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Responding to Border Crisis with Prayer & Compassion

July 14, 2014 Leave a Comment

As Christians, we are challenged to respond with compassion to the thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the Southern border into the United States, regardless of our position on immigration.  Bishop Hope Morgan Ward joins UM Bishop Minerva Carcano (California-Nevada Conference) in inviting us to join them in an Interfaith Weekend of Compassion and Prayer for… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Alleviating Poverty and Hunger, General, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor Tagged With: Children, Disaster, Disaster Response, immigration reform, Outreach, Poverty, Young People

Update on Rosanna Panizo – Our Hispanic Missionary

March 20, 2014 1 Comment

GBGM missionary Rosanna Panizo-Valladares  (Advance #3019710) works with and advocates for NC’s Hispanic/Latino community, as well as seeks to educate the church at large. She currently is appointed as pastor to Sanctuary Lakewood-District Mission in Durham and Corridor District Hispanic Ministries, housed at Haw River UMC. A Peruvian native, Rosanna was raised in and ordained… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: General, Local Outreach, Missions, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor Tagged With: immigration reform, ministry, mission, missionary, Outreach

World Refugee Day

May 24, 2011 Leave a Comment

Each year people all over the world recognize World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day encourages us to prayerfully reflect on the lives of refugees, and raise awareness in our communities and congregations about refugee resettlement. UMCOR, together with congregations and the Church World Service resettlement network across the country, has developed a series of World Refugee… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Alleviating Poverty and Hunger, Global Outreach, Missions, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor Tagged With: Children, Health, immigration reform, justice, Outreach, Poverty, Sudan, UMCOR

Justice For Our Neighbors – “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” – 10-Fold

October 15, 2010 Leave a Comment

Today’s 10-Fold ministry is UMCOR’s Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) Program, a ministry that welcomes immigrants into our churches and communities by providing free, high-quality immigration legal services, education, and advocacy.  Simply by following the link “Be counted” and submitting, $1 will be donated to the ministry by today’s sponsor. Motivated by Christian values of… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Local Outreach, Peace and Justice Clinic - JFON, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor Tagged With: 10-Fold, immigration reform, justice, Outreach, Poverty, UMCOR

Justice for Our Neighbors

October 8, 2010 8 Comments

Jesus says, “I was a stranger … and you welcomed me.”  Such is the work of UMCOR’s Justice for Our Neighbors Ministry.  Here is one small portrait of such love in action: Michael Fombang was 12 years old and orphaned by war in the Democratic Republic of Congo when he fled the country in 2001…. Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Local Outreach, Peace and Justice Clinic - JFON, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor Tagged With: Advance, immigration reform, justice, ministry, mission, UMCOR

Brother Towns – A Story of Love – Statewide Tour

October 1, 2010 2 Comments

Over and over, we hear God’s call to “love the immigrant as you love yourself” (Lev. 19:34) and to “welcome the foreigner” as we welcome Jesus (Matt. 25:35). Today we hear a lot about immigration, but we don’t always have the chance to hear directly from the families at the heart of the story. The… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Global Outreach, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor Tagged With: immigration reform, justice, mission, Outreach, Poverty

Isaiah 58 National Solidarity Vigil and Fast for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

July 6, 2010 Leave a Comment

Bishop Gwinn, Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño (Desert Southwest Conference), and the Council of Bishops asks all United Methodists to join them as a committed people in the fight for comprehensive, just, and Christ-centered, immigration reform.   In such manner, all United Methodist are invited to participate in the Isaiah 58 National Solidarity Vigil and Fast that will… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Missions, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor Tagged With: immigration reform

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