US Missionaries News & Stories
February 22, 2023
Loosening the bonds of injustice in Hancock County, Tennessee
An Ash Wednesday reflection from missionary Lisa Nichols, a Church and Community Worker and executive director of the Jubilee Project in Hancock County, Tennessee.
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 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.
August 15, 2022
Where goes our neighborhood?
Missionary Julie Wilson tracks the progress of gentrification in her Winston-Salem neighborhood by looking out the front door. The community members Open Arms serves are increasingly losing their rental homes to people who can purchase and rebuild them.
April 15, 2022
Good Friday: The light of hope during times of challenge
The Rev. Fuxia Wang, a Church and Community Worker missionary serving with international student ministries at the University of Oklahoma, offers a Good Friday devotion that considers Christ’s suffering and death as a choice of great love.
March 3, 2022
Walking with the light: CCWs meet for biennial gathering
Church and Community Worker missionaries met together via zoom for their biennial meeting to celebrate their ministries, honor retirees, welcome new CCWs and reflect on God’s light in their daily work.
August 25, 2021
Ten new missionaries to be blessed for service in the US
Join the virtual service of worship on Friday, August 27, to affirm and send the missionaries into ministry.
July 20, 2021
Sowing and reaping: the 70th anniversary of the US-2 program
Current and former US-2s share thoughts about their mission experience and becoming part of a community that has a 70-year legacy in The United Methodist Church.
June 23, 2021
After a year in service, 7 US missionaries officially commissioned
Although COVID-19 prevented an official commissioning in 2020, missionaries have remained creatively engaged in ministry and were commissioned at small, in-person services in their host annual conferences this spring.
April 4, 2021
UMCOR’s Work on the U.S.-Mexico border
We believe that both humanitarian assistance and policy change are required in this current moment of transition and confusion on the U.S.- Mexico border.
March 25, 2021
Holy Week devotions from global missionaries
Enrich your faith practice by reading a devotion on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday from missionaries serving the church around the world.