Join with thousands of Methodists around the world in a weekend of service, May 17-18, 2014. Change the World 2014 marks the 5th year of this United Methodist Communications sponsored event, inspired by Mike Slaughter’s book, Change the World: Recovering the Message and Mission of Jesus. Mike’s challenge is simple and direct. Quit worrying about… Continue Reading→
Give 5, Read 5 – Congregations for Children – Give a Book and bring Life to a Child
State Superintendent launches Give 5 Read 5 Campaign for 2014 A word from June Atkinson: “There is no question that literacy skills serve as the foundation for student learning at every grade level and every course. Students with strong reading skills are more likely to remain in school and graduate prepared for higher education and… Continue Reading→
Congregations for Children
At North Carolina Annual Conference 2013, Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, along with Western North Carolina Conference Bishop Larry Goodpaster, and United Methodist layperson & NC State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. June Atkinson, cast a vision of congregations connecting in ministry with schools across our state. They spoke of sharing love with vulnerable children and… Continue Reading→
Give Five – Read Five
Have you ever heard of the term summer loss? This is not a seasonal diet or exercise program, but a troubling trend in which students lose valuable literacy skills when they stop reading during their break from school. Low-income children are especially susceptible to this problem because they often go home to an environment where there are… Continue Reading→
Children’s Mission Center Severely Damaged by Storm
At the end of May, a horrific storm blew across the coastal area in Buchanan, Liberia, where our missionary Frido Kinkolenge serves. The Brighter Future Children’s Rescue Center was seriously damaged. I am including Frido’s email and his photos so that you can see the damage. Frido has managed to get some of the… Continue Reading→
Ministry with Schools Survey
Please take the survey below! At North Carolina Annual Conference 2013, Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, along with Western North Carolina Conference Bishop Larry Goodpaster, and United Methodist layperson & NC State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. June Atkinson, cast a vision of congregations connecting in ministry with schools across our state. They spoke of sharing… Continue Reading→
Crisis in the Congo – UMCOR Responds
Calls for Prayers, Peace, and Humanitarian Aid in Eastern Congo “This is a wake up cry we express at this moment…war atrocities are now hitting home in this part of our Episcopal area,” wrote Bishop Gabriel Unda Yemba, who leads the East Congo Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church. Over the last two decades, there have been… Continue Reading→
Frido Kinkolenge – Bringing Life to former combatant children
Frido Kinkolenge is a Global Ministry Missionary serving in Liberia. Frido serves some of the most vulnerable children, youth, and young adults in the world. When Frido began his work, a civil war was raging around the country. Seeing that it was children who were doing much of the fighting, killing, and dying, he began… Continue Reading→
Robeson County Church & Community Center Needs Your Support
Dear Friends, I am writing to ask you to support Robeson County Church and Community Center (RCC&CC) at a crucial time this year. Give online here. If you were to ask most people what they know about the level of human needs of hunger, homelessness, education, or poverty, they would say that it does somewhat… Continue Reading→
10 – Fold – Imagine No Malaria
Every 45 seconds, a child in Africa dies of malaria. Millions of lives, needlessly lost each year. A continent. Entire nations…slipping away. Slipping through life’s precious net. Unless you hear the buzzing inside you. Just Imagine … It’s time we all join hands with Africa | On a personal mission to heal | Imagine no… Continue Reading→