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	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
	United Methodists in Nepal Appeal for Prayer As Christians There Face Intimidation New York, NY, July 6, 2009--United Methodists in Nepal request that church members worldwide join them and other Nepalese Christians in praying for peace and safety in the face of intimidation and acts of anti-Christian violence. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Global connections \| Hate \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Peace \| Prayers \| Violence \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Nepal \| Date posted: Jul 06, 2009
	June 15 Update on Crash of Mission Aircraft in Congo Information from both the family of missionary-pilot Jacques Umembudi and Bishop David K. Yemba of Central Congo confirms that there were no life-threatening injuries in the crash of a small mission plane at an airstrip near Lodja, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 12. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Missionaries \| Prayers \| Congo DR \| Date posted: Jun 15, 2009
	Pakistani Christians Appeal for Prayer for City Under Siege Peshawar, Pakistan, May 29, 2009--Christian leaders in the province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan are appealing to fellow believers worldwide to join them in prayer for the "innocent" and "vulnerable" people victimized by conflicts in their region and across the country. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Emergencies \| Global connections \| Hate \| Prayers \| UMCOR \| Violence \| Advance \| Pakistan \| Date posted: May 29, 2009
	God's Temples: Third Sunday in Lent, Sunday, March 15, 2009 When Jesus went to Jerusalem to observe Passover, he found the temple being used as a place for monetary gain. Animals were being sold for sacrifice, and moneychangers were sitting at tables. Jesus drove out the animals and turned over the moneychangers' tables. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Bible \| Easter \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| Prayers \| Africa \| Liberia \| Date posted: Mar 15, 2009
	'We Know that God Still Goes that Road with Us' Second Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2009 The encounter with Christ radically changes someone's life. Nevertheless, there are certain conditions to following Jesus. Peter didn't understand Jesus' plan when He spoke to him about suffering on the cross. Peter had accepted Jesus as the Messiah, but he didn't accept him as a suffering Messiah. As a result of that, Jesus described his path to the cross and the meaning of it for the life of his disciples. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Bible \| Christian love \| Easter \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| Prayers \| South America \| Uruguay \| Date posted: Mar 08, 2009
	God-Given Identity First Sunday of Lent, March 1, 2009 In Mark's account of Jesus' baptism, Jesus "saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.'" God poured God's self through the torn heavens--identifying Jesus as God's own. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Bible \| Christian love \| Easter \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| Missionaries \| Prayers \| Argentina \| United States \| Western U.S. \| World \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2009
	Hallelujah Moment from Nepal: "The Church on the Rock" February 20, 2009--As the faltering economy grips even the remotest parts of the earth, Nepal does not emerge unscathed. Politically, socially and economically, life is unstable. Even the ability to have a work day often revolves around the presence or absence of electricity. Crime has risen, the inflation rate is soaring, and it seems there is no solution in sight. Source: Mission Education More about: Communities \| Economy \| Evangelization \| Global connections \| Globalization \| International affairs \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Nepal \| Date posted: Feb 20, 2009
	Texts of Prayers at Inauguration of President Obama Washington, DC, January 20, 2009--Two prayers were included in the inaugural ceremonies marking the start of the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, the first African American president of the United States. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Advocacy \| Civil rights \| Economy \| Global connections \| Globalization \| International affairs \| Justice \| Martin Luther King Day \| Peace \| Prayers \| Race \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 20, 2009
	Churches Appeal to and Pledge Support to New US President on Issues of Peace and Poverty New York, NY, January 20, 2009--Several ecumenical Christian groups in the United States both appealed to and pledged to support the president in matters dealing with peace, poverty, and human rights. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Letters \| Statements \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 20, 2009
	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Features Situation of Division in Korea New York, NY, January 9, 2009--"That They May Become One in Your Hand," a line from the prophet Ezekiel, is the theme of the 2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The materials for this year's ecumenical observance come from the experience of churches in the divided land of Korea. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Ecumenical \| GBGM events \| Globalization \| International affairs \| Prayers \| Korea \| Date posted: Jan 09, 2009
	The Christmas Hope for Peace Hope for peace--the projection and possibility of peace--is integral to the Christmas celebration, and to the Christian life and mission. Source: GBGM Administration More about: Christmas \| Global connections \| Globalization \| Hate \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Peace \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| War \| Date posted: Dec 11, 2008
	A Chosen Vessel: Advent Reflection on God's Call Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 21, 2008 Of the women in the Bible, Mary captures my imagination. I find something very special about her for having been the woman who brought Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, into the physical world. I often wonder what it was like to be the mother of Jesus. The mother of the most High God! Source: Mission Personnel More about: Advent \| Bible \| Christmas \| Prayers \| Women \| World \| Date posted: Nov 29, 2008
	Grace and Self-Understanding: Bible Study Theme Stamford, CT, Oct. 16, 2008--At the start of a new four-year cycle in the life of The United Methodist Church, the denomination's new mission executive led directors of his agency in three reflective study sessions on the images and challenges in a powerful chapter of II Corinthians written by the Apostle Paul, the first great Christian missionary. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Bible \| Evangelization \| GBGM events \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 24, 2008
	China News Summary: August 2008 The China News Summary is compiled monthly by the United Methodist China Program, Room 1335, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115 Source: Mission Contexts and Relationships More about: Children \| Disabilities \| Ecumenical \| Environment \| GBGM programs \| Global connections \| Globalization \| International affairs \| Newsletters \| Prayers \| Research \| Youth \| Date posted: Aug 08, 2008
	Mission Leader Endorses Ecumenical Call for Prayers for Zimbabwe New York, NY, June 17, 2008—The head of the United Methodist mission agency has endorsed a call from the World Council of Churches that Christians everywhere join on June 22 in a day of prayer for the nation of Zimbabwe as it faces a run-off in a deeply contested national election. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM news \| Global connections \| International affairs \| Peace \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Africa \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: Jun 17, 2008
	Letanía de solidaridad/Litany of Solidarity Cuatrocientas personas inmigraron a Postville, Iowa, una por aquí, otra por allá. Cada una cargó en sí misma una parte única de la luz de Dios. Four hundred persons immigrated to Postville, Iowa, one here and another there. Each one carried within them a unique part of the light of God. Source: Mission Contexts and Relationships More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| Communities \| Human rights \| Immigration \| Justice \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| North Central U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: May 19, 2008
	Bishops' Address Offers Prayer and Hope to the World In "a prayer for The United Methodist Church and the world" the Council of Bishops presented a call for the church to offer "offer hope to the world" through its covenant with God. Bishop Sharon Brown Christopher of the Illinois Episcopal Area, delivered the Episcopal Address. It is considered the collective mind of the council. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Bible \| Christian love \| General Conference \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Wesley \| World \| Date posted: Apr 24, 2008
	New Music for Worship For Everyone Born: Global Songs for an Emerging Church United Methodists love to sing and to celebrate that we are a global church. The amazing new music resource features over twenty songs from sixteen countries that will touch the hearts and minds of people around the world. Source: Evangelization and Church Growth More about: Christian love \| Evangelism \| Evangelization \| GBGM programs \| Music \| Prayers \| World \| Date posted: Apr 18, 2008
	'Faith...Just a Little Faith' A few years ago a movie came out called The Sixth Sense. I never saw the movie but we all know the catch line "I see dead people." That alone was enough to make me decide that I didn't want to see the picture, it just seemed morbid. As I read the Scriptures for today this phrase kept coming back to me..."I see dead people." Source: Mission Personnel More about: Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Lent \| Missionaries \| Prayers \| United States \| South Central U.S. \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2008
	Hallelujah Moment from China My Privilege to Serve the Lord One day a man came into Zhang Limei’s village in rural Henan Province, China. The man handed out Bibles, told the village how the books would protect them from harm, and left a day later. “We had heard how praying to Jesus can protect you and so, not knowing any better, we carried the Bible around with us at all times, hoping to ward off bad things,” Ms. Zhang shared. Source: Mission Education More about: Bible \| Children \| Christian love \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Jesus Christ \| Missionaries \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| China \| Date posted: Feb 08, 2008
	All of Nature Fasts and Prays Ash Wednesday, 2008 At Turtle Rock Farm we are committed to learning from and being healed by God's good creation. As we enter a period of the church year when we dedicate ourselves to fasting-and-prayer, we find it imperative to notice what's happening in creation. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Agriculture \| Christian love \| GBGM programs \| Lent \| Missionaries \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| South Central U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 05, 2008
	Hallelujah Moment from Lithuania "Why are you here?" "Andrius" sat alone Sunday after Sunday, praying for his wife, praying that she would one day come and sit beside him. He prayed that they might worship God together in the Panevezys United Methodist Church in Lithuania. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Advent \| Christian love \| Communities \| Family \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Europe \| Lithuania \| Date posted: Jan 25, 2008
	Christian Unity Week Marks 100th Anniversary "Pray Without Ceasing" is the theme of the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which United Methodists and others around the world will observe this month. The week will be observed Jan. 18-25, and its theme is taken from 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Ecumenical \| Prayers \| Partners/partnerships \| World \| Date posted: Jan 08, 2008
	The Mission of the Shepherds—and Our Mission Christmas 2007 The shepherds in the field near Bethlehem play a short but pivotal role in the Gospel story. The Nativity account in Luke devotes but 253 words to the unnamed night watchers and their reaction to the announcement of Jesus’ birth. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Bible \| Christian love \| Christmas \| Jesus Christ \| Prayers \| World \| Date posted: Dec 20, 2007
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