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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
	Global Mission Grants Cover Four United Methodist Priorities New York, NY, November 10, 2009--More than $1.8 million in "mission opportunity grants" were approved or confirmed by directors of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries at their annual meeting in Stamford, Connecticut, in mid-October. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Education \| Finance \| Health \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Congo DR \| Japan \| Middle East \| Pakistan \| Palestine \| Date posted: Nov 10, 2009
	Saving Lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Disheveled children of every age and size crowded around our vehicle as it ground to a stop in front of the United Methodist Mpasa Reference Health Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was in this sprawling suburb of Kinshasa, DR Congo, that I was to assess health facilities for the Central Congo Conference. Dr. Rebecca Yohadi, the conference's Chief Medical Officer, told me that the Mpasa suburb sprang up in 1998 near a military installation as a camp for displaced persons and refugees. Source: New World Outlook More about: AIDS/HIV \| Children \| Conflict \| Health \| Hunger \| Poverty \| Violence \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Congo DR \| Date posted: Nov 01, 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
	Prayer Request for Missionary Prayers are requested for the speedy recovery of Missionary Muriel Henderson, who is hospitalized in Show Low, Arizona, following emergency treatment for blood clots. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Mexico \| Date posted: Oct 26, 2009
	"Is the Lord Among Us?" Mission Leader Gives Resounding "Yes" Stamford, Connecticut, October 14, 2009--"The Lord is among us," the president of the General Board of Global Ministries told directors of the mission agency at their annual meeting, held in Stamford, Connecticut on October 12-14. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Date posted: Oct 14, 2009
	Commissioning for Global Mission Vocations Reaches a Global Methodist Community Stamford, Connecticut, October 13, 2009--The United Methodist Church formally commissioned 40 persons to mission vocations in a powerful service of celebration and commitment on the night of October 13 in Stamford, Connecticut. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| General Conference \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Cambodia \| Caribbean Islands \| Japan \| Liberia \| Mongolia \| South Africa \| Thailand \| Ukraine \| Date posted: Oct 14, 2009
	Mission as "Connective Wiring" in Sharing God's Love in the World Stamford, Connecticut, October 13, 2009-- Those who engage in mission form the "connective wiring" that makes possible the sharing of God's love by United Methodists and ecumenical partners with all of God's children, the chief mission executive of the denomination told directors of the General Board of Global Ministries, meeting October 12-14 in Stamford, Connecticut. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| General Conference \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Date posted: Oct 13, 2009
	Communication as Mission The receivers of communication are not mere objects. They themselves make meaning as they process the message being sent. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Poverty \| Women \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| India \| South Africa \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Sep 01, 2009
	Hallelujah Moment from Chile: Holes Are Filled 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
	Summer Interns Video This video shows nine young adults sharing their beliefs, stories, songs, and laughter during their orientation at Stony Point Retreat Center in Stony Point, New York. They were selected to participate in Global Ministries' Summer Intern program based on applications received in the spring. Source: Mission Personnel More about: GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| Youth \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| United States \| Date posted: Aug 07, 2009
	Ministry and Mushrooms in the Philippines New York, NY, July 23, 2009--The Rev. Leslie Casupanan de la Cruz is both a shepherd and a farmer. She watches over the flock of the Camachile United Methodist Church in Luzon, the northern island of the Philippines, and helps villagers to cultivate a cash crop of mushrooms. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Children \| Education \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Poverty \| Rural \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Philippines \| Date posted: Jul 23, 2009
	Hallelujah Moment from the Philippines: To Care July 24, 2009--Twenty-five dollars, a bi-weekly gift through the General Board of Global Ministries' staff payroll deduction, was all it took to make a difference in the lives of 25 street children in the Philippines. (At the time of this writing, $25.00 converts to 1,201.35 Philippine pesos.) Source: Mission Education More about: Children \| Family \| Poverty \| Women \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Philippines \| Date posted: Jul 22, 2009
	Mission Leader Welcomes G-8 Pledge to Combat Hunger New York, NY, July 10, 2009--The chief mission executive of The United Methodist Church welcomed a pledge by the world's eight richest nations to provide $20 billion of agricultural production and food security to the poorest countries over the next three years. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Donations \| Economy \| Ethics \| Global connections \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Statements \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Canada \| France \| Italy \| Japan \| Russia \| United Kingdom \| United States \| Date posted: Jul 10, 2009
	Ministry With the Poor: Looking Poverty in the Face Late last April, during the 2008 United Methodist General Conference, a near disaster hovered over the poor of the world. The prices of global food commodities, especially grain, reached all-time highs, jumping 150 percent in a few months’ time. Millions around the globe faced starvation. Yet General Conference went about business as usual, debating legislation and passing resolutions—including some on hunger and poverty. Source: New World Outlook More about: Economy \| Hunger \| Poverty \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
	The Millennium Development Goals Special Feature: July/August 2009 New World Outlook The United Nations adopted the Millennium Declaration in 2000, a pledge by the international community to "spare no effort to free our fellow men, women, and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty" (Millennium Declaration). Source: New World Outlook More about: Education \| GBGM programs \| Health \| International affairs \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| 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
	Circles to Break the Poverty Cycle At age 32, Sonia Holycross has "been there, done that"--lived in a broken home, joined a gang. But through the Circles™ Campaign,* Holycross, a single parent of five and now an Americorps volunteer, has patched her life together, becoming stronger in the broken places. "The Circles Campaign is like mending a broken foundation with fresh cement," Holycross says. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Economy \| Hunger \| Poverty \| Welfare \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Date posted: Jul 01, 2009
	Breaking the Cycle of Malaria and Poverty Malaria kills. It kills a child every 30 seconds in sub-Saharan Africa, and those that die are disproportionately poor. The anopheles mosquito that spreads this deadly, but preventable, illness does not distinguish between rich and poor. But the difference between life and death often depends on one's environment and ability to get treatment very soon after falling ill. Source: New World Outlook More about: Advocacy \| AIDS/HIV \| Children \| Communities \| Economy \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Hunger \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Africa \| Cote d´Ivoire \| Nigeria \| Date posted: Jul 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
	United Methodist Mission Personnel, Congregations Safe in Honduras New York, NY, June 29, 2009--United Methodist mission leaders report that all personnel in Honduras are safe and congregations relatively unaffected by the military ouster of President Manuel Zelaya of the Central American country on Sunday, June 28. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Global connections \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Honduras \| Date posted: Jun 29, 2009
	Hallelujah Moment from Haiti: Hope in the Midst of Poverty I remember the painstaking way in which sinew and fat were removed from the "goat parts" and laid out in the solar ovens on a barren field in preparation for cooking. Source: Mission Education More about: Agriculture \| Communities \| Environment \| Hunger \| Poverty \| Rural \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Haiti \| Date posted: Jun 25, 2009
	Director of Southeastern Mission Volunteer Program Retires The Rev. Nick Elliott, executive director of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) since 1999, is retiring after ten years of service to the organization. Source: Mission Volunteers More about: GBGM programs \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jun 24, 2009
	A Refugee Experience for World Refugee Day, June 20, 2009 Most Americans do not understand the complexities of being a refugee. To help educate those in the Western NY Conference, Trinity United Methodist Church on Grand Island is hosting a World Refugee Day event for youth groups on Saturday, June 20. Source: UMCOR More about: Advocacy \| Communities \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| North Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jun 18, 2009
	A Mission Grows in Senegal Nashville, Tennessee, June 5, 2009--In Senegal, a land where 95 percent of the population is Muslim, The United Methodist Church has been welcomed and is growing through good relations with neighbors and partnerships across borders. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Children \| Economy \| Health \| Hunger \| Poverty \| Water \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Senegal \| Date posted: Jun 05, 2009
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