In the month following South Sudan's independence, the United Methodist people of South Sudan outlined the priorities that will help strengthen the church as part of building a new nation. A team of clergy and lay leaders from Yei District came together for a roundtable meeting in Kampala, Uganda, on August 9 and 10, 2011, with delegates from the East Africa Annual Conference, the General Board of Global Ministries, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the Holston Annual Conference, and Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Sep 23, 2011

A delegation from The United Methodist Church met with the Foreign Minister and other leaders of Côte d'Ivoire to explore areas of common interest as the West African country recovers from a post-electoral crisis earlier this year. Bishop Weaver of New England led the delegation and later said he was encouraged by the meeting and emphasized the role of the church as a global organization.
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Date posted: Sep 22, 2011

Melissa Crutchfield, assistant general secretary for International Disaster Response at the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), and Thomas Dwyer, executive director of UMCOR NGO, answered some of the more difficult questions and concerns about earthquake relief in Haiti during an information session in January.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: May 12, 2011

Before 1960, when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was still under Belgian rule, an interwoven series of canals crisscrossed the countryside. The canals carried storm water away from the villages to the rivers, keeping standing water at a minimum. This gave mosquitoes little chance to breed in and around the villages where the Belgian administrators lived.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Nov 18, 2010

New York, NY, November 10, 2010--The young United Methodist Church of Cameroon has for the first time joined with other Protestants in response to a major public health crisis in the West African country.
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Date posted: Nov 10, 2010

September 17, 2010--The number of Americans living in poverty has climbed, and The United Methodist Church is looking for ways to help.
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Date posted: Sep 17, 2010

NEW YORK, NY, September 16, 2010--The United Methodist Church plans a 10-day series of live internet events from Sunday, October 10 through Tuesday, October 19, to report on the denomination's work to combat poverty, disease, and social injustice throughout the world.
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Date posted: Sep 16, 2010

For untold years, women and children in Las Mesas, Nicaragua, walked two miles each way to get water. Grandmothers, mothers, and children made this trip several times a day, every day-- walking in flimsy flip-flops across sharp rocks and hard-baked soil. They were going to fetch 5- gallon buckets of water, each filled bucket weighing 40 pounds.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Aug 02, 2010

God's creation is in crisis. We, the Bishops of The United Methodist Church, cannot remain silent while God's people and God's planet suffer. This beautiful natural world is a loving gift from God, the Creator of all things seen and unseen. God has entrusted its care to all of us, but we have turned our backs on God and on our responsibilities.
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Date posted: Jul 21, 2010

It used to be that Native Americans cared for the earth like no others. Not only did we believe that we came from the earth, but we literally believed that the earth was our mother. Then, as time passed on and human technology abounded, we began to get careless and reckless in our way of life. Now our caring for the earth seems to have dropped by the wayside.
Source: New World Outlook
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Date posted: Jun 24, 2010

Today's gospel text is Jesus' lament over Jerusalem. "How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!" Lent is a time for all of us to examine our willingness to be disciples of Jesus Christ.
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Date posted: Feb 27, 2010

On February 1, 2010, the First United Methodist Church of Flushing, Queens, gave $60,000 to UMCOR relief efforts in Haiti. Church parishioners gave about $45,000 through a special offering, and the church gave the rest.
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Date posted: Feb 08, 2010

Singing the Haitian hymn "Béjè mouin, sè you Roua d'amou / Adonai's my loving Shepherd" is one way we can pray with the people of Haiti.
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Date posted: Jan 25, 2010

New York, NY, January 19, 2010--"Praise God from whom all blessings flow…." The words could be heard by anyone standing near the rubble of the Hotel Montana in the small hours of the morning, January 15, 2010.
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Date posted: Jan 19, 2010