A Forest in the Desert  by Cassandra Heller 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 ... (continue)
The Gospel on Smokey Mountain  A United Methodist Congregation in Ministry by Paul Jeffrey 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 ... (continue)
The Modern Deaconess  Answering God’s Call to Mission by Cassandra Heller The life of a deaconess is an answer to God’s call to Christian service under the authority of The United Methodist Church.... (continue)
National Mission Institutions  Changing Needs, Changing Ministries by Wendy Whiteside 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.... (continue)
Fair Trade Chocolate:  CONACADO and the UMCOR Coffee Program by Christie R. House 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 ... (continue)

Old Traditions Become New Again  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. ...(continue)

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An Open Spirit of Sharing on a Dusty Road: Bible Women in the 21st Century Reinventing the Role of Volunteers In and Out of the Box in Alaska: Girdwood Chapel United Methodist Church 125th Anniversary of the Methodist Church in Lower Myanmar Fifty Years in God's Hands Servants in Faith and Technology

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