Tornado Emergency – Please Help
Dear United Methodist friends,Grace and peace in the strong name of Jesus Christ.Strong winds swept into eastern North Carolina Friday evening,impacting many of our neighbors. Scores of homes were...
View ArticleThanks for Caring – You are a Blessing!
During the final days of April, multiple tornadoes touched down across areas of north-eastern North Carolina and damaged or destroyed more than 400 homes. Several hundred United Methodist volunteers...
View ArticleEarly Response Team gets quick Call!
Harry, Barbara, Carolyn, and David, from FUMC Washington, NC, received Disaster Early Response Training during April. They had no idea that their training and presence would become a blessing for...
View ArticleResponding to Border Crisis with Prayer & Compassion
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....
View ArticleEbola 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:...
View ArticleReport 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...
View ArticleCelebrating Lay Persons in Mission
This month we honor Deaconess Lisa Bachman and Home Missioner Thomas Gates, two lay persons consecrated and commissioned for ministry within the NC Conference. Lisa serves as Director of Lay Servant...
View ArticleBuckets & Kits – Tangible Expressions of Christ’s Love
In many places around the world, people live in the midst of poverty, natural disaster and war. NC United Methodists – through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) – repeatedly responds,...
View ArticleJoin the Bishop: Urgent Food Need for Sierra Leone
Bishop Hope Morgan Ward invites you to join her in providing food items desperately needed by the people of Sierra Leone. The Ebola crisis has left many people unable to obtain the daily food they...
View ArticleStop Hunger Now in Nepal
Stop Hunger Now is responding to support earthquake survivors in Nepal with meals and desperately needed medical supplies. Please prayerfully consider supporting these efforts as we partner with Stop...
View ArticleWelcoming the Stranger: UMC Response to Refugee Crisis
Thousands of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and parts of Africa are pouring into Europe, fleeing war, economic hardships, and persecution. People desperately seeking a better life for...
View ArticleHelp For Flood Victims
As you can imagine, flood victims in Southeastern North Carolina and our neighbors in South Carolina need assistance to recover from record floods. 100 Cleaning/Flood buckets are on their way to...
View Article5 Ways You Can Help South Carolina Flood Victims
Are you wondering what you can do to help respond to the flood victims in SC? Here are 5 ways you can help today. 1. Pray Pray for the survivors whose lives have been disrupted, for the Disaster...
View ArticleSC Flood Relief Update
NC Disaster Response teams continue to respond to the October 2015 SC flooding, the worst in over a century. Record rainfalls and broken levies left many areas in central SC under water. The...
View ArticleCelebrating Multi-faith Disaster Response
Faced with natural disasters, we also celebrate God’s goodness in rallying the faith community to work together ecumenically to rebuild homes and restore lives. After the Faustino Castro Lopez family...
View ArticlePrepare to Share: One Great Hour of Sharing March 6th
There’s no better time than Lent to give of our resources to help others in need. Consider a One Great Hour of Sharing offering through your local church on Sunday March 6, 2016, to enable the...
View ArticleUMVIM Internship Applications Due Today!
2016 INFO & APPLICATION As an intern for UMVIM, you will have the opportunity to plug into initiatives across the UMC connection that coincide with your interests and passions. Our goal is for our...
View ArticleOne Great Hour of Sharing This Sunday!
Don’t Forget! March 6! The offerings given on One Great Hour of Sharing Sunday cover all UMCOR operating costs and assure that ALL donations to the United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) will go...
View ArticleUMCOR Response to Worldwide Suffering
The news from Japan and Ecuador is disturbing as the death tolls rise due to the earthquakes in both countries. So far, our United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) has people in place helping out...
View ArticleZika Virus Concerns
As the Zika Virus continues to spread across the Central and South America and the Caribbean–a part of the world where many UMVIM (and several other mission) teams serve–UMVIM has partnered with the...
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