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arrow icon. In Mission Together Uses New Media to Connect People 
Google+

I sent Patrick Friday an email, suggesting that we meet for breakfast in the cafeteria for a conversation about social media and mission. Patrick suggested, instead, we should chat, pray, and invite others to join us at a Google+ "hang out." A couple of emails later, Patrick and I logged on to Google+ for our "hang out," a four-way videoconference with Patti Bacher in De Pere, Wisconsin, and Mi Rhang Baek in Madison, Alabama.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | Evangelism | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Bulgaria | Cameroon | Europe | Honduras | Lithuania | Malawi | Russia | Senegal | United States |
Date posted: Nov 23, 2011

arrow icon. United Methodist Mission Delegation to Attend Global Events on Migration, Development, and Human Rights
The Global Forum on Migration and Development

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.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Civil rights | Ecumenical | Global connections | Human rights | Immigration | International affairs | Poverty | United Methodist Church | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Europe | Mauritius | Philippines | Switzerland |
Date posted: Nov 17, 2011

arrow icon. New Church Starts Worldwide Featured in Live, Interactive Webcast 
United Methodism in Malawi is growing under indigenous leadership with about 140 congregations. The Malawi Conference is now a Global Ministries

New York, NY, March 28, 2011--A live, interactive webcast on April 12 will put the spotlight on United Methodist evangelism and new church development in more than a dozen countries around the world.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Global connections | Missionaries | Music | United Methodist Church | Mission studies | Focus on Congregational Development | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Cameroon | Central America | Europe | Honduras | Russia | Thailand | Vietnam |
Date posted: Mar 29, 2011

arrow icon. Taking Mission Initiative Partnerships to the Next Level 
Patrick Friday conducts a 10-Fold webcast, using Skype to talk with missionaries from various mission initiatives.

The Mission Initiatives of the General Board of Global Ministries have captured the imagination of United Methodists across the connection, sparking a passionate response from local churches and mission volunteers.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Internet | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Cameroon | Europe | Honduras | Lithuania | Malawi | Russia | Senegal |
Date posted: Mar 03, 2011

arrow icon. Major Addresses from 2010 Boston Conference on Mission Available on Internet 
Edinburgh 2010 - Opening Plenary: Keynote Speaker Dr. Dana L. Robert

Boston, Massachusetts, November 23, 2010--The major addresses at a Boston conference marking the 100th anniversary of the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910, are available online. The internet address is http://www.2010boston.org.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelism | Evangelization | Global connections | International affairs | John Wesley | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Wesley | Statements | Focus on Congregational Development | Europe |
Date posted: Nov 23, 2010

arrow icon. Swedish United Methodists Move Toward Ecumenical Merger 
After the vote to merge, Olle Alkholm (representative from the Mission Covenant Church), Bishop Christian Alsted (the Nordic and Baltic area) and Elisabeth Englund (chair of the annual conference council in Sweden) cheerfully agreed this was a good decision.

New York, NY, November 16, 2010--The small United Methodist Church in Sweden is moving toward becoming part of a new denomination expected to be formed by merger with the Baptist Union of Sweden and the Mission Covenant Church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Ecumenical | GBGM news | Global connections | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Methodism | Action alerts | Statements | Focus on Congregational Development | Europe |
Date posted: Nov 16, 2010

arrow icon. Mission Agency Reaches Half-Way in Four-Year Goal of New Congregations Outside the US 
United Methodism in Malawi is growing under indigenous leadership with about 140 congregations. The Malawi Conference is now a Global Ministries

Stamford, Connecticut, October 12, 2010--The mission agency of The United Methodist Church is slightly more than halfway to the goal of starting 400 new congregations outside the United States in the four-year period from 2009 to 2012.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Communities | GBGM events | Global connections | Mission opportunities | United Methodist Church | Statements | Focus on Congregational Development | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Cambodia | Cameroon | Europe | Honduras | Laos | Latin America | Latvia | Malawi | Nepal | Russia | Sudan | Thailand | Vietnam |
Date posted: Oct 12, 2010

arrow icon. Mission Advocates for Eastern Europe and Balkans Set to Meet in October 

New York, NY, September 8, 2010--Advocates for the In Mission Together program in Eastern Europe and the Balkans will meet on October 9 at the conclusion of the "Beyond These Walls" Mission Conference at McEachern United Methodist Church in Powder Springs, Georgia.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advocacy | Education | Partners/partnerships | Focus on Congregational Development | Europe |
Date posted: Sep 07, 2010

arrow icon. A Prayer from the World Mission Conference 
Edinburgh 2010 - Welcome and Prayer: Singers, Claudio Carvalhaes (centre), Mairi Munro (left) and Aftab Gohar. Gracious and eternal God, We praise you because we are here. We look and listen and know that we are part of your church, Multi-colored, multi-cultured, multi-lingual, and all by your design. We are privileged to be present. We praise you.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Prayers | Europe |
Date posted: Jun 03, 2010
arrow icon. Scholarships from Mission Agency Prepare a New Generation of Leaders 
Maxary Bourdeau, Louis Mercier Lamusique, Antoine Marie Amos, and Jules Daniel Josée were students in Haiti when the January earthquake hit.

New York, NY, April 19, 2010--Karen Viveros dreamed of becoming a doctor, but how? She grew up in a single-parent household in Nemby, a poor neighborhood in Paraguay. There was, however, a bright light in what otherwise seemed dim future prospects: her local Methodist church, where she became a youth leader at age 12.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Education | Emergencies | Evangelism | GBGM news | Global connections | Mission opportunities | Focus on Leadership Development | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Europe | Fiji | Haiti | Japan | Latin America | Myanmar-Burma | Paraguay | Philippines | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Apr 19, 2010

arrow icon. Was Climate Summit a Moral Failure? 
A delegation from United Methodist Women participated in a massive march through the streets of Copenhagen during the U.N. Conference on Climate Change.

New York, NY, December 22, 2009--Was the Copenhagen summit on climate change a moral and diplomatic failure?
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Economy | Environment | Ethics | GBGM news | Global connections | Human rights | International affairs | Justice | United Methodist Church | Welfare | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Brazil | China | Europe | India | South Africa | United States |
Date posted: Dec 22, 2009

arrow icon. Christmas Is Whose Birthday? 

A few years ago, Pastor Mike Slaughter of the Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Tipp City, Ohio, challenged the congregation to remember in their gift-making that Christmas celebrates Jesus' birthday. "Christmas in Not Your Birthday!" became a slogan in one of the most remarkable examples of Christian compassion and care in the contemporary church.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Advent | Children | Christmas | Donations | Emergencies | Global connections | Health | Missionaries | Volunteers | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Ministry with the Poor | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Central America | Europe |
Date posted: Dec 11, 2009

arrow icon. "Across the Miles" in Mission 
John Wesley personally visited the consultation. Wesley was played by Dr. Verne Hoshal, First United Methodist Church of Brighton, MI.

Greensboro, North Carolina, November 20, 2009- -Isaiah, prophet of ancient Israel, told his people that God was saying to them, "I will give you as a light to the nations that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth." This promise provided the theme scripture for "Across the Miles," a consultation focused on United Methodist mission in the Eastern Europe and the Balkan countries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Global connections | Mission opportunities | Missionaries | Wesley | Focus on Congregational Development | Europe |
Date posted: Nov 20, 2009

arrow icon. Mission Agency Adopts New Plan for Distributing and Monitoring International Funds 
Bau Dang: Global Ministries Board of Directors Meeting, Fall 2008.

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
More about: Economy | GBGM news | GBGM programs | Global connections | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Europe | Latin America |
Date posted: Nov 13, 2009

arrow icon. Events To Consider United Methodist Future in Eurasia 
Hans Vaxby: Global Ministries Board of Directors Meeting, Fall 2008. United Methodist leaders from three continents will convene in mid-October to focus on the future of the church in Eurasia, a vast area incorporating most of the former Soviet Union.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: Evangelization | GBGM programs | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Focus on Leadership Development | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Belarus | Europe | Georgia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Moldova | Russia | Tajikistan | Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
Date posted: Sep 10, 2009
arrow icon. Congregational School Off to a Great Start! 
Dottie Escobedo-Frank taught at the first SCD in Copenhagen two years ago and was invited back. Wednesday (September 2, 2009) was the kick of for The United Methodist Church North-European School of Congregational Development in Centralkirken (The Central Church) in Oslo, Norway.
Source: None
More about: Education | Evangelism | Evangelization | United Methodist Church | Focus on Congregational Development | Denmark | Estonia | Europe | Finland | Latvia | Lithuania | Norway | Sweden |
Date posted: Sep 10, 2009
arrow icon. German "Container Church" Dedicates New Center 
Top: In 1998 the Church in the Container started as the Oranienburg Mission. Photo by Kathleen LaCamera. Bottom: The new United Methodist Church Center in Oranienburg, Germany, will host a larger range of programs and worship events. Photo by Birgit Meinhardt. 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
arrow icon. Intercultural Ministry in Western Europe--Growing and Challenging 
Intercultural Ministry in Europe: Pastoral Care in Multicultural Settings Berlin, Germany, February 9, 2009--The number of United Methodist international and migrant congregations is growing across Western Europe, particularly in Germany, and the diversity is requiring new, creative approaches to ministry.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: Communities | International affairs | Missionaries | United Methodist Church | Europe | Germany |
Date posted: Feb 10, 2009
arrow icon. European EXPLORATION Provides Chance for Discernment 
Table set for the final worship at European EXPLORATION. Twenty-three young people from five countries gathered during European EXPLORATION to consider God's call in their lives, while adults who work with young people used the event to connect with each other and share ideas.
Source: Agencies of UMC
More about: International affairs | United Methodist Church | Youth | Europe |
Date posted: Dec 10, 2008
arrow icon. Plans Laid to Strengthen Partnerships Between US and Eastern European Congregations 
Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 18, 2008--Plans were laid in early November to strengthen a program that builds partnerships between United Methodist congregations in the United States and in seven Eastern European countries.
Source: GBGM Mission News
More about: GBGM programs | Global connections | Partners/partnerships | United States | Europe |
Date posted: Nov 18, 2008
arrow icon. United Methodist Substance Abuse Program
 Announces Year-Long Educational Effort
Rev. Finn Uth of Denmark, Chair of the United Methodist European Board on Drug and Alcohol Concerns, participated in a joint planning session with the United Methodist African Task Force on Substance Abuse and Related Violence. This campaign begins with a five-part series of online articles during September, the 19th annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the United States. It will continue for the next year through a quarterly reading circle for interested United Methodists.
Source: GBGM Press Releases
More about: GBGM programs | Health | United Methodist Church | Africa | Europe | United States |
Date posted: Aug 29, 2008
arrow icon. Estonian Pastors' Widows Receive No Church Pension  
Liis Oengo and Erna Kunstimees, both in their 80s, are examples of "the wives of our pastors, the wives who for years and years and years have faithfully stood with their husbands," says the Rev. Olav Parnamets.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Communities | Human rights | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Methodism | Older adults | Estonia | Europe |
Date posted: Apr 10, 2008
arrow icon. Laas Helde: 'It's Just Enough'  
The Rev. Laas Helde, 86, stands up straight in the hallway to welcome visitors to the small house he shares with his wife, Maimu, 83.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Donations | Human rights | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Methodism | Older adults | Estonia | Europe |
Date posted: Apr 10, 2008
arrow icon. Retirement Presents Challenge for Estonian Pastors  
At 80, the Rev. Peeter Piirisild continues to preach. As he has for 34 years, each Sunday morning Piirisild enters the pulpit of the United Methodist church in Narva, a city near the top of the Estonia-Russia border, and offers the morning sermon.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Christian love | Human rights | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Methodism | Older adults | Estonia | Europe |
Date posted: Apr 10, 2008
arrow icon. Peeter Piirisild: Church Pension Eases Life  
"My one desire or wish is that, if God should give me health, then I want to serve his kingdom until the day I die," says the Rev. Peeter Piirisild.
Source: United Methodist News Service
More about: Advocacy | Communities | Family | Human rights | International affairs | United Methodist Church | Methodism | Older adults | Estonia | Europe |
Date posted: Apr 10, 2008
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