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	Recovering the African American Heritage of The United Methodist Church Persons of African descent were numerous and visible in American Methodism when the church was formally established 225 years ago. But these facts were often glossed over in ensuing years, especially in the early 19th century as slavery became a major issue of conflict in politics and religion. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Civil rights \| Communities \| Hate \| John Wesley \| Race \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Focus on Congregational Development \| South Central U.S. \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 02, 2010
	Director of Southeastern Mission Volunteer Program Retires The Rev. Nick Elliott, executive director of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) since 1999, is retiring after ten years of service to the organization. Source: Mission Volunteers More about: GBGM programs \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jun 24, 2009
	Ministry with the Poor Project Receives Major North Carolina Grant Raleigh, NC , May 6, 2009--A $300,000 grant will cover part of the start-up costs of a United Methodist three-year program to lift 75 families out of poverty and help communities to make strides toward eliminating poverty in three counties of western North Carolina. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| GBGM programs \| Grants \| Poverty \| Rural \| United Methodist Church \| Urban \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: May 06, 2009
	Hallelujah Moment from Bok Chitto: A Family "Would you be able to help us with some gas?" asked a young Choctaw woman. "My mother has terminal cancer and we need gasoline so we can make several medical appointments over the next week." She and her family had arrived for her mother's appointment at Choctaw Health Services (next door to our complex) and decided to seek help. Source: Mission Education More about: Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Economy \| Family \| Health \| Hunger \| Justice \| Race \| Rural \| Welfare \| Women \| Youth \| South Eastern U.S. \| Date posted: Apr 14, 2009
	Western North Carolina Counties Are Sites for Pilot Poverty Ministry New York, NY, April 7, 2009--Three counties in North Carolina are the focal points of a new United Methodist Church pilot ministry to eliminate poverty. They will become training stations for the denomination in the United States. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Advocacy \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Poverty \| Rural \| South Eastern U.S. \| Date posted: Apr 07, 2009
	Where Are My Eyes? Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 22, 2009 During their time wandering in the wilderness, the people of Israel became dissatisfied with God and Moses (Numbers 21:4-9). Though they had been rescued from slavery, were being fed manna and protected, it was still not enough for them. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Bible \| Easter \| GBGM programs \| Lent \| Missionaries \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 10, 2009
	Global Praise Emersion: Opening Congregations to the Worship Gifts of All Nations For the last decade we have been blessed by worship and music resources from the entire globe. Out of these resources, a new way of worship is emerging in the church, one that brings the whole of God’s creation into the experience of local churches. Source: Evangelization and Church Growth More about: Evangelism \| Evangelization \| GBGM programs \| Music \| United Methodist Church \| South Eastern U.S. \| World \| Date posted: Oct 31, 2008
	A Faith Partner Alcohol and Drug Team Ministry: One Congregation’s Approach to Substance Abuse The number of our neighbors along North Carolina's Outer Banks impacted by substance abuse is mind-boggling, and Jesus calls us to love our neighbors. Sometimes that love looks tough and sometimes it looks compassionate, but the love that we're trying to extend to our community, whether it's tough or compassionate, is always full of grace and hope. Source: Community and Institutional Ministries More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| United Methodist Church \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Sep 19, 2008
	The Congregation and the Disease of Addiction In his book, Alcoholics and their Families, John Keller offers this insight: "linking the internal resources within the congregation with the external resources in the community will enable many to find freedom from the bondage of addiction…." Source: Community and Institutional Ministries More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| United Methodist Church \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Sep 19, 2008
	Church Development School Explores Christian Witness in the 21st Century Three basic themes stood out at the 2008 United Methodist School of Congregational Development, which met in two different locations: Orlando, Florida, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, from July 31 to August 5. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| Evangelization \| GBGM events \| GBGM programs \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| North Central U.S. \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Aug 12, 2008
	Church Developers Explore United Methodist 'Myths' The notion that The United Methodist Church is dying has been repeated so often that it has become a belief, when in fact it is a myth, according to a church executive and author. The reality is that the 11.5-million member denomination is poised for hope, said the Rev. Craig Miller to church leaders attending a workshop about myths of The United Methodist Church. The class was held during the 2008 United Methodist School of Congregational Development. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Evangelism \| GBGM events \| GBGM programs \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Aug 04, 2008
	Church? What Is Church?: "Wandering Generation" Looks for Connections Orlando, FL, August 4, 2008--The fact that many Americans have little idea what is meant by "church" or what happens there was a recurrent theme at the 2008 United Methodist School of Congregational Development. The point was underscored by sociological data and pastoral experience, but more attention was given to ways of responding creatively to the situation than to decrying it. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Evangelism \| GBGM events \| GBGM programs \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Aug 04, 2008
	Advocates for Immigrants Speak Out Against Treatment of Pregnant Woman NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS)--Juana Villegas' trip to the doctor for a prenatal visit became a nightmare when, at nine months pregnant, she was stopped for a minor traffic violation, jailed and ended up giving birth to her son with two sheriff's deputies standing guard. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| Civil rights \| Family \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Human rights \| Immigration \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jul 29, 2008
	Global Ministries to Participate in "Beyond These Walls" Mission Conference The General Board of Global Ministries will offer three workshops at an early October mission conference hosted in Powder Spring, Georgia, by McEachern Memorial United Methodist Church. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Mission opportunities \| United Methodist Church \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jul 29, 2008
	Hallelujah Moment from Kentucky 'If this is retirement, we are enjoying it!' There is light at the end of the financial tunnel for Red Bird Missionary Conference. Although the conference has dug deeply into their reserves to pay the salaries of local pastors, it has not deterred them from looking outward and focusing on how they themselves can participate in God's mission to the world. Source: Mission Education More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Partners/partnerships \| Older adults \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 21, 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
	Holston, East Africa Conferences Sign Covenant In the summer of 2005, United Methodist Bishop James Swanson and his staff talked about possible mission projects they could pursue. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| GBGM news \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Africa \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sudan \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 27, 2008
	The Community Enabler Developer, Inc A Safe Place "It is harder for the poor. The poor get poorer….It's harder because there are more needs, more diseases, more that have lost their jobs or their homes. It's getting so that elderly people on fixed incomes can hardly pay their bills. Sometimes they have to decide whether to buy food or their medicines," said Ms. Maudine Holloway, executive director, Community Enabler Developer, Inc., in Anniston, Alabama. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Civil rights \| Communities \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Human rights \| Justice \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 27, 2008
	'I Am Not Alone' Lent 2008 As a deaconess candidate, I consider myself to be a lifelong learner in theology and the ways of The United Methodist Church. In fact, I just recently completed the Old Testament and New Testament courses this winter and walked away from that experience understanding why people refer to the Bible as "the living word." Source: Mission Personnel More about: Christian love \| Jesus Christ \| Lent \| United Methodist Church \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 10, 2008
	Peace Conference: Where is the Church's Voice? Seasoned peacemakers, social justice advocates and seminary students spent three days at a peace conference grappling with the question: "How can The United Methodist Church find its voice in a world of violence?" The Rev. Peter Storey, a renowned peace advocate and the former Methodist bishop of South Africa, set the tone for the three-day gathering as he welcomed 400 participants to "the conference of impossible things." Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Peace \| United Methodist Church \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 06, 2008
	Neither Rain nor Hail nor Dark of Night… The United States Post Office has nothing on the Martin Methodist College group who helped with hurricane recovery in Gulfport, MS this fall. From October 19-23, 2007, twelve Martin Methodist College students, three staff members, and three members of Pulaski First United Methodist Church in Pulaski, TN, helped roof, paint, and remove debris in Gulfport and Wiggins, MS. As the trip concluded, all eighteen volunteers worked through torrential rains to finish their tasks. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Youth \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 25, 2008
	Roofing in the Rain My dad is a construction guru. He built our family house. He's an amazing carpenter, turning junk like old barn siding into beautiful cabinets. He made a life-size Thomas the Tank Engine for his grandkids, and even, laid all the track and built a railroad crossing, complete with flashing lights and ringing bells. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Christian love \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Youth \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 25, 2008
	United Methodist Bishops Urge Immediate Iraq Withdrawal Declaring war "incompatible with the teachings and example of Christ," the bishops of The United Methodist Church called on leaders of all nations to begin an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq. The bishops also urged against deploying additional troops to Iraq and against establishing permanent military bases in the Middle Eastern country. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: International affairs \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| War \| Methodism \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Nov 09, 2007
	Council of Bishops Elects Gregory Palmer President Iowa Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer was elected Nov. 8 to lead the worldwide Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. He will begin his two-year term as the council's president in May 2008. Palmer will succeed Bishop Janice Riggle Huie of Houston, whose term expires during the 2008 General Conference meeting next spring in Fort Worth, Texas. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Nov 09, 2007
	Red Bird’s Wings of Love The Red Bird Valley, nestled in the Appalachian mountains of southeastern Kentucky, is an isolated area where three counties come together. The area is underdeveloped, cut off from the educational and medical services of the county seats, with very few employment opportunities for the people of Appalachia. In a region with very little, The United Methodist Church is a presence that has provided hope to a part of the country that many have forgotten. Source: New World Outlook More about: Christian love \| Communities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Hunger \| Missionaries \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Nov 05, 2007
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