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	Methodists in Puerto Rico Elect New Bishop New York, NY, November 18, 2000--A clergyman who is also a trained musician is the bishop- elect of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM news \| Global connections \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Puerto Rico \| Date posted: Nov 18, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for November 17, 2009 In Today's Hotline: PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Recovery UMCOR: UMCOR Receives Second Four-Star Rating US: Training for Disaster Response DRC: Restore Wings of Relief *EVENT: Immigration Reform Source: UMCOR More about: Christmas \| Emergencies \| Immigration \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Congo DR \| Philippines \| United States \| Date posted: Nov 17, 2009
	Mission Agency Adopts New Plan for Distributing and Monitoring International Funds New York, NY, November 13, 2009--The General Board of Global Ministries, the mission agency of The United Methodist Church, is changing the way it delivers and monitors funds for international mission work. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Economy \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Global connections \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Europe \| Latin America \| Date posted: Nov 13, 2009
	Advent Wreath Lighting Devotion 2009 Advent is the season in the Christian year when we hear and participate in the time of waiting for the birth of the Messiah, and we look with hope for the second coming of Christ. It is a time of intentional prayer for the light of Christ to fill the darkest corners of our world. We hear the voice of God in scripture. We hear the voices of God's people around the earth as we pray together for the brilliant light of Christ's love to warm the hearts and lives of humankind. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Advent \| GBGM events \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Date posted: Nov 13, 2009
	Two United Methodists Honored for Ecumenical Service Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 12, 2009-- Lois Dauway, an executive of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, was honored for outstanding service to ecumenism at the 2009 General Assembly of the National Council of Churches and Church World Service. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Ecumenical \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Date posted: Nov 12, 2009
	Service Marks 225th Anniversary of a Defining Moment in Methodist History Frederica, Delaware, Nov. 11, 2009--On a bright November Sunday, 125 United Methodists gathered to thank and praise God at the spot where, 225 years earlier, events converged to shape the course of American Methodism. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Date posted: Nov 12, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for November 10, 2009 In Today's Hotline: PHILIPPINES: Volunteers Distribute Relief UMCOR: 2009 Gift Catalog is Here! CAMBODIA: Typhoon Ketsana Response US: UMCOR Disaster Exec Awarded for Social Awareness Source: UMCOR More about: Christmas \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Cambodia \| Philippines \| United States \| Date posted: Nov 10, 2009
	Application Process for Executive Mission Post Open until November 20 November 20 is the deadline for receiving applications and nominations with resumes for the position of chief executive (general secretary) of the international mission agency of The United Methodist Church. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM news \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Leadership Development \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Nov 04, 2009
	First Monday: Internet Resource on the Church and Immigration First Monday is a monthly internet newsletter that offers valuable resources on the church and immigration issues in the United States. It is issued by Justice for our Neighbors (JFON), a network of free legal clinics for immigrants related to UMCOR--the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM programs \| Immigration \| Justice \| Missionaries \| Newsletters \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Nov 03, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for November 3, 2009 In Today's Hotline: GEORGIA: Medical Supplies Arrive in Georgia RESOURCES: New AIDS Educational Kit and Photo Slide Show MALAWI: Helping Orphans, Empowering Women US: Best Practices for H1N1 Source: UMCOR More about: AIDS/HIV \| Emergencies \| Health \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Georgia \| Malawi \| World \| Date posted: Nov 03, 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
	The UMCOR Hotline for October 27, 2009 In Today's Hotline: PHILIPPINES: Helping Disaster Survivors INDONESIA: Earthquake Relief INDIA: Flood Response ZAMBIA: Bicycles for Home Care Givers Source: UMCOR More about: AIDS/HIV \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| India \| Indonesia \| Philippines \| Zambia \| Date posted: Oct 27, 2009
	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
	United Methodist Worship Begins in Kosice, Slovakia In early October, regular Sunday worship services were started at the United Methodist mission in Kosice, the second largest city in Slovakia. The worship is an outgrowth of a ministry with children and youth begun four years ago. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Children \| Evangelism \| Evangelization \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Slovakia \| Date posted: Oct 23, 2009
	Italian Methodists Elect New President, Focus Ministry on Immigrants New York, New York, October 22, 2009--The Methodist community of Italy now has its first woman president, who is assuming her duties at a time when the small church is seeking to increase it ministry among immigrants. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Communities \| Global connections \| Hate \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| Partners/partnerships \| Urban \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Italy \| Date posted: Oct 22, 2009
	Elaine Barnes, Former Mission Executive, Dies The Rev. Elaine Barnes, a retired pastor in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference and a former staff member of the General Board of Global Ministries, died on October 14 in Philadelphia. She retired from the conference in 2003 after a long ministry beginning in 1968 with her first pastoral appointment. Source: GBGM Administration More about: GBGM news \| United Methodist Church \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Oct 21, 2009
	‘Imagine Something More’ to End Malaria, Bishop Says United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton keeps a $10 bill in his pocket so he can demonstrate how little money it takes to protect an African household from malaria. Source: UMCOR More about: Health \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Global Health \| Africa \| Date posted: Oct 20, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for October 20, 2009 In Today's Hotline: US: Churches Respond to South Pacific Disaster RESOURCES: World AIDS Day, Dec. 1 US: UMCOR Directors Approve Funding for Hunger Programs ARMENIA: Help for a Boy with TB Source: UMCOR More about: AIDS/HIV \| Emergencies \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Armenia \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 20, 2009
	UMCOR Directors Approve Funding for Programs that Address Hunger The United Methodist Committee on Relief's (UMCOR) board of directors reviewed and approved $25,000 to support a program benefiting children who are chronically malnourished in South Africa. Source: UMCOR More about: Hunger \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Global Health \| Haiti \| Date posted: Oct 19, 2009
	Mission as "Connective Wiring" in Sharing God's Love in the World Stamford, Connecticut, October 13, 2009-- Those who engage in mission form the "connective wiring" that makes possible the sharing of God's love by United Methodists and ecumenical partners with all of God's children, the chief mission executive of the denomination told directors of the General Board of Global Ministries, meeting October 12-14 in Stamford, Connecticut. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| General Conference \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Focus on Global Health \| Date posted: Oct 13, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for October 13, 2009 In Today's Hotline: WORLDWIDE: Help Disaster Survivors RESOURCES: World Food Day, Oct. 16 GEORGIA: Bringing Home the “Dough” JFON: Bay Area JFON Successfully Launched *EVENT: Change the World Conference Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Hunger \| Immigration \| Natural disasters \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Georgia \| Indonesia \| Philippines \| United States \| World \| Date posted: Oct 13, 2009
	Academy for Church Growth Hears Calls for an "Evangelical Missiology" Freetown, Sierra Leone, October 6, 2009--From a site overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Freetown, Sierra Leone, a new series of United Methodist Academies for Evangelization and Church Growth in Africa got under way in early October. Twenty pastors and lay leaders from Sierra Leone and Liberia took part. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: Education \| Evangelism \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Africa \| Liberia \| Nigeria \| Sierra Leone \| Date posted: Oct 07, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for October 6, 2009 In Today's Hotline: WORLDWIDE: UMCOR Responds to Recent Disasters RESOURCES: Emergency Response Church Bulletin and Power Point Slide Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Philippines \| Samoa \| Samoa-American \| Tonga \| Date posted: Oct 06, 2009
	Job Description: General Secretary, General Board of Global Ministries The Board of Directors, under the direction of President Bishop Bruce Ough, has designated a search committee to undertake a global search for the next General Secretary. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM news \| Global connections \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Date posted: Oct 05, 2009
	Church and Community Workers: 125 Years of Mission and Counting Gallant, Alabama, September 29, 2009--A year- long celebration will mark the 125th anniversary of a United Methodist missionary movement devoted to the ministry with the poor and marginalized in the United States. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Focus on Leadership Development \| Date posted: Oct 01, 2009
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