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May 24, 2023 The United Methodist Mongolia Mission Initiative Summit gathered at Christ United Methodist Church in Honolulu with participants from Mongolia, South Korea and [the U.S.] to discuss the ministry’s future and direction. The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries sent Helen May Shepherd
May 12, 2023 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, initiatives developed by The United Methodist Church aim to offer a positive future to people living with HIV and AIDS. With funding from the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries’ Global Health program, the church
Opportunity to learn more about and support the work of Joy Prim – one of our global missionaries who is currently serving in Hong Kong and providing essential services to the migrant women of Hong Kong and their families. Joy is available to come to
When Ruby-Nell Estrella went to college, the last thing on her mind was ministry. She was trained and graduated as an accountant. Yet, she did not love the jobs following her training. She quit and opted to volunteer to serve as the secretary of her
At age nine, Lanette Plambeck was hospitalized for six weeks with the H2N2 flu virus. While she was in the hospital, she woke up with the assurance that God had a plan for her to be a storyteller. Her first part-time appointment as a pastor
UMC Global Ministries’ Missionary Joy Prim, deaconess, will be in southern California in April. Come and learn about her service to Overseas Workers! Joy is a member of the California-Pacific Conference and served Philippine immigrants at the Filipino Migrant Center in Long Beach before being
There are two primary driving forces for Bishop Connie Shelton: being herself and keeping the rhythms that sustain her. Being herself is “incredibly liberating,” Shelton noted, commenting that she does not have to try harder if she just leans into her own being. Additionally, there
With women in leadership all around her, Laura Merrill never thought that she could be limited in being a pastor. She is a fourth-generation first-born woman. Her mother worked outside the home, despite the culture of the time. With the noted superpower of helping, Merrill
The biggest driving force for Robin Dease in pastoral ministry is to make change. Her call to ministry story is one that shows tenacious work ethic and the highest of standards. Before she was appointed as a district superintendent, Dease needed to believe that she
When she was serving as a district superintendent in the Michigan Conference, one of Kennetha Bigham-Tsai’s pastors asked her to be a part of their baptisms happening in a park. Dressed distinctively in a long African dress and ready for a day of events around
