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	Gaza: Life Blockaded Gaza is like a prison in many ways, surrounded by high walls on three sides. Gun towers oversee the free-fire stretch of scorched earth and rubble, warning anyone--including farmers who once tilled the land--against getting close. On the fourth side, the west, the Mediterranean inexorably draws the eye to the horizon; but it, too, is forbidden. Source: New World Outlook More about: Children \| Civil rights \| Conflict \| Emergencies \| Health \| Human rights \| Hunger \| Peace \| Poverty \| Violence \| War \| Women \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Israel \| Palestine \| Date posted: Jul 07, 2011
	Getting Back to the Roots: Community Developers "Radical means go back to the roots. That means dig deeper," said Dr. Siosaia Tuitahi of the Pacific Islander National Caucus of The United Methodist Church (PINCUM). "Your story, my story, will become deeper if we connect to the original story. Never forget. After all, it's not our story. It's God's story that we will continue to tell. Jeremiah said, 'If you are rooted in the Almighty, you will be like the plant by the river. Your leaves will always be green…. And blessed are those who are rooted in Christ Jesus.'" Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Education \| Global connections \| Human rights \| Justice \| Peace \| Poverty \| Refugees \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Israel \| Mexico \| Palestine \| Date posted: Oct 01, 2010
	Hallelujah Moment from Palestine: The Bee Hive Project “The Bee Hive Project” will purchase beehives, train local people as beekeepers, and sell honey so that needy families in Wadi Foquin will have incomes. Source: Mission Education More about: Agriculture \| Children \| Global connections \| Peace \| Poverty \| Women \| Youth \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Israel \| Palestine \| Date posted: Sep 18, 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
	New Arab Christian University in Israel Has Strong Methodist Connections New York, NY, April 9, 2009--The first Arab Christian university in Israel, slated for Nazareth, has numerous Methodist connections, including United Methodist mission ties. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Conflict \| Ecumenical \| Education \| Global connections \| Immigration \| International affairs \| Justice \| Missionaries \| Peace \| Race \| War \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Apr 09, 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
	Mission Leaders Stress Humanitarian Needs in Call for Ceasefire in Gaza New York, NY, January 7, 2009—The two top mission leaders of The United Methodist Church have appealed to President George W. Bush to use his remaining days in office to bring about "an immediate ceasefire in Gaza" that will "effectively permit humanitarian relief" to civilians in the Palestinian enclave under heavy attack by Israel. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Conflict \| GBGM news \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| War \| Partners/partnerships \| Statements \| Israel \| North Eastern U.S. \| Palestine \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 07, 2009
	Mission Grants Support Peace and Justice in the Holy Land New York, NY, December 12, 2008--Recent grants from the General Board of Global Ministries underscore the United Methodist commitment to peace and justice in the Holy Land. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Children \| Communities \| Conflict \| Donations \| Education \| Emergencies \| Evangelization \| GBGM programs \| Global connections \| Grants \| Health \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Justice \| Peace \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| War \| Water \| Welfare \| Women \| Youth \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Dec 16, 2008
	Missionary Shares Story of his Palestinian Mother The Rev. Alex Awad can trace the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through its impact on his mother's 90 years of life. He also can trace the influence the Christian church has had on his mother and her family. His new book, Palestinian Memories: The Story of a Palestinian Mother and Her People, is a story of his mother's Christian faith and of the Palestinian people. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| Conflict \| Education \| Family \| Immigration \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| Peace \| United Methodist Church \| Israel \| Palestine \| Date posted: Sep 12, 2008
	Mission Study on Israel-Palestine Is Consistent with United Methodist Policy (Revised June 2008) Chief executives of the Women's Division and the General Board of Global Ministries called the 2007-2008 Israel-Palestine mission study consistent with the denomination's stand for a just and lasting peace in that region in a joint statement issued Feb. 19 (updated in June, 2008). Women's Division Deputy General Secretary Harriett Jane Olson and Global Ministries' Interim General Secretary Bishop Felton E. May issued the statement in response to attacks on the study launched after a denominational briefing for delegates to the 2008 General Conference. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Justice \| Peace \| United Methodist Church \| Israel \| Palestine \| Date posted: Jun 24, 2008
	United Methodists Reject Divestment from Israel A number of petitions, including five from U.S. annual (regional) conferences, were folded into one petition on "divestment" that called on the denomination's pension board and finance agency "to review and identify companies that profit from sales of products or services that cause harm to Palestinians and Israelis and begin phased selective divestment from these companies." Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Conflict \| International affairs \| Resolutions of the UMC \| United Methodist Church \| Israel \| Palestine \| World \| Date posted: May 04, 2008
	Where Will Our Help Come From? Lent 2008 I live in a place that knows how to ask the question: "Where will our help come from?" The voice that sings the 121st song is not foreign to Palestine or to Palestinians. Living here, working and speaking each day with Palestinian Christians, I hear in almost ever word the question: "Where will our help come from?" Source: Mission Personnel More about: Communities \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Lent \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Mar 19, 2008
	Mission Study on "Israel-Palestine" Is Consistent with United Methodist Policy A comprehensive 1996 statement on Christian-Jewish relations by The United Methodist Church's legislating General Conference strongly reiterated the denomination's opposition to all forms of anti-Semitism. Four years later, the quadrennial General Conference, which is the only entity that speaks for the whole church, urged United Methodists to observe Yom HaShoah, the annual Holocaust Memorial Day, and also addressed Israeli-Palestinian relations in the Middle East. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM news \| United Methodist Church \| Statements \| Palestine \| Israel \| Middle East \| Date posted: Feb 19, 2008
	Mission Leader Is Concerned about Situation in Gaza Following Closing of Border to Food and Fuel Supplies The head of the mission agency of The United Methodist Church has expressed deep concern about the situation in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza following incidents in which Israel closed the border to essential supplies of food and fuel. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Civil rights \| Communities \| GBGM news \| Human rights \| Hunger \| International affairs \| Justice \| Refugees \| Violence \| Israel \| Palestine \| Date posted: Jan 25, 2008
	Global Song: Raising Awareness of One Great Hour of Sharing in Worship It is often through the gift of music that we connect with people, their communities, their needs, their gifts, and their faith. As congregational leaders prepare for One Great Hour of Sharing, the following suggestions from Global Praise 3, a Global Praise resource, are offered for use in worship to enable God's people to pray together in the universal language of music. Source: Evangelization and Church Growth More about: Evangelism \| Evangelization \| Music \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| Albania \| Bangladesh \| Congo DR \| Haiti \| Indonesia \| Israel \| Lebanon \| Liberia \| Pakistan \| Palestine \| Sierra Leone \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 10, 2008
	Mission Agency Takes No Position on Financial Divestment in Israel New York, NY, August 17, 2007 -- The General Board of Global Ministries has taken no position on financial divestment in Israel. The international mission agency is not submitting a resolution to The United Methodist Church's highest legislative body supporting divestment in companies doing business in Israel as a protest to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Conflict \| International affairs \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Aug 17, 2007
	Summertime = Reading: New Mission Studies Summertime equals reading. This year, tens of thousands of United Methodists and friends will crack open one of several books known as mission studies, as if they are all in one big, meaningful book club. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Bible \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Jesus Christ \| John Wesley \| Music \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| World \| Date posted: Jun 22, 2007
	The UMCOR Hotline for March 27, 2007 In Today's Hotline: Israel: Violence Prevention Liberia: Help for the Homeless US: Sager Brown Turns 140 Afghanistan: Making Winter Warmer Source: UMCOR More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Disabilities \| Donations \| Ecumenical \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Afghanistan \| Israel \| Liberia \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Mar 27, 2007
	Seeking Justice and Peace Through Visits to the Holy Land For centuries, Christians have traveled to the Holy Land on pilgrimages. Yet too many such tours go only to ancient biblical sites and never meet with the living Palestinian Christian communities of today. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Human rights \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2007
	Providing the Balance This year the geographic mission study for the Schools of Christian Mission will be Israel/Palestine. This Middle Eastern conflict is an issue that never seems to go away because it never gets resolved. The region has been in conflict my whole life, so in some ways, I don't expect it to be resolved. But then, ... Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| War \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2007
	Gaza: A Lost Jewel Along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea lies a small, sandy piece of land known as the Gaza Strip. Conveniently located at the juncture of the major trade routes passing from the warm southern climes of Africa, the exotic spice countries of Asia, and the commercial centers of Europe, for thousands of years the area of Gaza had been a major trade center. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Economy \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Peace \| Poverty \| Violence \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2007
	Unheard Voices Hardly any one heard him cry and I was the only one that watched the tears flow down his cheeks. He came to my office to seek help, but his problem was too enormous for a simple clergyman like me to solve. He is a Palestinian citizen of Bethlehem who once had a small piece of land near Rachel's Tomb. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Conflict \| Easter \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Volunteers \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2007
	A Blessing in the Midst of the Earth The stories the Bible contains have helped peoples find strength, consolation, freedom, justice, mercy, love, and salvation. The Bible has been a part of proclaiming release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and setting the oppressed free (Isaiah 61:1a, Luke 4:18b). Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Peace \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2007
	Israel/Palestine & United Methodists This year United Methodists begin a two-year mission study on Israel/ Palestine. The year 2007 marks 40 years of Israeli military occupation and colonization of Palestinian land in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Ecumenical \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Peace \| United Methodist Church \| War \| Israel \| Middle East \| Palestine \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2007
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