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Global Mission Grants Cover Four United Methodist Priorities
New York, NY, November 10, 2009--More than
$1.8 million in "mission opportunity grants"
were approved or confirmed by directors of the
United Methodist General Board of Global
Ministries at their annual meeting in Stamford,
Connecticut, in mid-October.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:education|finance|health|Focus on Congregational Development|Focus on Leadership Development|Focus on Ministry with the Poor|Focus on Global Health|
Congo DR|Japan|Pakistan|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Nov 10, 2009
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Hallelujah Moment from Palestine: The Bee Hive Project
“The Bee Hive Project” will purchase
beehives, train local people as beekeepers, and
sell honey so that needy families in Wadi Foquin
will have incomes.
Source:
Mission Education
More about:agriculture|children|global connections|peace|poverty|women|youth|partners/partnerships|Focus on Congregational Development|
Israel|Palestine|
Date posted:
Sep 18, 2009
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Global Praise Songleader Training Held in Richmond, VA, May 2009
Earlier this spring, the Global Praise program
of
the General Board of Global Ministries of The
United Methodist Church together with the United
Methodist Women's division of Global Ministries
held a weekend training event in Richmond, VA.
The event gathered seasoned and upcoming
songleaders from around the country together to
share resources and experiences in hopes of
providing a unique opportunity for cultivating
the art of songleading and a passion for global
music among United Methodists.
Source:
Mission Education
More about:communities|education|GBGM programs|music|United Methodist Church|women|Focus on Congregational Development|communities|education|GBGM programs|music|United Methodist Church|women|Focus on Congregational Development|
United States|North Eastern U.S.|
Date posted:
Jul 07, 2009
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Major Magazine Features Decline of Holy Land Christians
New York, NY, June 15, 2009--The ecumenical
Week of Peace in Palestine-Israel coincided with
a cover story in a major general magazine on an
issue of deep concern to some Christians: the
declining number of Christians in the Holy Land.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:Advocacy|Christian love|ethics|GBGM news|global connections|international affairs|peace|United Methodist Church|war|welfare|methodism|Advocacy|Christian love|ethics|GBGM news|global connections|international affairs|peace|United Methodist Church|war|welfare|methodism|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Jun 15, 2009
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Week for Peace in Palestine/Israel Under Way Among Churches Worldwide
New York, NY, June 4, 2009--A "World Week for
Peace in Palestine and Israel" is underway among
churches and Christian groups in as many as 40
countries.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:Advocacy|Christian love|ecumenical|global connections|human rights|international affairs|justice|peace|violence|war|partners/partnerships|
Israel|Palestine|World|
Date posted:
Jun 05, 2009
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New Arab Christian University in Israel Has Strong Methodist Connections
New York, NY, April 9, 2009--The first Arab
Christian university in Israel, slated for
Nazareth, has numerous Methodist connections,
including United Methodist mission ties.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:conflict|ecumenical|education|global connections|immigration|international affairs|justice|missionaries|peace|race|war|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Apr 09, 2009
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Roadmap to Renewal: Discovery and Rediscovery of Mission
New York, NY, April 3, 2009--Trips are quite
common in the Bible: Ancient Hebrews going to
Egypt and back; Judeans transported to Babylon;
Jesus and his band constantly moving around
Palestine; Saul on the way to Damascus. In the
Bible, people are often on the road, and in
their travels they learn about their
relationships with God.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:GBGM programs|United Methodist Church|GBGM programs|United Methodist Church|
United States|
Date posted:
Apr 03, 2009
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Singing With Creation
I remember how I started to cry--on the subway
during rush hour--one winter day in the mid
1990s.
I could not stop the tears from coming to my
eyes. It was remarkable, because I started to cry
over a loss of something that I didn't even know
existed! I had just read a small article in the
daily newspaper about the phenomenon of "singing
sand," which appears in many parts of the world,
be it sand by the shores of the world's seas or
in remote deserts.
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:environment|international affairs|music|environment|international affairs|music|
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Date posted:
Mar 01, 2009
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Mission Leaders Stress Humanitarian Needs in Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
New York, NY, January 7, 2009—The two top
mission leaders of The United Methodist Church
have appealed to President George W. Bush to use
his remaining days in office to bring about "an
immediate ceasefire in Gaza" that
will "effectively permit humanitarian relief" to
civilians in the Palestinian enclave under heavy
attack by Israel.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:Christian love|conflict|GBGM news|human rights|international affairs|missionaries|United Methodist Church|violence|war|partners/partnerships|statements|
Israel|Palestine|United States|North Eastern U.S.|
Date posted:
Jan 07, 2009
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Mission Grants Support Peace and Justice in the Holy Land
New York, NY, December 12, 2008--Recent
grants from the General Board of Global
Ministries underscore the United Methodist
commitment to peace and justice in the Holy Land.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:children|communities|conflict|donations|education|emergencies|evangelization|GBGM programs|global connections|grants|health|human rights|international affairs|justice|peace|United Methodist Church|violence|war|water|welfare|women|youth|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Dec 16, 2008
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Remember Where Our Hope Truly Lies: Advent Reflection on Mark 13 First Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2008
As I am writing this, I am watching a news
broadcast about the failing economy. Worries
about banks failing, war, and environmental
collapse seem to bubble up in many of my
conversations. With such chaos around me, I have
found it difficult to know how to hope, and in
what to place my hope. Yet in Advent we are once
again to hope and wait for the coming Messiah.
Source:
Mission Personnel
More about:Advent|Bible|Christmas|Jesus Christ|United Methodist Church|
Zambia|Africa|World|
Date posted:
Nov 28, 2008
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Missionary Shares Story of his Palestinian Mother
The Rev. Alex Awad can trace the history of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict through its impact
on his mother's 90 years of life. He also can
trace the influence the Christian church has had
on his mother and her family. His new book,
Palestinian Memories: The Story of a Palestinian
Mother and Her People, is a story of his
mother's Christian faith and of the Palestinian
people.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:Advocacy|Christian love|conflict|education|family|immigration|international affairs|missionaries|peace|United Methodist Church|Advocacy|Christian love|conflict|education|family|immigration|international affairs|missionaries|peace|United Methodist Church|
Israel|Palestine|
Date posted:
Sep 12, 2008
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Mission Study on Israel-Palestine Is Consistent with United Methodist Policy
(Revised June 2008)
Chief executives of the Women's Division and the
General Board of Global Ministries called the
2007-2008 Israel-Palestine mission study
consistent with the denomination's stand for a
just and lasting peace in that region in a
joint statement issued Feb. 19 (updated in
June, 2008). Women's Division Deputy General
Secretary Harriett Jane Olson and Global
Ministries' Interim General Secretary Bishop
Felton E. May issued the statement in response
to attacks on the study launched after a
denominational briefing for delegates to the
2008 General Conference.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:justice|peace|United Methodist Church|
Israel|Palestine|
Date posted:
Jun 24, 2008
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United Methodists Reject Divestment from Israel
A number of petitions, including five from U.S.
annual (regional) conferences, were folded into
one petition on "divestment" that called on the
denomination's pension board and finance
agency "to review and identify companies that
profit from sales of products or services that
cause harm to Palestinians and Israelis and
begin phased selective divestment from these
companies."
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:conflict|international affairs|Resolutions of the UMC|United Methodist Church|
Israel|Palestine|World|
Date posted:
May 04, 2008
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Where Will Our Help Come From?
Lent 2008
I live in a place that knows how to ask the
question: "Where will our help come from?"
The voice that sings the 121st song is not
foreign to Palestine or to Palestinians. Living
here, working and speaking each day with
Palestinian Christians, I hear in almost ever
word the question: "Where will our help come
from?"
Source:
Mission Personnel
More about:communities|GBGM programs|international affairs|Lent|missionaries|United Methodist Church|youth|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Mar 19, 2008
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Mission Study on "Israel-Palestine" Is Consistent with United Methodist Policy
A comprehensive 1996 statement on Christian-Jewish
relations by The United Methodist Church's
legislating General Conference strongly reiterated
the denomination's opposition to all forms of
anti-Semitism. Four years later, the quadrennial
General Conference, which is the only entity that
speaks for the whole church, urged United
Methodists to observe Yom HaShoah, the annual
Holocaust Memorial Day, and also addressed
Israeli-Palestinian relations in the Middle East.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:GBGM news|United Methodist Church|statements|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Feb 19, 2008
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Mission Leader Is Concerned about Situation in Gaza
Following Closing of Border to Food and Fuel Supplies
The head of the mission agency of The United
Methodist Church has expressed deep concern about
the situation in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza
following incidents in which Israel closed the
border to essential supplies of food and fuel.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:civil rights|communities|GBGM news|human rights|hunger|international affairs|justice|refugees|violence|
Israel|Palestine|
Date posted:
Jan 25, 2008
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Global Song: Raising Awareness of One Great Hour of Sharing in Worship
It is often through the gift of music that we
connect with people, their communities, their
needs, their gifts, and their faith. As
congregational leaders prepare for One Great
Hour of Sharing, the following suggestions from
Global Praise 3, a Global Praise resource, are
offered for use in worship to enable God's
people to pray together in the universal
language of music.
Source:
Evangelization and Church Growth
More about:evangelism|evangelization|music|One Great Hour of Sharing|
Albania|Bangladesh|Congo DR|Haiti|Indonesia|Israel|Lebanon|Liberia|Pakistan|Palestine|Sierra Leone|United States|
Date posted:
Jan 10, 2008
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Listen to Global Ministries Missionary Voice Podcasts
The Global Ministries website now offers a new,
exciting resource, The Missionary Voice: podcasts
from a broad spectrum of locations, on a variety
of topics. From Palestine/Israel to the Deaf
Shalom Zone in Baltimore, you can listen in as
missionaries discuss real-life faith challenges
and values, and receive firsthand accounts of
their efforts to do God's work.
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:GBGM programs|missionaries|United Methodist Church|methodism|
United States|World|
Date posted:
Jan 03, 2008
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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|
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Date posted:
Dec 20, 2007
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Listen to the Missionary Voice
What is social justice? What did Mary do with
those gifts given to her on the occasion of Jesus'
birth? And where can you find a good chili cheese
dog in Washington, DC? To find the answers to
these and other questions, you can listen to
short, substantive online interviews with
missionaries.
Source:
GBGM Administration
More about:GBGM programs|missionaries|United Methodist Church|methodism|
United States|World|
Date posted:
Aug 21, 2007
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Mission Agency Takes No Position on Financial Divestment in Israel
New York, NY, August 17, 2007 -- The General
Board of Global Ministries has taken no position
on financial divestment in Israel. The
international mission agency is not submitting a
resolution to The United Methodist Church's
highest legislative body supporting divestment in
companies doing business in Israel as a protest
to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:conflict|international affairs|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Aug 17, 2007
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Seventeen Young Missionaries Commissioned To Service
On Sunday morning at the United Methodist Church
of St. Paul and St. Andrew in New York City, 17
young adults kneeled and were commissioned for
United Methodist missions throughout the world.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:GBGM events|GBGM news|GBGM programs|missionaries|youth|GBGM events|GBGM news|GBGM programs|missionaries|youth|
United States|North Eastern U.S.|
Date posted:
Jul 19, 2007
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Summertime = Reading: New Mission Studies
Summertime equals reading. This year, tens of
thousands of United Methodists and friends will
crack open one of several books known as mission
studies, as if they are all in one big,
meaningful book club.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:Bible|education|GBGM programs|human rights|international affairs|Jesus Christ|John Wesley|music|prayers|United Methodist Church|methodism|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|World|
Date posted:
Jun 22, 2007
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Providing the Balance
This year the geographic mission study for the
Schools of Christian Mission will be
Israel/Palestine. This Middle Eastern conflict is
an issue that never seems to go away because it
never gets resolved. The region has been in
conflict my whole life, so in some ways, I don't
expect it to be resolved. But then, ...
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:communities|GBGM programs|international affairs|United Methodist Church|violence|war|
Israel|Palestine|Middle East|
Date posted:
Mar 01, 2007
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