Love into Action  UMCOR’S World Hunger /Poverty Program by June H. Kim The World Hunger/Poverty Program has been an integral part of the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s (UMCOR) mission to enable United Methodist congregations to put love into action. More than 800 million people in the ... (continue)
A Close-Up Look at Fair Trade in the Coffee Lands of El Salvador  by Mary Dipboye I enjoy coffee every day, including Sundays in my home church, Bellaire United Methodist Church in southwest Houston. Until recently, I did not think about the men and women who labored to grow the coffee in my cup. Now I ... (continue)
Famine in Africa  by Christie R. House Persistent famine is a theme throughout the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. Abraham and Sarah suffered famine in their time and had to move the whole family and all they possessed into Egypt. Their son, Isaac, suffered ... (continue)
The People of North Korea: Peace, Reconciliation, Hunger  by Youngsook C. Kang and Gail V. Coulson The Korean peninsula, with a 5000-year history as one people and culture with common ethnic origins, language, and traditions, was annexed as a Japanese Protectorate in 1910. The liberation of the peninsula from Japanese occupation ... (continue)
The Foods Resource Bank: Setting Aside a Portion for God  by Christie R. House Vernon Sloan’s family has owned the Sloan Family Farms for six generations. He has worked as a farmer on his land all his life. He and his wife Carol had been searching for a way to help alleviate hunger in other countries, ... (continue)

Seeing the Faces of Hunger  by Christie R. House A friend once said to me: “I don’t know how you can do your job. You have to read devastating stories about starving children, wars, and people cheated out of their land. It would just depress me.” ...(continue)

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