The "speed" at which a virus can appear to spread is astounding. Take the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus as an example. We heard about it in reports from Mexico and soon we saw the first confirmed case in New York City. In the same week, five more cases were announced, then 21 cases, then a whole school was shut down, and then five schools in New York were closed, all in the same month.
Source: New World Outlook
More about: AIDS/HIV | Children | Communities | Health | Welfare | Women | Youth | Focus on Global Health |
Date posted: Nov 17, 2009

Columbia, South Carolina, November 9, 2009-- Twenty-six states were represented among the 275 people who took part in the Eighth National Summit of the Communities of Shalom, a faith- based movement promoting community development and justice, meeting in Columbia, South Carolina, in the closing days of October.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Justice | Focus on Congregational Development |
Date posted: Nov 10, 2009

New York, New York, October 22, 2009--The Methodist community of Italy now has its first woman president, who is assuming her duties at a time when the small church is seeking to increase it ministry among immigrants.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 22, 2009

New York, NY, October 19, 2009--Five loaves from diverse cultures represent the bread of life and the church as the body of Christ in a new litany for Holy Communion introduced at the annual meeting of The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 19, 2009

Presentation by Alyce Wellons, LCSW, for Faith Partners Addictions Ministry, January 20, 2009, Heritage Hall
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 06, 2009

New York, NY, October 5, 2009--Bishop Roy Sano believes that God is moving through the people of the United Methodist Church in Cambodia.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Oct 05, 2009

New York, NY, September 28, 2009--The United Methodist Church will commission 32 missionaries and nine deaconesses and home missioners in an October 13 celebration that will be the first such service broadcast live on the internet.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 28, 2009

Incidents of violence and substance abuse occur on a daily basis. There is a correlation between alcohol and violence, although there is not a direct cause and effect. Substance abuse does not cause violence, and substance abusers do not necessarily commit violent acts. By the same token, substance abuse treatment cannot cure violence.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Family | Health | Violence | Focus on Global Health |
Date posted: Sep 23, 2009

The third article in a series on substance- abuse issues for National Recovery Month focuses on young people.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Family | Health | Focus on Global Health |
Date posted: Sep 18, 2009

New York, NY, September 17, 2009--The United Methodist Church in Cameroon, West Africa, has a bright future, but just how bright depends upon the strength of the network of mission partnerships required to sustain a young Christian community. This is especially true in a multilingual country with a great variety of religious options.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 17, 2009

New York, NY, September 14, 2009--Christian institutions in Pakistan continue to carry out their work and witness despite a series of attacks on churches and communities, according to a Pakistani Protestant leader.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 14, 2009

New York, NY, September 4, 2009--Two top mission leaders of The United Methodist Church are appealing to the government of Pakistan to take measures to ensure the safety of a Christian minority under violent attack in some parts of the officially Islamic nation.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Sep 04, 2009

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
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Date posted: Aug 27, 2009

Harrell, now a missionary, came to realize that many persons who want to see only beauty and eat only delicacies have "holes" within that go unfilled. She says, "During my years in Chile, I have witnessed a filling of the 'hole' among many members of Volunteers in Mission (VIM) teams or individuals who have ventured to live and work with those living in poverty."
Source: Mission Education
More about: Children | Communities | Education | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Women | Youth | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Chile |
Date posted: Aug 14, 2009

Evanston, Illinois, August 2, 2009--Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Evanston, Illinois, has housed a succession of ethnic congregations, including Scandinavian and Caribbean, since it was built in the city north of Chicago on Lake Michigan more than 110 years ago.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 03, 2009

New York, NY, July 20, 2009--A two-year-old mission partnership is bringing new energy for Jesus Christ to three small United Methodist congregations in Bulgaria and the West Market Street United Methodist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 20, 2009

The United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries is deeply concerned for the welfare of the people of Honduras in this time of political uncertainty following the June 28 removal and replacement of President Manuel Zelaya by military action following a dispute with the country’s congress and supreme court.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
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Date posted: Jul 02, 2009