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March
33 articles found for March, 2002.
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We are always praying for missionaries serving
around the world. In this moment, we focus on
reflections of missionaries serving in the
United
States. Among missionaries assigned by the
General Board of Global Ministries of The United
Methodist Church are many who serve in
impoverished regions of the country and whose
work, at this time of struggle throughout the
country takes on even greater meaning. Witness
of one of these missionaries follow:
Date posted:Mar 28, 2002
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Dear Friends,
As word about the latest attack on Israelis came
last night, I was sick and heartbroken.
The carnage and destruction of such attacks are
unspeakable always. But, coming as
this one did in the midst of a Seder celebration
for the beginning of Pesach (Passover), I
was even more horrified. The senseless and
brutal killing of people while participating in
acts of worship strike at the very heart of all
that people of faith hold sacred.
Date posted:Mar 28, 2002
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UMCOR Responds to the Earthquakes in Afghanistan
UMCOR is working with its partners Action for
Churches Together (ACT) and Church World Service
(CWS) in response to Monday's and Tuesday's
strong earthquakes in Afghanistan. ACT reports
that the district
capital of Nahrin and surrounding villages were
flattened. People in at least five villages have
lost most of their homes. The weather is still
cold, especially at night. People are in
desperate need of shelter.
Date posted:Mar 27, 2002
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The Holy Sprit is working through The United
Methodist Church to accomplish God’s mission in
Senegal. In just the seven years since the
first of eight United Methodist missionaries were
assigned to the West African nation by the
General Board of Global Ministries eight churches
have been planted and several mission projects
are thriving.
Date posted:Mar 25, 2002
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Sebastian and Karen Ujereh are missionaries
assigned to Senegal by the General Board of
Global Ministries of the United Methodist
Church. As the church grows and new
congregations
form in this predominantly Muslim country more
and more economic empowerment programs
are developed. The Ujereh’s share with the
church the progress of our mission in Senegal and
how it is impacting the lives of women in the
church and the surrounding community:
Date posted:Mar 25, 2002
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Nan McCurdy and Miguel Mairena, United Methodist
missionaries assigned to Nicaragua by
General Board of Global Ministries, are
currently in the U.S. on home assignment. An
excerpt of
their spring newsletter is reminder of how we
can show reverence for the sacrifice Christ made
for us by sharing our love and resources with
others as we enter Holy Week.
Date posted:Mar 24, 2002
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The Dawn Has Come: Holy Week Sermon (Matthew 25:31-46 and HIV/AIDS)
"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is
putting out the candle because the dawn has
come." That's an affirmation my friend Debbi made
after her husband BJ died of AIDS in 1993.
Date posted:Mar 24, 2002
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Food Pantry Assists Hidden Victims of Sept. 11: Love in the Midst of Tragedy (UMCOR)
The economic impact of Sept. 11 registered at
the food pantry within a week. After Sept. 11,
the October and November distributions hit an all-
time peak of nearly 70,000 meals. "The United
Methodist Committee on Relief has been wonderful
and totally essential to meet the increase and
need in providing food," executive director
Doreen Wohl says. "Without it, we would be
turning people away."
Date posted:Mar 22, 2002
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Child sexual abuse by church leaders, in church
programs and on church property, is a risk faced
by every congregation, Catholic or Protestant.
It extends beyond the Christian community to all
religious faiths. United Methodist churches are
not exempt.
Date posted:Mar 22, 2002
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The Revs. Paul Jeffrey and Lyda Pierce, United
Methodist missionaries serving in Central
America along with their children, Lucas and
Abigail, live in Honduras where they are
assigned to Christian Commission for Development
(CCD). Biographical sketches (see Missionary
Biographies) are testament to the distinction
with
which Lyda and Paul Jeffrey serve the church.
As we enter Holy Week, we express gratitude
for their dedication and all missionaries who
help deepen our understanding of how we are
linked to brothers and sisters throughout the
world.
Date posted:Mar 21, 2002
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Members of one million-member United Methodist
Women will descend on
Philadelphia, Penn., April 25-28 for their
quadrennial meeting - one that
historically challenges women to change unjust
social systems, be aware of
world issues, and live out their faith in the
process.
Date posted:Mar 20, 2002
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We are always praying for missionaries serving
around the world. In this moment, we
focus on reflections of missionaries serving in
the United States. Among missionaries
assigned by the General Board of Global
Ministries of The United Methodist Church are
many who serve in impoverished regions of the
country and whose work, at this time of
struggle throughout the country takes on even
greater meaning. Witness of one of
these missionaries follow:
Date posted:Mar 19, 2002
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Through partnership with their Annual Conference
and the General Board of Global Ministries
of the United Methodist Church 10-10-10-
missionaries serve both in the U.S. and abroad.
Among those serving in the U.S. are some who
work in cooperative efforts of the church and
state in community enrichment programs, A
progress report of Rene Cornwell, a missionary
serving in such a capacity in Oregon follows:
Date posted:Mar 19, 2002
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Kim King Torres is a United Methodist missionary
assigned by the General Board of Global
Ministries to a Church and Community Project in
Florida. She shares notes of the mutuality of
ministry that has resulted from the “Branches”
program in Florida City.
Date posted:Mar 19, 2002
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A United Methodist church is taking a stand
against Zimbabwe's economic hard times through a
Shalom Zone program that
gives people the means to support their families.
Date posted:Mar 19, 2002
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It sounds like an innocent idea, but a
revolutionary one too: Get people together and
start a garden, a community
garden, a church garden.
Date posted:Mar 19, 2002
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Chet and Jodi Cataldo recently marked their
second anniversary as missionaries of the
General Board of Global Ministries of The United
Methodist Church to Lithuania.
Supporting Churches have been privileged to
share
highlights of their ministry through
the series of inspiring messages they write and
call “Kodak Moments.” An excerpt of
their anniversary letter follows:
Date posted:Mar 18, 2002
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Barbara Smith-Jang, a missionary of the General
Board of Global Ministries of the
United Methodist Church assigned as an educator
in Korea, shares news of Bindul, a
“very special church in Korea.”
Date posted:Mar 14, 2002
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As fighting intensifies in the middle east,
missionaries assigned to the area by the
General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) are
experiencing first hand the death, devastation,
and deprivation that they report has become a
fact of life in Palestinian cities. Since
violence
intensified in the region more than 160
Palestinians and nearly 60 Israelis have been
killed.
Earlier this week the United Nations Security
Council approved a resolution endorsing a
Palestinian state.
Date posted:Mar 13, 2002
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We are confident that you can play an important
role in bringing justice and
reconciliation to this part of the world. Join
hands with us in nurturing the seeds already
planted and with God's strength and your support
we will succeed in reopening the
school, replanting the garden and opening the
Wellness Center.
Date posted:Mar 13, 2002
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The general secretary search committee for the
General Board of Global Ministries is
encouraging the church at large to participate
in
the process of selecting a leader for the
United Methodist mission agency.
Date posted:Mar 12, 2002
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Some 40 - 50 participants from several United
Methodist boards and agencies, unofficial
groups within the church, and individuals braved
snowy weather in Chicago for two days
of discussions about the future of mission in
the United Methodist Church, the kind of
leadership necessary for the General Board of
Global Ministries (GBGM) and how the
board intersects with other aspects of the
church’s ministry.
Date posted:Mar 12, 2002
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The search committee for a general secretary of
the General Board of Global Ministries(GBGM)
will again contact constituencies within the
United Methodist Church for recommendations or
indications of interest in top position at the
mission agency. The decision was reached at the
committee's March 4 - 5 meeting in Chicago.
Date posted:Mar 12, 2002
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March is Women’s History Month. Among women
worthy of note is Ellen Stone, a
pioneer in the mission field in Macedonia. Her
story, as told by missionary Carol Partridge,
currently assigned to Macedonia by the General
Board of Global Ministries of the United
Methodist Church, follows.
Date posted:Mar 11, 2002
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How Many Zarehs Are There? Finding Hunger in Afghanistan
On the map Afghanistan looks like a place one
can understand. It has towns and mountains. It
has roads for people and goods to travel. So why,
eight weeks after the worst of the war in
Afghanistan was over, were people still eating
grass just one inch away on a highway map from
the major Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif?
The aid truck sitting in the courtyard of a
merchant in that city was one clue. Immobile, out
in the cold, it was a world away from official
pronouncements about "famine averted" in
Afghanistan.
Date posted:Mar 11, 2002
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A United Methodist father-son team with a track
record in mission work is taking their passion
on the road.
Dirk Van Gorp, 48, and his son Bill, 20, will
spend six months cycling 10,000 miles around the
United States in an effort to educate others and
raise at least $100,000 for mission projects.
They will launch "Mission Bike 10,000" with a 30-
mile ride on April 21 and will conclude on Oct.
19. Adirondack Community Church, a United
Methodist congregation in Lake Placid, N.Y.,
where the Van Gorps are members, is sponsoring
the project.
Date posted:Mar 11, 2002
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The Rev. Sandra Olewine, GBGM missionary in
Palestine, reports on this week's events:
At 11:30 pm last night, the drone returned. For
an hour it buzzed low over the city of
Bethlehem. The sound became tortuous after a
while, like a horrible mosquito that would not
go away. Sleep is impossible as it whines
through the night sky. At 12:30 am, an F-16
returned, flying high overhead. A couple of
speeding passes, then suddenly down it screamed
again, as one more bomb was dropped on the
battered grounds of the police station.
Date posted:Mar 08, 2002
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When the latest round of Israeli bombs fell on
Bethlehem at 5:10 a.m. on
March 7, the impact knocked a sleeping Sandra
Olewine off her living room
couch.
The second blast shook pictures off the wall,
blew open the front door of
the apartment house, dropped shrapnel on the
roof and showered glass from a
neighbor's home onto her balcony. When the
explosions stopped at 5:45 a.m.,
Olewine, a United Methodist missionary, found
that homes and businesses on
the street that also contained a Palestinian
police station had been ruined.
Date posted:Mar 07, 2002
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Breaking the Sound Barrier in Your Church: Ministry and Mission with People Who Are Hard of Hearing or Late-Deafened
An information source for churches wishing to
look at accessibility issues for people with
hearing loss, but unsure of how and where to
start. It includes a ideas, model audit form,
theological resources, and a glossary.
Date posted:Mar 06, 2002
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The Matthew Creek Family, Mark, Monica, Sierra,
Noah and Zachary are 10-10-10-
missionaries serving in Page, Arizona.
Assigned through partnership of their Annual
Conference and the General Board of Global
Ministries, the
Creeks share enthusiasm and potential of growth
a community comprised largely of Native
Americans.
Date posted:Mar 04, 2002
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'The Porch Light Is On': A United Methodist Church Prayerfully Waits for a Sudanese Refugee Family (UMCOR Story of the Month)
John and Sarah have been waiting for a new
home for years. They are of the Nuer tribe, one
of the most persecuted tribes in Southern Sudan.
They are Protestant Christians and farmers. Their
family was scheduled to fly to their new home
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 14, 2001
where the Genesis United Methodist Church was
waiting to welcome them. But the events of
September 11 put their plans on hold. After the
11th, the United States government cancelled all
refugee arrivals and has given extra scrutiny to
African and Middle Eastern refugees.
Date posted:Mar 04, 2002
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With the red laser beams of sniper rifles
trained on them, four United Methodist bishops
and two top executives of general church
agencies made their way in the darkness along a
rock-strewn pathway, re-entering the city after
a day of meetings on the West Bank.
Date posted:Mar 04, 2002
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With less than two weeks remaining before a
March 15 registration deadline, organizers of
the multi-cultural conference and training event
scheduled for April 4-6 in North Carolina are
urging those who plan to attend to send in their
registration forms.
Date posted:Mar 01, 2002
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