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arrow icon. Breaking the Cycle of Malaria and Poverty 
School children in Lekki, Nigeria, peform a skit promoting the effectiveness of mosquito nets in preventing malaria. Malaria kills. It kills a child every 30 seconds in sub-Saharan Africa, and those that die are disproportionately poor. The anopheles mosquito that spreads this deadly, but preventable, illness does not distinguish between rich and poor. But the difference between life and death often depends on one's environment and ability to get treatment very soon after falling ill.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Advocacy | AIDS/HIV | Children | Communities | Economy | GBGM programs | Health | Hunger | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | Africa | Cote d´Ivoire | Nigeria |
Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
arrow icon. Fast Today and Change Tomorrow 
B1 participants at a Salvation Army facility pray with a man. In 2007, Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference contacted The Advance office looking for a new way to connect the youth of Greater New Jersey Annual Conference to The Advance, the denomination's giving channel dedicated to mission. Two years later, the response to the bishop's request can be symbolized by a letter and number, "B1."
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | GBGM programs | Health | Hunger | United Methodist Church | Youth | Advance | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Focus on Global Health | North Eastern U.S. | United States | World |
Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
arrow icon. United Methodist Task Force Promotes Award-Winning Film on Immigration 
Promotional Poster available at madeinla.com. New York, NY, June 22, 2009--Made in LA is an Emmy award-winning film on the three-year experience of three immigrant women who stood up to exploitation in a Los Angeles sweatshop run by a trendy clothing retailer.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | GBGM news | Human rights | Immigration | Justice | Resolutions of the UMC | Women | Mission studies | United States | World |
Date posted: Jun 22, 2009
arrow icon. A Refugee Experience for World Refugee Day, June 20, 2009 
Dominic Ding was a lost boy from Sudan. He will be one of many refugees to tell their personal stories at an awareness event. Most Americans do not understand the complexities of being a refugee. To help educate those in the Western NY Conference, Trinity United Methodist Church on Grand Island is hosting a World Refugee Day event for youth groups on Saturday, June 20.
Source: UMCOR
More about: Advocacy | Communities | Human rights | International affairs | Refugees | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | North Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Jun 18, 2009
arrow icon. Major Magazine Features Decline of Holy Land Christians 
In February 2008, Rachel Harvey visited Nazareth as part of Seeking Peace-Pursuing Justice, a study of peacemaking and contemporary issues in Israel-Palestine.

New York, NY, June 15, 2009--The ecumenical Week of Peace in Palestine-Israel coincided with a cover story in a major general magazine on an issue of deep concern to some Christians: the declining number of Christians in the Holy Land.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Ethics | GBGM news | Global connections | International affairs | Peace | United Methodist Church | War | Welfare | Methodism | Israel | Middle East | Palestine |
Date posted: Jun 15, 2009

arrow icon. Hallelujah Moment from Japan: "God Is So Good" 
Debbie Umipig-Julian with Mustafa, Eva, and their children, KC, and Zilan. Mustafa wandered through the mountains for a long time and finally had to flee his home country in order to preserve his life after he quit a militant group. A Kurd from Turkey, Mustafa ended up in Japan where he met Eva, a Filipina working in the entertainment industry.
Source: Mission Education
More about: Advocacy | Global connections | Human rights | Immigration | Race | Japan | Philippines | Turkey |
Date posted: Jun 09, 2009
arrow icon. Week for Peace in Palestine/Israel Under Way Among Churches Worldwide
New York, NY, June 4, 2009--A "World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel" is underway among churches and Christian groups in as many as 40 countries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Ecumenical | Global connections | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | Peace | Violence | War | Partners/partnerships | Israel | Palestine | World |
Date posted: Jun 05, 2009
arrow icon. United Methodist Bishops Advocate Comprehensive Immigration Reform in US
May 2009 Council of Bishops meeting in Bethesda, MD. Bethesda, Maryland, May 14, 2009—The full Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church has appealed to the President and Congress of the United States to support "comprehensive immigration reform" that would, among other goals, provide pathways to citizenship and reunify families separated by current policies.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Communities | Family | GBGM programs | Human rights | Immigration | United Methodist Church | Statements | North Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: May 13, 2009
arrow icon. Native Heritage, Christian Faith Bring Conflict 
Jennifer Battiest is a Global Ministries missionary serving the Clinton Indian United Methodist Church in Oklahoma. Two little girls who wanted to come to church have helped Jennifer Battiest come to terms with her anger over how the church has treated Native Americans. The daughter of two United Methodist pastors – Samuel, a Choctaw from Oklahoma, and Margaret, a Choctaw from Mississippi – Battiest said she has long had conflicted feelings about her Christian connections, even as she has embraced a calling from God.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | GBGM events | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | United States |
Date posted: Apr 29, 2009
arrow icon. Edelman Praises United Methodist Women Partnership in Children's Health Campaign 
“I just need United Methodist Women to stand with me to say all children should have benefits, Sending thousands of postcards to Capitol Hill and other actions like it have formed the basis of a long partnership between the Children's Defense Fund and United Methodist Women, Edelman told directors of the Women's Division, United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, on April 26 during the division's spring meeting.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Children | GBGM events | Health | United Methodist Church | Women | North Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Apr 28, 2009
arrow icon. Western North Carolina Counties Are Sites for Pilot Poverty Ministry 
Scott Miller, founder of Move the Mountains Leadership Center, presents the Circles approach to ending generational poverty.

New York, NY, April 7, 2009--Three counties in North Carolina are the focal points of a new United Methodist Church pilot ministry to eliminate poverty. They will become training stations for the denomination in the United States.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Communities | GBGM programs | Poverty | Rural | South Eastern U.S. |
Date posted: Apr 07, 2009

arrow icon. Appreciation for British Methodist Role in Challenging Economic Summit 
The Rev. Edward Paup.

New York, NY, April 3, 2009--The head of the United Methodist Church's mission agency has thanked the Methodist Church of Great Britain for its role in keeping the concerns of poverty and environmental protection in the public eye as representatives of the world's 20 strongest economies met in London.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | Agriculture | Economy | Ecumenical | Environment | Global connections | Globalization | Hunger | International affairs | John Wesley | Justice | United Methodist Church | Wesley | Partners/partnerships | Methodism | Letters | Statements | United Kingdom |
Date posted: Apr 03, 2009

arrow icon. The Stone Moves Another Inch: Good Friday, April 10, 2009
I work in a United Methodist Mission Institute that houses a food pantry. One day in the lobby of our food pantry, I was handing out newsletters to people after they got their bag of groceries. I watched the clients talking with each other as they gathered up their belongings. One couple said, "We're living out of our car right now."
Source: Mission Personnel
More about: Advocacy | Easter | Hunger | Lent | Missionaries | Poverty | United States | Western U.S. |
Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
arrow icon. Arizona United Methodist Facility Receives Federal Job Stimulus Grant 
Medical assistant Rebecca Mijares checks the blood pressure of a young patient at the Centro de Saluad at United Methodist Women-supported Wesley Community Center in Phoenix, AZ. Phoenix, Arizona, March 10, 2009--Wesley Community Center, a Phoenix facility related to The United Methodist Church, is sharing in a $3.9 million federal economic stimulus grant aimed at increasing regional jobs in the health- care section.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | Children | Communities | Economy | Education | Family | Immigration | John Wesley | Poverty | Refugees | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Welfare | Wesley | Urban | United States |
Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
arrow icon. United Methodists Join Protest against Arpaio 
United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcaño marching to protest crackdowns on undocumented persons by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcaño offered a blessing and words of peace to thousands gathered to march in protest of the treatment of immigrants by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Civil rights | Communities | Human rights | Immigration | Justice | Refugees | United Methodist Church | United States | Western U.S. |
Date posted: Mar 02, 2009
arrow icon. United Methodists Join in Call for Justice, Comprehensive Immigration Reform 
Bishop Minerva Carcaño Washington, DC, February 12, 2009--Faith communities in the United States are being called to pray and work for a just and comprehensive reform of what were described as broken immigration laws.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Human rights | Immigration | Justice | Refugees | United Methodist Church | Statements | North Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Feb 12, 2009
arrow icon. Texts of Prayers at Inauguration of President Obama 
Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA.

Washington, DC, January 20, 2009--Two prayers were included in the inaugural ceremonies marking the start of the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, the first African American president of the United States.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | Civil rights | Economy | Global connections | Globalization | International affairs | Justice | Martin Luther King Day | Peace | Prayers | Race | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | United States |
Date posted: Jan 20, 2009

arrow icon. Churches Appeal to and Pledge Support to New US President on Issues of Peace and Poverty 
President Barack Obama took the oath of office on January 20, 2009. He is the United States' first African-American president.

New York, NY, January 20, 2009--Several ecumenical Christian groups in the United States both appealed to and pledged to support the president in matters dealing with peace, poverty, and human rights.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Prayers | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Letters | Statements | United States |
Date posted: Jan 20, 2009

arrow icon. Brooklyn Church Offers a Warm Welcome to Hundreds of Immigrants 
Maudelyn (left), shown with Alston (right), from Tobago, found JFON at Wesley UMC after she lost thousands of dollars to an unscrupulous lawyer. When Pastor Pauline Wardell-Sankoh came to John Wesley United Methodist Church in 2000, she did not realize the extent of passion for immigration justice that had begun to take root a year earlier. The church, with a membership of about 200, is located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Advocacy | Education | GBGM programs | Immigration | Justice | Refugees | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | North Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Jan 05, 2009
arrow icon. Focus on Global Ministries:  An Interview with The Rev. Edward W. Paup
Residents of the Orphan Light orphanage, a Methodist mission project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Rev. Edward W. Paup announced to the directors of Global Ministries that he would realign the board's staff and organize the agency's work around the Four Areas of Focus adopted by the delegates of the 2008 General Conference: Developing principled Christian leaders for the church and the world; Creating new places for new people and renewing existing congregations; Engaging in ministry with the poor; and Stamping out the killer diseases of poverty by improving health globally.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: Advocacy | Communities | Education | Evangelization | GBGM news | General Conference | Missionaries | Poverty | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Advance | World |
Date posted: Jan 05, 2009
arrow icon. Missionary-Immigration Lawyers Needed for Michigan and Tennessee 

New York, NY, Nov. 21, 2008--The United Methodist mission agency needs two immigration lawyers to provide legal counsel at up to three congregation-based immigration clinics in Michigan and Tennessee.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Ethics | Immigration | Justice | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | United States |
Date posted: Nov 21, 2008

arrow icon. UMCOR Advocates to Provide Cuba Storm Relief 
A work team rebuilds a hurricane-damaged home in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has made some progress toward obtaining the U.S. Treasury Department licenses required to allow the denomination to assist hurricane survivors in Cuba, according to the Rev. Sam Dixon, head of UMCOR. Dixon reported on the progress Oct. 15 to the relief agency's board of directors, meeting in Stamford, Conn. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has made some progress toward obtaining the U.S. Treasury Department licenses required to allow the denomination to assist hurricane survivors in Cuba.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Donations | Emergencies | GBGM events | GBGM news | Natural disasters | UMCOR | United Methodist Church | Caribbean Islands | Cuba | United States |
Date posted: Oct 16, 2008
arrow icon. Announcement: New E-Newsletter from The Advance 
In a few days, The Advance is launching a free monthly email newsletter. Advancing Hope will give you the updates on United Methodist missionaries and projects that can be supported through The Advance.
Source: Advance
More about: Advocacy | Finance | GBGM programs | Health | Missionaries | Newsletters | United Methodist Church | Volunteers | Women | Youth | Advance | Mission updates |
Date posted: Oct 07, 2008
arrow icon. Had Enough: United Methodist Young People Respond to Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Related Violence 
The United Methodist Church has a long history of utilizing its worldwide connection to alleviate suffering. One idea that really "clicks" with young United Methodists is "connectionalism"-- linking with every other United Methodist. in the world.
Source: Community and Institutional Ministries
More about: Advocacy | GBGM programs | Health | United States |
Date posted: Sep 26, 2008
arrow icon. Second-Hand Recovery 
You never think the worst will happen to you, but sometimes it does, and you have to learn whether to give up or move on. I was daddy's girl. My dad passed away when I was ten because his body could no longer handle his addiction to alcohol. He suffered liver failure and a heart attack. This past February I lost my grandfather to the same disease.
Source: Community and Institutional Ministries
More about: Advocacy | GBGM programs | Health | Youth | United States |
Date posted: Sep 26, 2008
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