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February 8, 2024
Back in Ecuador with El Sembrador
Mission Volunteers David and Shari Nelson return to Ecuador for a second year to serve with staff and students of a Methodist school in Pastocalle, Cotopaxi.
February 7, 2024
Mexican Methodists offer hospitality to migrants
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As the number of migrants passing through Apaxco, Mexico, increases, Mexican Methodists offer food, shelter and hope to weary families with support from UMCOR.
February 1, 2024
Applications open for 2024 Mustard Seed Migration Grant program
ATLANTA – United Methodist churches in the U.S. will have the opportunity to help immigrants, migrants and refugees living in their local communities again in…
January 23, 2024
Moving forward in mission with East Africa
Dreams become reality as a mission consultation is held in Nairobi, Kenya.
January 19, 2024
Missionaries retire after decades of work in Nepal
Reflections from the ministry of Dr. Mark and Deirdre Zimmerman, retiring at the end of January 2024 after serving in health care for decades in Nepal.
January 11, 2024
Responding to food insecurity on college campuses
Funds from Human Relations Day offerings supply grants to UMC-related colleges and universities to address access to food and hygiene products on campus.
January 9, 2024
Church helps thousands of malnourished children in Congo
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Through Global Ministries’ focus on global health, the UMC cared for more than 2,300 malnourished children, including 771 with acute malnutrition, in eastern Congo in 2023.
January 9, 2024
United Methodists help cyclone survivors rebuild
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Communities affected by Cyclone Freddy are receiving agricultural training and equipment and reconstruction of infrastructure with the help of an UMCOR grant.
January 9, 2024
Global Mission Fellows to be commissioned in Kenya
On January 14, Global Ministries will commission 39 young adult missionaries for service around the world.
December 21, 2023
Love Letters
Helen Roberts-Evans was just hoping to rent a house with an inside bathroom and access to water when she moved to Greenville, Liberia. She received so much more.