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  • United Methodists respond to Chile Earthquake

    March 1st, 2010

    A UMNS Report By Linda Bloom* United Methodists were scrambling to respond to a massive earthquake that struck Chile early on Feb. 27 and prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake, which hit about 60 miles northwest of the town of Chillán, left nearly 150 people dead, according to news reports, including at… … read more

  • Three thousand prepare 200,000 hunger packets for Haiti

    February 22nd, 2010

    UMNS photo by Bob Merkle   Three thousand people responded to a call to help prepare Stop Hunger Now packets for Haiti. The Rev. Larry Davies, a district superintendent in Lynchburg, Va., set up an emergency meal packaging event for Haiti on Jan. 18. “We booked the largest high school in the area and the word kind of got out on Facebook, … … read more

  • Men send 1,500 t-shirts to Haiti

    February 5th, 2010

    Photo: Earl James, a member of Mt. Zion UMC helps package t-shirts for Haiti   PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The devastation of the earthquake in Haiti prompted Herman Turnage, president of the Mt. Zion UM Men to start a t-shirt drive for the people of Haiti. He invited the women of Mt. Zion UMC along members of Tindley Temple, Janes Memorial UMC, and … … read more

  • Korean Methodist men join international hunger relief effort

    February 1st, 2010

    Gyeongju, South Korea––Methodist men in Korea agreed to participate in a World Methodist effort to fund and establish a Stop Hunger Now warehouse to benefit hungry people in North Korea and other regions in Asia. Larry Malone, president of the World Fellowship of Methodist and Uniting Church Men, is spearheading the effort to get Wesleyan men around the world to … … read more