2006
- Kansas East Conference assists disaster relief work in Bay St. Louis, MS (March 3)
- Lincoln University Wesley Foundation Trip to Mississippi, by Craig Fitzsimmons (Feb. 7)
- International UMVIM Team Helps Rebuild in New Orleans, by Susan Hellums (Jan. 25)
2005
- Passion about poverty leads UM to work in Congo, by Kathy L. Gilbert (UMNS, Dec. 20)
- Bishops launch appeal to help gulf churches build anew, by Tim Tanton (UMNS, Nov. 4)
"Churches and conferences have helped displaced congregations worship, sheltered evacuees, operated feeding stations, assisted with relocation and sent volunteer teams to the affected areas."- Keller (Texas) First UMC's Music Ministry to Slovakia (Oct. 28)
- Collierville (Tenn.) UMC's disaster response team to Ocean Springs, Miss. (Oct. 19)
- UMVIM Thoughts and Impressions in Responding to Hurricane Relief (October)
- Hurricane Response by United Methodist Volunteers (September)
- Buraku Liberation Center leaders visit GBGM (May)
- Bishop Domingos of West Angola Conference at GBGM (May)
- Mission Volunteers Directors' Spring Meeting in Stamford, Connecticut (April 12)
- Mission volunteers provide more than money, by J.P. McGuire (UMNS, April 8)
- Leaders advise families planning mission trips, Interpreter magazine(April 5)
- Individual volunteers program offers chance to do more, by Linda Bloom, UMNS (March 23)
- Volunteer service begins with application process, UMNS (March 23)
- Mission volunteers have variety of opportunities for service, UMNS (March 23)
- North Central NY Volunteer Team Does Mission Work in NYC, by Michael DeBorja (March 4)
- A Volunteer in Mission Takes a Journey to Flood Ravaged Guyana, by Judy Neal (Feb. 28)
2004
- Primetimers study French culture, church. Note: This is in pdf format; to download it, you must have the free Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader installed on your computer. (Oregon-Idaho United Methodist, Nov/Dec 2004, p. 5).
- Mission Volunteers Board of Directors Fall 2004 Meeting (Oct. 20, 2004)
- Russia Initiative team to Stavropol builds clinic & fellowship, by John Speight (Sept. 29, 2004)
- California-Nevada UMVIM team in the Kingdom of Tonga, by Judy Church (Sept. 21, 2004)
- The Individual Volunteer Program and Orientation/Training, by Michael DeBorja (April 2004)
- Bridges for Life: Louisiana team's visit to Spean Chivit UMC in Cambodia (March 26, 2004)
- "There Is Always a Way": An individual volunteer in Armenia & Bosnia-Herzegovina, by Michelle Harvey Erpenbach (March 16, 2004)
2003
- "The Year I Wasn't Bishop": Letter from Panama, by Rhett J. Thompson (Nov. 20, 2003)
- Brothers and Sisters in Christ - a VIM Experiences the UM connection (Nov. 19, 2003)
- Virginia Team Helps in Hurricane Isabel Relief, by Jeanette Cunningham (Oct. 2003)
- Kingswood UM Camp Take-Down Service Event, by Michael DeBorja (Sept. 9, 2003)
- Work teams & Ecuador people share talents, love, by Daniel & Lisa Godwin (Aug. 18, 2003)
- Offering a Helping Hand in Salem, Maine (July 16, 2003)
- Letter from Bosnia, by Sandy Rowland (June 20, 2003)
- Mozambique VIM Team to come to Troy Annual Conference in May 2003 (April 25, 2003)
- New GBGM General Secretary champions Mission Volunteers & UMVIM (April 17, 2003)
- Chickerings, Bowmans return from UMCOR volunteer work in Louisiana (March 20, 2003)
- Troy Conference Volunteers in Mission Team to Nicaragua, by Janet Huston (Feb. 12, 2003)
Views from Volunteers
(GBGM webpage of articles on UMVIM work)Archive of previous news items
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Photos & Videos
- Buraku Liberation Center leaders visit GBGM, May 2005
- Bishop Domingos of West Angola Conference at GBGM, May 2005
- Western Jurisdiction UMVIM Conference Coordinators, November 2004 (Portland, OR)
- Troy Conference VIM trip to Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, March 5-22, 2004
- Individual Volunteer Orientation/Training Sessions: Group Photos
- North Central Jurisdiction UMVIM Conference Coordinators, August 2002 (Camp Asbury, Hiram, OH)
- NCJ Conference UMVIM Coordinators, August 2001 (East Bay Camp, Hudson, IL))
- NOMADS video
- NEJ UMVIM Conference Coordinators, June 2001 (Alma Mathews House, New York, NY)
- Mission Volunteers Directors, Fall 2000 (Stamford, CT)
- Jurisdictional UMVIM Coordinators, Fall 2000 (New York, NY)
- South Central Jurisdiction Conference Coordinators, Fall 2000 (Oklahoma City)
- Primetimers at UMCOR's Sager-Brown Depot, Nov. 2000 (Baldwin, LA)
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