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May
46 articles found for May, 2006.
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The United Methodist Church's newest bishop is
the Rev. Daniel Wandabula of Uganda.
Wandabula, 41, is a pastor and former dean of
superintendents and project coordinator for the
Uganda/Sudan District of the denomination's East
Africa Annual (regional) Conference.
Date posted:May 31, 2006
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At the end of May, after attending the United
Methodist Women's Assembly, preaching in United
Methodist churches, and speaking to church
women's meetings around the United States, eight
of the nine Regional Missionaries returned to the
New York mission office to share stories of their
work with women, children, and youth.
Date posted:May 30, 2006
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“Miss Margaret” is a mean old woman. She has few
friends, and when I spend time with her, she
always tries to pay me. I tell her I don’t need
to be paid, and I joke that I am earning stars
for my crown,
Miss Margaret lived in a cabin without plumbing.
One day we found her on the floor of her cabin.
She had suffered a series of strokes. Miss
Margaret sold her cabin and truck and went to
live with relatives in North Carolina, but she
returned home to Willow, Alaska, more estranged
than ever from her family. She moved into a hotel.
Date posted:May 30, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, May 30, 2006
Indonesia: Earthquake Relief and Recovery
Indonesia: Life after the Tsunami
US: Hurricane Season Begins
Burundi: Kayero Health Center
Date posted:May 30, 2006
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The chief mission executive of The United
Methodist Church says that none of the current
legislative proposals before the Congress
are “adequate to address the full range of issues
related to a just, humane immigration policy.”
Date posted:May 25, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, May 23, 2006
Cameroon: HIV/AIDS and Malaria Education
Central America: Recovering Homes and Crops
New England: UMCOR Flood response
Worldwide: Refugee Day is June 20
Date posted:May 23, 2006
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Getting the Word Out: HIV/AIDS and Malaria Education in Cameroon
The United Methodist Church in Cameroon's
HIV/AIDS Team recently added malaria to their
curriculum. The five member team, composed of
four United Methodists from Cameroon and one
United Methodist volunteer from the US, travels
to different areas in Cameroon's countryside
teaching people about these preventable and
deadly diseases.
Date posted:May 23, 2006
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On May 13, 2006, ground was broken for a new
United Methodist mission center in the Chengeltei
section of the city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The
new mission center will house the Chengeltei
United Methodist congregation and mission
outreach programs of The United Methodist Church
in Ulaanbaatar.
Date posted:May 23, 2006
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Our call to mission work didn’t strike like the
apostle Paul’s on the road to Damascus. Our
calling was a process. During our childhood,
mission work was not an option because we had no
role model in our communities. The only
missionaries we knew of were from the United
States or Europe. The proper academic training, a
requirement for missionaries, was
not available.
Date posted:May 22, 2006
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Sometimes one is blessed by blessing others
through acts of kindness. Such is the case with
Larry and the mission team that made a difference
in his life by providing a new roof for his home.
Date posted:May 22, 2006
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As the Christian world celebrated Jesus’ birth in
December 2003, I watched as apartheid walls were
built to separate Palestinians and Israelis. And
I thought: Walls don’t work. Fences don’t make
good neighbors. You have to win over your
neighbors’ hearts.
Date posted:May 22, 2006
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“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?
Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover
your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it.
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.” (Matthew
11:28-19, The Message by Eugene Peterson)
Date posted:May 22, 2006
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The pastors of Warren and Oak Park United
Methodist churches say their churches are getting
a glimpse of what God's kingdom looks like after
a series of events triggered by Hurricane Rita
last fall.
Warren Church is an historic, urban church
composed of 30 African-American extended
families. Oak Park has served a white
congregation in a residential part of the city
since 1951. The members of Warren Church now
worship at Oak Park each Sunday morning because
their sanctuary, built in 1920, stands in ruins
after Rita's Sept. 24 landfall.
Date posted:May 22, 2006
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A cloud of dirt unfurls from the gaping opening
in the side of Bethany United Methodist Church,
as a construction crew works through the midday
heat to rebuild the sanctuary.
Hurricane Katrina left the church in ruins, but
the congregation kept its footing on a solid rock
that doesn't move.
Date posted:May 18, 2006
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Many Gulf Coast pastors, like the Rev. Cory
Sparks, say Hurricane Katrina has forced them to
look at ministry in a new way.
"It has revolutionized our thinking about
ministry," Sparks, 35, says.
Date posted:May 18, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, May 16, 2006
US: New England Flooding
Liberia: The Next Generation
US: Tom Hazelwood Elected New President of NVOAD
Pakistan/Kashmir: Rebuilding Lives
Date posted:May 16, 2006
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UMCOR Awards $5 Million in Grants For Katrina Recovery to Benefit 6,600 More Families
NEW YORK, May 15, 2006-An additional 6,600
families and several hundred homeless
individuals will benefit from partnerships
announced by the United Methodist Committee on
Relief (UMCOR). Sixteen local voluntary
organizations have joined UMCOR's Katrina Aid
Today initiative to deliver services to Katrina
survivors
Date posted:May 16, 2006
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"Where am I going to go? Who's going to lend me a
house? If I leave here I'll have nothing..." Doña
Elia walked around and around what was left of
the little house, now in danger of sliding on
down the cliff. Days before, after the tropical
storm Stan, the ground had given way and houses,
road, trees and crops had gone down the
mountain. Part of Elia's house was still standing
and she didn't want to leave.
Date posted:May 15, 2006
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Mark Allen Masters, a global ministries staff
member, died suddenly of a heart attack on May
13 while visiting missionaries in Nepal.
Masters, 48, was regional executive for mission
personnel in Europe, North Africa, Middle East,
and South & Central Asia of the General Board of
Global Ministries. His wife, the Rev. Kathleen
Masters, also works for the mission board.
Date posted:May 15, 2006
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UMCOR Executive Elected President Of National Disaster Umbrella Group
NEW YORK, May 15, 2006-Tom Hazelwood of the
United Methodist Committee on Relief is the new
president of the National Voluntary Agencies
Active in Disaster (NVOAD). The director of
domestic disaster response for UMCOR for since
1998, Mr. Hazelwood will serve a one-year term.
Date posted:May 15, 2006
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At a time when the U.S. government is drafting
plans on how it would deal with a massive
outbreak of bird flu or another virulent strain
of influenza, United Methodists can prepare
themselves as well.
Date posted:May 15, 2006
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Four days of soul-stirring worship and workshops
and exhibits on spiritual and justice issues at
United Methodist Women’s Assembly came to a
finale of music and praise Sunday, May 7. Nearly
7,000 women and some men then headed home from
the once-every-four-year event in Anaheim,
Calif., inspired to further their mission across
the United States and around the world.
Date posted:May 12, 2006
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United Methodists claim to be part of a "global
church," but what does that phrase mean? How can
international relationships be enhanced so that
the church will be more effective in carrying
out its mission?
Date posted:May 12, 2006
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New pastoral leadership is emerging in the
Baltic
countries of Latvia and Lithuania, but help is
needed in paying clergy salaries, according to
supporters.
Date posted:May 11, 2006
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Arlin Kiel went to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in
October to help after Hurricane Katrina; he had
recently joined NOMADS (Nomads On a Mission
Active in Divine Service), a group of RV owners
who travel the country doing mission projects.
The mostly senior-age volunteers have been
parking at Caswell Springs United Methodist
Church and have provided volunteer labor and
tools for all sorts of projects involving
building, remodeling or repairing churches,
homes, camps, youth centers and other agencies.
Date posted:May 11, 2006
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Jan Love, a church executive, ecumenical leader
and former professor, will become the first
woman to serve as dean of United Methodist-
related Candler School of Theology at Emory
University in Atlanta.
Date posted:May 11, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, May 9, 2006
In Today's Hotline:
Sri Lanka: Care in the Midst of Violence
Cameroon: Breaking the Hunger Cycle
Worldwide: World Fair Trade Day is May 13
UMCOR: Connection, Advocacy, and Recovery
Date posted:May 09, 2006
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The head of The United Methodist Church’s
international mission agency says he is
cautiously optimistic that a significant step has
been taken toward peace in the Darfur region of
Sudan.
Date posted:May 06, 2006
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UMW Assembly 2006 Opening Speech by Kyung Za Yim
Good Evening! I welcome each and every one of you
to the 17th Assembly of the United Methodist
Women!
My name is Kyung Za Yim, president of United
Methodist Women and the Women's Division. We have
all journeyed to this holy place from far and
near to celebrate God's awesome grace and love
for this world acted out through the mission of
United Methodist Women! How great it is that we
are here, together, to witness that love for the
next four days!
Date posted:May 05, 2006
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Tall-steepled Centenary United Methodist Church,
a regal landmark in downtown St. Louis, MO,
typically had about 20 people in worship when the
Rev. Conway Briscoe arrived as pastor in July
2004. That was a far cry from its glory days as
the city’s “Cathedral of Methodism,” housing
3,500 in worship in the early 1900s, vibrant
outreach ministries and offices of the annual
(regional) conference and area bishop.
Date posted:May 05, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, May 2, 2006
In Today's Hotline:
Indonesia: New Homes, New Hope
Sudan: Continuing the Work
Nicaragua: Cleaner Villages
Afghanistan: Warmth, Health, and Life
Date posted:May 04, 2006
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UMW Assembly 2006 Response Extra
More than 8,000 women will gather at United
Methodist Women's Assembly on May 4-7, 2006, at
the Anaheim, Calif., Convention Center. Part of a
one-million member organization, the women are
bonded by common concerns - the issues and
struggles of women, children and youth.
Date posted:May 04, 2006
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Reve, träumen Sie, sonhe, me?tan, drøm, dream. No
matter how you say
it, the Division on Ministries with Young People
wants you to do one thing: dream God's dreams.
Date posted:May 04, 2006
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The episcopal term of Methodist Bishop Juan A.
Vera Méndez of Puerto Rico has been extended an
additional period of three years through Dec. 31,
2009.
The action was taken during a special session of
the General Conference of the Methodist Church of
Puerto Rico in April. About 83 percent of the
ministerial and lay delegates approved the
recommendation of the church's episcopacy and
superintendency committee.
Date posted:May 02, 2006
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I recently spent an afternoon at the Museum of
the American Indian in New York. As I slowly
walked through the museum, I took in the clothes,
pottery, paintings, and other works of art. I
always enjoy getting right up to the works and
examining each piece up close.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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“We have many global challenges, and we have to
agree to work on them together,” said the Rev.
Ivan Abrahams, the presiding bishop of the
Methodist Church of Southern Africa. “Global
terror, global warming, scarce global resources,
and dwindling fossil fuels are problems we can
only fail at by working alone. The day of working
in isolation is over. The world must unite for
all the people. ..."
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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“We thank God for the elections! We prayed that
God would give us smooth elections and God did!
Now the people will begin to come together!” The
Rev. Erlene Thompson’s reaction to the outcome of
the Liberian elections echoed the sentiment of
millions of Liberians around the country and
throughout the world.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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The Methodist Church of Ireland is one church
body that serves both the Republic of Ireland and
Northern Ireland (a territory of the United
Kingdom). In Belfast, Northern Ireland, the
Methodist Church sponsors two projects that
receive some support from the General Board of
Global Ministries.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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Four years ago on Mother’s Day, I arrived at
church late with my then four-year-old son,
Hayden, and twin two-year-old daughters,
Catherine and Charlotte. I sat in the back of the
Sunday school class and listened in.
The children were discussing the theme, “What Is
God Like?”
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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The word “peace” conjures up a sense of easy
living, comfort, a calm exterior, and an absence
of conflict or difficult dealings with others. We
think of peaceful settings that please the eye,
peaceful music that calms and relaxes, peaceful
scents with disarming names like “lavender
renewal.” These are society’s outward attempts to
bottle and market a longing that is so deeply
felt, we cannot possibly understand its
significance—unless we have experienced its exact
opposite.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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"We pray? Read Bible?" Ibrahim places the
Bible on the desk in front of me.
"Yes, we will do that," I nod, smiling.
Time has gotten away from me, so I am glad for
Ibrahim's reminder.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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Limbe, Cameroon, May 1, 2006—Pastors and lay
delegates from 19 congregation meet here the
third week in April for the first Annual Meeting
of The United Methodist Mission in Cameroon.
Ten lay and local pastors and 14 lay evangelists
received appointments for 2006-2007.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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Carol Connolly is part of a growing movement of
churches addressing not just the spiritual needs
of their members, but also their physical well-
being.
"It encompasses the life span," said Connolly, a
registered nurse who works two days a week as
parish nurse at Kirkwood United Methodist Church
near St. Louis.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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The oldest African American cemetery in the city
of Baltimore, Md. is located next to Mt. Winans
United Methodist Church. The cemetery is often
called “The City of the Dead.” Mt. Winans church
and Community of Shalom can be called “The City
of the Living.”
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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The National Shalom Committee of The United
Methodist Church continues to emphasize the
importance of living into the principles of
Shalom that have been the foundation of the
Communities of Shalom movement, which began 13
years ago. The committee gathered in Baltimore,
Md. March 31-April 1.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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In the spirit of shalom and the spirit of
advocacy, Communities of Shalom are called to
participate in the Let Justice Roll Living Wage
Campaign.
Date posted:May 01, 2006
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