Tag: General Board of Global Ministries
Young missionaries bless Michigan
Three young missionaries, US-2s, were commissioned this month. One leaves Michigan for service in Florida. One arrives in Kalamazoo from Florida. The third left Illinois and is now in Detroit.… Continue Reading Young missionaries bless Michigan
Kemper puts the focus on migration
“We cannot throw away 200 years of relationships and history,” Thomas Kemper says, of the UMC’s long legacy of care for God’s people around the world.
Church in Liberia gets malaria meds
Imagine No Malaria continues to save lives in Africa. The health system in Liberia is grateful for $40,000 of supplies and meds to combat malaria.
Why is he wearing a boat anchor?
Christian symbols take many forms. This cross, as old as the church, teaches faith is “an anchor for the soul.”
US-2s serve Michigan well
There have been 10 Global Mission Fellows, young adult missionaries, serving in Michigan since 2010. On August 25th three more young people arrive to serve in Detroit and Kalamazoo.
Please stop fund-raising for Hot Lunch
The Michigan Conference Haiti Covenant Partners and the Treasurer’s Office asks that church’s discontinue gifts to the Haiti Hot Lunch as the program no longer functions in Haiti.
Missionary doctor visits Michigan
Churches in Michigan support the ministry of missionary Pierre Manya. He will be in the state to talk about his new medical ministry July 23-29.
Ganta Hospital among rehabbed facilities
UM Global Health initiated a Health Systems Strengthening program to improve quality of services at mission hospitals including Ganta Hospital.
He’s a missionary in God’s Country
What appointment could ever be better for any United Methodist than Paradise? Church and Community Worker Randy Hildebrant is serving the Lord in Northern Michigan at God’s Country Cooperative Parish.
‘May all who follow find us faithful’
God had a 60-year plan of faithful missionary service for a boy named Ivan – and for his son, Les.