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  • New York man uses Internet avatar to reach unchurched

    March 30th, 2010

    George Ramseyer, a men’s ministry specialist in the North Central New York Conference, cuts floor panels for a D'lberville La., house damaged by Hurricane Katrina. He was part of a 2007 mission team that repaired damaged homes. BALWINSVILLE, N.Y. –– A North Central New York Conference man who has helped rebuild homes in the Gulf following Hurricane… … read more

  • Boy Scout, 11, honored for life-saving action

    March 29th, 2010

    Andrew Wiley (left) is honored for saving his friend, Trey Bell (right) from drowning after a boating accident. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. –– Trey Bell invited his friend, Andrew Wiley to join his family for a Labor Day boating outing at Lake Stanley Draper.Trey’s parents were pulling Trey and Andrew in a tube behind the boat when an … … read more

  • Defense Department engineer to help Baltimore-Washington Conference churches expand ministries to men

    March 17th, 2010

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. –– Baltimore-Washington Conference churches that want to expand their ministries to men may receive helpful guidance from James Gainey, a retired Air Force officer now serving as a systems engineer with a Department of Defense contractor.Gainey was certified in absentia as a men’s ministry specialist by the General Commission on… … read more

  • Mississippi Conference president helped launch burn center

    March 15th, 2010

    BRANDON, Miss. ––Chris Milone, 37, newly elected president of Mississippi Conference UM Men, helped launch Mississippi’s only burn center. He now serves as the outreach educator for the Joseph M. Still Burn Centers, a post he has held since July, 2009.His primary job is to educate healthcare providers on procedures and benefits of… … read more