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	Gifts that Make the World a Better Place: Alternative Giving and UMCOR "Christmas is not your birthday, kids. It's Jesus' birthday! For Christmas, do you really think God wants you to have the Warhammer Xbox 360 game? Does God want you to accumulate more toys that just get dusty? Maybe God wants our family to help others this Christmas; to feed the hungry; to welcome the stranger; to volunteer at church; to love one another." Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Advent \| Children \| Christian love \| Jesus Christ \| Poverty \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Date posted: Nov 20, 2009
	Much of Shalom "Summit" to be Broadcast Columbia, South Carolina, October 23, 2009-- Major portions of the seventh national "summit" of Communities of Shalom, a movement of faith- inspired community development, will be broadcast live from its meeting site in Columbia, South Carolina, October 31. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Christian love \| Health \| Immigration \| Poverty \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Date posted: Oct 26, 2009
	Ken Thompson Rediscovered In 1960, a 17-year-old high school senior won a photo contest in his hometown and was recommended by his art teacher to an editor working on a magazine for the United Church of Christ (UCC). Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Civil rights \| Communities \| Education \| GBGM news \| Hate \| Human rights \| Peace \| Poverty \| Prayers \| Race \| Social Principles \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Mission updates \| Focus on Leadership Development \| United States \| Date posted: Sep 01, 2009
	Fast Today and Change Tomorrow 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
	Finding the Road The road out of poverty is not always obvious or well-marked. As our cover story points out, sometimes the road out isn't even a road, it's a runway. The story of missionary pilots, Gaston Ntambo, Jacques Umembudi, and Rukang Chicomb of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, illustrates the church's will to empower individuals and communities to grow in their knowledge and skill as well as in their faith Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Hunger \| Jesus Christ \| Missionaries \| Poverty \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Congo DR \| Kenya \| Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
	Major Magazine Features Decline of Holy Land Christians 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
	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
	Hallelujah Moment from Senegal: "Overcoming Taboos" "I have been in the dark without knowing anything about myself," a young man told us in Diamniadio, where we were holding HIV education and testing. "There are no talks about sex in the home and I cannot even sit with my sisters." Source: Mission Education More about: AIDS/HIV \| Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Global Health \| Senegal \| Africa \| Date posted: May 22, 2009
	German "Container Church" Dedicates New Center Oranienburg, Germany, May 19, 2009--The United Methodist "Church in the Container" of Oranienburg, Germany, has a new center from which to serve a community with a dramatic past and acute contemporary needs. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM news \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Europe \| Germany \| Date posted: May 19, 2009
	United Methodist Bishops Advocate Comprehensive Immigration Reform in US 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
	UMCommunities: Connecting Around Faith and Mission New York, NY, May 8, 2009--UMCommunities, a retooled electronic forum for connecting United Methodists around shared interests in Christian faith and mission, is now live and available. It is at umcommunities.org and is sponsored by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Internet \| John Wesley \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| World \| Date posted: May 08, 2009
	The Hope of Sudan: An Audio Slide Show As I reviewed hundreds of Paul Jeffrey's photos for this issue on Sudan, the photos of the children stood out. Though the facts of their lives are harsh and often unyielding, the Sudanese children have not lost hope. ... These children are Sudan's hope for a better future. They have survived horror and deprivation—more than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes— and they have survived. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	The Holston Conference's First Fact-finding Mission to Yei in Southern Sudan In 2006, the Holston Annual Conference, having decided to send a team to Yei in Southern Sudan, requested assistance from Global Ministries' Africa office staff. The idea for this trip sprang from a chance meeting between Holston Conference members and the "Lost Boys of Sudan." Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Poverty \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	A Town in Darfur, Sudan, Dubbed “Ohio Village” Deriga, Sudan, is a small village in the southern part of the Darfur region. It was destroyed during a brutal scorched-earth attack by the "Janjaweed," a proxy militia group unleashed by the Sudanese government to fight Darfuri rebel groups and control villages after conflict broke out in the region in 2003. Source: New World Outlook More about: Agriculture \| Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| International affairs \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Water \| Mission studies \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	A Journey’s Reflection Sudan is a place of contrasts: dusty and dry, lush and green; Muslim and Christian; peaceful and hostile. It is also a place where one can see Easter hope springing up in corners where once all hope was lost. You can see it on the faces of children who attend school -- be it under mango trees or in thatch-roofed classrooms. Source: New World Outlook More about: Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Hunger \| International affairs \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	Native Heritage, Christian Faith Bring Conflict 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
	Hallelujah Moment from Bok Chitto: A Family "Would you be able to help us with some gas?" asked a young Choctaw woman. "My mother has terminal cancer and we need gasoline so we can make several medical appointments over the next week." She and her family had arrived for her mother's appointment at Choctaw Health Services (next door to our complex) and decided to seek help. Source: Mission Education More about: Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Economy \| Family \| Health \| Hunger \| Justice \| Race \| Rural \| Welfare \| Women \| Youth \| South Eastern U.S. \| Date posted: Apr 14, 2009
	Stepping into the World at Easter In preparing for Easter this year, I recalled my first journey to the Land of the Bible as a young pastor. Especially vivid is my experience at the Garden Tomb outside the Old City. Source: GBGM Administration More about: Christian love \| Easter \| Global connections \| Jesus Christ \| Mission opportunities \| United Methodist Church \| Statements \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Apr 08, 2009
	Turmoil Creates Unique Opportunity for Mutual Ministry in Sudan Several days of unrest and tension in Southern Sudan opened the door for mutual ministry between members of the General Board of Global Ministries mission travel study team and the local people in the city of Yei who struggled to keep them safe. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Bible \| Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| Mission studies \| Methodism \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: Mar 26, 2009
	Love, Sacrifice, and Forgiveness: Easter, April 12, 2009 Away from my home country, I keep tuned to Pakistan news, since my parents, siblings and their children, many relatives, and friends live there. From childhood I observed the tensions between India and Pakistan, which were once a united nation where overall people lived peacefully and respectfully. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Bible \| Christian love \| Easter \| International affairs \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| Pakistan \| World \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
	A Deaconess Reflects on Lent and Childhood in the Philippines: Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 29, 2009 Growing up in a rural town in the Philippines, Lent had a meaningful impact on me. When the Lenten season arrived, the whole town, made up of Roman Catholics and Protestants, was in a reflective mood. In my young mind, there seemed to be a pall of gloom in our town during Lent. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Christian love \| Easter \| Lent \| Philippines \| United States \| Western U.S. \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
	He Never Gives Up: Passion/Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009 A few weeks ago during lunchtime, my husband and I heard what sounded like a marching band. We literally jumped to our feet and ran to the compound fence, and there indeed was a band of twelve men and one woman playing trumpets, saxophones, tubas, and drums as they walked down the dusty dirt road. Behind them were two groups of traditionally dressed dancers moving to the beat of the music. In seven years of serving at Maua Methodist Hospital in Maua, Kenya, we had never seen or heard a band. Source: Mission Personnel More about: AIDS/HIV \| Christian love \| Easter \| GBGM programs \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| Music \| Africa \| Kenya \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
	The Wounded Healer: Good Friday: April 10, 2009 The Lenten season's remembrance of the crucifixion and resurrection are the essence of the Christian faith. For me, this time also represents the culmination of a life fulfilled in mission, reaching out to all humanity with a love beyond ourselves, and working for justice. The ministry of Jesus Christ was and is an incarnational ministry--a mission where content meets context. We have a God who became human and experienced the good and bad of humanity; the joys and temptations of the world; compassion; agony; and death. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Christian love \| Easter \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| Missionaries \| Poverty \| North Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
	Taking Up the Cross: Holy Thursday: April 9, 2009 Peter, like so many of us, was trying to remain cautiously faithful. He wanted to protect Christ, he did not want him to be humiliated and killed. Often we want to stop moving forward and come up with a safe plan, risk the least, and be happy with the results. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Bible \| Christian love \| Easter \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| United Methodist Church \| World \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
	Debby and the Wrestler: Holy Thursday: April 9, 2009 I recently saw the new movie, "The Wrestler." In the movie, Mickey Rourke stars as Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a professional wrestler who was very successful and popular in the 1980s but whose glory days are now long gone. Randy seems to be unable to imagine a different kind of life for himself, and so he continues to wrestle, trying to live the kind of life he lived as a celebrity. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Christian love \| Easter \| Lent \| North Central U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
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