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Thanks to a new $100,000 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), long-time partner Church World Service, a key organization in the welcome effort, will have funds that its nationwide resettlement network can use.

The application has launched for the next cohort of young adults that will serve in social justice ministries in the United States in 2022-24.

United Methodist leaders decry church sponsorship of U.S. abusive “Indian boarding schools” and call for remembrance of victims and survivors.

For 5 years, UMCOR assisted those who lost loved ones and livelihoods as a result of the 9/11 attacks. On this 20th anniversary, read General Secretary Roland Fernandes’ remembrance of that day and the days that followed

In response to the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm that made landfall on the U.S. gulf coast on August 29, UMCOR remains in prayer and is providing relief for the many communities that were in its path.

Manuel Padilla will step down from his position effective December 31, 2021. The NPHLM Committee will conduct a search for a new national director beginning mid-October 2021.

First United Methodist Church of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, has donated $25,000 to UMCOR in Sam Dixon’s honor to assist survivors of the August 14, 2021, Haiti earthquake.

Join the virtual service of worship on Friday, August 27, to affirm and send the missionaries into ministry.

In collaboration with long-standing partners, UMCOR is providing humanitarian relief and is prepared to assist with refugee resettlement.

In response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on August 14, UMCOR is working with partners to provide urgently needed medical supplies to Haitian hospitals.

On Saturday, August 14, 2021, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake produced widespread destruction in the western region of Haiti.   As of August 20, more than 2,200 are dead…

Join Global Ministries and U.S. annual conference partners for an overview of United Methodist mission in Vietnam and Laos.