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Give love campaign promotes year-end giving to support mission and disaster response
Through Dec. 31, support the many ways in which United Methodist mission empowers individuals and transforms communities around the world.
Agriculture trainees harvest knowledge from farm VISITS
A team of 27 Yambasu Agriculture Initiative (YAI) trainees attending the Songhai Center in Benin visited two farms of Songhai graduates who have gone into farming entrepreneurship after receiving training.
Building friendships through LOVE
One of the greatest necessities and challenges for Christians is to genuinely love those whom we serve, especially those whom we do not know.
God provides willing vessels to serve Hancock County, Mississippi
By God’s grace, I have settled into my new position as Community Outreach Coordinator with Gulfside Assembly of Waveland, Mississippi, and I absolutely love it. I am surrounded by the best of the best who have helped with my transition.
Application opens for Global Mission Fellows program, international track
The application for the 2023-25 cohort of young adults serving in social justice ministries internationally launches Nov. 1.
In Alabama and Florida, UMCOR provides both immediate and long-term disaster response
From Hurricane Michael in 2018 to Hurricane Ian in 2022, UMCOR remains “early in, last out” for many survivors recovering from devastating storms.
Discerning “God’s transforming voice” in mission
Jonathan, a physically challenged maintenance worker at the hospital, often catches a lift with me after work. In appreciation, Jonathan says, “May God give you long life.” He is slow at walking to the vehicle and in getting in and out.
Farming is an act of faith
When I received an email confirming my selection as a missionary to serve in Mozambique, I couldn’t believe it. When I arrived, I faced different challenges, including language, since I come from an English-speaking country.
Finding “warm Mongolia” in the coldest capital in the world 
As a United Methodist clergy member from the Philippines, my missionary assignment is to serve the “coldest capital city in the world,” Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.