Dear Friends, Please join me in praying for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria. In recent weeks, Christians have been targeted and killed by Boko Haram, a religious extremist group in northern Nigeria. Hundreds more have fled the region in fear. Societal, religious, and economic imbalance is creating a volatile climate, despite calls for peaceful resolutions.
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Date posted: Jan 18, 2012

The Reverend Paul Shew from the West Ohio Annual Conference has been planting seeds of hope and promise for more than ten years in Japan. "I cannot imagine a place with more opportunity for student ministry than in Japan. We are in a unique position to point young people to a loving God through word and deed." Serving as a long-term mission volunteer through Global Ministries in Japan, Shew is a professor and university chaplain at Aoyama Gakuin, in Tokyo.
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Date posted: Nov 30, 2011

The assembly hall at the Asian Rural Institute in Tochigi, Japan, was filled with a spirit of celebration as graduating students anticipated bringing the fruits of their labor back to their home countries. In a commencement message to the 2011 class on November 19, 2011, Thomas Kemper, the head of Global Ministries, said:
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Date posted: Nov 23, 2011

New York, NY, November 15, 2011--A delegation of 18 Methodists hosted by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries will attend the People's Global Action on Migration, Development, and Human Rights (PGA) in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 28 to December 2, 2011, as part of the mission agency's focus on global migration and poverty.
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Date posted: Nov 17, 2011

The East Belfast Mission is pitching its tent. The community center, Skainos, an ancient Greek word meaning tent, is being built by missionaries, staff, volunteers, and community members of Ballymacarret in Northern Ireland. All people will be welcome in this East Belfast building which will offer space for outreach groups and individuals seeking healing and transformation.
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Date posted: Nov 04, 2011

On a recent visit to Susanna Wesley House in Baltimore, Maryland, three of the house's nine housing units were found to be empty. This was a positive sign. It meant that three families had recently made a successful transition from supportive housing to their own residences in the community.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Sep 13, 2011

August 2011 "[The Charitable Pharmacy] shows me that God works miracles. It's given me spiritual hope." --Charles Littleton, Charitable Pharmacy Patient Have you ever been part of a miracle? I have…three days a week for the past year and a half. Working at the Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio has allowed me to experience the unexplained and unexpected blessings God offers to us all…but that we often overlook in our busy lives.
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Date posted: Sep 09, 2011

I first met Dan Terry in 2004 in Afghanistan. One day he offered to help me get to a meeting on the other side of Kabul--by bicycle. We took a "shortcut" up to a steep ridge, following a rocky path where we had to push or carry our bicycles. At the top, while I caught my breath and admired the view, we encountered a family of returned refugees. This steep ridge--far from roads, water, and the city proper--was the only place this family could find to live.
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Date posted: Aug 24, 2011

New York, NY, August 18, 2011--With celebratory singing and dancing, 25 candidates processed down the aisle of the Interchurch Center chapel in New York City to be commissioned as US-2s and Mission Interns by the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
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Date posted: Aug 22, 2011

While at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC, Stephanie Kimec befriended two men in her neighborhood who were homeless. On her way to the car or Metro, "There'd be times when I would hear my name shouted and get a great big hug," Ms. Kimec remembered.
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Date posted: Aug 17, 2011

Dallas, Texas, July 29, 2011--Using the story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10 as an illustration of crossing boundaries in ministry, Doug Cunningham and Dionisio Salazar led a diverse group of church leaders through three sessions at the School of Congregational Development about how to build a multicultural congregation.
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Date posted: Aug 04, 2011

Dallas, Texas, July 28, 2011: The conference room at the Vital Congregation Intensive at the 2011 School of Congregational Development was filled with some 30 people eager to discuss the denomination's new "Call to Action," and the implications for their congregations.
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Date posted: Aug 01, 2011

The Summer Intern program is a leadership immersion experience for young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 who live in new communities for the summer to learn about and experience putting their faith into action. The Summer Interns will serve in United Methodist-related centers, churches, and institutions for ten weeks over the summer.
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Date posted: Jun 24, 2011

Western Hills United Methodist Church in El Paso, Texas, sought to answer this question in an ordinary yet radical way--sitting down to dinner with neighbors. While many churches saw the Change the World weekend as an opportunity to engage in acts of Christian service, one group of Texas churches led by Western Hills saw the event as a chance to listen to and learn from Muslim neighbors in partnership with the Institute of Interfaith Dialogue/Turkish Raindrop House in El Paso, Texas.
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Date posted: May 23, 2011

The United Methodist Church's current focus on ministry with the poor stands in strong continuity with the Methodist heritage back to founder John Wesley in 18th century England.
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Date posted: May 20, 2011

Two by two, the early followers of Christ went into an unknown world to prepare the way for Jesus. On their journey, surely they met resistance and opposition as well as kindness and joy upon receipt of the Good News.
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Date posted: May 18, 2011

In 1939 when Hu Zhongyi was just three months old, he suffered disfigurement in an accident at the Jinyi Maternity Hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. Dr. Marian Manly, a Methodist missionary working there, took the infant Hu under her care. For the next seven years Dr.
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Date posted: Apr 28, 2011

When we pray for those who wrong us, we transform ourselves and become clearer channels for God's power, through which we can promote peace with justice in the world.
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Date posted: Apr 14, 2011

Dear Friends, As the crisis in Japan continues with daily reports of aftershocks and radiation concerns, we continue to pray for all who have lost loved ones, homes, and jobs, or been exposed to radiation in Japan.
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Date posted: Apr 14, 2011

Stamford, Connecticut, April 12, 2011--A call for United Methodist confidence and boldness in mission was issued on April 12 in the semi-annual report of the denominations' chief mission executive.
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Date posted: Apr 12, 2011

Stamford, Connecticut, April 11, 2011--In the week leading up to Holy Week, directors of the General Board of Global Ministries were challenged to share in Christ's passion. Bishop Bruce Ough of the West Ohio Annual Conference, who also presides over the worldwide mission agency of The United Methodist Church, opened the spring board meeting by urging directors to submit to God's will.
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Date posted: Apr 12, 2011

It took my daughter, who’s only 3, to help me understand a connection between God’s promise given in both the Old and New Testaments.
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Date posted: Apr 04, 2011

Twenty years ago, Karen and I had a dream that has now become reality. The Lord laid on our hearts a vision of bringing The United Methodist Church to Vietnam. Having experienced Methodism in the United States, we wanted to take The United Methodist Church to the Vietnamese people in our homeland.
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Date posted: Mar 24, 2011

New York, NY, March 17, 2011--What do missionaries do when their world shakes and crumbles? They continue in mission as best they can.
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Date posted: Mar 17, 2011

Our hearts grieve with those who grieve, Our lips pray with those who pray and lament, Our spirits and lives are connected with the people of Japan, and those living around the "Ring of Fire."
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Date posted: Mar 17, 2011