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September
34 articles found for September, 2002.
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Dee Dee Heffner is a missionary of the General
Board of Global Ministries assigned to the
McCurdy School in Espanola, New Mexico. She
shares news of ongoing work at McCurdy and how
it has impacted the lives of two very special
young people. (Names of students have been
changed.)
Date posted:Sep 30, 2002
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Carol Stevens, 10-10-10 missionary of the
Baltimore Annual Conference and the General
Board of Global Ministries, and American Sign
Language Interpreter and therapist, is assigned
as Coordinator, Deaf Shalom Zone of Christ
United Methodist Church of the Deaf in
Baltimore, Md. “The most exciting aspect of my
ministry is helping the volunteers, deaf and
hearing to discern their gifts and matching them
with opportunities to manifest the Spirit of
Christ in the world."
Date posted:Sep 26, 2002
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"Holy Spirit, weave us together in your peace."
This theme was prayed, sung, danced, and
preached about in the colorful and lively
fashion of Pacific peoples at the Eighth General
Assembly of the Pacific Conference of Churches
(PCC).
Date posted:Sep 26, 2002
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UMCOR / Sierra Leone Program Description
UMCOR/Sierra Leone is working closely with its
local partners, the United Methodist Church
(UMC), and the Methodist Church of Sierra Leone
(MCSL). The UMC was established in Sierra Leone
over 120 years ago. Since then, it has been
involved in programmes assisting the people of
Sierra Leone. The MCSL's presence in Sierra Leone
dates back to the 1700s, and has been involved in
community development projects since the 1900s,
where it has focused on health and education.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2002
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Deaf Shalom Zone Provides Many Services
In January of 2000, Christ United Methodist
Church of the Deaf was designated a Shalom Zone.
The Deaf Shalom Zone provides a multiplicity of
services to meet needs of this population, all of
which is coordinated by Carol Stevens, a General
Board of Global Ministries 10-10-10
missionary. "We see ourselves as a nontraditional
agency of deaf and hearing people serving
together, endeavoring to meet the needs of the
deaf community," says Ms. Stevens. "Almost all of
the work of "the zone" is done by spirit-filled
volunteers who use their gifts to help others.
Date posted:Sep 24, 2002
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UMCOR / Serbia Program Description
In October 2000, UMCOR-NGO signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with Action by Churches Together
(ACT) to become its operational member in Serbia
and Montenegro. UMCOR/Serbia focuses its
programme activities in the Vojvodina region of
Central Serbia, in Southeastern Serbia, and
throughout the entire Western Serbia region.
Date posted:Sep 24, 2002
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Judy Atwood, a missionary of the General Board
of Global Ministries assigned to the Ogden
Friendship House in Kansas, shares how young
Christian volunteers are spending their summer
involved in church and community work.
Date posted:Sep 23, 2002
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The Rev. Peter Siegfried, GBGM Executive
Secretary for Europe and North Africa sends in a
report after the Floods that brought much damage
earlier this year and how United Methodists have
helped and been helped.
Date posted:Sep 20, 2002
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Vilmar Villa Martinez is a missionary of the
General Board of Global Ministries. She writes
of the need to keep the vision alive for youth
in Bolivia where she is assigned.
Date posted:Sep 19, 2002
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Last July, Bishop Kainda Katembo of the Southern
Congo Area invited three Americans to travel
with him to his four annual conference sessions
that month. Corinne Van Buren, a deacon in the
Minnesota Annual Conference and the new director
of member services for the national Christian
Educators Fellowship, shares her thoughts on the
trip.
Date posted:Sep 18, 2002
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Stephen and Dianne Springer will soon mark 10
years of assignment as missionaries of the
General Board of Global Ministries to the Red
Bird Missionary Conference in the heart of
Appalachia in Kentucky. As they reach this
milestone, their faith and commitment grows as
is illustrated in an excerpt of their recent
newsletter.
Date posted:Sep 16, 2002
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UMCOR / Georgia Program Description
UMCOR-NGO began its humanitarian response in
the fall of 1993 to address the needs of women
and children through the provision of essential
medicines and treatment practices to address the
most common and preventable illnesses facing this
group. Since its inception, this mission has
grown to implement a number of transitional
development projects throughout the country.
UMCOR/Georgia's operations are based in Tbilisi
with a sub-office in Kutaisi.
Date posted:Sep 16, 2002
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As summer draws to an end and young people
return to school and college, there is likely to
be discussion among them about how their summer
was spent. While much of their conversation
will be about travel, parties, and other fun and
recreational activity, there will also be those
who have stories to tell of service given to
church and community.
Date posted:Sep 13, 2002
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UMCOR / Bosnia and Herzegovina Program Description
UMCOR-NGO began relief work in Zenica, Bosnia
and Herzegovina in 1993. Since its inception, the
UMCOR/BiH mission has grown to include
approximately 20 active projects throughout the
country. The Bosnia mission's operations are
based in Sarajevo with sub-field offices in Banja
Luka, Kupres, Mostar, Travnik, Trebinje, and
Zenica. In mid-1996, as the needs of the war-
affected populations of the Former Yugoslavia
changed, UMCOR/BiH made the transition from
emergency relief programmes to those aimed at
spanning the transition from relief to
development.
Date posted:Sep 13, 2002
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Dr. Randolph Nugent, who heads the General
Board of Global Ministries (GBGM), the mission
agency of The United Methodist Church, led a
service of remembrance on September 11th at The
Interchurch Center Chapel. He was assisted by
the Rev. Paul Dirdak, Deputy General Secretary
of the Board who is assigned to the Health and
Relief Unit and the Mission Volunteers Program
Area.
Date posted:Sep 13, 2002
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UMCOR / Azerbaijan Program Description
UMCOR/Azerbaijan's current operations are
based in Baku. UMCOR/Azerbaijan's major health
care initiatives, funded by the U.S. Department
of State, support the health care needs of the
target population in the Baku/Absheron peninsula.
In addition, UMCOR/Azerbaijan has initiated a
comprehensive health and training support
programme for the Asylum Refugees living in Baku
funded by UNHCR.
Date posted:Sep 12, 2002
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As America somberly marks the first anniversary
of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, many United
Methodists in the Baltimore-Washington area
continue to wrestle with the personal impact of
last year’s events.
Date posted:Sep 12, 2002
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On a busy uptown street, as crosstown buses and
sanitation trucks rumbled by, the names of the
dead were intoned outside Park Avenue United
Methodist Church.
Date posted:Sep 12, 2002
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Seventeen persons from Laos and Vietnam are
attending a school for Christian Leaders at the
Cambodia Methodist Bible
School which began on September 2 and will end
on September 13. The two week
school for pastors and lay leaders is being led
by General Board of Global
Ministries Staff, GBGM missionaries assigned to
Vietnam, as well as members of
the Hmong Association of United Methodists. The
students have come because
they have indicated an interest in establishing
the witness and ministry of
the United Methodist Church in their home
countries.
Date posted:Sep 11, 2002
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While tackling global issues and addressing
relations between denominations, participants in
the recent World Council of Churches Central
Committee meeting faced a larger question: What
is the future of the ecumenical organization?
Date posted:Sep 10, 2002
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UMCOR / Armenia Program Description
UMCOR/Armenia’s main focus is on micro-credit
and transitional programming. UMCOR/Armenia
implements programmes with funding from a variety
of donors such as United Methodist churches, the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
the U.S. Agency for International Development,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S.
Department of State.
Date posted:Sep 09, 2002
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Rev. Alex Awad, with his wife, Brenda, GBGM
missionaries, serve at Bethlehem Bible College
and East Jerusalem Baptist Church. He shares
the following commentary with UMNS.
Since
Sept. 11, 2001, a wave of anti-Muslim feeling
has taken over much of America and is spreading
like wildfire among evangelical circles in the
United States and other countries.
Date posted:Sep 09, 2002
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Love in the Midst of Tragedy: UMCOR's Response to 9/11, News & Resources
UMCOR's response to the aftermath of September
11 continues. This page provides links to news,
background, and resources related to the Love in
the Midst of Tragedy emphasis.
Date posted:Sep 08, 2002
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September 11 Resources and News Archives
A year ago, the world changed as the result of
the events of one day;
however God's love for us did not change.
Christ's call for us to love
God, our neighbors, and ourselves did not
change. We grieve for all of the
lives that were lost on September 11 and its
aftermath. We pray for
God's guidance as we offer "Love in the Midst
of Tragedy" and continue to
support all of our other mission programs around
the world.
Date posted:Sep 08, 2002
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Afghanistan Emergency: Love in the Midst of Tragedy
The United Methodist Committee on Relief
(UMCOR) is involved in a faith-based response to
the plight of the Afghan people. Through its new
office in Afghanistan and with its ecumenical
partners, UMCOR is working in a number of areas
to help the people of Afghanistan to recover from
twenty-three years of wars, ethnic conflict,
repressive regimes, drought, famine and
earthquakes.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2002
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UMCOR / Afghanistan Program Description
Through funding generated primarily by the
constituents of The United Methodist Church,
UMCOR plans to design an integrated multi-
sectoral approach to address the needs of
individual communities in Afghanistan. Similar to
its programming in the Balkans, UMCOR intends to
work in a small geographic area, providing long-
term, sustainable solutions.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2002
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The Revs. Ron and Cathy Whitlatch, missionaries
assigned by the General Board of
Global Ministries to serve with the National
Hispanic Plan in Iowa, share news of issues
related to the growing Hispanic population in
the United Methodist Church.
Date posted:Sep 05, 2002
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God, We've Known Such Grief and Anger: A Hymn for the Anniversary of September 11
God, we've known such grief and anger
As we've heard your people cry.
We have asked you, "How much longer?"
We have sadly wondered, 'Why?'
In this world of so much suffering,
May we hear your word anew:
'I will never leave you orphaned;
I will not abandon you.'
Date posted:Sep 05, 2002
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The Search Committee for a new General Secretary
for the General Board of Global Ministries met
in Bloomington, Minnesota, August 29-31 to
conduct final interviews of candidates for the
position. Their selection for the position is
the Reverend R. Randy Day.
Date posted:Sep 05, 2002
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Thirty students and leaders from three United
Methodist colleges joined forces this summer to
work, live and witness among the people of
Chincha, Peru.
Date posted:Sep 05, 2002
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As senior U.S. officials today are stating that
no decision has been made
about military action against Iraq, the
executive committee of the United
Methodist Women's Division is speaking urgently
for no military action - but
peace and diplomatic efforts.
Date posted:Sep 04, 2002
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Henderson Settlement is one of the institutions
at Red Bird Missionary Conference, a project of
the General Board of Global Ministries of the
United Methodist Church, serving people in the
heart of Appalachia in Beverly, Kentucky.
This story comes from their newsletter “The
Cardinal”.
Date posted:Sep 03, 2002
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New Phase of Prayer Life Discovered
I have been a faithful United Methodist all my
life. Although no one can claim perfection in the
practice of one’s faith, I have tried very hard
my whole life to be faithful to Christ’s
teachings. So when the first plane crashed into
one of the World Trade Center towers on September
11, 2001, I began a new phase of my prayer life.
I cried out to God in much the same way as the
psalmist. And my cries grew more urgent as the
day progressed.
Date posted:Sep 03, 2002
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UMCOR Inasmuch Update, Summer 2002: Special Issue on Love in the Midst of Tragedy, UMCOR's 9/11 Response
This edition of UMCOR Inasmuch Update focuses
on September 11 and UMCOR's response. Spiritual
resources for the first anniversary of this
tragedy are also included.
Date posted:Sep 02, 2002
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