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	Hope Spreads Faster The "speed" at which a virus can appear to spread is astounding. Take the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus as an example. We heard about it in reports from Mexico and soon we saw the first confirmed case in New York City. In the same week, five more cases were announced, then 21 cases, then a whole school was shut down, and then five schools in New York were closed, all in the same month. Source: New World Outlook More about: AIDS/HIV \| Children \| Communities \| Health \| Welfare \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Global Health \| Date posted: Nov 17, 2009
	The Context of HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean For more than 12 years, the Comprehensive Health Program of the Council of Evangelical Methodist Churches in Latin America and the Caribbean (CIEMAL) has been focusing on the church's response to health issues confronting Latin American and Caribbean communities. Source: New World Outlook More about: AIDS/HIV \| Children \| Education \| Health \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Global Health \| Caribbean Islands \| Latin America \| Date posted: Nov 01, 2009
	Beyond Facts to Faces, Beyond Numbers to Names Does anyone care that every three seconds a person dies somewhere in the world because of poverty? Are we concerned that 8 million poor people are converted into faceless and nameless death statistics every year? Does the fact that more than 1 billion people go to bed hungry every night disturb our sleep? Source: New World Outlook More about: AIDS/HIV \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Global Health \| Date posted: Nov 01, 2009
	US Annual Conferences Respond to AIDS Realities "What we need is not more words, but action!" proclaimed Bishop Kainda Katembo, episcopal leader for the South Congo Episcopal Area, as he spoke some years ago about the AIDS crisis in Africa. Thankfully, United Methodists heard that plea and have been responding in profound ways. Source: New World Outlook More about: AIDS/HIV \| Children \| Health \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Global Health \| Africa \| Congo DR \| Date posted: Nov 01, 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
	Tales of Hope HIV/AIDS affects people in all nations at all strata of society. Thanks to the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund, United Methodists and their partners can fight this disease in various countries through church, community, and hospital-based projects. Source: New World Outlook More about: AIDS/HIV \| Children \| Global connections \| Poverty \| Welfare \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Global Health \| India \| Zambia \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: Nov 01, 2009
	New World Outlook Reader's Survey Thank you for the interest in United Methodist mission work that has led you to read and, we hope, subscribe to New World Outlook. Please take time to fill out this reader's survey. Source: New World Outlook Date posted: Sep 01, 2009
	Christian Hospitality Is Never Out of Date: Online Ministry in Changing Technological Times Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. --Hebrews 13:1b-2 Source: New World Outlook More about: AIDS/HIV \| Communities \| Health \| United Methodist Church \| Welfare \| Focus on Global Health \| Date posted: Sep 01, 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
	Vera's Notebook At age 60, I met and fell in love with the internet. One of my first discoveries was that United Methodist churches could apply for free web space on the General Board of Global Ministries' website. I decided that our church should have a webpage. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Global connections \| Internet \| Mission opportunities \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Date posted: Sep 01, 2009
	Ken Thompson Rediscovered In 1960, a 17-year-old high school senior won a photo contest in his hometown and was recommended by his art teacher to an editor working on a magazine for the United Church of Christ (UCC). Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Civil rights \| Communities \| Education \| GBGM news \| Hate \| Human rights \| Peace \| Poverty \| Prayers \| Race \| Social Principles \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Mission updates \| Focus on Leadership Development \| United States \| Date posted: Sep 01, 2009
	The Changing Landscape of Mission Not long ago, I participated in a training event in Uganda. Participants in the training came together from five different countries in East Africa. I have stayed in touch with a few of them; we share pictures, audio recordings of the training sessions, video, and links to news stories via email discussing events in our respective countries. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Education \| Environment \| Internet \| United Methodist Church \| United States \| Date posted: Sep 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
	Aviation Ministry The world's biggest head of broccoli--that's what my passengers saw when they first looked down on the canopy of virgin rainforest covering much of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Conflict \| Global connections \| Globalization \| Health \| Hunger \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Poverty \| Rural \| Violence \| Welfare \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Congo DR \| 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
	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
	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
	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
	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 Hope of Sudan This May-June edition of New World Outlook is our annual mission-study issue, a companion piece to the geographic topic studied at the Schools of Christian Mission. This year the new study is on the country of Sudan. Source: New World Outlook More about: Education \| GBGM programs \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Mission studies \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	An American-African Partnership in Southern Sudan Driving home down Interstate 81 toward Knoxville, Tennessee, we witnessed a beautiful sunset behind the mountains of East Tennessee. Having just attended an all-day "packing party" with those who would leave in just nine days for Southern Sudan, we had thoughts of Sudan on our minds. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	The Hope of Sudan: An Audio Slide Show As I reviewed hundreds of Paul Jeffrey's photos for this issue on Sudan, the photos of the children stood out. Though the facts of their lives are harsh and often unyielding, the Sudanese children have not lost hope. ... These children are Sudan's hope for a better future. They have survived horror and deprivation—more than most of us will ever see in our lifetimes— and they have survived. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	The Holston Conference's First Fact-finding Mission to Yei in Southern Sudan In 2006, the Holston Annual Conference, having decided to send a team to Yei in Southern Sudan, requested assistance from Global Ministries' Africa office staff. The idea for this trip sprang from a chance meeting between Holston Conference members and the "Lost Boys of Sudan." Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Poverty \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	A Short Timeline for Sudan In antiquity—Sudan was known as Nubia and was settled by people migrating from Egypt. This timeline touches on events involving Sudan from the time of the Crusades in 1098 to today. Source: New World Outlook More about: Communities \| Education \| International affairs \| Mission studies \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
	A Town in Darfur, Sudan, Dubbed “Ohio Village” Deriga, Sudan, is a small village in the southern part of the Darfur region. It was destroyed during a brutal scorched-earth attack by the "Janjaweed," a proxy militia group unleashed by the Sudanese government to fight Darfuri rebel groups and control villages after conflict broke out in the region in 2003. Source: New World Outlook More about: Agriculture \| Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| International affairs \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Water \| Mission studies \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Africa \| Sudan \| Date posted: May 01, 2009
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