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	Oregon Youth Decide to B1 Tell eight youth and three adult volunteers that they will skip food for 24 hours and you can imagine the responses! But once these members of Madras United Methodist Church in Madras, Oregon put their minds to it, there was very little complaining. The B1 campaign raises awareness of issues of poverty locally and globally. Source: Advance More about: Children \| Finance \| Poverty \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Chile \| Date posted: Dec 07, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for December 1, 2009 In Today's Hotline: CHILE: Disaster Response Training KENYA: Education Gives Hope to Children Orphaned by AIDS JFON: Helping Asylum Seekers UMCOR: Give a Gift that Serves Others RESOURCES: World AIDS Day, Dec. 1 Source: UMCOR More about: AIDS/HIV \| Emergencies \| Immigration \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Chile \| Kenya \| World \| Date posted: Dec 01, 2009
	Forty Years of Methodist Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean São Paulo, Brazil, August 27, 2009-- Representatives of Methodist churches from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the Methodist University of São Paulo, August 17-21, to celebrate 40 years of collaboration in ministry. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Communities \| Ecumenical \| Global connections \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Focus on Congregational Development \| Argentina \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Caribbean Islands \| Chile \| Colombia \| Costa Rica \| Cuba \| Dominican Republic \| Ecuador \| El Salvador \| Guatemala \| Honduras \| Mexico \| Nicaragua \| Panama \| Peru \| Puerto Rico \| Uruguay \| Venezuela \| Date posted: Aug 27, 2009
	Hallelujah Moment from Chile: Holes Are Filled Harrell, now a missionary, came to realize that many persons who want to see only beauty and eat only delicacies have "holes" within that go unfilled. She says, "During my years in Chile, I have witnessed a filling of the 'hole' among many members of Volunteers in Mission (VIM) teams or individuals who have ventured to live and work with those living in poverty." Source: Mission Education More about: Children \| Communities \| Education \| Global connections \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Youth \| Focus on Ministry with the Poor \| Chile \| Date posted: Aug 14, 2009
	The UMCOR Hotline for April 14, 2009 In Today's Hotline: US: Tornado Response CHILE: Flood Recovery US: Church Learns About Child Labor EVENT: Anti-Hunger Concert *RESOURCES: Nets and Knowledge - New Photo Slide Show Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Chile \| United States \| Date posted: Apr 14, 2009
	Chilean Mission Assumes Management of Government Women's Center Alto Hospicio, Chile, March 30--A mission- related Center on Family Violence (Centro de Atención Familiar) in mid-March assumed oversight of a new government-sponsored Women's Center (Centro de la Mujer) in this community on the edge of the Chilean city of Iquique. The move was at the request of the women's department of the country. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Children \| Chile \| Date posted: Mar 31, 2009
	Hallelujah Moment from Chile: The Golden Girls of La Esperanza Upon making new acquaintances, Adriana quickly invites them to her house for tea. She proudly gives a tour of the entire home, assuring the guests that “here they take good care of us” and introducing them to all of her “brothers and sisters.” Source: Mission Education More about: Disabilities \| Global connections \| Globalization \| Health \| Human rights \| Justice \| Welfare \| Women \| Older adults \| Chile \| Date posted: Dec 12, 2008
	Church Boarding School for Andean Youth to Reopen in Chile after Two-Year Hiatus Iquique, Chile, September 18, 2008--The board of directors of Methodist Extension to Andean Youth (EMANA) in Chile is reopening Instituto Kusayapu, a boarding school in the Pueblo of Pachica. The institution was closed for two years while options for its future were considered. Source: Mission Stories More about: Advance \| Chile \| Date posted: Sep 22, 2008
	Hallelujah Moment from Chile: Terremoto! We lost power. Then I heard it—that rumbling that comes as the earth begins to split and move…"terremoto," as we say in Spanish. People were running, moms rushing to a nearby school to retrieve their children--fear driving them on. Source: Mission Education More about: GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| Natural disasters \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Chile \| Latin America \| Date posted: Dec 14, 2007
	Hallelujah Moment From Chile Rising from Tragedy Living in Iquique, Chile, is pretty much like living anywhere else in the world. There are shopping malls, theaters, restaurants, schools, and vehicles of every size and shape, new and old. In the morning before assuming my work duties for the day, I join the joggers running along the beach. Source: Mission Education More about: Christian love \| GBGM programs \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Methodism \| Chile \| South America \| Date posted: May 02, 2007
	Hallelujah Moment from Santiago, Chile '…and Alain began to move with the Spirit.' Alain is 37. His clinical diagnosis is severe mental retardation and Down Syndrome. I invited Alain to accompany me in worship leadership with a liturgical dance. The song I chose for him to interpret was, “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.” Source: Mission Education More about: Christian love \| Disabilities \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Missionaries \| Advance \| Chile \| Date posted: Mar 21, 2007
	New Ministry of EMANA Provides Sight in Chile The "gift of sight" can bring smiles to the faces of both young and old. During the first week of October 2006, The Methodist Extension to Andean Youth (EMANA) expanded its Integral Health Project to include an eyeglass ministry for the Andean people in the pueblos of Northern Chile . Source: Mission Personnel More about: Children \| Christian love \| GBGM programs \| Health \| Missionaries \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Partners/partnerships \| Chile \| South America \| Date posted: Oct 31, 2006
	The UMCOR Hotline: July 5, 2005 Caring for Zimbabwe's homeless; A desperate journey to the US; Increasing famine threat in Africa; Rebuilding lives and seeking water in Afghanistan. Source: UMCOR More about: Advocacy \| Christian love \| Civil rights \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Grants \| Health \| Human rights \| Hunger \| Immigration \| International affairs \| Justice \| Mission opportunities \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| Prayers \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Advance \| Methodism \| Mission updates \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Azerbaijan \| Chile \| South Africa \| United States \| Date posted: Jul 05, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, June 21, 2005 Civil unrest in Haiti has led United Methodist Volunteers in Mission to cancel all summer mission trips to Haiti. Heavy spring rains in the Highwood Mountains of north-central Montana destroyed bridges in the area. Northern Chile was rocked by a powerful earthquake last week. Food shortages from the lack of rain, locust infestations, and a breakdown of civil infrastructures are causing famines in southern, western, and eastern African nations. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| Volunteers \| Africa \| Caribbean Islands \| Chile \| Haiti \| Latin America \| Date posted: Jun 21, 2005
	Earthquake Damages Methodist Schools in Andes Mountains of Chile NEW YORK, New York – June 16, 2005—UM mission personnel and volunteers in the northern Chilean area struck by an earthquake on June 13 are safe, as are staff and students at Methodist schools, but the homes of many poor people were destroyed and several of the school buildings were heavily damaged. The tremor, measured at 7.9 on the Richter scale. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Emergencies \| GBGM news \| Missionaries \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| UMCOR \| Water \| Mission updates \| Chile \| Date posted: Jun 16, 2005
	Words from a sister serving in Chile The days that have passed during this Lenten period have brought me into His Presence in very unexpected ways...none which could be properly expressed to you in my native tongue Source: Mission Volunteers More about: Christian love \| Easter \| Lent \| Missionaries \| Volunteers \| Chile \| Date posted: Mar 27, 2005
	A Church Grows in Chile Nydia and Juan de Dios Jaras , missionaries of the General Board of Global Ministries share how a church was started in a small village in Chile through faith and support of local people. Source: Missionary stories More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Evangelization \| Missionaries \| Chile \| Date posted: May 22, 2003
	Feliz Navidad! It’s Christmas in the Andes Janet and Luis Garcia are missionaries of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church assigned in Chile with the EMANA (Methodist Extension to Andean Youth) Project. EMANA is a ministry that serves the rural Aymara communities in northern Chile. They are currently in the U.S. visiting support churches. They send Christmas greetings and story from the Andes. Source: Missionary stories More about: Advent \| Christmas \| Communities \| Education \| GBGM programs \| Missionaries \| Prayers \| Chile \| Date posted: Dec 19, 2002
	Latin American Bishops Eye Initiative on Children's Issues Leaders of CIEMAL (Council of Evangelical Methodist Churches in Latin America), a consortium of indigenous Methodist churches, called on their United Methodist counterparts to join them in addressing the particular concerns of children – and their families – who live in poverty across Latin American and the Caribbean. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Economy \| Health \| Hunger \| Poverty \| United Methodist Church \| Urban \| Argentina \| Bolivia \| Brazil \| Caribbean Islands \| Chile \| Ecuador \| Latin America \| Puerto Rico \| Date posted: Nov 13, 2002
	Our Well Being is Tied to the Well Being of our Friends: What it Means to Volunteer John Cogswell has volunteered 24 times since 1992 to work with his friends of the Kusayapu Institute in northern Chile. His inspiring message describes his life as a United Methodist Volunteer. Source: Missionary stories More about: Agriculture \| Christian love \| Communities \| Family \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Volunteers \| Chile \| Date posted: Jun 13, 2002
	Our Amazing God is Behind Us Luis and Janet Garcia are missionaries assigned to Chile by the General Board of Global Ministries. They share progress of work at Kusayapu Agricultural Institute. Source: Missionary stories More about: Agriculture \| Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Education \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Women \| Youth \| Chile \| Date posted: Jun 10, 2002
	A New Awareness Peggy and Howard Heiner, retired missionaries of the United Methodist Church of the General Board of Global Ministries offer reflections on hope for peace in the new year. Source: Missionary stories More about: Christian love \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| Chile \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 17, 2002
	Words of Comfort From Chile Shana Harrison, tells how events of September 11th have impacted life in Chile where she serves as a United Methodist missionary assigned by the General Board of Global Ministries. "They can cut all of the flowers, but they can not stop the coming of Spring." Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Source: Missionary stories More about: Communities \| Donations \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Peace \| Poverty \| Prayers \| Chile \| Date posted: Nov 19, 2001
	In our work with the children in Sunday School ...In our work with the children in Sunday School, Kid's Club and the girl's group we see the results of very difficult family situations that have been described to us. Many children are being raised by single mothers or by grandparents so many in fact that while schools and churches give great attention to Mother's Day, they frequently skip Father's Day as it causes too much negative impact. Source: Missionary stories More about: Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Education \| Health \| Human rights \| Hunger \| Missionaries \| Poverty \| Youth \| Chile \| Date posted: Sep 11, 2001
	GBGM Commissions Newest Class Of Mission Personnel Twenty-four persons assigned to United Methodist- related ministries from Tonga to Macedonia, Liberia to Chile, were commissioned in Atlanta, GA, Dec. 12, 1999 by the General Board of Global Ministries. Source: GBGM Mission News More about: GBGM events \| GBGM news \| Mission opportunities \| Missionaries \| Volunteers \| Africa \| Algeria \| Argentina \| Bolivia \| Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Brazil \| Chile \| Ghana \| Japan \| Latvia \| Liberia \| Libya \| Lithuania \| Macedonia-FYROM \| Tonga \| Ukraine \| United States \| Venezuela \| Date posted: Dec 20, 1999
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