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Bayous, Bays and Oceans Sent Waves of Destruction
Sully Griffin has an even better ocean-side view since Hurricane Ike chewed up the houses that once lined the beach in front of his home.
Ike Leaves Behind Damaged Homes, Lost Memories
Vivian Paysse celebrated her 99th birthday a few days before Hurricane Ike washed away the bottom floor of her home and scattered a lifetime of memories along the Texas Gulf Coast.
Local Churches Step Up to Ministry in Their Communities
When a mission team from League City United Methodist Church, Texas returned from a trip to Red Bird Mission, Kentucky in early August, the members were on fire to expand their outreach.
Texas Conference Staff Brings Ministry of Presence to Communities Affected by Hurricane Ike
Texas Conference Bishop Janice Riggle Huie was on renewal leave at Duke University when Hurricane Ike roared through her conference.
United Methodist Leaders Tour Hard-Hit Texas Areas
United Methodist leaders in Texas feared the worst is yet to be discovered as they began touring churches and communities battered by Hurricane Ike and its 110-mph winds.
Louisiana Conference Assesses Next Steps In Consultation With UMCOR
Louisiana leadership was in the southwestern part of the conference to assess the impact of extensive flooding from Hurricane Ike.
Gathering For Wellness and Healing
“What about my child?” Sam Dixon, top executive, United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) asked the 186 clergy, parish nurses, and others who have gathered in Lake Junaluska, NC for the Empowering Health Ministries Conference.
Moringa Miracle
It's lunchtime at a Hope for the Nations (HFTN) feeding center in Ganta, Liberia. A healthy, four year-old boy sits with other children in his age group to enjoy his afternoon meal.
Messer Elected Chairperson of Global AIDS Fund Committee
Dr. Donald E. Messer, executive director of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS, Centennial, Colorado, has been elected by the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund Committee to serve as chairperson.
Health Ministry as the Cornerstone of Congregational Care
Mary Jane has been a vibrant member of Hughes United Methodist Church in Wheaton, Md. for more than 50 years.
New Life for Women in Liberia
In much of the developing world child birth is fraught with danger. In sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 22 women will die giving birth.
Creating Shalom through Health – Wholeness – Peace
The developing health ministry at First United Methodist Church in Laurel, MD plays an important role in the congregation's identity.
Hope Restored
In the Neingbein village of Liberia, farmer Bindu Dolo, 52, is all smiles and her head is held high.
UMCOR Trains Farmers to Expand Food Supply
When June Kim recently visited Ghana as an executive with the United Methodist Committee on Relief, she asked people there if they were aware of a worldwide food crisis.
Growing Hope in a Time of Hunger
For many of the world’s poor, the food crisis is not looming on the horizon, it has arrived.
Recipe for Hope Campaign Targets Hunger
Bread for the World has created its own recipe to help address the growing global food crisis.
United Methodists Support Fair Trade and Small-Scale Farmers
Fair wages for small-scale farmers was among the concerns addressed by The United Methodist Church's quadrennial legislative meeting.
Food for the Hungry
The nutrition unit at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is an integral part of the care families receive at this institution.
UMCOR's 100-Ton Challenge
UMCOR is challenging United Methodists to help farmers earn fair prices for their crops by participating in UMCOR’s 100-Ton Challenge.
United Methodist Youth Raise $830,000 for the Hungry
About 2,200 United Methodist congregations and 25,000 United Methodist youth participated in this year's Souper Bowl campaign-raising $830,000 so far this year.
Soup’s On—at the Souper Bowl of Caring
As the football line-up begins, United Methodist youth and young adults will be lining up their soup cans for another special event—the Souper Bowl of Caring.
Give Fair Trade Chocolate this Halloween
This Halloween many trick-or-treaters will receive a new kind of treat, fair trade mini-chocolates. Candy buyers can have a clear conscience when buying and giving chocolates that are not derived from child labor.
World Food Day 2007— “The Right to Food”
World Food Day is celebrated every year on Oct. 16 to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945.
Women Work Together in Colombia
Some 248 poor rural families-more than half of them headed by women-are improving their basic survival conditions by working together.They are among the many families in parts of southwest Colombia who live in extreme poverty despite their region's resources.
Finding Stability and Hope in Kenya
Theresa, who is a widowed mother of three, wakes up every morning in a crowded tent at a camp for internally displaced people in Mathare, Nairobi.
UMCOR Assists Survivors of Violence in South Africa
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) acted on June 2 to help meet a humanitarian crisis in South Africa caused by violence against foreign nationals, especially from Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Radical Hospitality Offers Hope to Newcomers
Wesley Park United Methodist Church in Wyoming, Mich., is walking in the footsteps of Jesus as they “welcome the stranger” by co-sponsoring families who come to the United States as refugees.
Across Lands
Moe Aung, his wife Naw and their three children fled their home in Myanmar (Burma) and sought shelter in a Thailand refugee camp where they remained for five years.
Centro Latino: “Doing Jesus’ Job” in the Immigrant Community
A church within a church is thriving in Council Bluffs, Iowa. A pastor helps members of his Spanish-speaking flock overcome their sorrow of separation from their families.
South African Methodists Offer Hope to Refugees
South African Methodists are offering a "ray of hope" to homeless asylum seekers, refugees and displaced people crowding into the capital city of Johannesburg.
United Methodist Agencies and Organizations Promote "Genuine" Immigration Reform
Arguing for "genuine reform," seven United Methodist agencies and organizations are opposing the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 before the US Senate unless significant changes are made in the draft law.
Welcoming the Stranger
Cosponsoring a refugee family to be resettled "afforded our congregation another "window to the world" that was new to many of them," writes Hank Woolard, chairperson of the Refugee Family Support Group for Oak Grove UMC.
UMCOR Sager Brown Ships Relief Supplies To Neighbors Nearby And Across The World
Over the past week, UMCOR Sager Brown Depot, UMCOR's relief supply warehouse in Baldwin, La., has been buzzing with activity as volunteers and staff work to assemble and ship relief supplies to locations along the US Gulf Coast and to the country of Georgia.
UMCOR Sager Brown Reopens
"When we returned [to UMCOR Sager Brown], it was very emotional to see that everything was okay," said long-term volunteer Judi Siler.
UMCOR Sager Brown in Urgent Need of Flood Buckets
UMCOR Sager Brown Depot has nearly depleted its supply of flood buckets after shipping thousands of buckets in response to recent floods.
Flood Buckets Supply Cleaning Items and Encouragement
When Dee Montgomery went into her Watseka, Illinois home after flooding in January and February, 2008, she didn’t know where to begin. That is, until fellow United Methodist Diann Peabody came by with a flood bucket.
Help Sager Brown Deliver Kits of Hope
In Georgia, happy faces, smiles and hundreds of cheerful voices filled a room when children saw the arrival of school kits, health kits and sewing kits donated by UMCOR last September.
UMCOR Sager Brown Changes Kit Contents
Changes to two United Methodist Committee on Relief kits have been made to improve the quality of the items received by people in need around the world.
AREGAK: Celebrating 10 Years of Micro-Financing in Armenia
Under sunny skies and with shining faces of smiling children, AREGAK kicked-off day-long celebrations to mark its 10th anniversary of doing business in Armenia.
Georgia Conflict: UMCOR Brings Assistance to the Sick and Injured
The United Methodist Committee on Relief in Georgia will begin distributing some $190,600 in medicines and medical supplies today to 11 hospitals throughout Georgia that are treating those wounded in the recent conflict there.
