Missionary Mozart Adevu (#13996Z), Africa regional coordinator with UMCOR, will be in NC from November 28 – December 11, 2014. Mozart Adevu teaches cutting-edge agricultural techniques to West African farmers, as part of UMCOR’s Sustainable Agriculture and Development Program (#982188). He is eager to share how equipping communities to fight hunger through sustainable agriculture is transforming […]
Africa
Report on Ebola Crisis Summit
Over 20 people from two continents met at Hertford UMC on September 4, 2014, to discuss how the NC Conference might best respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. The group heard first hand from UMC Global Ministries missionaries Kip Robinson and Priscilla Jaiah about the impact of the crisis on the lives of […]
Ebola Crisis Summit – Thursday, Sept 4, Hertford UMC
We will have a broad conversation regarding efforts to respond to the Ebola Crisis in Western Africa. We will meet at: Hertford United Methodist Church 200 Dobbs Street, Hertford, NC 27944 Time: 1:00 PM, Thursday, September 4. We will be joined by Priscilla Jaiah, GBGM missionary in Liberia, and Kip Robinson, GBGM missionary […]
Update on NC Response to Healthcare Crisis in Sierra Leone
Wrightsville UMC, in conjunction with the NC Conference Mission Team, shipped a 40 foot container to Sierra Leone on August 23, 2014. The container was loaded with medical supplies, equipment, and medicine bound for Rotifunk Hospital (NCC #S-00281). The shipment contained urgent personal protection equipment for medical personnel to help stop the spread of Ebola […]
Clean Water & Healthcare: How NC is Addressing Ebola Crisis
The Mission of Hope partnership with Rotifunk Hospital in Sierra Leone was reaffirmed July 31, 2014, by bishops from two conferences. Bishop Hope Morgan Ward and Bishop John Yambasu gathered at Wrightsville UMC to envision the future of joint efforts to improve healthcare in West Africa. In the midst of an Ebola outbreak threatening Sierra […]
ZOE Celebrates 10 Years of Ministry in Africa
ZOE Ministry (Advance #982023, Lane 4), founded by Rev. Greg Jenks in 2004 as a mission of the North Carolina Conference, celebrates 10 years of helping orphans in Africa. What began as a relief ministry, was transformed from 2007-2010 into an orphan empowerment program, after Rev. Jenks was introduced to a successful empowerment model operating […]
Thank You Letter from Liberia
In the latest missionary letter from Dr. Albert Willicor (Advance # 151512), medical director at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Liberia, he says: I am thankful for your support which allows me to serve as a missionary doctor assigned to my native country of Liberia! …… Please keep us in prayer and we will […]
Rotifunk Hospital – Our Newest NC Advance
What began as an invitation for Rev. Edie Gleaves to preach at the Sierra Leone Annual Conference has become the NC Conference’s newest outreach – Rotifunk Hospital: Mission of Hope (#S-00281). Edie and a team from Wrightsville UMC visited Sierra Leone in March 2013 and discovered an impoverished West African country, still devastated from […]
Sustainable Agriculture Ministry – Africa
Serving God through Agriculture and Development. Mozart Adevu (Advance #13996Z), a NC Conference supported Global Ministries Missionary, uses his God given gifts and experience to to help improve farming techniques and and nutrition for destitute families in Africa. To open his latest missionary letter, click on the link: Mozart Adevu letter
Missionary Letter – Dr. Albert Willicor (LIberia)
Here is the latest letter from Global Ministries missionary Dr. Albert Willicor, Chief Medical Officer at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Liberia. Dr. Willicor is a co-worker of Victor Taryor, the hospital administrator and NC Conference supported missionary who will be visiting NC churches in March. Dear Friends, Greetings to you all from Liberia, […]