Give to at least one International General Advance Projects or qualifying Special Sunday.
Give to at least one Haiti related project
Give to at least one Liberia related project
Special Sundays
Special Sundays are designated Sundays throughout the year that provide opportunities for giving. These special offerings are earmarked and support designated ministries.
On these Sundays, we empower our congregations to give toward causes and organizations that promote sustainable life change.
These offerings help offer refuge in times of disaster, promote peace and justice, provide scholarships, reach out to the community, teach skills to encourage self-sufficiency and share the love of Jesus Christ with God’s people everywhere.
international General Advance Projects
GLOBAL MINISTRIES - WHERE MOST NEEDED
General Advance #01138A
Global Mission Undesignated supports the mission priorities of the General Board of Global Ministries where most needed, including mission programs in over 8 countries. The work of Global Ministries connects the church in mission by equipping and transforming people and places for God’s mission around the world.
ABUNDANT HEALTH
General Advance #3021770
The Abundant Health project is working to increase access to health interventions in economically vulnerable communities. The project partners with thousands of communities and health workers through its community-based health programs, while also supporting United Methodist hospitals and clinics around the world. The programmatic emphasis over the next four years is to protect children from preventable causes of death and disease
Africa UNIVERSITY FARM DEVELOPMENT
General Advance #3021027
The Farm Development Fund helps to improve the infrastructure to increase efficiency and meet local environmental regulations. The goals are to provide facilities for agricultural teaching; to provide safe, reliable, and reasonably-priced food for the AU Community including the campus dining hall which serves staff and students; and to generate income for Africa University.
Africa university scholarships
General Advance #3021028
The goal of this project is to assist bright African students with insufficient financial means to attend Africa University. There are many young people in Africa who have the potential to succeed at the university level,but do not have the financial means. The scholarships are an investment in Africa’s future by helping young people receive a quality education at Africa University
Africa university BASIC ESSENTIALS FOR STUDENT
General Advance #3020619
This project will provide funds for needy
students to buy basic necessities such as meals, toothpaste, toiletries, air-time, print pages, etc. It will allow students to focus on their studies and excel in the learning environment without having to worry about these basics.
BABYFOLD AT OLD MUTARE FAIRFIELD CHILDREN’S HOME - ZIMBABWE
General Advance #11713T
The Fairfield Children’s Home in Zimbabwe cares for abandoned children by providing love, clothing, food, and education. The goal is to make sure that all children at the home are taken care of spiritually, physically, socially, and mentally.
Africa university BASIC ESSENTIALS FOR STUDENT
General Advance #3020619
This project will provide funds for needy
students to buy basic necessities such as meals, toothpaste, toiletries, air-time, print pages, etc. It will allow students to focus on their studies and excel in the learning environment without having to worry about these basics.
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE BLANKETS & TOOLS PROGRAM
General Advance #982810
This project provides congregations the resources to support disaster response and rights-based community development projects in communities around the world.Basic emergency supplies, as well as tools and resources for long-term recovery and development to communities in need, are provided.
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE CROP HUNGER WALK
General Advance #982380
CROP Hunger Walk is the community-based fundraising and awareness-building appeal of Church World Service and a major force in the fight to end hunger here at home and around the world. The funds raised provide food and water, as well as resources that empower people to meet their own needs. While the primary purpose is to end hunger, a secondary purpose is to bring local communities together in ecumenical partnership to be prophetic witnesses to the issue of hunger. 25% of the money raised remains in the community to address hunger.
EURASIA IN MISSION TOGETHER - UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA
General Advance #14053A
General Conference 1992 decided to make Eurasia an independent Episcopal area which also included Ukraine and Moldova. These churches not only continue to meet, but also shelter and share humanitarian aide to those in need during crisis. The church hopes to nurture leadership and empower the local churches, while also forging deeper relationships and partnerships.
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: LIVING GIFT
General Advance #982532
This project works with communities to end hunger and poverty. It works directly with families by providing animals and training to become self-sufficient in sustainable ways appropriate for their circumstances. Families pass on the gift by providing their animals’ offspring to other members of the community, along with the training they have received,ensuring an ever-widening network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance
Mujila Falls Agricultural PROJECT - ZAMBIA
General Advance #15016A
Addressing hunger and poverty with sustainable agriculture and leadership training in Zambia. The primary objective of the project is to improve the diet of the Lunda People to reduce their very high infant mortality and low life expectancy.It was also to help the Lunda People to increase family incomes by becoming more effective and efficient farmers. The long-term impact is to help to make the Lunda farm families competitive in agricultural pursuits that are favored by the high rainfall and abundant land
New Life Center Zambia
General Advance #15057A
This project ministers through projects such as the PET bike, educational classes, and community health in Zambia. The goal is to establish and provide property and buildings for the UMC of Zambia, to develop spiritually sound Christian leaders and laypeople and to minister to the spiritual, physical, and intellectual needs of the church and the surrounding community
PAPA'S MINISTRIES - JAMAICA
General Advance #3021286
PAPA’s Ministries equips the local church of Jamaica and Haiti with leadership development and mission training for sustainable outreach. It enables VIM teams with resources to assist with whatever facet is necessary. The goal is to help the local church to be the very best witness for Christ that it can be. The project staff and network work alongside the church with encouragement, skills training, and assistance with church property repairs.
SOLAR OVEN PARTNERS UMC - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
General Advance #418812
Solar Oven Partners empowers people in the Dominican Republic to use solar energy to meet their cooking needs. The project provides the solar oven kit and training to families. The kits are made by volunteers in the Dakotas. The benefits to families are cost savings, health benefits from pasteurizing drinking water and avoiding smoke inhalation, and environmental conservation
TANSEN UNITED METHODIST HOSPITAL - NEPAL
General Advance #13421A
This project helps to provide medical care to poor patients and purchase needed hospital equipment at Tensen United Mission Hospital in Nepal where the Dornons serve. There are many for whom a trip or admission to the hospital literally means that the rest of the family wouldn’t be able to eat. The hospital is able to assist these patients and families so that they,too, can get the healing care they need. By ministering to the physical needs, the project aims to witness the love of God.
Haiti General Advance Projects
Grace Children's Hospital & Pediatric Clinic
General Advance #418520
Grace Children’s Hospital continues to provide in-patient and out-patient care for children and families with tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and respiratory infections as well as provide follow-up care. Care is provided to those who would not be able to afford it otherwise and gives hope for children to live beyond their low life expectancy.
Haiti Children Project
General Advance #3020507
The Haiti Children Project provides a Christian home to homeless children. Children are provided tuition and stipends along with personal support from the project team and mentors. The students are being guided to look beyond themselves and to use their education to help develop Haiti in to a country that could one day be self-sustaining. The primary goal is to educate Haiti’s poorest young people to effect justice for everyone, through leadership.
Christian EDUCATION AND EVANGELISM IN HAITI
General Advance #3021658
This is a project of the Methodist Church of Haiti. With few clergy, the work of the church is very laity-driven. Project staff is producing contextually relevant materials in the local language. Resources will also be sourced and purchased to foster self-study and continuing education. Training seminars and work shops will be held to empower lay leadership to use resources effectively for the spiritual and numerical growth of the church.
Haitian Artisans for Peace International (HAPI)
General Advance #3020490
HAPI empowers women and equips local leadership to eradicate poverty and save lives in Musac, Haiti. Felisane Health Center provides a birthing center, urgent care,pharmacy, mobile visits to the disabled, child malnutrition intervention, basic dental and lab services. ‘Start Right’ is their comprehensive maternal and infant care initiative. Merlet Community Center is home to ‘HAPITech’ vocational training with several courses of study to help young people rise out of poverty. ‘HAPIGro’ is a new youth ‘pass-the-gift’ goat raising initiative.
Liberia General Advance Projects
Bishop Judith Craig Children Village
General Advance #11820A
This project provides for the basic needs, education, counseling, and healthcare to children in the Bishop Judith Craig Children Village
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS - LIBERIA
General Advance #3020670
The goal of this project is to construct primary schools in rural communities to improve the lives of children. Some United Methodist schools are still meeting in churches and makeshift structures which do not meet government requirements. This is affecting the comprehension of the students. Community members will be challenged to contribute fifty percent of the total cost. Construction of new schools will have a long term impact on the community,the students, and the ministry of the United Methodist Church of Liberia.
Ganta United Methodist Hospital
General Advance #15080N
Ganta Hospital provides quality and affordable healthcare in the rural northern area of Liberia. The “affordable” fee-for-service falls far below the costs of services provided. Some of the struggling rural subsistence farming families cannot afford to pay the full amount.
PASTOR AND DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT SALARY SUPPORT
General Advance #15124A
The goal of this project is to improve the substandard living conditions of our rural Local Pastors and District Superintendents and their families which is a major factor of their commitment to the call and work of the Church in Liberia.
UM RURAL AND AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UMRADP)
General Advance #15070A
The objective of the United Methodist Rural and Agriculture Development Program (UMRADP) is to support agriculture infrastructure revitalization and development, increase cash and food crop production, and strengthen community outreach strategies to improve food security, job creation, and poverty reduction for sustainability and self-reliance.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, COLLEGE, AND SEMINARY EDUCATION
General Advance #15125B
In Liberia, students often drop out of school because they cannot pay school fees. Even government schools charge fees. The mission of this project is to help students stay in school by providing scholarships to those who cannot afford the cost of tuition. In some rural areas, the United Methodist School is the only school.
Water for Life
General Advance #3020811
Clean and safe drinking water and sanitation are human rights issues that need urgent attention in rural post-war Liberia. Most residents are drinking from unsafe sources of water and do not have access to standard toilet facilities. As a result, water-borne diseases are common. This project helps communities by constructing wells and proper toilet facilities within communities and school sand sets up community structures and leadership that will supervise and coordinate the wells and toilets.