Dear 10-Fold Advocate:Even with advance notice, a natural disaster is devastating. But with the knowledge that Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the East Coast, The United Methodist Church immediately prepared to help. • United Methodist Early Response Teams (ERT) from many states were put on alert, ready to deploy when needed. • United Methodist-trained […]
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10 Fold – Support our Hard-working Brothers and Sisters through Fair Trade
10-Fold Emphasis for Week Five: Fair Trade The emphasis for 10-Fold for this week is on Fair Trade. Our United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) connects consumers with Fair Trade-certified companies and other socially responsible businesses. When you choose to buy Fair Trade items, you support farmers and artisans who are paid fair wages […]
Missionaries – We are all partnered in Mission
10-Fold Week Four – Missionaries – You can join us! You are the key to Mission in Missionary. Repeat this again … YOU are the key to Mission in Missionary. The United Methodist Church supports about 300 commissioned missionaries who witness and serve in more than 60 countries throughout the world. Missionaries work as congregational […]
10 Fold – Join us in Planting new Churches!
In its third week, 10-fold.org concentrates on Mission Initiatives of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Mission Initiatives primarily involves the starting of new churches in places where the United Methodist Church is new to the population. Nearly 400 new churches are being planted in new places through Global Ministries’ […]
10-Fold: Week One – UMCOR Sager-Brown Depot
This week’s emphasis on 10-Fold from the General Board of Global Ministries of the UMC centers on UMCOR and Disaster Relief. You will find a special emphasis on the UMCOR Sager-Brown Depot in Baldwin, LA. This depot helps our local churches to distribute around $4 million worth of supplies to many parts of our country […]
Great Opportunities for Outreach and Love! 10-Fold
Mark your calendar and spread the word! Beginning October 1st and throughout the entire month, there will be an important event called 10-Fold that will mobilize passionate people to stand up and be counted for causes they believe in. Each week will feature a different United Methodist ministry supported by the General Board of Global […]
Gary Locklear – Home missioner living out the Love of Jesus – 10-Fold
Today, through 10-Fold, we journey with our Missionaries serving in the U.S. One serves here with us in the North Carolina Conference. Read more of his story below, but before you do, please register at 10-Fold. Today’s sponsor will donate $1 on your behalf toward the wondrous ministries of our U.S. based missionaries. Gary […]
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 […]
10 Fold – 10 Days of Mission and Outreach!
What is 10-Fold? What’s The Advance? 10-Fold is a movement to raise awareness of projects of the General Board of Global Ministries around the world, supported through The Advance—the designated-giving arm of The United Methodist Church. This message of doing something (advocating, raising awareness, or giving) and watching it expand “10-Fold,” comes with the guarantee […]
Missionary Letter – Mozart Adevu – From Liberia to Sierra Leone
The Role of UMCOR’s Sustainable Agriculture and Development Program in promoting the “miracle tree.” – Moringa in Sierra Leone – Flowing from Work in Liberia – January 2011 — Mozart Adevu Dear Friends, Happy and Prosperous New Year! I bring you New Year greetings from my family, friends and communities in Africa, especially those you […]