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November
55 articles found for November, 2004.
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United Methodists Help Save Girls' and Women's Lives Through School and Literacy Programs
Thirteen-year-old Margaret Masawi of Zimbabwe
dreams of becoming a teacher. Young as she is,
she heads a household and cares for her two
younger brothers. Margaret and her brothers are
three of the 980,000 children in Zimbabwe who
have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Their
parents died four years ago.
Date posted:Nov 30, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, November 30, 2004
Philippines: Flash Floods Compound Typhoon
Damage; World AIDS Day: Kissy Clinic Worker
Educates Through Needlework; Alternative Giving:
More UMCOR Christmas Wishes; Cuba: After
Hurricanes, Households Headed by Women Will Be
Focus of Aid
Date posted:Nov 30, 2004
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Advent is a time of preparation and waiting on
the Lord. For many Advent is a time of
preparing for holiday parties and waiting in
line to purchase the all important Christmas
gift. In its truest form, Advent focuses on
preparing our hearts to receive the MOST
important Christmas gift, Christ.
Date posted:Nov 29, 2004
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This Action Alert describes the humanitarian crisis
facing internally displaced people in Colombia. The
violence of the country’s 40-year civil war has forced
millions of people to leave their homes in search of
safety, food, and shelter.
Date posted:Nov 29, 2004
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Jerri Savuto is a missionary with the General
Board of Global Ministries of the United
Methodist Church, along with her husband Bill,
and served in Maua Methodist Hospital, Maua,
Kenya from 1998-2003 where she was a tutor in
the hospital RN program. Her responsibilities
included teaching nursing students in the areas
of anatomy, physiology, nutrition, pharmacology,
medical and surgical nursing, pediatrics, and
community health.
Date posted:Nov 25, 2004
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Jessica Buzzeo, a ten year old, shares some very
wise observations about giving thanks.
Date posted:Nov 24, 2004
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Jerri Savuto is a missionary with the General
Board of Global Ministries of the United
Methodist Church, along with her husband Bill,
and served in Maua Methodist Hospital, Maua,
Kenya from 1998-2003 where she was a tutor in
the hospital RN program., pediatrics, and
community heatlh.
Date posted:Nov 24, 2004
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Chicuque Rural Hospital Fights AIDS in Mozambique with Limited Resources
Sometimes it is the simple things-- such as
sutures in a suitcase dropped off by a United
Methodist Volunteer in Mission team-- that help
Chicuque Rural Hospital perform the miracles that
happen there every day. "The VIMs have been very
resourceful for us, they bring suitcases with
supplies," says Jeremias Franca, hospital
administrator. "
Date posted:Nov 24, 2004
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The Primetimers program of GBGM offered an event
entitled “Exploring Your Faith with Lewis and
Clark” for older adults to explore how their own
faith journey parallels that of Lewis & Clark on
this 200th anniversary of the Corps of
Discovery. The event took place August 29 -
September 3, 2004 at the Alton Collins United
Methodist Retreat Center in Eagle Creek,
Oregon. Thirty-four older adults gathered
together for an event, including Ron and Hazel
Clark of North Little Rock, AR, who share their
reflection on the event:
Date posted:Nov 23, 2004
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Frakes, Kentucky - More than 500 families in
southeastern Kentucky are giving thanks this
year for something many in the developed world
take for granted: clean and safe drinking water.
Date posted:Nov 23, 2004
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Short Term Educational Exchange Opportunities will be
available in 2005 for women faculty and administrators
and in 2006 for women faculty, administrators or
students for a three to five month period. Up to nine
exchanges will be facilitated through the Higher
Education Initiative in 2005 and up to nine in 2006, as
needed.
Date posted:Nov 23, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, November 23, 2004
Sudan: Team of Five Will Lead UMCOR Sudan Aid;
United States: Hurricane Recovery Will Be Long,
Slow Process; Have a Heart: Transform a Life With
an UMCOR Alternative Gift; India: UMCOR Provides
Financial Aid for Flood Relief
Date posted:Nov 23, 2004
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Five Methodist denominations are calling on
government and international officials to
establish a peace process in the war-ravaged
country of Sudan that "holistically considers
the concerns of all Sudanese parties and ethnic
groups."
Date posted:Nov 23, 2004
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For the retired Mozambican minister and his
wife, the "golden years" had nothing to do with
gold and everything to do with trying to survive
on a $120 annual pension.
During a 2003 trip to Mozambique, a United
Methodist team found that the couple exemplified
the need for pension programs not only in Africa
but other parts of the world.
Date posted:Nov 23, 2004
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Turkey in the oven…the Macy's parade on
television in the morning; football in the
afternoon...family arriving throughout the
day...the table set with the best china and
laden with the traditional meal...pumpkin pie
for dessert...ahhh! It's Thanksgiving Day!
Date posted:Nov 22, 2004
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The General Board of Global Ministries is deeply
concerned about the continuing political and
military tension in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast),
which is home to approximately a million United
Methodists. A crisis has existed in that West
African country since November 4 when Ivorian
planes bombed French military positions in a
zone separating northern and southern regions
long antagonistic to one another.
Date posted:Nov 22, 2004
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Jan Love, Deputy General Secretary of Women's
Division gives closing sermon at leadership training
event held in st. Louis, Missouri November 21, 2004.
Date posted:Nov 22, 2004
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Five hundred and fifty Bible/Gospel women from
nine countries-India, Malaysia, Cambodia,
Indonesia, the Philippines, Fiji, Solomon
Islands, Tonga and Samoa-are now trained to
share the Good News of Jesus. Bible/Gospel women
are empowered to lead Bible studies with their
local communities while teaching literacy skills
for social change and transformation, these
women have touched the lives of more than 55,000
since the initial Bible Women’s training was
launched in November 2000.
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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The Rev. Dr. Miguel A. Albert, district
superintendent of the Southern District in the
Rio Grande conference, has been named executive
coordinator of the National Plan for
Hispanic/Latino Ministry (NPHLM) of The United
Methodist Church (UMC).
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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Mission Volunteer program announces that
applications are now being accepted for the next
term of Global Justice Volunteer, a short-term
volunteer program for young adults ages 18-25
years of age. The new term runs from May 29,
2005 until August 13, 2005. The closing date for
accepting applications is january 15, 2005.
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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On the last day of June 2004, twenty three
people bound for Stavropol, Russia and led by
Pastor John Speight met at Dulles airport. Most
of these Volunteers In Mission members were from
Christ Church in nearby Fairfax Station,
Virginia, though others came from North
Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky as well
other parts of Virginia.
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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After 21 years in a war that has taken as many
as 2 million lives and forced the displacement
of about 5 million, the Sudanese government and
the leader of the rebel group in the south of
the country promised on Friday to sign a
comprehensive peace agreement as a 2004
Christmas present.
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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The news reports call him an “American aid
worker”--the lone civilian killed on November 4
when fighter planes of the government of Cote
d’Ivoire bombed a French military peacekeeping
post in the West African nation.
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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Smiling, excited children, ranging from toddlers
to teens, stand on a sagging front porch singing
at the top of their lungs as visitors arrive.
Two-year-old Pedro spies a woman in the group
without a child in her arms. He quickly fixes
that problem by tugging on her pants leg and
holding up his little arms.
All the smiling faces and the lively chatter
momentarily mask the reason the children are
here. They are orphans whose parents have died
because of the AIDS pandemic that has swept
through Mozambique.
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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A beautiful country bordering the Indian Ocean,
Mozambique has a population of 18.8 million. The
United Methodist Church is alive and flourishing
in every providence with a membership of 160,000
and growing. Unfortunately the HIV/AIDS pandemic
is growing faster-1.3 million people are living
with the disease.
The life expectancy of an infant born in
Mozambique today is 37.1 years--37.8 for males
and 36.3 for females.
In 2003, 110,000 people died of AIDS, leaving
behind 470,000 orphans.
Date posted:Nov 19, 2004
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Poverty and the lack of affordable housing are
two of the principal causes of homelessness but
other factors also contribute to it. These can
include low wages, loss of benefits, unstable
employment, changes in welfare programs,
limited subsidized housing, mental and physical
health problems, domestic violence and/or
chemical dependency.
It’s when these causes begin to pile on that
some
people or families are no longer able to cope
and
become homeless.
Date posted:Nov 17, 2004
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United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR),
currently serving Sudanese refugees in Chad, is
now poised to provide more direct services
inside
Sudan. UMCOR will extend its efforts with
displaced persons inside the violence-torn
Darfur
section of Sudan by mid-December.
Date posted:Nov 16, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, November 16, 2004
UMCOR is setting up operations in Sudan by the
end of this year. It has been working through
ecumenical partners. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, UMCOR
will buy basic items needed by a hospital there.
Flood buckets are still needed. World AIDS Day is
December 1.
Date posted:Nov 16, 2004
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Africa is the "continent of the future," and the
United States should not ignore it, said the
president of the new Pan-African Parliament, in
a meeting with United Methodist leaders.
Gertrude Mongella, who is also ambassador from
Tanzania, met for nearly two hours Nov. 11 with
a small group of social justice and advocacy
leaders in the United Methodist Church.
Date posted:Nov 16, 2004
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Almost 100 youth leaders from six countries in
the United Methodist Church's Northern European
Area gathered for the first time for a weekend
of fellowship and training.
"This is a historic gathering," said Bishop
Øystein Olsen, at the opening of the Nov. 11-14
conference. "This is the first time something
like this has been arranged for the Nordic and
Baltic states together."
Date posted:Nov 16, 2004
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"In prayer. there is no distance between me and
thee."
The Prayer Calenar is a tool that directly links
you with the mission work of The United
Methodist
Church.
Date posted:Nov 15, 2004
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While working for UMCOR in 2000, I watched as my
colleague, Sarla Chand, agonized while her son’s
health deteriorated. Sarla’s son was then 16
years old, and needed a kidney transplant to
survive. He was registered with the National
Transplant database of the United Network of
Organ Sharing, as well as with other medical
institutions.
Date posted:Nov 12, 2004
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Israelis and Palestinians should consider the
death of Yasser Arafat to be an opportunity for
peacebuilding rather than an excuse for further
conflict, a United Methodist official said.
Date posted:Nov 12, 2004
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Top mission executive calls those of us in the
international faith communities to commit
ourselves to stand with our Palestinian and
Israeli sisters and brothers who are working to
end the violence and achieve full human rights
and security for all.
Date posted:Nov 11, 2004
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In life, when the going gets rough you either
have to dig in and hold on or cut your losses
and exit quickly. Sometimes businesses must
close in rough economic times. When natural
disasters strike, whole communities may have to
evacuate an area. Wars and civil conflicts
create thousands of refugees and people
displaced within their countries. But when it
comes to mission, when the going gets rough,
that’s when the mission starts.
Date posted:Nov 10, 2004
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For a moment, imagine you are an aid worker in
the international field operations of the United
Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the
humanitarian assistance arm of The United
Methodist Church. You have a warehouse with
enough drugs to save 100 babies from certain
death—yet there are 1000 babies in your area
facing a tragic end without this medication. How
do you decide who lives and who dies?
Date posted:Nov 10, 2004
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March 21, 2004, marked the beginning of spring—a
season of planting, hope, and investing in the
future. In Afghanistan, it was the start of
Green Week. The United States government devoted
nearly $1 million to planting hundreds of
thousands of shrubs around Kabul in an effort to
sow signs of hope in a city devastated by
decades of war. The greenery would be a visible
symbol of how much had changed in Afghanistan
since the removal of the Taliban from power in
late 2001.
Date posted:Nov 10, 2004
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In 1989, Mozambique adopted a new constitution
that prepared the country for a multiparty
election process. In 1992, a United Nations
peace agreement was negotiated with the rebel
forces to end the fighting. This was not,
however, the end of the struggles that the
Mozambican people would have to endure. One
lasting instrument of the civil war remains—
landmines. Finding and removing them is one of
the final battles that the government continues
to fight to gain independence for all its people.
Date posted:Nov 10, 2004
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Fourteen-year-old Robert learned to use an AK-47
rifle when he was eight. “I was often really
afraid,” he recalled. “I talk to counselors a
lot about what happened. Now I’m learning to be
a carpenter, but I first want to go back to
school before starting to work.”
Date posted:Nov 10, 2004
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A well-known proverb in Haiti says “Behind every
mountain, there is another mountain.” In the
Caribbean nation of Haiti, behind every crisis
there seems to be another crisis: civil strife,
environmental catastrophe, and intense poverty.
Date posted:Nov 10, 2004
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United Methodist Women in Florida and United
Methodist Women member Joan Chapin of Caro,
Mich., will receive international awards for
peacemaking work Thursday, Nov. 11 in St. Louis,
Mo. They will receive the World Council of
Churches “Blessed are the Peacemakers Award”
during the National Council of Churches of
Christ USA General Assembly.
Date posted:Nov 10, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, November 9, 2004
In Liberia, UMCOR's demobilization of former
soldiers continues. Grants from UMCOR to annual
conferences in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina,
and Pennsylvania are at work on hurricane relief.
In the Caribbean UMCOR has funded ecumenical
partners. 'Generation of Hope' has been reissued
as a free DVD in time to observe World AIDS Day
December 1. This holiday season, wish for a
Christmas that truly honors the birth of Jesus
and shows our concern for the whole family of God.
Date posted:Nov 09, 2004
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UMCOR's Christmas Wish List
his holiday season, wish for a Christmas that
truly honors the birth of Jesus and shows our
concern for the whole family of God. Remember
God's greatest gift by giving to others in
Christ's name. Here is UMCOR's wish list-- gifts
that you can give through the United Methodist
Committee on Relief.
Date posted:Nov 09, 2004
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Christians in the Middle East need to connect
with their Western counterparts, according to a
United Methodist official who recently traveled
to the region.
In countries like Lebanon and Syria, the
population of Christians - although still
significant - has declined, the Rev. R. Randy
Day, chief executive, United Methodist General
Board of Global Ministries pointed out. The big
concern, he added, is "how to continue to
witness and function as minorities."
Date posted:Nov 09, 2004
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Andrew Marx, 18, a student at Epworth School
since 2003, had faced numerous
obstacles in his quest for Scouting's top honor.
Diagnosed with a bipolar
disorder that resulted in bouts of manic
depression, Andrew struggled in his
neighborhood school.
Date posted:Nov 08, 2004
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A Generation of Hope DVD: Leaders' and Participants' Guides
Viewing a movie like "A Generation of Hope: What
It Means to Prevail in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic" may
suggest fresh ways for each participant to
respond with action, additional study, or prayer.
Begin by showing the 10-minute DVD. Then ask
participants to read aloud the questions, giving
each one the opportunity to answer.
Date posted:Nov 08, 2004
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United Methodists Work Toward Long-term Hurricane Recovery
The Rev. Tom Hazelwood, domestic disaster
coordinator for the United Methodist Committee on
Relief, said his agency has received funding
requests from United Methodist conferences in
Florida, Alabama, Western North Carolina,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. UMCOR also is
assisting with recovery work in the Caribbean.
Date posted:Nov 08, 2004
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After the late October burning of several
churches, mosques and schools in the
Redlight and Jacob Town areas outside Monrovia,
Christian and Muslim religious leaders quickly
met, then visited five area radio stations and
in broadcasts called for calm and cessation to
further violence and burnings. The leaders also
met with United Nations
Mission in Liberia officials, who then increased
security in the affected areas, according to
Benjamin Dorme Lartey, head of the Liberian
Council of Churches.
Date posted:Nov 08, 2004
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Crossroads Urban Center, a national mission
institution related to the General Board of
Global Ministries, is unique. Crossroads
provides
both direct service (Food Pantry and Thrift
Store) and advocacy work. Most other national
mission institutions do one or the other. In
Utah, Crossroads provides many services to
assist “the least of these” because it takes
more
than food to fight hunger and poverty.
Date posted:Nov 06, 2004
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The Revs. Kristin and David Markay are
missionaries with the General Board of Global
Ministries. In August 2004, the Markay family
moved to Italy, where Kristin and David have
been asked to serve as pastors to the English-
speaking community of the Chiesa Evangelica
Metodista di Milano. This ministry is an
outgrowth of the Italian Methodist/Waldensian
Church's missional emphasis of "offering
hospitality to the stranger," which in the case
of the congregation in Milano is the largest
immigrant community from Africa, Asia, and
Eastern Europe.
Date posted:Nov 05, 2004
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UMCOR Continues Work in Liberian Demobilization Camps
Against a backdrop of sporadic violence in
Monrovia, Liberia's capital city, UMCOR
demobilization of former soldiers continues
without interruption. At camps near the city,
established in March with a grant from the United
Nations Development Program, the United Methodist
humanitarian aid agency has supervised activities
leading to the reintegration of some 23,000
combatants who fought in the 14-year civil war.
While activity at one camp has concluded, UMCOR
officials said a second camp will remain open
until March 2005.
Date posted:Nov 05, 2004
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News reports that the Zimbabwean
government is moving to reclaim "under-utilized"
church farmland are a
surprise to the country's United Methodist
bishop.
Bishop Eben T. Nhiwatiwa said he knows of no
such order that would
affect the United Methodist church or any other
denomination in
Zimbabwe. The report "comes as a surprise to
me," said the bishop, in
the United States for a Council of Bishops
meeting.
Date posted:Nov 04, 2004
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Some reflections on world peace by David
Wildman, Executive Secretary, Human Rights and
Racial Justice, Mission Contexts & Relationships
unit in GBGM.
Date posted:Nov 03, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, November 2, 2004
Volunteers have put in more than a million hours
in recovery projects in US regions pummeled by
multiple hurricanes. In Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Minnesota, UMCOR grants assisting people
in areas overrun by heavy floods. Flood buckets
are urgently needed! A team of relief specialists
just back from Haiti and Grenada is recommending
new quick impact initiatives to help both island
nations recover from devastating hurricanes.
Date posted:Nov 02, 2004
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Artisha, age 17, is the mother of two sons, Tre-
Zjaun, 1, and Tre-Viawntae, 2½, and recently
graduated from high school with honors thanks to
Atlantic Street Center, a United Methodist
national mission institution.
Date posted:Nov 01, 2004
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