Other Mission Opportunities
HURRICANE
RECOVERY EFFORTS:
If
you or your church members wish to get involved with ongoing
recovery efforts use the following contacts: for Louisiana,
visit
www.la-umc.org; e-mail
lamissionzone@bellsouth.net; or call the Mission Zone office
at (504) 483-8848. For Mississippi, visit
www.mississippi-umc.org; e-mail
disastercenter@meridianumc.org; or call the Disaster
Response Center at (866) 435-7091 (toll-free). For Alabama-West
Florida, visit
www.awfumc.org; e-mail
disaster@awfumc.org; or call the Disaster Recovery Ministry
at (866) 340-1956 (toll-free).
WILL YOU HOST AN IN-GATHERING DAY?
The Southern Hills District of the UMC serves 100 UM churches in
the Appalachia area of Southeast Ohio. The Southern Hills
Distribution Center is a Southern Hills District mission
ministry founded to enable churches of the district to have
resources to meet the needs of low income Appalachian families.
In 2007, over 2,000 families were served through GiveAway Days. Your
help is needed to make this mission center fulfill its potential
to serve families in need. Through volunteer staff, larger
churches seeking mission outreach opportunities are partnered
with small, rural congregations. “In-gatherings” of furniture,
appliances, household items, children’s’ clothing, hygiene kits,
school supplies, new toys for Christmas, and flood buckets are
needed. Bibles are the most important items to collect during
an in-gathering. The challenge is to fill the Southern Hills
trailer which will then be delivered to the Southern Hills
District partner church for distribution to families in need.
This is a great mission outreach opportunity which gets each
member of the congregation involved in reaching out to those in
need. If you are able to schedule an “In-gathering” and partner
with a Southern Hills church or for more information, please
contact
mwoodward1@msn.com or (740) 838-5005.
UM
Agency Steps Up Missionary Recruitment
The United Methodist Church is launching a long-term missionary
recruitment campaign. "We need missionaries," Rev. R. Randy Day
told directors of the General Board of Global Ministries at the
opening of the mission agency's semi-annual meeting in Stamford,
CT. on April 23. Rev. Day is chief executive of the
international mission and service agency. The campaign theme
is: "The Face of Today's Missionary: Is It Yours?" Personnel
are needed for work in evangelism, church development,
education, medical care, agriculture, legal services, and
financial administration. A majority, although not all,
assignments are outside the United States. "Our recruitment
initiative is quite broad," Day said. "It covers regular, or
'standard support,' missionaries as well as persons in special
categories, including short- term young adult service, Hispanic
ministries, and our Church and Community Workers program. It
also includes a new category, Global Health Missionaries, which
is currently focused on sub-Saharan Africa." Extensive
information on the recruitment campaign in five languages can be
found on the website of the General Board of Global Ministries
at
www.ummissionaries.org. United Methodist missionary
assignments are carried out in collaboration with partner
churches around the world and with annual (regional) conferences
and church-related or ecumenical institutions in the U.S. The
General Board of Global Ministries currently has some 220
standard support missionaries, mostly outside the U.S. Partial
support is provided to another 120 persons, mostly in the U.S.
The qualifications for missionary service can be found online at
www.ummissionaries.org.
Cheshire Home in Sierra Leone
has children that are currently using crutches and they are
hoping to obtain leg braces for these children. If you or
someone you may know has connections for getting braces for
children who have polio contact (952) 835-7585 or
nhumc4@isd.net.
Jurisdictional UMVIM
Opportunities
Visit the
North Central Jurisdictional UMVIM, for an updated listing of
projects where teams are needed within the jurisdiction. The
jurisdiction covers nine states and 12 conferences. The site is
updated regularly.
Disaster
Volunteer teams are needed in Ohio
to assist with the rebuilding and repairs. If you have any
questions or anyone interested in volunteering please contact (740)
732-6700 or (740) 509-2037
