Dear Friends, On behalf of the General Board of Global Ministries, thank you for all you do to share God's love and light throughout the world. Through our work, together we are building a path that Isaiah prophesized--a radical path to liberation, peace, and justice. A path that is possible because of the birth of a small and helpless child. The light of the world lies in the hands of someone as powerless as a newborn baby.
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Date posted: Dec 16, 2011

The Reverend Paul Shew from the West Ohio Annual Conference has been planting seeds of hope and promise for more than ten years in Japan. "I cannot imagine a place with more opportunity for student ministry than in Japan. We are in a unique position to point young people to a loving God through word and deed." Serving as a long-term mission volunteer through Global Ministries in Japan, Shew is a professor and university chaplain at Aoyama Gakuin, in Tokyo.
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Date posted: Nov 30, 2011

The assembly hall at the Asian Rural Institute in Tochigi, Japan, was filled with a spirit of celebration as graduating students anticipated bringing the fruits of their labor back to their home countries. In a commencement message to the 2011 class on November 19, 2011, Thomas Kemper, the head of Global Ministries, said:
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Date posted: Nov 23, 2011

Dear Friends, As the crisis in Japan continues with daily reports of aftershocks and radiation concerns, we continue to pray for all who have lost loved ones, homes, and jobs, or been exposed to radiation in Japan.
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Date posted: Apr 14, 2011

New York, NY, March 25, 2011--A Tokyo mission facility related to United Methodist Women provided short-term housing for evacuees from the hardest hit earthquake and tsunami zones in Japan.
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Date posted: Mar 25, 2011

New York, NY, March 22, 2011--Despite extensive earthquake damage, a rural mission training center in Japan plans to welcome its new class as soon as possible, perhaps only a month late.
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Date posted: Mar 22, 2011

March 20, 2011: Today at church we had a little under half the usual attendance, with most of the foreigners gone. We average between 60 to 70 people each week, and today had 28. There were no children; they had been evacuated or sent out of Tokyo on an early school break (the international schools are off March 21-25 for spring break anyway).
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Date posted: Mar 22, 2011

New York, NY, March 17, 2011--What do missionaries do when their world shakes and crumbles? They continue in mission as best they can.
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Date posted: Mar 17, 2011

New York, NY, March 17, 2011--United Methodist response to the March 11 earthquake in Japan puts the spotlight on a rich mission history that began 135 years ago.
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Date posted: Mar 17, 2011

Our hearts grieve with those who grieve, Our lips pray with those who pray and lament, Our spirits and lives are connected with the people of Japan, and those living around the "Ring of Fire."
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Date posted: Mar 17, 2011

The situation in Japan at present is not conducive to relief volunteers coming in from other countries. Neither UMCOR nor the General Board of Global Ministries facilitates volunteers in disaster zones unless they are requested by local partners or government agencies. No such requests have been received to date from Japan.
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Date posted: Mar 15, 2011