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	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
	Primetimers Mission Study and Activity Cover Broad Range of Topics and Locales New York, NY, October 6, 2009--Environmental protection, Methodism in Latin America, music in Jamaica, and justice issues along the US-Mexican border are among the week-long educational forums available to United Methodist older adults in 2010 and early 2011 through the Primetimers mission volunteer program. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Environment \| GBGM events \| Justice \| Volunteers \| Costa Rica \| Jamaica \| Mexico \| Date posted: Oct 06, 2009
	Forty Years of Methodist Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean São Paulo, Brazil, August 27, 2009-- Representatives of Methodist churches from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Methodist University of São Paulo, August 17-21, to celebrate 40 years of collaboration in ministry. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| Ecumenical \| Global connections \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Argentina \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Caribbean Islands \| Chile \| Colombia \| Costa Rica \| Cuba \| Dominican Republic \| Ecuador \| El Salvador \| Guatemala \| Honduras \| Mexico \| Nicaragua \| Panama \| Peru \| Puerto Rico \| Uruguay \| Venezuela \| Date posted: Aug 27, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for August 11, 2009 In Today's Hotline: PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Response US: Flooded Church Stays Mission Focused KENYA: Feeding the Hungry SOUTH AFRICA: SHADE Provides Refuge *MEXICO: UMCOR Supplies Give Hope to Migrants Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Kenya \| Mexico \| Philippines \| South Africa \| Date posted: Aug 11, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for May 5, 2009 In Today's Hotline: ZIMBABWE: Maize Distribution Brings Relief RESOURCES: World Fair Trade Day—May 9 MEXICO: UMCOR Helps in Swine Flu Prevention US: UMCOR West Depot Opens May 30 *EVENT: Anti-Hunger Concert—May 7 Source: UMCOR More about: Agriculture \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Mexico \| United States \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: May 05, 2009
	Border Health Partnership Builds on Local Initiative Pharr, Texas, March 20, 2009--A new United Methodist Border Health Partnership in South Texas is building on the work of a small membership congregation in the city of Pharr, near McAllen and just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Reynosa. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| Education \| Evangelization \| Health \| Human rights \| Hunger \| Immigration \| Justice \| Mission opportunities \| Race \| Volunteers \| Youth \| Mexico \| Date posted: Mar 20, 2009
	Texas Church Crosses the Border for Ministry JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 26, 2008 (UMNS)--Once a week during the school year, St. Mark's members such as Rivera venture from El Paso, Texas, to the outskirts of the impoverished community of Juarez, Mexico, to provide food and medical assistance. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Communities \| Health \| Immigration \| Poverty \| Mexico \| South Central U.S. \| Date posted: Aug 29, 2008
	'Give Ye Them To Eat' Program in Mexico: Urgent Needs Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, June 6, 2008--Times are tough! Funding for the "Give Ye Them To Eat" program has declined by 90 percent. Surplus funds and money from the sale of livestock have kept this outreach program alive over the last few months so that the GYTTE staff could continue to serve the rural poor of south-central Mexico, but those funds are now depleted. Your help is needed immediately! Source: Missionary stories More about: Mission updates \| Mexico \| Date posted: Jun 10, 2008
	Give Ye Them to Eat, Integrated Development in Mexico’s South Central Region Over the past 30 years, the GYTTE program has trained and equipped tens of thousands of people to take care of their own needs and also serve others. In 2007, approximately 15,000 people were empowered to move from subsistence living to lives of dignity through training events, learning experiences, and community activities. Source: New World Outlook More about: Advance \| Mexico \| Date posted: May 27, 2008
	A New Podcast: Guillermo (Willie) Berman Willie serves in his home country of Mexico as the Mexican Methodist Border Mission Coordinator based in Reynosa. Interview by Rachael Barnett, Global Ministries staff of The Advance. Source: Mission Stories More about: Missionaries \| Mexico \| Date posted: May 12, 2008
	United Methodist Church Appoints Twenty-Two New Missionaries Twenty-two new United Methodist missionaries were commissioned on March 11 to serve in churches, hospitals, and community centers in ten countries and five states of the United States. The new missionaries are lawyers, doctors, pastors, and agriculturalists. They come from places as diverse as Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Missouri, and Michigan. They fall into several categories of mission service and form the largest group of United Methodist missionaries commissioned at the same time in the last four years. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Africa \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Cambodia \| Liberia \| Mexico \| Mongolia \| Mozambique \| North Central U.S. \| North Eastern U.S. \| Philippines \| Sierra Leone \| South Eastern U.S. \| South Korea \| Sweden \| United States \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: Mar 12, 2008
	Give Ye Them to Eat: Integrated Development in Mexico’s South Central Region Eleuterio and Celia Jimenez, an elderly couple living in the village of Alchichica, Puebla, in South Central Mexico, are always open to receiving friends and strangers for a visit under the trees of their outdoor patio. They often share their faith through music, and they enjoy singing their favorite hymns in two-part harmony. Source: New World Outlook More about: Agriculture \| Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Human rights \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Mexico \| Date posted: Feb 27, 2008
	Border Ministry Event Stresses "Embracing Neighbors" Effective ministry and advocacy related to immigration must begin on both sides of the U.S.- Mexico border as a partnership of The United Methodist Church and the Methodist Church of Mexico, according to church leaders along the border. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: GBGM events \| Immigration \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Mexico \| North America \| South Central U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 20, 2008
	Second Woman Seeks Sanctuary in Chicago Church Flor Crisóstomo, 28, says she is "picking up the torch" from Elvira Arelleno, another congregation member who lived in the church for a year before leaving last August. Arelleno was arrested and deported within days of leaving Chicago and arriving in Los Angeles, where she had planned to speak out for compassionate immigration reform. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Advocacy \| Civil rights \| Human rights \| Immigration \| United Methodist Church \| Mexico \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 01, 2008
	The UMCOR Hotline for November 13, 2007 In Today's Hotline: Mexico: Hurricane Noel Flood Recovery Zimbabwe: UMCOR Helps Food Crisis in Zimbabwe Nicaragua: Hurricane Felix Recovery Worldwide: Hope for Graduates of Magambe Source: UMCOR More about: AIDS/HIV \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Mexico \| Nicaragua \| United States \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: Nov 13, 2007
	United Methodist Church Commissions 13 New Missionaries In a multilingual, international, and spirit- filled ceremony, 13 people were commissioned on October 9 for United Methodist missionary service in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the United States. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| Missionaries \| Angola \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Cambodia \| Costa Rica \| Ecuador \| Germany \| Latvia \| Mexico \| Russia \| Date posted: Oct 10, 2007
	Deportation: A Personal Story An Interview with Felix Angel Méndez My name is Felix Angel Méndez, and I am a probationary pastor in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, assigned to a shelter that houses persons who have been deported from the United States. They can stay here while they find work to earn enough money to return to their homes in Guadalajara, Michiocan, or other parts of Mexico. Most of them are here three or four weeks. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Evangelism \| Immigration \| International affairs \| Prison \| Methodism \| Mexico \| Date posted: Sep 01, 2007
	Bishop Martinez Says Deported Mother Gives a "Human Face" to Immigration Debate Elvira Arellano, an undocumented mother, deported to Mexico a week ago by the United States, has given a “human face” to legal issues in the immigration law debate, according to the president of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Communities \| Family \| Human rights \| Immigration \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Mexico \| United States \| Date posted: Aug 24, 2007
	Louisiana Wesley Foundations Serve the World for Christ Jonathon Bevil didn’t expect to meet a super star on his way to a LAVIM mission in Tampico, Mexico.* "Our group from the Louisiana Tech Wesley Foundation arrived at the Houston airport and some of our group spotted Bono, the lead singer for U-2. Source: UMC Annual Conferences/Jurisdictions More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Volunteers \| Youth \| Mexico \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jul 24, 2007
	The UMCOR Hotline for February 06, 2007 Florida: Tornado Recovery Liberia: Building Homes for the Homeless Mexico: Flood Relief Cote d'Ivoire: Fighting Hunger Source: UMCOR More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| Ecumenical \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Action alerts \| Cote d´Ivoire \| Liberia \| Mexico \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 06, 2007
	Immigration Concerns Build Bridges Among North American Methodists Concern for people migrating across political borders is motivating increasing mission collaboration between the United Methodist Church in the US and Methodist Church of Mexico. Simultaneously, United Methodist general agencies are stepping up their collective attention to US immigration policy and legislation. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| Communities \| Ecumenical \| Global connections \| Human rights \| Immigration \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Mexico \| North America \| South Central U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Dec 05, 2006
	Missionary Minute: November 19, 2006 I haven’t always been a United Methodist. When I was 18, I attended a Methodist church in Mexico and decided to accept God’s grace. I felt secure knowing God was in my life. My response to God’s call to ordination was a gradual process that began with an indigenous child with whom I tried to minister. Source: Advance More about: Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Mexico \| Date posted: Nov 13, 2006
	The UMCOR Hotline, November 07, 2006 In Today's Hotline: Sudan: School Lunches for Children; Indonesia: Homes for the Homeless; US and Mexico: Flood Recovery; Events: World AIDS Day Source: UMCOR More about: Advent \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Action alerts \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Mexico \| Sudan \| United States \| Date posted: Nov 07, 2006
	Church Rallies around Woman Battling to Stay in U.S. Elvira Arellano, a lay leader in Adalberto United Methodist Church, has taken refuge in the church that has stood by her in her battle to remain in the United States and to raise her son - who is a U.S. citizen - here. "Here is an opportunity for a country that says they care about children to care for a child," said United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcaño, on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" show Aug. 16. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Advocacy \| Children \| Christian love \| Family \| Human rights \| Immigration \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Mexico \| South Central U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Aug 17, 2006
	Holiday: Honoring Cultures and Traditions As the United States celebrates Thanksgiving, school children are sent home with pictures of Pilgrims and Native Americans sharing a feast in harmony. However, for many indigenous women, Thanksgiving does not hold such fond memories, says Andele Foutz. Foutz, is executive director of the Navajo United Methodist Center in Farmington, New Mexico, one of the national mission institutions supported by United Methodist Women and the denomination. Source: WD Press Releases More about: Women \| Mexico \| Date posted: Nov 23, 2005
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