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Gifts that Make the World a Better Place: Alternative Giving and UMCOR
"Christmas is not your birthday, kids. It's
Jesus' birthday! For Christmas, do you really
think God wants you to have the Warhammer Xbox
360 game? Does God want you to accumulate more
toys that just get dusty? Maybe God wants our
family to help others this Christmas; to feed
the hungry; to welcome the stranger; to
volunteer at church; to love one another."
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:Advent|children|Christian love|Jesus Christ|poverty|Focus on Ministry with the Poor|Advent|children|Christian love|Jesus Christ|poverty|Focus on Ministry with the Poor|
Date posted:
Nov 20, 2009
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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
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Clean Hands Save Lives
“Clean Hands Save Lives” was the theme of the 2nd
International Global Hand washing Day (GHD).
UMCOR Indonesia celebrated the day with thousands
of schoolchildren, hundreds of teachers and local
government department representatives from
Education and Health offices in Bireuen and Aceh
Besar districts of Aceh Province.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:health|UMCOR|Focus on Global Health|
Indonesia|
Date posted:
Nov 13, 2009
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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|ecumenical|United Methodist Church|Focus on Leadership Development|
Date posted:
Nov 12, 2009
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"Stepping Up to Shalom" at National Summit
Columbia, South Carolina, November 9, 2009--
Twenty-six states were represented among the 275
people who took part in the Eighth National
Summit of the Communities of Shalom, a faith-
based movement promoting community development
and justice, meeting in Columbia, South
Carolina, in the closing days of October.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:communities|justice|Focus on Congregational Development|communities|justice|Focus on Congregational Development|
Date posted:
Nov 10, 2009
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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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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
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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
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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
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Tales of Hope
HIV/AIDS affects people in all nations at all
strata of society. Thanks to the United
Methodist Global AIDS Fund, United Methodists
and their partners can fight this disease in
various countries through church, community, and
hospital-based projects.
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:AIDS/HIV|children|global connections|poverty|welfare|women|youth|Focus on Global Health|AIDS/HIV|children|global connections|poverty|welfare|women|youth|Focus on Global Health|
India|Zambia|Zimbabwe|
Date posted:
Nov 01, 2009
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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|AIDS/HIV|United Methodist Church|Focus on Global Health|
Date posted:
Nov 01, 2009
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Saving Lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Disheveled children of every age and size
crowded around our vehicle as it ground to a
stop in front of the United Methodist Mpasa
Reference Health Center in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. It was in this sprawling
suburb of Kinshasa, DR Congo, that I was to
assess health facilities for the Central Congo
Conference. Dr. Rebecca Yohadi, the conference's
Chief Medical Officer, told me that the Mpasa
suburb sprang up in 1998 near a military
installation as a camp for displaced persons and
refugees.
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:AIDS/HIV|children|conflict|health|hunger|poverty|violence|women|youth|Focus on Ministry with the Poor|Focus on Global Health|AIDS/HIV|children|conflict|health|hunger|poverty|violence|women|youth|Focus on Ministry with the Poor|Focus on Global Health|
Congo DR|
Date posted:
Nov 01, 2009
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US Annual Conferences Respond to AIDS Realities
"What we need is not more words, but action!"
proclaimed Bishop Kainda Katembo, episcopal
leader for the South Congo Episcopal Area, as he
spoke some years ago about the AIDS crisis in
Africa. Thankfully, United Methodists heard that
plea and have been responding in profound ways.
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:AIDS/HIV|children|health|women|youth|Focus on Global Health|AIDS/HIV|children|health|women|youth|Focus on Global Health|
Congo DR|Africa|
Date posted:
Nov 01, 2009
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The Context of HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean
For more than 12 years, the Comprehensive
Health Program of the Council of Evangelical
Methodist Churches in Latin America and the
Caribbean (CIEMAL) has been focusing on the
church's response to health issues confronting
Latin American and Caribbean communities.
Source:
New World Outlook
More about:AIDS/HIV|children|education|health|women|youth|Focus on Global Health|AIDS/HIV|children|education|health|women|youth|Focus on Global Health|
Caribbean Islands|Latin America|
Date posted:
Nov 01, 2009
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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"Is the Lord Among Us?" Mission Leader Gives Resounding "Yes"
Stamford, Connecticut, October 14, 2009--"The
Lord is among us," the president of the General
Board of Global Ministries told directors of the
mission agency at their annual meeting, held in
Stamford, Connecticut on October 12-14.
Source:
GBGM Mission News
More about:GBGM events|GBGM news|global connections|mission opportunities|missionaries|Focus on Congregational Development|Focus on Leadership Development|Focus on Ministry with the Poor|Focus on Global Health|
Date posted:
Oct 14, 2009
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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
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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
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Primetimers Mission Study and Activity Cover Broad Range of Topics and Locales
New York, NY, October 6, 2009--Environmental
protection, Methodism in Latin America, music in
Jamaica, and justice issues along the US-Mexican
border are among the week-long educational
forums available to United Methodist older
adults in 2010 and early 2011 through the
Primetimers mission volunteer program.
Source:
GBGM Press Releases
More about:environment|GBGM events|justice|volunteers|environment|GBGM events|justice|volunteers|
Costa Rica|Jamaica|Mexico|
Date posted:
Oct 06, 2009
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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
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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
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The UMCOR Hotline for September 29, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Ketsana Response
ARMENIA: World Food Day, Oct. 16
JFON: Setting a Captive Free
EVENT: Mental Illness Awareness Week
Source:
UMCOR
More about:emergencies|hunger|immigration|natural disasters|refugees|UMCOR|United Methodist Church|
Armenia|Philippines|
Date posted:
Sep 30, 2009
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