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Many immigrant women arrive in the United States to seek a
better life for themselves and their families. Unfortunately there
are not many laws to protect immigrant women from the many
challenges they face when arriving to the U.S. Currently there
are two major proposals in Congress that seek to provide
immigration reform. In addition, urgent action needed is to
reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Date posted:Sep 30, 2005
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For Jean-Michel Basquin, receiving a Crusade
Scholarship from The United Methodist Church
means being able to finish school more quickly
and pursue his dream of making a difference in
the lives of the people back home.
Date posted:Sep 30, 2005
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On September 22, Women’s Division racial justice executive,
Carol Barton addressed an alliance of African-American, labor
and immigration groups gathered at the Federal Building in New
York City, which is demanding reform and justice for workers in
the United States.
Date posted:Sep 29, 2005
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Methodists in Taiwan have sent $20,000 for
hurricane relief along the Gulf Coast of the
United States. This gift amounts to about $400
per person in the small Methodist community of
5,000, which is officially the Methodist Church
in the Republic of China.
Date posted:Sep 29, 2005
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On October 21-23, 2005, Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville
and the Women’s Division will co-sponsor a mission education
enrichment retreat addressing issues related to prayer in public
schools.
Date posted:Sep 29, 2005
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2005 will mark the 65th
year that United Methodists have come together
to celebrate World Communion Sunday, a moment to
be in communion with Christians all over the
world, and to enable us to press on toward the
goal of serving God in life-changing
ministries. In the spirit of fellowship, the
offerings from this Special Sunday will help to
support the education and training of church
leadership who not only have great financial
need, but whose lives and work will have a
lasting impact on the communities around
them.
Date posted:Sep 29, 2005
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Ms. Siaba of Chicago, Illinois, heads the section concerned with
social justice issues of the approximately one-million-members
United Methodist Women. Although she is Hispanic, it was only
after she became an adult that issues of racial justice hit her
“right in the face.”
Date posted:Sep 28, 2005
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The toll from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is
going to be significant for the Louisiana Annual
Conference, according to Bishop William
Hutchinson. "There is not a single church in New
Orleans Parish that has not been
impacted by Hurricane Katrina, and now some have
been hit again by
Rita," Hutchinson said at a Sept. 26 meeting of
Baton Rouge District
pastors.
Date posted:Sep 28, 2005
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New York, NY, September 27--A church-managed
loan fund is deferring mortgage payments for its
congregational borrowers adversely affected by
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Date posted:Sep 27, 2005
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UMCOR Opens New Relief Centers After Rita, Responds to Crowded Shelters
NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2005—“There is not a
structure standing in Cameron Parish.” That was
the grim assessment this morning of an observer
in western Louisiana getting a look at the
effects of Hurricane Rita’s punishing winds in
Louisiana and Texas over the weekend of Sept. 24-
25.
Date posted:Sep 27, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline September 27, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
Hurricane Rita: UMCOR Expands Relief Efforts
Hurricane Katrina: UMCOR’s Comprehensive
Response
Afghanistan: Wells for Returnees
Zimbabwe: Helping the Most Vulnerable
Date posted:Sep 27, 2005
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On September 21, leaders of United Methodist Women,
representing close to one-million-members, engaged in a
dialogue with the RENEW network, a self-described “coalition of
evangelical women” at Wesley Seminary in Washington, D.C. It
focused on issues of concern to both parties, including the role
of women in the church, the work of United Methodist Women,
theological differences, appropriate engagement of social issues
for Christians, inter-faith relations, and the role of women in
mission.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2005
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United Methodist church leaders for the
Louisiana Annual Conference advised all clergy
to use caution and to be prepared when
evacuating from the path of Hurricane Rita.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2005
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Standing outside the wrecked ruins of her
church, Ella Doyle told members of her
congregation, "God has got a better day coming."
Date posted:Sep 26, 2005
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Thanks to Hurricane Katrina, St. Paul United
Methodist Church has a tent city on its lawn
and "God-Mart" spilling out into the halls and
Sunday school rooms.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2005
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the United
Methodist Church's loans and scholarships office
began combing through records to determine which
students receiving financial aid might have had
their studies or their jobs interrupted by the
storm.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2005
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Within two days of the New Orleans flood, Dick
and Amanda Reese of Gallatin, Tenn., had more
than 30 extra mouths to feed.
The meals were served up in the form of hay
bales and Tennessee pasture land.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2005
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New York, NY, September 26, 2005-United
Methodist cash contributions to Hurricane
Katrina relief and rehabilitation have passed
the $7 million mark.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2005
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As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, I
celebrate my Christian and Methodist Heritage.
Since my birth in a Methodist home in Cuba, my
whole life has been centered in Christ and His
Church.
Date posted:Sep 23, 2005
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UMCOR Is Ready for Rita, Officials Say
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2005- As more than a million
people fled north away from Hurricane Rita's
165-mile-an-hour winds, United Methodist Committee
on Relief emergency services officials made plans
to manage the current response to Hurricane
Katrina and to expand its scope to include Rita
recovery.
Date posted:Sep 23, 2005
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UMCOR Sager Brown Prepares for Hurricane Rita
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2005- For the second time in a
month, the United Methodist Committee on Relief
(UMCOR) Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, LA, is
making storm preparations. The Depot is the United
Methodist storage and distribution center for
domestic and international relief supplies.
Date posted:Sep 23, 2005
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On September 19, Andréa Bryant Hatcher will become treasurer
of the United Methodist Women’s Division, the administrative
arm of one-million member United Methodist Women.
Date posted:Sep 23, 2005
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“We cannot say all is well in Uganda when
children are suffering,” said Her Royal Highness
Sylvia Nagginda Luswata, Queen of Buganda.
Date posted:Sep 23, 2005
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The thoughts and prayers of the directors and
staff of the General Board of Global Ministries
are with the people of East Texas, Louisiana,
and other areas endangered by the approaching
Hurricane Rita. Twice within a month, Louisiana
has faced the threat of wind and water. I hope
that everyone along the coast will seek refuge
on higher grounds. Our prayers include the
welfare of several United Methodist mission
institutions in the region, including the Sager
Brown material Depot of UMCOR.
Date posted:Sep 22, 2005
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The United Methodists Committee on Relief
(UMCOR) had received $3.6 million in cash
contributions for Hurricane Katrina relief and
rehabilitation, as of noon on September 19.
Date posted:Sep 22, 2005
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Three United Methodist bishops and the
denomination's director of
disaster response are sending that message to
people in the projected
path of Hurricane Rita, the monstrous storm
expected to make landfall on
the Texas coast Sept. 24.
Date posted:Sep 22, 2005
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Keith Rhodes, executive director of the
Methodist Home for Children in New Orleans, had
planned to take a relaxing fishing trip on
Saturday, Aug. 27.
Instead, that morning Rhodes was rapidly
arranging the evacuation of 36 residents and 13
staff members of the home to its sister facility
in Ruston, La., the Louisiana Methodist
Children's Home. Hurricane Katrina was
approaching.
Date posted:Sep 21, 2005
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Touched by the stories of people affected by
Hurricane Katrina, the Methodist Home for
Children is reaching out to help its
counterparts in Louisiana-as well as an oft-
forgotten group of survivors: family pets.
Date posted:Sep 21, 2005
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United Methodist-related Africa University is
reaching out to assist displaced families in
communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
The university, based in Mutare, has donated a
shipment of bedding, originally designated for
ministries in Africa, to ongoing efforts to care
and provide for evacuees in Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Date posted:Sep 21, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline, September 20, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
Katrina: Arkansas Welcomes Evacuees
Niger: UMCOR Aid Reaches 97,100 Villagers
Sudan: A Recollection of Peace
Haiti: UMCOR Opens Development Office
New Resource: “Harvest of Hope,” 2006 Calendar
Date posted:Sep 20, 2005
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Since her birth in Cuba, second-term Women’s Division director
Nelida Morales has been involved in United Methodist Women.
Date posted:Sep 20, 2005
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Ms. Navarro, a second-term Women’s Division director,
membership in United Methodist Women helps open women’s
eyes to the plight of women
Date posted:Sep 19, 2005
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Compared to the city's opulent, historic
Orthodox cathedrals and monasteries, the new
Russia United Methodist Theological Seminary may
appear unassuming.
On the contrary, the seminary symbolizes the
United Methodist Church's commitment and vision
for the spiritual renewal of the former Soviet
Union.
Date posted:Sep 19, 2005
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Marian Martin searched through the remains of
her home on the Gulfside United Methodist
Assembly grounds and found her china set in the
rubble.
"The dishes didn't break, but the building did,"
Martin told Mississippi Bishop Hope Morgan Ward,
as they looked at the bricks and debris that
have replaced Martin's home.
Date posted:Sep 19, 2005
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The job description when I moved to Orlando
three and a half years ago was to work with five
churches on the west side of the city. By the
end of the first year, the ministry became
District wide, serving 48 churches. On July 1,
2005, the new East Central District came into
being and we are serving 84 churches. And I
didn’t even ask God to make me busy!
Date posted:Sep 16, 2005
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This month, we will thank God for the gifts of Hispanic sisters in
the past; we’ll celebrate Hispanic sisters of today; we’ll look at
mission work as it relates to the Hispanic culture; and we’ll see
continued linkages between the gifts of the past and direction of
the future.
Date posted:Sep 16, 2005
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Mission Initiatives are partnerships involving
the General Board of Global Ministries of The
Untied Methodist Church and self-selected annual
conferences, districts, congregations, and
individuals within the denomination. Of course,
people and groups within the areas where the
initiatives operate are also primary
participants.
Date posted:Sep 16, 2005
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In a demonstration of concern for women and children affected
by Hurricane Katrina, the president of Korea’s Women’s Society
of Christian Service (WSCS) presented a $5000 gift today to the
United Methodist Women’s Division.
Date posted:Sep 16, 2005
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The Korean Methodist Church has given $50,000 to
the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
for use in the areas devastated by Hurricane
Katrina. Methodist women in Korea sent $5,000
more to assist women and children affected by
the storm.
Date posted:Sep 16, 2005
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UMCOR Offers Hospitality Guidelines for Hosting Evacuees
Hosting evacuees is a major decision that will
take the actions of communities working together,
say United Methodist Committee on Relief
officials, who today announced guidelines for
congregations seeking to host evacuees.
“Evacuees belonged to a community before Hurricane
Katrina. Now they will need a new community to
support them,” said Kristin L. Sachen, UMCOR’s
emergency services office executive. Rev. Sachen
said the first step is forming a team, because
“hosting evacuees should be a community effort.”
Date posted:Sep 16, 2005
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Opening Your Doors Tips For Congregations That May Host Evacuees
Remember, It Takes a Community
Form a Committee
Before any decisions are made regarding hosting
evacuees, form a committee among interested
persons to work together. Hosting evacuees should
be a community effort. UMCOR does not recommend
individuals sponsoring evacuees. Evacuees belonged
to a community before Hurricane Katrina. Now, they
will need a new community to support them. .
Date posted:Sep 16, 2005
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, churches
across the South have opened their doors as
shelters. But one place of refuge, Palestine, in
east Texas has taken on a special role helping
storm survivors.
More than 70 physically and mentally challenged
children and adults from Volunteers of America
group homes in the New Orleans area have found a
safe haven at Lakeview Methodist Conference
Center near Palestine. Without help from the
federal government or relief agencies, United
Methodists are providing food, clothing and
shelter, and volunteering their time to help.
Date posted:Sep 15, 2005
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An old adage says you can't be all things to all
people. When it comes to helping hurricane
victims, churches in Meridian are trying.
Four United Methodist churches have worked
together and with city officials to provide aid
and support to those stranded by Hurricane
Katrina.
Date posted:Sep 15, 2005
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I have been glued to the TV in recent weeks,
watching the crisis in the storm-ravaged cities
of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama unfold.
Hurricane Katrina's destruction and devastation
have spared few. The pain and loss so many
people are experiencing are unfathomable.
Date posted:Sep 15, 2005
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Waves of Hurricane Katrina survivors flooded
into Arkansas in the wake of the devastating
Aug. 29 storm that demolished New Orleans and
dozens of coastal communities in Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana.
Two weeks after the horrendous storm, Arkansas
government officials estimated there were 5,000
displaced people at 26 sites across the state
and another 45,000 people in private homes and
hotels.
Date posted:Sep 15, 2005
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Cash contributions to The United Methodist
Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for Hurricane
Katrina relief and rehabilitation totaled $2.6
million as of the morning of September 13.
Date posted:Sep 14, 2005
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The Hurricane Katrina disaster that struck the
U.S. Gulf Coast has been accompanied by powerful
images of the plight of children-images that
will be in the minds of many congregations
marking Children's Sabbath this fall.
Date posted:Sep 14, 2005
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While Dillard University officials struggled to
assess damage from Hurricane Katrina, other
colleges rolled out the welcome mat for students
from the historically black, United Methodist-
related school in New Orleans.
Date posted:Sep 14, 2005
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On September 21 from 10-12:00 at the Wesley Theological
Seminary Chapel in Washington, D.C., six leaders from the
United Methodist Women’s Division - representing one-million
members -- will dialogue with six panelists of the RENEW
organization -- an affiliate of the Good News Network -- a
conservative, evangelical group that has been calling for reform
with a focus on hot-button issues for more than a decade.
Date posted:Sep 13, 2005
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The Women's Division is coordinating all of our responses with
the General Board of Global Ministries and United Methodist
Committee on Relief, but there are specific things you can do as
members of United Methodist Women (besides the church
channels of relief giving).
Date posted:Sep 13, 2005
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The United Methodist Church of Côte d’Ivoire in
West Africa is raising funds for Hurricane
Katrina relief in the United States and is also
organizing an interfaith worship service to pray
for those affected by the storm along the Gulf
Coast.
Date posted:Sep 13, 2005
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United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
reports that online donations exceed two million
dollars since Hurricane Katrina slammed into a
Gulf State region nearly the size of Great
Britain. The report included gifts received Aug.
29 to Sept. 8, 2005. But in the wake of the
storm, press reports have cautioned donors to
take care with their credit card information.
Date posted:Sep 13, 2005
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United Methodists' Katrina Response: Heroic, Radical, Quiet
UMCOR is able to provide relief and meet real
needs only because of the faithful support of
United Methodists. That support has taken many
forms: heroic, radical, and quiet service.
Date posted:Sep 13, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline, September 13, 2005
Churches throughout the US are responding to help
the nearly one million people displaced by
Hurricane Katrina. “It’s going to take everybody
in this country doing something,” said Tom
Hazelwood, UMCOR domestic disaster response
executive, to the Disaster News Network. “This
whole country is affected by what’s happened. I
don’t know of a single church that’s not doing
something. They’re all involved.”
Date posted:Sep 13, 2005
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As Mississippi begins pulling itself out of the
rubble left by Hurricane Katrina, United
Methodists have become "the face of grace in
action."
"The response of the church has been the face of
grace in action," said the Rev. Jeff Pruett of
Tunica, the Mississippi Annual (regional)
Conference coordinator for the United Methodist
Committee on Relief. "It has been a reflection
of the spirit of care and compassion.
Date posted:Sep 12, 2005
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Scripture: John 20: 26-31, Zachariah 9: 9-10 September 11,
2005 is the fourth anniversary of a great tragedy in our nation.
Recently, the day before the second series of terrorist acts in
London, I had the opportunity to engage in a conversation with
David Blagbrough, a staff member of the World Association of
Christian Communications in London, England, who was visiting
New York. I offered him my condolences.
Date posted:Sep 11, 2005
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United Methodist mission institutions across the
southeast and south central parts of the USA are
playing significant roles in caring for people
dislocated by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf
Coast. The following primarily describes
efforts by National Mission Institutions related
to the General Board of Global Ministries, but
also covers some annual conference institutions.
Date posted:Sep 09, 2005
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“You and I have an opportunity to practice
radical hospitality and extravagant generosity
in a situation which, God willing, comes only
once in a lifetime,” Bishop Janice Riggle Huie
wrote to Texas United Methodists in an episcopal
letter on Sunday, September 4.
Date posted:Sep 09, 2005
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The day after Katrina whirled ashore, the Rev.
Jerry Hilbun waded two and a half blocks through
waist-deep water, avoiding balls of fire ants,
snakes and rats, to get to his church, First
United Methodist of Slidell, La. The 55-year-old
pastor, a Memphis, Tenn., native and graduate of
United Methodist-related Lambuth University in
Jackson, Tenn., managed to drive back into
Slidell before the barricades went up.
Date posted:Sep 09, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline: Hurricane Katrina
In Today's Hotline:
Louisiana and Mississippi: Storm Centers Open
UMCOR Sager Brown: Dispatching Relief
Hurricane Volunteers: Know Before You Go
Date posted:Sep 08, 2005
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UMCOR to Participate in Ecumenical Hospitality, Resettlement, of Evacuees
United Methodist Committee on Relief workers are
negotiating a role in ecumenical hospitality for
evacuees who need temporary housing but the plan
won’t be fully operational until next week, agency
officials said
Date posted:Sep 08, 2005
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Volunteers for UMCOR Shaped by Training
“Know before you go.” That’s the advice of United
Methodist Committee on Relief workers to potential
volunteers.
United Methodist volunteers have stepped forward
in large numbers to assist with Hurricane Katrina
recovery, not only in the Gulf Coast states
slammed by the massive storm but in their home
towns hosting evacuees. But their steps are
measured, shaped by training and practice before
going into the field. Volunteering on one’s own
could hinder the work of rescue and recovery
workers or even lead to personal harm.
Date posted:Sep 08, 2005
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It is not a usual occurrence for Americans to be
told by our car mechanics that we must thank God
for something. However that is precisely what
happened last weekend.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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While many UM mission institutions respond with
space and services to survivors of Hurricane
Katrina, others face massive clean up and
rebuilding challenges. Ten institutions related
to the Board were in the path of the storm, as
was Gulfside Assembly, which has close ties to
the mission agency.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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As the death toll rises from Hurricane Katrina,
The United Methodist Church and its members, its
agencies and institutions, are putting their
energy and their funds into helping the living
and comforting the grieving.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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When United Methodist Women’s Division vice president Judith
Siaba went to Montevideo,Uruguay, she saw a warehouse with a
history.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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The General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) is
seeking a limited number of missionaries for
specialized assignments.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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United Methodists Reach Out to Evacuees in Houston September 7, 2005
United Methodists from all over Texas will be
providing a ministry of service to the some 1,300
evacuees staying in Houston’s George R. Brown
Convention Center next week. This is one of four
large shelters in Houston, including the
Astrodome, housing people displaced by Hurricane
Katrina.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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Louisiana's United Methodists, in response to
the overwhelming communication and response
needs resulting from Hurricane Katrina, have
established the United Methodist Storm
Center. "The center's focus is to connect
resources with requests for help. People are
offering volunteers services, goods and monetary
donations.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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For Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker, the disaster
that has struck the Gulf Coast has personal
significance. "It does weigh on me heavily,"
said Whitaker, who leads the United Methodist
Church's Florida Annual (regional)
Conference. "When you grow up in a place you
have a certain feeling about it."
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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United Methodist leaders offered words of hope
Sept. 7 as the Gulf Coast region continued to
struggle back from the devastation of Hurricane
Katrina. The church took out a full-page ad in
USA Today, a prominent clergyman appeared on
NBC's "Today" show and a United Methodist bishop
in the region issued a letter to members urging
help for the United Methodist Committee on
Relief.
Date posted:Sep 07, 2005
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When Sept. 4 dawned, many United Methodist
churches across the Gulf Coast held Sunday
worship services. They held services despite
lack of electricity, water and, in some
cases, stable buildings. But the services were
held, giving those whose
lives were irrevocably changed Aug. 29 by
Hurricane Katrina a chance to
grieve, question and give thanks to God.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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Patricia Groves said she couldn't live with
herself if she stayed inside her air-conditioned
house during Labor Day weekend while so many
people were suffering just across town. A member
of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in
Houston, Groves was one of 1,000 or so United
Methodists joining volunteers from other faith-
based groups at Reliant Center, the city's
massive convention and sports complex, to
organize and distribute donated clothing,
nonperishable food and hygiene items for
hundreds of thousands of Hurricane Katrina's
victims.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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More than 15,000 souls from all walks of life,
religions, races and ages flocked to one of
Houston's richest sections over Labor Day
weekend to learn how to feed the poorest of the
poor. As one ecumenical leader put it, "Keep
your hands clean - and keep your minds open."
United Methodists, Protestants of every stripe,
Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, Jews and people of
other faiths participated in training sessions
at Second Baptist Church to learn proper,
healthy ways to handle food so they could feed
hundreds of thousands of hurricane Katrina
evacuees.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline, September 6, 2005
In Today's Hotline: Gulf Coast: Aid, Pastoral Care
Reach Hurricane Survivors;Mississippi; Alabama;
Louisiana; Texas; Getting a Busy Signal? UMCOR's
Phone Lines Are Humming!
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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Hosting Evacuees: UMCOR Invited to Advise September 6, 2005
The United Methodist Committee on Relief will
play
an advisory role for federal disaster management
planners as they mount efforts to host as many as
a million displaced people
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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Touring parts of Louisiana Sept. 4, United
Methodist Bishop William W. Hutchinson got an up-
close look at areas of his state that were hit
hard by Hurricane Katrina. The bishop, along
with the Rev. Don Cottrill, provost, and the
Rev. Freddie Henderson, New Orleans District
superintendent, participated in church services
at First United Methodist Church in La Place.
Twenty-five people attended...
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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Like churches across the South, First United
Methodist Church is serving as home to shocked
and numb people who were forced to flee
Hurricane Katrina.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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Imagine water rising from desert ground, trees
scenting the dry air, sand turning into fresh
earth, producing abundant crops—created out of a
land previously struggling with starvation and
death. Now imagine that Christians and Muslims
worked side by side to pump water into the
desert, grow trees, and cultivate crops.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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Janet Sapio’s husband comes home about 4:00
a.m., having worked through the night plucking
recyclable materials out of the garbage dump by
flashlight. Sapio quickly fixes a simple
breakfast for her children and walks to the dump
where, as the sun rises and the first garbage
trucks of the morning begin to rumble in with
their loads of rotting waste, she takes her turn
coaxing scraps of copper, plastic, and broken
glass from the rubble.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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The life of a deaconess is an answer to God’s
call to Christian service under the authority of
The United Methodist Church.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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From the 1880s to the present, the ministry of
our national mission institutions has kept
evolving to meet the needs of the community and
those who are at the margins of society.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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The west coast of Africa produces the largest
cacao exports, the United States buys the
largest amount of raw cocoa products, and the
Swiss and Austrians consume the largest amounts
of chocolate per capita, but chocolate has its
roots in Latin America. The ancient Aztec and
Mayan cultures discovered the value of the cacao
beans, using them to produce a drink they called
xocoatl. Chocolate was the food of the gods,
used in religious ceremonies honoring the god
Quetzalcoatl, and chocolate consumption was
reserved for the ruling elite.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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Bible Women, deaconesses, settlement houses,
ministries with immigrant populations—this issue
is full of mission institutions that have helped
people over 100 years of mission history. Some
of the images that the institutions bring to
mind are almost iconic in nature: the black-clad
deaconess, a single woman who lived with other
women in deaconess homes, working with children,
teaching, and leading Sunday school classes—the
Protestant equivalent of the Catholic nun, in
many ways.
Date posted:Sep 06, 2005
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United Methodist Women are responding to the devastation of
Hurricane Katrina through a variety of volunteer efforts and
donations, but the one-million member organization is also
being asked to respond with advocacy.
Date posted:Sep 05, 2005
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Aruna Gnanadason, coordinator of justice, peace and creation
from
the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, is used to
working in an interfaith and global context on justice and
poverty issues.
Date posted:Sep 05, 2005
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At the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s impact, a United Methodist
Women member in Alabama West Florida conference told me,
“Tears all over my face, I am watching the TV. Refugees are
flooding into our area.”
Many of us could identify with her tears.
Only a few weeks ago, Mumbai, India, reeled in the monsoon
rains. More than one thousand people died. I called my nephew
in Mumbai to find out whether he was safe. Mumbai has no
mechanism to safe-guard its sprawling population when the sea
water joins hands in a treacherous dance with the monsoon
waters.
Date posted:Sep 02, 2005
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New York, NY, September 2, 2005—The Sager Brown
Depot of the United Methodist Committee on
Relief (UMCOR) is a peninsula of hope on the
edge of a sea of despair.
Date posted:Sep 02, 2005
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United Methodists from all walks of life an in
all areas of the US are working to relieve the
suffering and assist those left vulnerable
following Hurricane Katrina. The following
stories share what United Methodists are doing
both within the disaster zone and outside of it
to help thousands in need.
Date posted:Sep 02, 2005
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The General Board of Global Ministries, as one
of the international faces of The United
Methodist Church, is receiving messages of
Christian love and solidarity in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina. Here are some of these
messages:
Date posted:Sep 02, 2005
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Emmanuel Galloway carried only clothes as he and
some 250 other Dillard University students fled
the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. He watched in
horror as one of their buses caught fire,
destroying the few belongings those students
were taking from New Orleans to Centenary
College in Shreveport, La.
Date posted:Sep 02, 2005
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Millions of Americans will see messages of hope
from the United
Methodist Church as they watch the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina on
Cable News Network over Labor Day Weekend. The
messages will appear in
the corner of the TV screen for five or 10
seconds.
Date posted:Sep 02, 2005
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NEW YORK, NY, September 1, 2005—The historic
Gulfside Assembly of The United Methodist
Church, Waveland, Mississippi, suffered
catastrophic damage in Hurricane Katrina on
August 29.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2005
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UMCOR Special Hotline, September 1, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
Prayers from Sudan-and the World
Hurricane Katrina Bulletin Insert
UMCOR Sager Brown Responds to Local Needs,
Requests Supplies
Hotline Correction
Date posted:Sep 01, 2005
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JACKSON, Miss. (UMNS) - United Methodist leaders
in Mississippi have
started assessing their role in helping the
state recover from the
devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2005
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BATON ROUGE, La. (UMNS) - Church leaders of the
Louisiana Annual
Conference met Sept. 1 with representatives of
key religious and relief
organizations to coordinate response efforts in
the wake of Hurricane
Katrina.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2005
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The Rev. Carol Sherer, a United Methodist
clergywoman from New Orleans,
found shelter with family friends in Marshall,
Texas, after obeying the
order to evacuate her city.
The enormity of Hurricane Katrina's impact on
New Orleans was still
sinking in for Sherer, who served as associate
pastor of Rayne Memorial
United Methodist Church, near the Garden
District.
"It's just devastating! This is the city I've
lived in for 25 years,"
Sherer said.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2005
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Some $570,000 had been contributed by online
donors to the Hurricane Katrina appeal of the
United Methodist Committee on Relief as of late
afternoon Sept. 1. Roland Fernandes, treasurer
of the agency, stressed that the figure only
reflected online giving. He said it was too
early to have a sense of the contributions being
made by mail or telephone.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2005
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JACKSON, Tenn. (UMNS) - From securing post-
surgical medical treatment to
housing, feeding and clothing the 35 members of
one refugee family,
United Methodists throughout the Memphis Annual
(regional) Conference
are opening their hearts and doors to the
distraught victims of
Hurricane Katrina.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2005
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