<rss version="2.0"><channel><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities</link><title>NGUMC Volunteer Opportunities</title><description>nothing provided</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</lastBuildDate><item><title>Mexico Mission Trip</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/190</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/190</guid><description>Evangelism and work team will do medical work, help build a church, and do evangelism through education and outreach in surrounding community</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mexico Mission Trip</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/158</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/158</guid><description>The team will build a church, provide food for various villages, and conduct Bible School with the children in the village.  We are willing for others to join us.  Minimum age is 12 years old without a parent and 15 years old with a parent.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nicaragua Medical MIssion</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/162</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/162</guid><description>Carrollton First United Methodist Church is sponsoring a medical mission team to Nicaragua. The team, comprised of doctors, nurses, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists and support personnel, will travel to Tipitapa, Nicaragua. Under the direction of Ronnie  Angi Hopkins, Mission Society Missionaries, the team will travel to Los Playones community (small village in NW Nicaragua on Pacific Coast) to hold a Medical Clinic for  2 villages. Cooperative efforts are underway to help the communities get</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mexico Orphanage Strategic Mission Partnership</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/161</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/161</guid><description>Detail work for older boys housing facility and continuation of Christmas celebration for children at the</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dominican Republic Evangelism and Medical Mission Trip</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/157</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/157</guid><description>We will be assisting with the church in San Rafael with a new church start up and also working in the clinic.</description><pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Construction Team to Cuba</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/113</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/113</guid><description>Rev. Nick Elliott, former Executive Director of UMVIM, SEJ, will be leading a 12 member construction team to Havana, Cuba. Team will assemble in Miami on November 30 and fly to Havana on December 1-10. We will be working on the Methodist Seminary in old Havana, worshipping in different churches, and learning about the Cuban culture.
Please email NickElliott@onlymyemail.com for an application. Special consideration will be given to persons who have never been to Cuba. Anticipated cost is $2250 f</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>United Methodist Childrens Home</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/120</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/120</guid><description>The United Methodist Childrenrsquo;s Home of the North Georgia Conference is a ministry to hurting children and families. All of our services are aimed at preventing the breakup of families, restoring and healing separated families, or teaching teens and young adults how to create successful and meaningful lives for their own future families. We want all of our youth and families to know they have the power to overcome their past and reach a brighter future. One of the most valuable resources we</description><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Barte Family-Cambodia</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/132</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/132</guid><description>
Emmanuel P. Barte is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church assigned to the United Methodist Mission Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Mr. Barte was posted to Cambodia in 2002 after his commissioning in December 2001. His wife Beverly and three young sons are with him in ministry as he shares with the people of Cambodia.

Emmanuel works with the development ministries of the Methodist Mission in Cambodia. His responsibilities include assisting w</description><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bulgaria-Athens/Elberton District Partnership</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/133</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/133</guid><description>Exciting partnership between the Athens/Elberton District Churches and the Methodist Church of Bulgaria. Already a second trip is in the planning stages for spring of 2010 with the UGA Wesley Foundation. Join in with our sisters and brothers in Varna, Veliko Tarnova, Russe, and Sofia and more. Great way for smaller membership churches to engage in cross cultural mission. Contact Billy Pittman to get involved!</description><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>MUST Ministries</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/138</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/138</guid><description>

MUST Ministries cannot survive without the support of people like you - people who care about the needs of their neighbors. Most of the day-to-day work at MUST is provided by volunteers who give hundreds upon hundreds of hours to serve others. Last year alone volunteers like you contributed over 255,000 hours of their time to MUST to assist their neighbors in need. That means that for every 1 hour of MUST staff time volunteers donated 3 hours 30 minutes of their own time!
MUST provides a wi</description><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wesley Community Centers</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/140</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/140</guid><description>Wesley Community Centers offers deeply fulfilling opportunities to make a difference. We treasure our volunteers.

Bethlehem Senior Center 
Call Bingo ... teach crafts ... lead a Bible study ... share computer skills ... or just quot;hang outquot; with seniors who provide delightful company.

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Skilled and unskilled volunteers are welcomed. Companies, service organizations and churches provide teams who work under the supervision of an expert leader. Teams of 6-12 persons are </description><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Panama-Rhet Thompson</title><link>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/144</link><guid>http://www.ngumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/144</guid><description>Reverend Rhett Thompson is a Board of Global Ministries United Methodist missionary assigned to the Republic of Panama, serving as pastor of an Evangelical Methodist Church in Panama City.
In addition to his pastoral duties, Rev. Thompson has coordinated efforts of the church to strengthen its outreach into the surrounding low-income neighborhood through a day-care program and other projects. Rhett also serves as the National Coordinator of Volunteers in Mission Program in Panama, helping missi</description><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
