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February
45 articles found for February, 2002.
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Try.comE (Training Responsible Youth through
Challenge in Opportunities for
Entrepreneurship), a program designed by the
Community of Shalom in the North
Texas Annual Conference to enrich the lives of
young people in the community, recently held a
week-long camp at Mountain View College. Each
day’s theme focused
on principles that can be applied in work and
management situations. Rhena Ansley, a recent
youth participant, shares her enthusiasm in
the following story.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2002
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Bill and Jimmye Whitfield, longtime missionaries
to Africa are currently assigned by the
General Board of Global Ministries to Tanazania.
The share their joy of being in mission these
many years and news of ongoing work as they
approach retirement.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2002
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Bishops See Quilting as Sign of Hope in Pakistan
The United Methodist leaders visited the quilt-
making project and also participated in the food
distribution, which coincided with the eve of a
Muslim holiday feast. Several newly sewn quilts
were handed out. The United Methodist Committee
on Relief (UMCOR) is supporting this program.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2002
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The global war against AIDS cannot be won
without the church, a United Methodist bishop
told a congressional briefing.
"Religions, denominations and churches cannot
conquer AIDS alone, but it will not happen
without us," said Bishop Felton Edwin May of the
denomination’s Washington Area. "Religion more
than any other influence shapes the values of
individuals and societies. It touches more
individual lives more directly and more
consistently than any other institution."
Date posted:Feb 28, 2002
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This year’s Offering of Letters campaign will
urge the U.S. Congress to assist low-income
families through new welfare legislation. The
annual letter-writing drive is sponsored by the
anti-hunger organization Bread for the World and
other religious groups.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2002
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In years past, when U.S. churches committed
themselves to resolving problems such as
slavery, child labor and legalized racial
discrimination, they became agents of social
change.
Now, through its decade-long "Mobilization to
Overcome Poverty," launched in November 2000,
the National Council of Churches (NCC) hopes to
stimulate the same type of commitment. The month
of March each year is designated as a time to
heighten awareness and monitor progress of the
10-year initiative.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2002
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Christian evangelism leaders from around the
world will gather in April to address crucial
issues of faith and mission in the 21st century.
The "Consultation on the Great Commission,"
April 3-6 at Emory University's Candler School
of Theology, will provide an international
context for the United Methodist Church to
consider critical issues related to evangelism
and mission. In giving the Great Commission,
Jesus told his followers to share the gospel
throughout the world.
Date posted:Feb 27, 2002
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Since the end of the communist era in Eastern
Europe, the United Methodist Church has been
growing steadily in the Baltic states of Latvia
and Lithuania.
Recognized as a traditional church in Latvia,
the denomination is seeking similar status in
Lithuania, where Methodism is regarded as a
sect. Bishop Oystein Olsen, whose Northern
Europe Area includes the Baltics, is optimistic
that such recognition will be coming soon.
Date posted:Feb 26, 2002
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The Women's Division announced today that
applications are available for The Theressa
Hoover Community Service and Global Citizen
Award. The grant, given annually to a young
woman (ages 21-35), regardless of race or
nationality, is for informal study, exploration,
learning, research or observation in a subject
area of the recipients choosing in harmony with
the current interests of the Women's Division.
Date posted:Feb 25, 2002
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A bishop of the Church of Pakistan thanked
members of a United Methodist delegation for
their denomination’s mission work in his country
and invited them to be partners in rebuilding
Afghanistan.
Date posted:Feb 25, 2002
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Sharing Our Blessings Through One Great Hour of Sharing (UMCOR)
Every now and then, I try to take a moment and
count my blessings. I usually start with my
family and friends, my home, my job. And as One
Great Hour of Sharing approaches, I am reminded
of some of the blessings I forget about or take
for granted.
Date posted:Feb 23, 2002
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The General Board of Global Ministries is
receiving regular updates on the renewed
fighting in Liberia from Bishop John Innis, who
remains in close contact with his congregations,
church workers, and the board’s mission
personnel. Bishop Innis has assured us that the
situation is calm at this time and he will
advise us of the most effective ways in which to
redeploy our personnel should it become
necessary.
Date posted:Feb 21, 2002
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As long ago as 1998, the United Methodist North
Texas Annual Conference had 20/20 vision – or,
more properly, Vision 2020.
That's the name conference members unanimously
adopted that year for a $12 million program to
be split three equal ways.
It's the largest financial endeavor in North
Texas conference history and, some say, the
largest ever for any United Methodist annual
conference primarily for programmatic use as
opposed to brick-and-mortar projects.
Date posted:Feb 20, 2002
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Dwight and Sonia Strawn are United Methodist
missionaries assigned by the General Board of
Global Ministries to Korea. A post 9/11
newsletter from them offers words of meditation
on peace. An excerpt follows:
Date posted:Feb 19, 2002
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John and Noel Calhoun who serve as Chaplain and
Coordinator of Social Ministries respectively in
Moscow, are missionaries assigned by the General
Board of Global Ministries of The United
Methodist Church. A recent newsletter
highlights
the struggle of people of color in church and
society in Moscow.
Date posted:Feb 18, 2002
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Photo Essay: Beginning Again in Northern Afghanistan: UMCOR/Mercy Corps Shelter Kits Arrive
UMCOR and Mercy Corps have teamed together to
provide the people of Hazar Bogh with shelter
kits and household items. Getting these much
needed supplies to this region of northern
Afghanistan was a complicated, circuitous
process. The supplies were ordered from Pakistan,
and because of the war had to be trucked from
Pakistan through Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan, and finally across the Pyanj river
into Afghanistan. Getting goods and people into
and out of Tajikistan took weeks of negotiation.
Date posted:Feb 18, 2002
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Family members of victims of the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks have launched a new
organization and dispatched a Valentine’s Day
message to President Bush asking for help in
establishing a fund for innocent Afghan victims
of the U.S. bombing campaign.
Date posted:Feb 15, 2002
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The Cataldos, Chet, Jodi and Natalya, are a
missionary family of the United Methodist Church
assigned by the General Board of Global
Ministries to Kaunas, Lithuania. They share the
heart-warming account of reunion with Christian
who fled Luthuania in the 1920's.
Date posted:Feb 13, 2002
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Annual recognition of the life-giving and life-
supporting contributions of African Americans to
the United States -- and the world -- through
Black History Month is important. It is important
because the untruths about the Africans who were
brought to this country as slaves, that were
promoted and taught as truth, have not yet been
purged from the psyches of the people of this
nation, black or white.
Date posted:Feb 13, 2002
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Marty Collier and her husband, Carter Garber,
are missionaries of the General Board of Global
Ministries who served in Central America for
over 12 years with peace and justice issues. An
excerpt of a recent newsletter from Marty
illustrates their deep commitment and offers
reflection on how we can join in community as we
consider making special sacrifices in this first
Lenten season post September 11th.
Date posted:Feb 13, 2002
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International news stories tell of the ongoing
struggle in Zimbabwe concerning land reform and
its impact on the economy. Larry and Jane Kies
are missionaries with the General Board of
Global Ministries, assigned to the Nyadire
Secondary School in Mutoko, where they work in
agriculture and education.
Date posted:Feb 13, 2002
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Bill and Helen Lovelace are assigned by the
General Board of Global Ministries as
missionaries to Russia. Among the
many initiatives in which they are involved are
those related to children and youth. They
recently shared highlights from
a youth camp for young adults.
Date posted:Feb 13, 2002
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Photo Essay: UMCOR / Mercy Corps Shelter--Non-Food Items Project, Taloqan Area, Afghanistan
This photo essay includes pictures taken
during UMCOR/Mercy Corps assessment trip in Hazar
Bogh and Tudan in 2001. The UMCOR staff in
Tajikistan are working with Mercy Corps to
provide winter shelter and non-food items (NFI)
to 4,000 displaced families in the Taloqan region
of Northern Afghanistan. The goal is to ensure
that these families are able to endure the
winter.
Date posted:Feb 12, 2002
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Windsor Village United Methodist Church, the
denomination’’s largest U.S.
congregation, will share its experience in
transforming communities by hosting a
nationwide conference this spring.
Date posted:Feb 12, 2002
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With the help of United Methodists in Germany, a
Congolese family unable to return to
their native country is beginning missionary
service in Liberia.
Wala Dodee Olangi Mungombe and Katehe Pierre
Mungombe were commissioned as missionaries in
December by the United Methodist
Board of Global Ministries. On Feb. 3,
Lindenkirche, their home church in Wittenau,
Berlin, and the local United Methodist district
had their own sending ceremony for the
Mungombes, who hope to leave Germany for Liberia
by March 15, once final paperwork
has cleared for their two children.
Date posted:Feb 11, 2002
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Life of A Medicine Box: UMCOR Advance Story of the Month
Sidya had a problem with her eye. The
physician at the local clinic diagnosed her
condition as conjunctivitis. Thanks to a Medicine
Box, she has the medication she needs. Each
Medicine Box has a life story. From its
conception to its final usage, a Medicine Box
touches the lives of many different people in
many different ways.
Date posted:Feb 08, 2002
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Susan Collins (1851-1938) served for 33 years in
Angola through the Women’s Foreign
Mission Society. A capsule of her life as
recorded by GBGM archives follows.
Date posted:Feb 08, 2002
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In 1906 Martha Drummer an educational product of
the Freedman’s Aid Society was sent by
the Women’s Foreign Mission society to serve in
Africa. At a memorial service for her in
Angola in 1938, Sally Webba spoke of her legacy
and the significance of her presence as a
black missionary in Africa.
Date posted:Feb 08, 2002
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One of the best things about being a lifelong
member of the United Methodist Church is the
feeling of inclusiveness that I sense. There is
an unabashed enthusiasm about recognizing racial
diversity. Whether one is red, yellow, brown,
black or white, everyone has a place at United
Methodism’s table. Each group comes to the table
with its unique perspective and past, and all
are
honored, accepted and appreciated just as they
are. This is one of our great denomination’s
undeniable strengths.
Date posted:Feb 08, 2002
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Every year, for the past 29 years, United
Methodists in Central Pennsylvania have chartered
a bus to New York City.
The aim of those trips is not to catch the latest
Broadway shows or visit the Statue of Liberty.
Instead, the delegations head uptown, to the
headquarters of the United Methodist Board of
Global Ministries, where they participate in
seminars to further their understanding of the
church’s mission in the world.
Date posted:Feb 08, 2002
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Bill and Maria Hubane, United Methodist
missionaries assigned to Zimbabwe, share how not
only children, but mothers and entire families
are benefitting from the Ishe Anesu (In God We
Trust) Project at the Hilltop United Methodist
Church, located in Sakuba, one of the poorest
regions of a country currently experiencing
extreme economic hardships.
Date posted:Feb 07, 2002
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A new documentary on the role African-American
churches played in the
civil rights movement will be broadcast on Feb.
17 on the Hallmark Channel.
The program - "We Shall Not Be Moved" - was
produced by Faith & Values Media in
cooperation with the North American Missions
Board (NAMB) of the Southern Baptist
Convention. The broadcast is part of the Hallmark
Channel's observation of Black
History Month.
Date posted:Feb 07, 2002
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On February 5, Bishop Nelly Ritchie of the
Evangelical Methodist Church of
Argentina spoke about the current crisis in her
country. Expressing appreciation for the quick
response that the United Methodist Committee on
Relief (UMCOR) extended, Bishop Ritchie
said it enabled them to assist people turning to
the church in this difficult time. The church
community has created a barter system where they
are exchanging services in absence of money,
she stated. Bishop Ritchie requests prayers and
continued support for the church and people as
this crisis escalates.
Date posted:Feb 07, 2002
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Letter to William Wilberforce (A Resource for John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life)
The last letter that John Wesley wrote was to
William Wilberforce, a man who had been converted
under Wesley's ministry and who was a member of
Parliament. The letter concerns his opposition to
slavery and encouragement for Wilberforce to take
action for change. Parliament finally outlawed
England's participation in the slave trade in
1807.
Date posted:Feb 06, 2002
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Those who carry the International Olympic torch
exemplify the dignity,
strength and perseverance of humankind.
Ironically, the torchbearers for
the Salt Lake City-based Olympics will be
wearing
uniforms that exemplify
the opposite of these.The Economic Justice
office of the Women's Division of The United
Methodist
Church signed on to two letters this week with
the Free Burma Coalition and
other organizations concerned with human rights
in Burma (Myanmar).
Date posted:Feb 06, 2002
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Looting by desperate citizens after the bank
failures in Argentina was not nearly as
serious as the "systemic pillaging" of that Latin
American country by foreign interests.
That's the opinion of Bishop Nelly Ritchie of the
Evangelical Methodist Church of
Argentina, who spoke about her country's crisis
during a Feb. 5 briefing with staff of the
United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.
Date posted:Feb 06, 2002
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The United Methodist Church through the GBGM has
had a long and important relationship of care,
love, support and solidarity with the Korean
Christian Federation of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea. The General Board of Global
Ministries has actively pursued the promotion and
advocacy of peace and reunification on the Korean
peninsula during the last twenty years. During
that time there have been many visits and
exchanges of missionary understanding and
interest.
Date posted:Feb 06, 2002
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The Bible and Slavery: An Excerpt from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass finished writing Narrative
of the Life of Frederick Douglass in 1845. It
relates his story up until shortly after his
escape from slavery. Included in his narrative
are some of his experiences with Christians, a
number of whom were Methodists living in
Maryland, and their interpretation of the Bible.
We include three excerpts.
Date posted:Feb 05, 2002
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Thoughts Upon Slavery (A Resource for John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life)
First published in 1774, John Wesley widely
distributed this tract in England and America
under his own name. Actually it is an abridgement
of Some Historical Accounts of Guinea, published
in Philadelphia in 1771 by Anthony Benezet, an
American Quaker. According to Albert Outler, this
type of literary "borrowing" was seen by Wesley
and this 18th century colleagues as a form of
endorsement not plagiarism.
Date posted:Feb 05, 2002
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The Bible and Slavery: An Excerpt from the Bible: The Book That Bridges the Millennia
The Civil War forced an end to slavery. The
war tore the nation apart, costing 600,000 lives,
more than any other war in U.S. history. With the
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, slavery was
abolished in the South. The Thirteenth Amendment
to the Constitution in 1865 outlawed slavery in
the United States.
Date posted:Feb 05, 2002
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United Methodist Women Petitioning for Peace in the Middle East
February 5, 2002-- One-million member United
Methodist Women is calling for peace in the
Middle East as members begin circulating
petitions, advocating with the U.S.
administration and Congressional leaders, and
acting in solidarity with churches in the Middle
East.
Date posted:Feb 05, 2002
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First Day in a Camp on the Moon: Afghan Refugees Arrive in Shalman Camp, Pakistan (Photo Essay)
Imagine 20,000 people camping on the moon.
High in the forbidding mountains of northwest
Pakistan, the world's newest Afghan refugee camp
is nearly full. The unlikely setting is a stony
slope near the legendary Khyber Pass. A thousand
new residents arrive at a time in Shalman Camp,
bussed here from much bigger, more crowded and
much older refugee camps and colonies around the
city of Peshawar, Pakistan. A talcum fine dust
rises to greet them. So do aid workers organized
to provide registration, medical checks, a hot
meal and basic household items.
Date posted:Feb 04, 2002
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Three Days in Kabul, Afghanistan: A Reflection
On the first day in Kabul the word that comes
into focus is hope. This hope is only a feeling
shared by people you meet, but it sticks in your
mind despite all the evidence to the contrary -
the standing skeletons of houses hit by rockets
years ago, a whole complex gutted in the recent
bombing, the landscape of lifeless browns outside
your airplane window.
By the third day in Kabul, however, the word most
on your mind is hunger. Hunger here is not so
much a stark image but a shadow that appears over
poor sections of town.
Date posted:Feb 04, 2002
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Bishop Nélida Ritchie, newly elected bishop of
Argentina Evangelical Methodist Church, will
speak about the
crisis in Argentina and the church's response at
a briefing on Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 12:30
PM in room
1529 at 475 Riverside Drive, New York City.
Date posted:Feb 04, 2002
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United Methodists Pursue Contact with Other Faiths Assisted by Grants from UMCOR
In Greensboro, N.C., a group of Christian,
Muslim and Jewish women meet on a regular basis
to seek mutual understanding. In Rockford, Ill.,
a Rockford Urban Ministries' project encourages
residents to attend open houses at places of
worship for various faiths. Both projects are
among those receiving funding from the United
Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), which
began its "Honoring Differences in the Midst of
Hate and Violence" grant program as a response to
September 11.
Date posted:Feb 04, 2002
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