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Beating Global Hunger Requires Political Leadership, Bread for the World Report Says
More than 800 million people live with daily
hunger because political leadership, which could
end the problem, is lacking, according to Bread
for the World Institute's new study, Are We on
Track to End Hunger? The United Methodist
Committee of Relief is one of the report's
sponsors.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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Sudan Emergency: UMCOR's Response
UMCOR, working through ACT (Action by Churches
Together), will continue to support relief and
development work that meets immediate emergency
needs and supports the people of Sudan as they
struggle against the violence and poverty in
their country to find long-term solutions that
will lead to a more full life.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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PITTSBURGH (UMNS)-- It's not every day that the
United Methodist Church gets to honor one of its
leading lights before her years of history-
making
have passed into memory.
Yet, on April 29 the top legislative body of the
denomination paid tribute to Eunice Jones
Mathews-
-a living legend in the church's history of
mission. The 998 delegates to General Conference
and hundreds of visitors honored her 90th
birthday with a "Happy Birthday" chorus and a
reception at the David L. Lawrence Convention
Center.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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Leaders of The United Methodist Church of Poland
expect the entry of their country into the
European Union to bring both opportunities and
challenges to their small but vital religious
community.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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Even though Mozambique’s civil war officially
ended in 1994, United Methodist Bishop Joao
Somane Machado says his country is now facing a
different kind of threat, a war with landmines.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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Ivory Coast Methodists hope to become a
recognized Conference of the United Methodist
Church by action of this General Conference.
United Methodism’s vision of a world church is
one that Ivory Coast Methodists say they share.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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African delegates to the 2004 General Conference
credit the Academies on Evangelism and Church
Growth for helping them develop successful new
churches and a broader understanding of ministry
in an African context.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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The Concert Choir of Payne College, Augusta,
Georgia, provided the musical leadership for an
historic service of worship that celebrated
African Americans who stayed within what is now
the United Methodist Church despite decades of
racism.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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The global reality of The United Methodist Church
is dramatically shown in a new mission map
introduced here at the denomination’s 2004
General Conference.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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On April 29, delegates Carlos M. Tchihuto and
Madalena Magita from Melange, Angola stood
alongside bishops and fellow delegates just
outside the convention center helping to load 50-
pounds bags of potatoes into a Greater
Pittsburgh
Food Bank truck for local distribution. The
shipment is expected to feed about 120,000
Pittsburgh-area residents.
Date posted:Apr 30, 2004
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When Bishop Bruce P. Blake attended the funeral
of the Rev. Tom Roughface, a Native American
leader in the United Methodist Church, the
Oklahoma bishop was struck by the Ponca Tribe
practice of giving gifts to friends and
visitors.
Date posted:Apr 29, 2004
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United Methodists will forever be involved in
unchristian actions toward one another if each
person does not let go of concerns about "I" and
make an effort to become "we."
Date posted:Apr 29, 2004
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Patrocenio Nebran,who was elected an East
Mindanao Philippines Conference lay delegate in
2003, had spent months making expensive phone
calls, filling out forms and documenting
personal
details including bank accounts and tax returns.
The official told her‘it’s not enough,’ and
rejected her application
Date posted:Apr 28, 2004
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Rev. R. Randy Day and Bishop Joseph Humper of
Sierra Leone of The United Methodist Church
today
called for an international peacekeeping effort
in the Sudan, where government-supported militia
have caused the death and displacement of
millions of people.
Date posted:Apr 28, 2004
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“The promise of a new creation provides the
foundation and vision for the church’s mission
in this new millennium,” said Bishop Kenneth L.
Carder of the Mississippi Area, speaking on
behalf of the Council of Bishops.
Date posted:Apr 28, 2004
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The United Methodist Church’s bishops want to
expand efforts to help children and the poor.
Bishop Donald A. Ott
During the denomination’s 2004 General
Conference, the bishops said they may merge the
critical points of the Episcopal Address
with “Our Shared Dream: The Beloved Community,”
a paper the body adopted last November. The
Council of Bishops anticipates that merging
these two documents would create a new episcopal
initiative for 2005-08.
Date posted:Apr 28, 2004
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“Civility” may be the prophetic word for The
United Methodist Church today, a prominent
church
leader said here at the denomination’s
quadrennial General Conference.
Date posted:Apr 28, 2004
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Liberian United Methodists say they are daring
to
hope that their war torn country is turning a
corner on the destruction and violence that has
devastated their country.
Date posted:Apr 28, 2004
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There is a spiritual revival gathering in the
Philippines Annual Conference called JAMPAC
(Jesus and Me in the Philippines Annual
Conference). JAMPAC is one of the annual
activities of the Philippines Annual Conference
United Methodist Youth Fellowship, or PAC-UMYF.
But until now, it had never been fully
implemented. When we became youth workers of
PAC, we prayed that JAMPAC would ignite and
inspire the spiritual movement of young people
in the Manila area.
Date posted:Apr 27, 2004
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Feedback from the Un-Happy Birthday Campaign -
Jubilee USA
Date posted:Apr 27, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, April 27, 2004
An UMCOR grant will assist in tornado recovery
efforts in the Midwest. Health services are once
again available to people in the northeastern
region of Liberia with the reopening of the Ganta
United Methodist Hospital. In response to the
events in Darfur', the head of the church's
mission agency is calling for an international
peacekeeping action in Sudan.
Date posted:Apr 27, 2004
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A large majority of individuals have experienced
first hand the rise in health care costs. Many
people are now faced with paying higher
insurance
premiums, paying a larger portion of their
health
care bills or losing health care coverage all
together. Some individuals and families never
have had the privilege of having health care
insurance; even if it has meant that not having
it could lead to serious health problems and
risks.
Date posted:Apr 27, 2004
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The Episcopal Address to the General Conference
struck many mission chords. Bishop Kenneth
Carder, serving the Mississippi Episcopal Area,
was chosen by the Council of Bishops to make the
address, which serves as the “state of the
church” address.
In a press conference following his address, the
bishop was asked about issues currently dividing
United Methodists. He said that “the prophetic
word for the church today might well be that of
civility.”
The text of the Episcopal address follows.
Date posted:Apr 27, 2004
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The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist
Church blamed the “racist” policies of the
United
States government for the denial of 42 visas to
African and Philippines delegates to the
denomination’s General Conference, opening today
and running until May 7.
Date posted:Apr 27, 2004
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The writer for GBGM, who joined the staff the
first of April, attends her first General
Conference. She shares her initial observations
and emotions.
Date posted:Apr 27, 2004
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Bulletin Insert: UMCOR. In Disaster Response, Multiplying Hope in Ways That Might Surprise You.
Please use "Multiplying Hope in Ways That Might
Surprise You" as bulletin insert or a separate
brochure. This document has two 8 1/2" x
11" "landscape style" pages designed to be
printed back-to-back and folded in the center.
Three formats are available, PDF, WORD, and web.
Date posted:Apr 26, 2004
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A team of interpreters is meeting the language
needs of the unprecedented number of
international delegates attending the United
Methodist General Conference in Pittsburgh April
27-May 7.
Date posted:Apr 23, 2004
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A new CD of Native American hymns will help save
a traditional language from extinction,
producers say.
Date posted:Apr 22, 2004
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This Special Sunday is celebrated on the third
Sunday of Easter, which falls on April 25 this
year. While most people are familiar with Native
ministries in rural areas or on reservations,
there are also twenty-three (23) Native American
Urban ministries in this country one fourth of
our total Native ministries.
Date posted:Apr 21, 2004
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United Methodist Women continue their prayer
campaign for peace as the first anniversary
Iraq’s invasion passes and as violence continues
in the Middle East, Africa, Haiti, and all places
of unrest. United Methodist Women began the
campaign last year, from Advent to Easter. Now,
the campaign continues.
Date posted:Apr 21, 2004
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United Methodist Women concerned with good public
education for all children will have a chance to
participate in advocacy. The Division is
developing educational efforts during 2005-2006
that will further promote United Methodist
Women’s Campaign for Children, Phase III.
Date posted:Apr 21, 2004
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“Celebrate: A Seed Is A Promise” ($7.00) is a
new video to help women celebrate United
Methodist Women. With a song written for the
video, and with footage of the work of United
Methodist Women over the past 135 years, this
video will be useful even beyond this year.
Date posted:Apr 21, 2004
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Why is it that women controlling money and
running their own programs is feared by some
people?
At the United Methodist General Conference,
the denomination’s legislative-making body, in
Pittsburgh, Penn., April 27-May 7, opponents
within The United Methodist Church will once
again bring resolutions before the body to
dissolve and/or change the Women’s Division and
its one-million member United Methodist Women.
Date posted:Apr 21, 2004
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Representatives of Christian denominations have
acknowledged their past inaction and urged
strong support for a healing process in Rwanda,
still recovering from the trauma of a genocide
in which up to 1 million people were killed over
100 days in 1994.
Date posted:Apr 21, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, April 20, 2004
In Sudan, UMCOR is providing blankets, seeds and
tools to displaced people. In Haiti, UMCOR
supports several projects, focusing on priorities
identified by church leaders there. In Liberia,
UMCOR will operate a new demobilization camp for
ex-combatants. UMCOR has sent a grant to the
eastern conference of Iglesia Metodista de México
to support clean-up efforts."
Date posted:Apr 20, 2004
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Anne Kolbe is a missionary of the General Board
of Global Ministries of The United Methodist
Church assigned to Cambodia where she serves as
coordinator for community-based primary health
care work.
Date posted:Apr 19, 2004
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On April 25, thousands of women are
expected to march on Washington for
women's lives and reporductive choices.
Among the thousands will be members of the
-million member United Methodist Women.
Date posted:Apr 19, 2004
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The United Methodist Church gathers in General
Conference from April 27 to May 7, 2004 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Almost a thousand
voting delegates from the United States, Europe,
Africa and the Philippines will conduct the
official business of the Church.
Date posted:Apr 19, 2004
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How far will United Methodist Women go for saving
God’s creation?
Date posted:Apr 15, 2004
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Forty-four million Americans lack health care
coverage – an increase of more than two million
in just one year. Eighty percent of these
uninsured are in working families! 8.5 million
are children
Date posted:Apr 14, 2004
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A United Methodist missionary is back in Haiti
to resume a ministry interrupted last February
by political upheaval and civil war that led to
a change in the government.
Date posted:Apr 14, 2004
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Women's Division President, Genie Bank gives
last
report at Spring 2004 Board Meeting
Date posted:Apr 14, 2004
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Like sparkling cider, ideas for United Methodist
Women’s 135 years are popping up like bubbles.
Here are a few sips of creative juice to show how
some districts and conferences celebrate 135
years in mission!
Date posted:Apr 14, 2004
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Women's Division Treasurer, Connie Takamine
gives
report at Spring 2004 Board Meeting.
Date posted:Apr 14, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, April 13, 2004
UMCOR will cooperate with the United Nations and
the government of Armenia in a program working
against human trafficking. In Iraq, UMCOR is
partnering with Norwegian Church Aid support the
development of civil society. In Afghanistan,
UMCOR will work with UNICEF to restore 3,000
child soldiers to productive roles in their
communities. In Sudan, an UMCOR grant is
providing seeds, tools and blankets to displaced
families.
Date posted:Apr 13, 2004
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The Lord almighty says: "In this place, desolate
and without men or animals in all its towns
there will again be pastures for shepherds to
rest their flock". This verse from the book of
Jeremiah was spoken to me as testimony by a
woman named Nem Saran...
Date posted:Apr 12, 2004
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United Methodist Women members make commitment
to
continue promoting "processed chlorine-free"
paper to all who live and work in communities
across the country.
Date posted:Apr 12, 2004
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Young United Methodist Woman, Kim, 17,
from Cal., will be attending the first
ever Children’s World Congress on Child Labor May
10-13 in Florence, Italy.
Date posted:Apr 08, 2004
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United Methodists will be gathering on the
National Mall in Washington, DC on April 25, 2004
beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Date posted:Apr 08, 2004
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Janet M. McCarty is a United Methodist
missionary and a deaconess assigned by the
General Board of Global Ministries to Nepal. She
is serving in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital city,
as a tutorial teacher for the children of
appointees (missionaries) to the United Mission
to Nepal.
Date posted:Apr 08, 2004
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On the highway out of Tegucigalpa towards the
north, about a quarter mile past what I used to
think was the last bus stop, there's a rutted
dirt road that heads up a hill. Out of sight on
the other side of the hill are three
neighborhoods made of simple shacks that cling
precariously to the mountain. Most people in the
city do not know they exist. The mayor clearly
doesn't, judging by the lack of basic services,
yet some 20,000 people live there.
Date posted:Apr 08, 2004
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Worship Service for celebrating 135 years in
Mission - United Methodist Women
Date posted:Apr 07, 2004
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The head of the United Methodist international
mission agency today called upon the world’s
nations to mark the 10th anniversary of genocide
in the African nation of Rwanda by taking action
to ward off a similar bloodbath threatened in
Sudan.
Date posted:Apr 07, 2004
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UMCOR Hotline, April 6, 2004
The United Methodist Church of Burundi has
mobilized Kayero residents to contribute to the
renovation of a hospital. In Kosovo, 3,000 people
displaced in the wake of the recent violence.
UMCOR has created a new bulletin insert about
Haiti's civil crisis.
Date posted:Apr 06, 2004
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UMCOR Church Bulletin Inserts: Haiti Civil Emergency
UMCOR is working with the Methodist Church in
Haiti to respond to the people's needs in the
midst of its current civil crisis. Please use the
PDF or WORD documents on this page to make an
insert (right) for your church's Sunday bulletin.
Download and print these documents on 8 1/2 x 11
inch paper.
Date posted:Apr 05, 2004
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The Holy Week narratives in the four Gospels
dramatize both the human and divine natures of
Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Christ. The stories
show Jesus, the very human person, interacting
with all kinds of other people; they also show
God’s Anointed One in the fullness of holy power
defying death and overcoming evil. The Church
across the centuries has maintained this drama--
God’s narrative--in our Holy Week services,
beginning with Palm Sunday and continuing
through Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and
Easter, the day of Resurrection.
Date posted:Apr 05, 2004
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An individual volunteer is an uncommon sort.
Participating in the United Methodist Individual
Volunteer program means a commitment of from two
months to a year, raising funds for one's own
support, and the fortitude to serve by oneself
or with one's spouse, often in a far-away place.
Of the tens of thousands of United Methodist
Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM), the vast majority
go in teams; only a few hundred are long-term
individual volunteers, but they serve in scores
of countries as well as in the United States.
Date posted:Apr 04, 2004
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Have you ever wondered why the day our Lord was
killed is called “Good Friday”? What is “good”
about the torture and murder of another human
being? What could possibly be “good” about the
torture and murder of the One many people on
that very day believed to be the Messiah?
Date posted:Apr 02, 2004
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“Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a
single grain; but if it dies, it bears much
fruit.” - John 12:24
She was a new Christian. Shortly before Easter,
she came to me, holding a small devotional the
United Methodist Church in Lithuania had
published. “I came across a wonderful image in
this book,” she said. “It’s an image of our
church here!”
Date posted:Apr 02, 2004
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This speech was given at the quadrennial meeting
of United Methodist Women, which took place in
each of the five jurisdiction's of the United
Methodist Church. The purpose of these meetings
are to elect directors to the Women's Division,
elect jurisdiction officers, and give United
Methodist Women a chance to celebrate and educate
themselves for mission with others from their
regions.
Date posted:Apr 02, 2004
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This speech was given at the quadrennial
meetings
of United Methodist Women, which took place in
each of the five jurisdiction's of the United
Methodist Church. The purpose of these meetings
are to elect directors to the Women's Division,
elect jurisdiction officers, and give United
Methodist Women a chance to celebrate and
educate
themselves for mission with others from their
regions.
Date posted:Apr 02, 2004
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Although rural United Methodist churches make up
a little more than a third of the denomination's
membership, those congregations account for half
the overall membership loss in recent decades.
Date posted:Apr 02, 2004
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To mark the 60th Birthday of the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Jubilee
USA is leading an Un-Happy Birthday Card
campaign
to draw attention to the devastating effects
that
the policies of these institutions have had on
the economies of the developing world.
Date posted:Apr 01, 2004
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The Director of Design Services, Frank
DeGregorie, along with
designer Marcy Kass have been recognized BEST OF
CLASS, Award of
Excellence D-1 by the Religion Communicators
Council for their work
under the category Class D - Graphic Design,
Art, and Photography
(Philadelphia Chapter - Judges). ... The
awards honor the late Victor DeRose and Paul M.
Hinkhouse, leading
lithographers in New York City.
Date posted:Apr 01, 2004
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The Jubilee USA network, a coalition of over 60
organizations in the U.S. working for a debt-
free
world, is asking individuals to send ‘birthday
cards’ to the World Bank and IMF for their 60th
birthday. Through these cards, individuals can
voice their concern about the global debt crisis
and its effects on the world’s poorer countries.
Date posted:Apr 01, 2004
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