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STORIES & NEWS

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2008

 

What Difference Does a Volunteer Make?
by Rev. Rhett Thompson
6/13/08: VIM teams organize the first vacation Bible school, train the first group of community-health promoters, and construct a "green" Camp in an area in Panama

 
Western PA UMs build Habitat house during annual conference
by ThePittsburghChannel.com
6/13/08: Some 450 volunteers completed the project during the week of June 7-14 when representatives of UM churches gathered for the meeting
 
Yam mounds - Nigeria Beloved Iowa Mission Volunteer Dies in Nigeria
6/12/08: Ron Wilmot, a Volunteer in Mission died in Jalingo on June 9 while doing the Lord's work in a place he loved, surrounded by people he admired.
 
South Georgia Conference delegates use part of time in community projects
by Allison Kennedy, Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA)
6/11/08: For the third year in a row, the Annual Conference delegates used part of their yearly gathering time to give back.
 
Nigeria PartnershipIncredibly Sad News from Nigeria.....
6/10/08: For seven years Ron Wilmot, a retired science teacher from Akron, Iowa, has traveled to Nigeria as an individual volunteer on behalf of the Iowa-Nigeria Partnership.
 
NOMADS in Newton KSNOMADS repair retirement home in Newton, KS
by Ilona Meilekh, Newton Kansan
5/29/08: UMVIMs with RVs come to a venue for three weeks to work and travel.
 
Primetimers in Macedonia 2008First Primetimers Mission Group Visits Macedonia
by Nancy Eubanks
5/19/08: Thirteen United Methodist Primetimers arrived in Macedonia on May 15 for two weeks of ministry.
 
GulfCoast-vols-NWOMar08Mission to Gulf Coast
by Tiffany Knowlin and Nick Elliott, New World Outlook
March / April 2008: A Volunteers in Mission team journeys from South Carolina to reconstruct an Alabama home.
 
Rocky Mtn conf-girl iconRocky Mountain Conference UMVIM
by Betsy Keyack and Ann Fort
4/21/08: They came from all over Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. They ministered to sick people, gleaned potato fields, built homes and churches, served in many other ways.
 
SCarolina VIM Tornado Recovery-March08South Carolina UMVIM help with tornado recovery
by Times and Democrat Staff (Orangeburg, SC)
3/21/08: Teams of volunteers weatherized houses and used chain saws to cut trees away from homes and other property.
 
Albany Area Cabinet VIM team in DulacBishop Hassinger and Albany Area Cabinet VIM team to Dulac
2/15/08: Beauty amid swampland in Bayou Terrebonne; a little work in the grand scheme of all that needs to be done, but life-giving to those to whom we give our little work.
 

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