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Hurricane Ian has made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm. Our prayers are with the communities of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina as the storm tracks north. Our Response Our best response today is to pray, give, and prepare. As always, do not
September 29, 2022 Editor’s Note: In late May, a team from United Methodist News, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries visited church refugee ministries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and western Ukraine to share stories of the
September 20, 2022 Editor’s Note: In late May, a team from United Methodist News, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries visited church refugee ministries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and western Ukraine to share stories of the
August 25, 2022 Editor’s Note: In late May, a team from United Methodist News, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries visited church refugee ministries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and western Ukraine to share stories of the
August 19, 2022 Fifty-two years ago, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Celia, First United Methodist Church of Aransas Pass, Texas, became the temporary hospital for its battered community. Pneumonia and other serious illnesses got treated there. Surgeries were performed. Ambulances came and went. And
August 17, 2022 While Russians and Ukrainians engage in war in various parts of Ukraine, a Russian-speaking United Methodist congregation in Prague is finding ways to support Ukrainian refugees. Prague 2 United Methodist Church is a collective of two congregations: Nové Město (New Life), which
August 9, 2022 Debbie Holcomb and Rose Calhoun were cheerfully sorting through tons of food donations that were coming in by truckloads and from individuals to the United Methodist Mountain Mission for the survivors of the worst flood in the history of Eastern Kentucky. The
August 5, 2022 Days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, United Methodists in the Arkansas Annual Conference had a message for their elected leaders. Do more than offer thoughts and prayers. “Now, therefore be it resolved, the Arkansas Annual
July 22, 2022 Oksana’s hands shake as she scrolls through her phone, looking for the photo. It’s an image familiar to the world by now: the ruined facade of a bombed building. This particular building is in Kharkiv. She points to an empty space a
Amazing things are happening with our local outreach to asylum seekers and immigrants from many parts of the world – but only through an extraordinary commitment from many volunteers. After suffering a catastrophic plumbing backup in one of the dorm buildings being used as an
