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	Youth in Mission in Latin America: Interview with the Rev. Joyce Torres The Rev. Joyce Torres currently serves as general secretary of the Council of Evangelical Methodist Churches in Latin America and the Caribbean (CIEMAL). She began her work with CIEMAL in 1998 as the first director of its Youth in Mission program. In this interview with Victoria Furio, she firmly commits to the belief that young people are the lifeblood of the church and that, working together, they really can--and do--transform the world. Source: New World Outlook More about: Education \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Argentina \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Caribbean Islands \| Chile \| Colombia \| Cuba \| Dominican Republic \| Ecuador \| Latin America \| Mexico \| Paraguay \| Peru \| Puerto Rico \| Uruguay \| Venezuela \| Date posted: Aug 19, 2010
	The UMCOR Hotline for December 15, 2009 In Today's Hotline: PHILIPPINES: UMCOR Expands Typhoon Response BOLIVIA: Fasting For the Gift of Water US: Sing Fair Trade Carols UMCOR: Gifts That Change Lives Source: UMCOR More about: Agriculture \| Christmas \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Water \| Bolivia \| Philippines \| United States \| Date posted: Dec 15, 2009
	Forty Years of Methodist Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean São Paulo, Brazil, August 27, 2009-- Representatives of Methodist churches from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Methodist University of São Paulo, August 17-21, to celebrate 40 years of collaboration in ministry. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| Ecumenical \| Global connections \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Argentina \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Caribbean Islands \| Chile \| Colombia \| Costa Rica \| Cuba \| Dominican Republic \| Ecuador \| El Salvador \| Guatemala \| Honduras \| Mexico \| Nicaragua \| Panama \| Peru \| Puerto Rico \| Uruguay \| Venezuela \| Date posted: Aug 27, 2009
	Twenty-Five Years of Colegio Rio Colorado (Bolivia) Colegio Rio Colorado, a mission-founded school near Bolivia, Yucumo, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The institution, which focuses on agricultural, technical, and general studies for middle and high school students, was started as a partnership between the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia and the General Board of Global Ministries. Four missionary families have served Rio Colorado. Below is an account of the anniversary from John and Suzanne Funk, the current missionaries. It is from "The Vine," the Funk family's newsletter. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Agriculture \| Children \| Education \| Youth \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jun 18, 2009
	Reflections on a Gathering of Missionaries November 25, 2008--The connectional nature of The United Methodist Church was evident and celebrated as 38 missionaries from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Costa Rica in early November for the first regional mission personnel consultation in many years. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Communities \| Global connections \| Globalization \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Justice \| Missionaries \| Peace \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Bolivia \| Caribbean Islands \| Costa Rica \| Latin America \| Date posted: Nov 26, 2008
	Hallelujah Moment from Bolivia: "Of Value and Worth" Flashlight? Check. Plates, cups, and utensils? Check. A blanket to sit on? Check. Toilet paper? Check. I was trying to remember everything that I would need to take to church for campaña (revival) one Friday night. Source: Mission Education More about: Children \| Education \| Global connections \| Missionaries \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Welfare \| Youth \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Oct 30, 2008
	Work Sustains Women and Children in Bolivia High in the Illimani Mountains of Bolivia's Altiplano, Justa Mamani weaves shawls in a cooperative with about 20 other women from her village of Catacora. Mamani founded this cooperative and three others in the area, though her formal schooling ended at the fifth grade. Source: New World Outlook More about: Advocacy \| Agriculture \| Children \| Communities \| Economy \| Family \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Rural \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Bolivia \| South America \| Date posted: Jun 29, 2008
	A New Podcast: Michael Keyse Michael Keyse is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving in Bolivia. Based in La Paz, Michael's ministry promotes The Advance for Christ projects and coordinates Volunteers in Mission for the national church of Bolivia. Interview by Rachael Barnett, Global Ministries staff of The Advance. Source: Mission Stories More about: Missionaries \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jun 23, 2008
	Walking in Two Worlds After my term as bishop for the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia, I was invited by the World Council of Churches to be a consultant on indigenous issues. Before I began my ecumenical work in Geneva, I thought the Aymaras and the Quechuas and other Bolivian indigenous peoples were unique in that they had faced colonization for hundreds of years and had more or less never attained their independence. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Education \| Family \| Partners/partnerships \| Bolivia \| South America \| Date posted: May 01, 2008
	Work Sustains Bolivian Women and Children "In the Aymaran culture," Mamani explained, "the custom is for boys to go to school, but for girls to be raised as servants. I didn't have the opportunity to go to school. But now we realize that both boys and girls need to go to school." Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Education \| Poverty \| Women \| Advance \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Apr 28, 2008
	Advancing Hope With 60 Years of Giving For the past 60 years, The Advance for Christ and His Church has received more than $1.2 billion and has responded to human need in more than 100 countries. One hundred percent of each gift to The Advance reaches its intended mission or ministry. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Advent \| Finance \| GBGM programs \| Bolivia \| Sierra Leone \| World \| Date posted: Apr 28, 2008
	United Methodist Church Appoints Twenty-Two New Missionaries Twenty-two new United Methodist missionaries were commissioned on March 11 to serve in churches, hospitals, and community centers in ten countries and five states of the United States. The new missionaries are lawyers, doctors, pastors, and agriculturalists. They come from places as diverse as Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Missouri, and Michigan. They fall into several categories of mission service and form the largest group of United Methodist missionaries commissioned at the same time in the last four years. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Africa \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Cambodia \| Liberia \| Mexico \| Mongolia \| Mozambique \| North Central U.S. \| North Eastern U.S. \| Philippines \| Sierra Leone \| South Eastern U.S. \| South Korea \| Sweden \| United States \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: Mar 12, 2008
	A New Podcast: Millie Diane Wimberley Millie Diane Wimberley is a missionary of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving in La Paz, Bolivia. Interview by Chris Tricomi, Global Ministries consultant. Source: Missionary stories More about: Missionaries \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Feb 27, 2008
	United Methodist Church Commissions 13 New Missionaries In a multilingual, international, and spirit- filled ceremony, 13 people were commissioned on October 9 for United Methodist missionary service in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the United States. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| Missionaries \| Angola \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Cambodia \| Costa Rica \| Ecuador \| Germany \| Latvia \| Mexico \| Russia \| Date posted: Oct 10, 2007
	Missionary Minute: November 23, 2006 For more than three decades I worked as a hospital pharmacist in Birmingham, Ala. In 1989 I took some “vacation” time to join a Volunteers-in-Mission (VIM) team that went to Rio Colorado, Bolivia. Our assignment was to work with Bob and Rosa Caufield to build a boys’ dormitory at a Methodist high school deep in the jungle. It was my first mission experience, and it changed my life. At the time, however, I had no idea to what extent. Source: Advance More about: Missionaries \| Advance \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Nov 22, 2006
	UMNS Commentary: Reflections on 100 Years of Methodism in Bolivia Francis M. Harrington, the Methodist missionary who led the Methodist witness to Bolivia in 1906, reflected on the difficult beginnings: "I have put faith into my work, and I know it will bear good fruit." A hundred years later, on the Aug. 20 anniversary of the initiation of the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia, some 6,500 Methodists, representing the 10,000-member denomination, marched through the center of the capital city of La Paz... Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Ecumenical \| GBGM events \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Bolivia \| South America \| Date posted: Sep 22, 2006
	Missionary Minute: Trinity Sunday/First Sunday After Pentecost/Peace with Justice Sunday June 11, 2006 In many towns on the Bolivian high plain, it is believed women don’t need an education, except to sign their names when told to do so. Vicenta Mamani comes from a village like that, but her family is different, and Vicenta has a thirst for knowledge. Selling products in the local market, Vicenta worked her way through elementary and secondary school and secretarial training. Source: Advance More about: Christian love \| Family \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Methodism \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jun 04, 2006
	Missionary Minute: Fifth Sunday in Lent April 2, 2006 When Linda Phillips, a United Methodist and civil engineering instructor at Michigan Tech University (MTU), suggested giving her students a hands-on forcredit experience in Bolivia, even the university administrators were skeptical. Would college students pay for the dubious privilege of working hard for two weeks in the tropical city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia? Source: Advance More about: Children \| Christian love \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| Advance \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Apr 03, 2006
	Missionary Minute: Second Sunday in Lent March 12, 2006 Our lives are filled with ordinary events of family, employment and a multitude of duties. But when we invite Jesus into our daily lives, something special begins to happen. The ordinary is transformed; God is present. Source: Advance More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Methodism \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Mar 06, 2006
	Methodist activist joins cabinet of new government in Bolivia The recipient of the 2003 World Methodist Peace Award has been named minister of justice for the new government of Bolivia. Casimira Rodriguez Romero has become part of the cabinet of President Evo Morales, who was inaugurated Jan. 22 in La Paz. She attends Emmanuel Methodist Church in Cochabamba. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Women \| Bolivia \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 01, 2006
	Woman Who Won Methodist Peace Prize Is Named Justice Minister in Bolivia Casimira Rodriquez Romero, a Methodist laywoman who received the Methodist Peace Award in 2003, is the new justice minister of Bolivia. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM news \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jan 25, 2006
	Latin American Methodist Leaders Greet Bolivian President on His Inauguration New York, NY, January 23, 2006-Top Methodist leaders in Latin America have congratulated the new president of Bolivia and expressed the hope that his words and work will "sow seeds of peace, quality, and justice." Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| International affairs \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jan 23, 2006
	Kollasuyo: The Healing Nation Since the Incan Empire, the name of the region where present-day Bolivia is located has been Kollasuyo, (a mixture of the indigenous Quechua and Aymara languages) "the Healing People," "the Land of Medicine," or "the Healing Nation." It's a significant name be- cause people steeped in the knowledge of medicinal plants still use traditional treatments to cure illnesses. They also use this ancient knowledge of plants and nature to prevent illness and to promote health and harmony among people and in their environment. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jan 09, 2006
	Latin American Methodist Leaders Welcome Election of Indigenous President in Bolivia Several Methodist leaders in Latin America are warmly greeting the election of Evo Morales as president of Bolivia, the first indigenous head of state chosen in that country. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Ecumenical \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jan 04, 2006
	Bolivian Methodists join push for justice After a period of political tumult in early June, the situation in Bolivia has stabilized, according to a United Methodist missionary based in La Paz. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Ecumenical \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Justice \| Race \| Bolivia \| Date posted: Jun 27, 2005
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