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October
38 articles found for October, 2006.
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The "gift of sight" can bring smiles to the faces
of both young and old. During the first week of
October 2006, The Methodist Extension to Andean
Youth (EMANA) expanded its Integral Health
Project to include an eyeglass ministry for the
Andean people in the pueblos of Northern Chile .
Date posted:Oct 31, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 31, 2006
Indonesia: Serving the Least
Sudan: Access to Clean Water
Nicaragua: Healthy Water, Healthy Lives
Christmas Resources: Start Your Christmas Shopping
with UMCOR
Date posted:Oct 31, 2006
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Last July at a meeting of the World Methodist
Council in Seoul, Korea, most minds turned during
one session toward a small medieval town in
Germany, to an event that happened almost 500
years ago; an event we annually observe each
October as Reformation Sunday.
Date posted:Oct 27, 2006
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NEW YORK, NY, Oct. 27--A General Board of Global
Ministries partner organization in the People’s
Republic of China, the Amity Foundation, has
received the prestigious China Poverty
Eradication Award, following its nomination in
the ‘organization’ category. The award was given
by the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation
(CFPA) in recognition of outstanding
contributions and achievements which have led to
substantially alleviating poverty in some of the
poorest areas of China.
Date posted:Oct 27, 2006
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More than 100,000 insecticide-treated bed nets
will be delivered to Nigeria in November as part
of a new malaria prevention campaign called
Nothing But Nets.
Date posted:Oct 27, 2006
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Shawn S. Bakker, a woman with broad professional
experience in religion, nonprofit management, and
fundraising, is the new director of the Advance
for Christ and His Church, the designated mission-
giving program of The United Methodist Church.
Date posted:Oct 26, 2006
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Yellow brick walls stand in the middle of a field
off a rural highway near Mutare, Zimbabwe.
The walls are the shell of what will be, not of
what has been.
Date posted:Oct 25, 2006
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United Methodist mission centers in rural eastern
Zimbabwe are helping feed, clothe and educate
children, many of whom are living with HIV/AIDS
or otherwise come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Date posted:Oct 25, 2006
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“I do not know why I am here today. I have asked
God to teach me things of your lives...God
connects lives in intangible and remarkable
ways,” thus began Ray Buckley, a Native American
storyteller who was a part of two of the four
devotions at the annual board meeting for
directors of Global Ministries.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2006
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During the opening communion service, Rev. David
Wilson reflected on Isaiah Chapter 40, a biblical
passage full of the beauty of nature
that “reminds us of whose we are.”
Rev. Wilson, along with Josephine Deere,
organized and led the morning devotions at the
annual board meeting in Stamford, Connecticut,
from October 9 through 12, 2006. Both Wilson and
Deere are from the Oklahoma Missionary
Conference, which represents about 90 churches in
Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 24, 2006
In Today's Hotline:
Liberia: Help for Returning Refugees
Africa: Farmers Helping Farmers
Philippines: Typhoon Recovery
Church Resource: UMCOR Bulletin Insert
Date posted:Oct 24, 2006
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University students in many countries realize that, as
heirs of a global world, it is essential to learn the
English language. Missionaries who teach English
prepare students to contribute to the society of the
future. It is a challenge to design and develop new
courses in English.
Date posted:Oct 23, 2006
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The equality of men and women is vital to having
a just and developed society, according to
Zimbabwe's deputy minister of Women's Affairs,
Gender and Community Development.
Abigail Damasane urged more participation of
women in decision-making in her opening address
during the Oct. 9-13 commemoration of the life
and work of Dag Hammarskjöld. The event, co-
hosted by the Swedish Embassy and United
Methodist-related Africa University, was attended
by students, diplomats and the university
community.
Date posted:Oct 23, 2006
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Owen Seda and Bekithemba Ntini's production
of "Dance Peace Africa" left its audience in awe
after a performance on the opening day of the
Oct. 9-13 Dag Hammarskjöld Commemorative Week at
Africa University.
The theatrical prowess and vivid imagery brought
to life by the cast proved to be both heart-
rending and hilarious.
Date posted:Oct 23, 2006
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Africa's right to pursue peace, democracy and
development on its own terms emerged as a strong
underlying theme in comments from African
diplomats speaking recently at Africa University.
The diplomats had gathered for the annual Dag
Hammarskjöld Commemorative event that began Oct.
9. The weeklong observance provided opportunities
for public reflection and debate on topical
issues such as peace, gender and development.
Date posted:Oct 23, 2006
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The directors of The United Methodist Church’s
mission agency are urging church members to take
up the case of just migration laws worldwide,
including federal and state immigration measures
in the United States.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2006
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On Monday night, October 9, 2006, at the annual
meeting of the Global Ministries’ board of
directors, comptroller Betty Edwards was
celebrated in a fellowship dinner, entitled “A
Celebration of Calls to Mission.” Ms. Edwards was
honored alongside Ms. Jan Love, who is leaving
her post as chief executive of the Women’s
Division.
Date posted:Oct 19, 2006
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On a Saturday morning, August 26th 2006, over
seventy-five people from across Richmond’s
diverse communities gathered at Calvary United
Methodist Church.
Date posted:Oct 18, 2006
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Board members of the United Methodist Native
American Comprehensive Plan are supporting an
appeal to the denomination's top court regarding
a decision to cut another Native American
program.
Date posted:Oct 18, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 17, 2006
US: Snow, Quake Spur Response
Red Arrow-giftCameroon: Grain Banks Stall Hunger
Red Arrow-giftAzerbaijan: Celebrating A Decade Of Hope
Red Arrow-giftNew: Report Spotlights Hurricane
Recovery
Date posted:Oct 17, 2006
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Shilaisan was an orphan who at age 23 married a
man who was drafted into the Japanese army during
their first year of marriage. He was killed in the
Battle of Guadalcanal when their daughter was only
3 years old. As a young widow, Shilaisan provided
for her daughter and adoptive family by making
kimonos that were sold for profit. This improved
her life financially, but a burden weighed on her
heart.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2006
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United Methodists need to become agents of "holy
boldness" in advocating for better health care,
Bishop Felton May told a national gathering of
health ministry leaders.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2006
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The United Methodist Church is sending its first
missionaries to Thailand in South East Asia.
A clergy couple from Kentucky is carrying the
United Methodist banner into a land where most of
the people are Buddhist. The Rev. Michael W.
Morrissey, Jr., and the Rev. Sherri Tabaka-
Morrissey were commissioned on October 10 in
Stamford, CT by the General Board of Global
Ministries, the international mission agency of
the denomination.
Date posted:Oct 12, 2006
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What image do United Methodists have of
themselves as a church today? What image do they
need to have if they are to both attract new
members and fulfill their mission in the world?
These questions were posed by the chief mission
official of The United Methodist Church in an
address dealing with how the global denomination
moves into the future, especially with regard to
the formation of new congregations and the
strengthening of existing one.
Date posted:Oct 12, 2006
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Henderson Settlement, a national mission
institution of The United Methodist Church, has
received a private foundation grant to provide
non-emergency medical transportation for disabled
persons and senior citizens in its rural area.
“I can go to the doctor now,” said one
regular participant in center activities on
hearing of the award.
Date posted:Oct 11, 2006
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Fourteen new United Methodist missionaries each
received a loaf of bread for the journey from 14
retiring missionaries as the new were sent to
serve in ten different countries of Africa, Asia,
and Latin America.
The dramatic liturgical act took place during a
service of worship in which the new missionaries
were commissioned and retiring missionaries
honored by the denomination’s General Board of
Global Ministries. Directors of the mission
agency met in Stamford, CT on October 9 through
12.
Date posted:Oct 11, 2006
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The United Nations Foundation is providing a
$100,000 grant to help underwrite a meeting of
United Methodist leaders that will focus on a
possible churchwide response to global health
care challenges.
The grant, made to the Foundation for United
Methodist Communications, was announced Oct. 10.
Leaders from around the denomination will meet in
Washington in December to address urgent issues
such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, particularly on the
continent of Africa.
Date posted:Oct 11, 2006
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United Methodists are being asked to observe
United Nations Sunday on Oct. 22, with particular
attention to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Date posted:Oct 11, 2006
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My wife Rebecca and I grew up in the church. When
I was 17 or 18, I struggled with God’s question:
“Will you do whatever I ask you to do?” And I had
trouble with that. What if God sent me to a place
where I didn’t want to go or where I wouldn’t be
happy? But I finally said, “OK; whatever you say,
I’ll do.” I’ve never been disappointed.
Date posted:Oct 09, 2006
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The chief mission executive of The United
Methodist Church strongly protested the testing
of a nuclear weapon by North Korea on October 8.
“It is a deplorable act of aggression against the
prospects of a more peaceful world,” said the
Rev. R. Randy Day in a statement issued on the
opening day of the annual meeting of directors of
the church’s General Board of Global Ministries.
Date posted:Oct 09, 2006
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At 3:50 p.m. on Sept. 25, 8-month-old Domingos
Antonic died.
Malaria and poverty killed him.
A $10 mosquito net might have saved his life. A
clean neighborhood sprayed with pesticide surely
would have.
Date posted:Oct 06, 2006
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Sitting on the couch in the living room of Bishop
Jose and Dr. Laurinda Vidal Quipungo, the Rev. R.
Randy Day listens closely as the couple describe
the needs in their country.
Dr. Quipungo softly starts talking about a child
that had died of complications from malaria the
day before.
She says the child's death was complicated by the
need to give him a blood transfusion and oxygen.
Date posted:Oct 06, 2006
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The Rev. Fred and Stacy Stone Vanderwerf are
missionaries of the General Board of Global
Ministries of The United Methodist Church
assigned to Ukraine. Their responsibilities
include university student ministry development.
Following are excerpts from their August 2006
newsletter.
Date posted:Oct 05, 2006
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Sarah T. Harkness, commissioned missionary with
the General Board of Global Ministries of the
United Methodist Church, serves in Oregon and
Idaho with the Hispanic/Latino Ministry Training
Institute (HMTI).
Date posted:Oct 05, 2006
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A compilation of mission news briefs from Africa.
Date posted:Oct 05, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 03, 2006
JFON: Home at Last
Sierra Leone: A Better Place to Learn
Afghanistan: Helping Families Come Home
New Resource: UMCOR's 2007 Calendar is Here!
Date posted:Oct 03, 2006
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Next to the service that missionaries, volunteers
in mission, local congregations, lay persons and
pastors give to the many places of mission, is
the continuous need for financial stewardship.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2006
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Today I met a little girl whose father had earlier
come to
Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) requesting assistance
for his daughter. After reviewing the facts, I had
been able
to determine that she was eligible for
citizenship. They
came to thank us because she received her
naturalization
certificate. She is still in grade school but old
enough to
realize the importance of that piece of paper.
Date posted:Oct 02, 2006
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