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Come and See: West Bank young adult pilgrimage

A group of 15 people, including seven students from UMC seminaries in the U.S., embarked on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land earlier in 2025. Although they did not travel to Gaza, they saw many repercussions of the war in West Bank Palestinian villages.
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COVID-19 prevention fosters hope in East Angola

The Rev. Dr. Leo Garcia, a missionary doctor serving in East Angola, rallied churches, health professionals and volunteers in his community to make COVID-19 prevention resources available to every household.
Grant Gibson watches as a big rig team contracted by the Jubilee Water Project digs his well. PHOTO: JUBILEE PROJECT

Jubilee Water Project: the joy of running water

Church and Community Worker, Lisa Nichols, serves a Sneedville, Tennessee, ministry that supplies indoor plumbing and sanitation to mountain homes that have never had it.

Overcoming ethnic differences through education

PHOTO: COURTESY ADAM SHAW

Peace with justice for the Korean Peninsula

Striving for justice in Central America

Cristian Schlick is a global missionary who works with migrants from Central America and Mexico in El Salvador. He was commissioned in June 2019 after serving for two years as a Global Mission Fellow, also in El Salvador, focused on human rights issues.

El Sol Community answers prayer for solar equity

UMCOR grants help Holding Institute save money and increase service

Hospitality continues for detained immigrants during pandemic

After 20 months in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, J. underwent major surgery and was then released ...

Health access and coverage: an issue of justice

Water project lightens load for new mothers

The United Methodist Church has installed rainwater-collection systems at three of its health facilities in the East Congo Episcopal Area.

Faithful UMC institutions stretch to serve communities

Among the recipients of the UMCOR Rapid Response COVID-19 grants are some of the United Methodist National Mission Institutions with long histories of service in their communities. Gum Moon Residence, Red Bird Mission and Henderson Settlement extended their missions to keep people fed, housed and connected.

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