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September 6, 2023 Guam United Methodist Church (GUMC) received a United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Disaster Relief Grant to provide assistance for recovery from super typhoon Mawar, which hit Guam on May 24, 2023. The $10,000 grant was used to purchase gift certificates, which were
Katherine Parker, a United Methodist missionary from California who serves in Nepal, will itinerate in October and November in the California-Pacific Conference. Churches can select a time slot for a visit on her Calendly app or by contacting her scheduling assistant. Katherine’s father, Howard Parker,
Alina Saucedo, our Seminary Intern, reflects on her experience this summer. Her area of focus has been the maternal mortality crisis in the United States of America. August 8, 2023 About a year ago, I witnessed first-hand how discriminatory healthcare can harm a pregnant woman’s
DOWNLOAD THIS RESOURCE AS A PDF >> The work of cross-racial/cross-cultural (CRCC) ministry requires one to juggle a variety of mindsets, heart sets, and skill sets. This work requires one to root one’s identity in a spirit of openness and humility as one journeys with others across differences.
2023년 6월 27일 (이글은 연합감리교뉴스가연합감리교회 세계선교부와 협력하여 세계 각지에서 섬기고 있는 선교사들의 기도 제목과 소명을 포함해 팬데믹 이후 현지에서 감당하는 사역들을 상세히 소개하는 <선교사를 소개합니다> 시리즈다. 이번에는 세계선교부 본부에서 사역하는 김은하 선교사의 사역에 대해 소개한다.) 1. 선교사가 되기까지 한국 시골 교회의 목회자 자녀로 자란 나는, 선교사 전기를 읽으면서 막연하게 선교의 꿈을 품게 되었습니다. 그런데 막상 대학 진학을 고민할 때가 되자 늘 어렵게 사시는 부모님을 보고 마음이 바뀌어 먼저 돈을 많이 벌고 싶었습니다. 그래서 돈 잘 버는 직업을
August 29, 2023 Japan first announced plans to dump the wastewater in 2013. Despite strong dissent from churches, other nations, and civil society organizations, Japan confirmed plans to begin discharging the wastewater on 24 August. General secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches, Rev. James
August 16, 2023 “We first mourn the many people and families caught suddenly in the racing flames of this historic fire, fanned and fed by furious winds driving down from the hills to the sea,” wrote WCC acting general secretary (during the vacation) Marianne Ejdersten.
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 through October 15 each year in the United States. The celebration begins in the middle of the month because September 15 marks the anniversary of the independence of five countries: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, and
September 4, 2023 Bishop Melvin Talbert died on August 3rd at the age of 89. One of seven children born to sharecropper parents in rural Louisiana, he was ordained a pastor in 1963 into a segregated Methodist church. He was elected and served as bishop
August 30, 2023 It’s the first sermon by a new pastor at the church. She is not Caucasian. “What did you think of our new pastor?” one congregation member asks another. The reply: “Well, actually, I don’t know what I think, because I couldn’t understand
