North American News & Stories
November 28, 2022
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.
November 1, 2022
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.
October 28, 2022
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.
October 28, 2022
Board of directors approve strategic plan to guide Global Ministries through 2024
Read the full strategic plan.
October 28, 2022
Lessons from Taco Tuesday
As a Global Mission Fellow US-2, I moved from my small town in Arkansas to Miami to serve as the Fundraising and Outreach Coordinator for Florida Justice for Our Neighbors, a nonprofit that provides free, high-quality immigration legal services to low-income immigrants throughout the state of Florida.
October 27, 2022
See for yourself: GMF program brings about transformation
Three young adult Global Mission Fellows serving in the U.S. reflect on ways the program has shaped their understanding of self, God and the world around them.
October 25, 2022
Growing the church in the U.S. one church plant at a time
Within 20 years, missionary pastor Juarez Goncalves has coordinated the planting of seven United Methodist churches in the United States, centered in New England where he serves multiethnic communities.
October 21, 2022
Four new U.S. missionaries commissioned
Watch the highlights from the commissioning service of Amanda Kirkscey, Trisha Manns, Olga Gonzalez Santiago and Arabia Sweet.
October 20, 2022
Hurricane Maria successes help Methodist Church of Puerto Rico save Fiona lives
In Puerto Rico, over 1 million people have registered with FEMA seeking assistance.
October 12, 2022
United Methodists bring light and hope to Florida with solar energy
Conference Disaster Response teams from the Florida and North Carolina annual conferences explore the benefits of mobile solar-powered generators while responding in real time to power needs in Florida after Hurricane Ian.
October 10, 2022
UMCOR helps local partners respond to Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian, whose maximum sustained winds of 150 mph tied it as the fifth-strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States, made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28, 2022.
October 6, 2022
Yes, volunteering can change your life
In 1960, Ruth Johnson Colvin decided to volunteer her time to do something about the high rate of functional illiteracy in Syracuse, where she lived. Sixty-two years later, the nonprofit she founded and the methods she designed to teach literacy have spread across the United States and into 26 developing countries around the world.