Board Meetings of the General Board of Global Ministries
Spring Meeting
Board of Directors, Spring 2008
UMCOR to Establish Three Additional Offices in 2008
March 14, 2008
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is expanding its physical presence in the US and around the world.
$18 Million for Long-Term Recovery and Program Expansion Approved by UMCOR Board
March 13, 2008
United Methodist Committee on Relief Directors approved over $18 million to help disaster survivors over the long term and to expand UMCOR’s ministry of presence at their semi-annual meeting. Read more ...
Bishop Edward Paup of Seattle Elected as Top United Methodist Mission Executive
3/11/08: The general secretary-elect was the unanimous nominee of a 19-member search committee. Read more ...
Global Ministries Joins Effort to Organize Free Health Clinics in US
3/12/08: Bishop Felton E. May's address to directors introduced the "culture of caring" in these volunteer-staffed health centers. Read more ...
Commissionings at Board of Directors Meeting
3/12/08: United Methodist Church Appoints Twenty Two New Missionaries3/12/08: New Deaconesses and Home Missioners Commissioned by United Methodist Agency
Honoring 120 Years of Deaconess Service
3/10/08: Global Ministries' Board of Directors recognized the office's contributions during their semi-annual meeting. Read more ...
Women’s Division Elects New Treasurer
March 10, 2008
Martha Sherman Knight is the new treasurer of the Women’s Division of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, effective April 3. Division directors elected the former chief financial officer of the United Methodist Baltimore-Washington Conference to the post during the opening plenary of their annual spring meeting in Stamford, Conn., Mar. 7-10. Read more ...
Women’s Division President Addresses Directors
March 10, 2008Women’s Division President Kyung Za Yim reflected on the transforming power of United Methodist Women in her last address to directors as president at the division’s spring meeting in Stamford, Conn., March 7-10. Read more ...
Embrace Creative Chaos
March 10, 2008Women’s Division Deputy General Secretary Harriett Jane Olson primed United Methodist Women to embrace the often-chaotic process needed to create new, more fluid and effective models of organizing for mission in her address to division directors meeting in Stamford, Conn., March 7-10. Read more ...
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