Melissa Crutchfield, assistant general secretary for International Disaster Response at the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), and Thomas Dwyer, executive director of UMCOR NGO, answered some of the more difficult questions and concerns about earthquake relief in Haiti during an information session in January.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: May 12, 2011

If you ask those who have worked in Haiti about the country's character, you'll probably get an answer close to the one that Melissa Crutchfield, of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, recently gave me. "Haiti," she said, "is a country where endurance, strength, and faith are in great supply. Haitians are resilient, tough, and they have a fighting spirit."
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: May 02, 2011

In the Middle East and North Africa, millions of men and women, young and old, Muslims and Christians, rich and poor, have recently hit the streets to call on their leaders to step down and demand the end of corrupt regimes. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia was the first head of state to go.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 06, 2011

From 2002 to 2007, I worked as a counselor with a program at East Tennessee State University called Upward Bound. Upward Bound is a federally-funded college-prep program for high school students from lower-income families and first-generation college students.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 06, 2011

New York, NY, March 1, 2011--Total United Methodist designated mission giving soared in 2010 as a result of response to the earthquake in Haiti. Designated gifts for missionary support held steady from 2009 to 2010.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Mar 01, 2011

New York, NY, January 25, 2011--An international aid specialist urged United Methodists not to slack off or give in to the "sin of despair" in the church's essential, ongoing work to conquer poverty.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 25, 2011

Ted Williams is the man with the golden voice who has been vaulted to global media attention this week after more than 13 million people saw him on a YouTube video.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jan 10, 2011

Diné is the name chosen by the Navajo for their tribe. It simply means "the people." I serve among the Diné in Shiprock, New Mexico, at Four Corners Native American Ministry--a Navajo cooperative parish within The United Methodist Church. Four Corners is devoted to sharing God's love and reconciliation with the Navajo nation through Christ-centered congregational development and community outreach. I'm seeking to respond to the invitation to "come and see," hoping to be Christ for my neighbor, and to receive Christ in my neighbor.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 29, 2010

Maybe you're like me and you consider Labor Day weekend simply the last blast of summer-- back-to-school thoughts, picnics, and family fun. But I've come to realize the holiday has a deeper meaning. Labor Day is a legacy of 19th century American workers who fought for and won legal guarantees to fairness and justice in our workplaces.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 27, 2010

New York, NY, July 21, 2010--The Methodist Church of Mexico is deeply concerned about immigration policy in its own country and the United States, and it especially questions the soundness of the new Arizona law that criminalizes undocumented people in that state.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Jul 22, 2010

New York, NY, April 22, 2010--Mission theology, strategic planning, and organizational governance were major topics for consideration at the spring semi-annual meeting of directors of The United Methodist Church's worldwide mission agency, meeting April 12-14 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 22, 2010

Remembering the lessons of Christ's death for our sins, and the promise of the resurrection, I look around the Detroit neighborhoods I serve and pray for the salvation and resurrection of our people.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Apr 01, 2010

In 1786, as John Wesley approached the twilight of his life, he looked toward the future of the Methodist movement with some trepidation.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Mar 05, 2010

New York, NY, February 10, 2009--The top United Methodist mission executive has welcomed the decision of the world's seven richest nations to forgive Haiti's outstanding debts to them in the wake of the devastating January 12 earthquake.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Feb 10, 2010

In terms of single-event viewership, it's the biggest sporting event of the year in the US. It's so big, the US government refers to it as an unofficial American holiday. It generates billions of dollars in economic activity. It's a 60-minute game that becomes a several-hours-long telecast. It's the Super Bowl.
Source: Advance
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Date posted: Feb 01, 2010

New York, NY, December 22, 2009--Was the Copenhagen summit on climate change a moral and diplomatic failure?
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Dec 22, 2009

Microfinance was one of the ways to address the needs of those living in poverty at a conversation on ministry with the poor sponsored by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries on December 16. Held in New York City at the United Methodist Church of the Village, more than 500 people joined in from around the world via a live webcast. An overview of the meeting and a link to the download of the webcast can be found here: Microcredit, Restorative Justice.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Dec 21, 2009

New York, NY, December 17, 2009--The first of a series of United Methodist public conversations on ministry with the poor focused on micro-credit as a means to help people move out of poverty and "restorative justice" as a social policy with positive application to the high percentage of the poor in prison.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Dec 17, 2009

For years I dreaded celebrating Christmas. Due to an eviction I was separated from my family during my freshman year of high school. Living in a different home each week, I did not understand why, at my age, life took such a drastic turn. I felt so lonely and hopeless, especially during the Christmas season. I watched families eat, open gifts, and share memories together. I would wish that I could experience that same love and joy. I wanted that feeling; I wanted my family.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Dec 04, 2009

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17-year-old Guatemalan-American Jasmine watched her mother being taken to jail by immigration agents. Jasmine was not given a chance to kiss or hug her mother, or even say goodbye. After her mother was deported, her father and sister soon returned to Guatemala, too.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 23, 2009

New York, NY, November 13, 2009--The General Board of Global Ministries, the mission agency of The United Methodist Church, is changing the way it delivers and monitors funds for international mission work.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Nov 13, 2009

New York, NY, August 10, 2009--The United Methodist Church in the United States has an increasingly global look and sound--a reality clearly evident at the 2009 School of Congregational Development.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 10, 2009

New York, NY, August 4, 2009--Forty-five jobs at the United Methodist mission agency, the General Board of Global Ministries, have been eliminated, effective July 31, as a result of an organizational restructuring plan, and in response to economic conditions.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Aug 04, 2009