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As students face mounting financial pressures from cuts in student support programs on U.S. university campuses, the General Boards of Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry will offer campus food and hygiene insecurity grants for United Methodist-related colleges to help provide food and essential supplies to their students.

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Between November 1 and December 31, Global Ministries will share stories of transformational mission work and the ways financial gifts through the Advance impact lives.
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Women in Honduras gather to explore God’s purpose and calling for their lives and form a new National Board of Methodist Women.
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2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Missionaries Jin Yang Kim and Adam Shaw share how Methodists can contribute to the ongoing peace and reconciliation process.
More than 500 families affected by severe flooding in April received much needed assistance in the form of food, hygiene items and medical supplies.

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Susan Clark, Chief Communications Officer
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