Health | Cambodia | Congo DR | Cote d´Ivoire | Mozambique |
Date posted: Nov 04, 2010