Annual Conferences Build on Training and Experience in 'Super Tuesday' Tornado Response
Preparedness, training, experience, and ongoing relationships enabled United Methodists to be in the forefront of the response to the recent “Super Tuesday” tornadoes that cut a destructive swath through Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama on February 5.
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UMCOR to Establish Three Additional Offices in 2008
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is expanding its physical presence in the US and around the world.
Church makes filing less taxing for the needy
A United Methodist church is offering help – as well as coffee and donuts – through a free AARP program.
Board commissions missionaries, deaconesses
The United Methodist mission agency is assigning a diverse group of people for work around the globe.
Consider justice over charity, mission leader says
Bishop Felton May says the U.S. and the world have an unfinished agenda on the issue of poverty.
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Sudan Project serves as model for United Methodists
Ginghamsburg Church, a United Methodist congregation in Ohio, has raised $3 million in three years to help Sudanese people in Africa.
United Methodist Men slate new methods, officers
As the men's ministry celebrates its 100th anniversary, its leaders learn of new methods to reach men in the next 100 years.
Agency commissions new missionaries, deaconesses and home missioners
Twenty-two new United Methodist missionaries, 12 deaconesses and two home missioners were commissioned on March 11 for service in the church.
Pan-Methodists re-evaluate board roles
The African Methodist Episcopal Church reconsiders having representation on United Methodist agencies.
Bishop Paup to lead Board of Global Ministries
Bishop Edward Paup is elected to lead the mission agency of The United Methodist Church.
United Methodist Women mark Iraq war anniversary
Women are being encouraged to participate in prayer services and vigils March 19, the war’s fifth anniversary.
Community Services Agency 'Stretches' to do Disaster Response
Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House, a national mission institution of The United Methodist Church, was one of twelve organizations in nine states that received grassroots grants from the Emergency Services Office of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to assist Hurricane Katrina survivors around the country.
Women's Division elects new treasurer
Martha Sherman Knight is the new treasurer of the Women’s Division of the Untied Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, effective April 3.
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