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Children and youth from Terra Nova village in Quéssua, Angola, join in an effort to combat malaria by filling in low-lying areas that collect water where mosquitoes can breed. The campaign was led by Ben Jacob, a professor from the University of South Florida, who served with a Volunteers in Mission team from the Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church.

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Former young adult missionary once held in the Philippines dies in Zimbabwe

Tawanda Chandiwana, 29, a former United Methodist Global Mission Fellow who was at the center of a 2018 campaign to win his release from the Philippines, died on December 13 in his home of Zimbabwe.

UMCOR provides home sanitation units for Alaska’s Yu’pik community as first residents relocate to Mertarvik

Mertarvik, Alaska, the relocation site for Newtok, a Yu’pik village that lost much of its land to rising sea levels and eroding coastline, receives its first residents in newly built houses, complete with UMCOR-funded PASS sanitation units in each home.

Hope for the weary, food for the hungry

Devotional by Devorah Umpig-Julian | Third week of Advent

Vegetables, fish and hope for Quessua families

Devotional by Kutela Katembo Dieudonne | Third week of Advent
Former UMC Missionary Andrew Lee with participants in a children's ministry in Cambodia.

Holding someone’s hand is the beginning of every peace journey

Devotional by Jin Yang Kim | Fourth week of Advent

National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry announces departure of the Rev. Francisco Cañas in June 2020 and search for new director

Having served in his current role for 13 years, Cañas will step down from his staff position as national director and the NPHLM Committee will conduct a national search for a new director next year.

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Former UMC Missionary Andrew Lee with participants in a children's ministry in Cambodia.

UMCOR partners with a community in the Philippines that practices “Bayanihan,” the spirit of communal unity, in the face of landslides and relocation

The community of Tamac in the Philippines partners with UMCOR through the Baguio Episcopal Area Disaster Management Office to shore up needed water sources after typhoons and a landslide destroy homes and fields.
Former UMC Missionary Andrew Lee with participants in a children's ministry in Cambodia.

67 EarthKeepers Commissioned Online

A new class of EarthKeepers from 24 United Methodist regional conferences will go forth to lead their communities in environmental stewardship projects and initiatives.

The joy in following God’s purpose

Devotional by Young Seon Kim | Second week of Advent

Joy in Jesus

Devotional by Clara M. Biswas | Second week of Advent

Love breaks through all barriers

Devotional by Joe Edward Pormai | First week of Advent

Witness to God’s love in the world

Devotional by Rev. John Calhoun | First week of Advent

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