Family Mission Trip July 2013 to Navajo Indian Reservation

We are a family Mission Trip to the Navajo Indian Reservation. Trips have been going there for approx. 20 years. Group size is 50. Open to all ages. We do VBS, Sports Camp, 2 Community Nights, Construction Projects, Senior Center, Ladies and Men's Bible Study and MUCH More

Church Secretary/administrative assistant

River of Life Mission Advance is a series of camps like no other you have attended. Young people and adults from dozens of churches will come together for five days dedicated to serving others. Through it all we experience the love of Christ in new and exciting ways.

Bahamas Hurricane Relief

Bahamas Methodist Habitat is a disaster relief and emergency home repair outreach ministry of the Bahamas Conference of the Methodist Church through which volunteers work together to repair and build homes for low-income families in the Bahamas. Our goal is to improve the living conditions and lifestyle for families in need in the Bahamas, while offering transforming experiences for volunteers and homeowners alike by sharing and receiving the Love of Christ. The hope is that volunteers will return home with an expanded view of the world and an inspiration for creating ways to be involved in their own community. Home owners will come through the experience with safe living conditions and renewed motivation.

Barte Family-Cambodia

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 with the training of Cambodian youth as they learn vocational skills. He coordinates the ‘Faith Engine Ministry’ (FEM), which incorporates auto and motorcycle mechanics, welding, and basic driving lessons. Basic English conversation and introduction to computer skills are also components of the program. Spiritual nurture through daily devotions, Bible study and counseling are intentionally integrated

 

Beverly C. Fronda-Barte, missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, is assigned to the Methodist Mission in Cambodia (MMC). Commissioned in December 2001, she began her ministry in Cambodia in 2002 along with her husband and missionary colleague, Emmanuel, and their children.

 

Beverly coordinates Christian Education Ministries and Continuing Education for pastors and lay people, which includes assisting/facilitating with the production of educational and resource materials, training of Christian educators and teachers, coordinating discipleship and training programs for church leaders, and congregational development.

Missionary Support Code: 13985Z

Bulgaria-Athens/Elberton District Partnership

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!

Cherie White -- GBGM missionary

Cherie White is a missionary with the Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church presently assigned to the Seminario Dr. Gonzalo Baez Camargo of the United Methodist Church of Mexico, where she has been since 1992. She is the Academic Dean and teaches courses in Church History and Bible. The Methodist Seminary offers courses at high school (three years) and college (four years) levels, and the student body is about half female and half male. An extension program provides courses for over 300 students who are either lay pastors or lay persons wanting to know more or be better Sunday School teachers. Continuing education courses, which take place each January, have guest speakers from the U.S. and Latin America who offer new insights. The seminary also serves three of Mexico's six Annual Conferences. The daughter of Methodist missionaries, Cherie was born in Chile and raised in Cuba. She earned a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Arizona and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, and is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Ministry program. Her first appointment serving with GBGM was in Chile from 1972-75. In 1975 she transferred to Mexico and worked with several agencies before her assignment to the seminary. Cherie is married to Rev. Jose Luis Velazco, a retired UM missionary, and they are the parents of four children. Cherie White is available for Covenant Relationship support in Central Texas Annual Conference , North Georgia Annual Conference , Tennessee Annual Conference . Make an online donation to: Cherie White #05068Z.

Chris Hena, GBGM missionary

Dr. Chris Hena serves as project coordinator in Eastern Kazakhstan for the Board of Global Ministries' Health and Relief Unit. She supervises a Comprehensive Community-Based Primary Health Care program, which trains local health workers to promote better health practices in their communities. She also works as a physician at one of the hospitals in Eastern Kazakhstan. She is a native of Liberia and holds three degrees, including a master's degree in public health from Emory University. She has one adopted daughter, Carolyn.

Chung Suk and Hyung Ran Song, GBGM missionaries

The Rev. Chung Suk Song is serving in the Pwani Synod of the Methodist Church of Kenya as a pastor with the Digo people. He is a native of Seoul and a clergy member of the Korean Methodist Church. Hyung Ran Song, also a native of Korea, works in ministries with women and children. The couple has three children.

Church Planting

To Whom it May Concern, Hope ministry is an evangelical Christian church based in Draganesti-Olt, southern Romania. Our church was first established in 2003 to spread the gospel to the most unreached region of the country. With more than 500,000 people, Olt County has less than 1 percent of people as born again believers. Our mission is to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the community here. We want to impact Draganesti and surrounding areas to the gospel from different angles. We currently run various ministries: children, youth, evangelism, widow, logistics, church planting, and discipleship programs. We also have social programs such as soup kitchens, home schools, after school activities, food and clothing banks, and other programs. We currently have 19 full time missionaries and host teams; however, we need help to expand and facilitate new and existing ministries. Although God has blessed us with committed missionaries and teams, we still require more. We are looking for missionaries (short and long term), teams, and/or organizations to partner with us. Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have other questions, or would like to get in touch with me, please contact Raul Costea at +4/074 047 8470. Otherwise, reply to this email. God bless and take care, Katlyn Head Biserica Speranta Draganesti-Olt, str. N. Titulescu Nr.166, Fix: 0249 466 810 www.bisericasperanta.ro

Dakin Cook and Sara Flores, GBGM missionaries

Dakin Cook and Sara Flores are currently on temporary assignment with the General Board of Global Ministries, serving as the Regional Executive for Latin America and the Carribean. Dakin served as a missionary to Bolivia from 1993-2007, working with the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia. He holds degrees from Columbia State Community College and the University of Tennessee. As a missionary, Sara Flores worked to strengthen the Bolivian church's health and education ministries. Her degree is from the Universidad Mayor de San Simon, and she has done post-graduate studies in community health.

George and Nancy Carew

Dr. George Carew is a professor at the United Methodist Seminary in Monrovia, Liberia. He is a native of Sierra Leone who taught at Spelman College in Atlanta before entering mission service. Nancy Carew's responsibilities include teaching foods and nutrition at the Women's Training Center. She is also a native of Sierra Leone. The Carews are members of Clarkston UMC in the North Georgia Annual Conference. They are the parents of six children.

Gordon and Maria Tereza Greathouse, GBGM missionaries

Gordon and Maria Greathouse have worked as missionaries to Brazil since 1978. Currently he is helping develop a new urban minisry program in Belo Horizonte, Brazil's third largest city, that involves both evangelism and social action. He is a native of Portland, Ore., and holds degrees from Willamette University and Union Theological Seminary. Since 1996, Teca (Maria Tereza) has served as the Brazilian coordinator of the Latin America Network of Programs Supporting Children sponsored by the Latin America Council of Churches. She also works with the national coordinator of educational programs of the Brazilian Methodist Church, especially in the area of editing training materials and leading workshops. She is a native Brazilian. Gordon and Teca have three children, Robert, Mark and Jose.

Gulfport Mississippi

Work teams are still needed to rebuild Hearts and Homes.

Herrins-Mexico

Jon and Jeanne Herrin serve as missionaries to Mexico through the Mission Society.  They have three children - Jesse, Megan, and Andrew.  Jon teaches pastors-in-training at the Seminario Metodista Juan Wesley (John Wesley Methodist Seminary) in the heart of Monterrey which trains pastors for four of the northern conferences in the Methodist Church of Mexico.  Jeanne teaches in the local Methodist elementary school.  Jon and Jeanne also host short-term mission trips and help support the local Methodist Churches in the Monterrey area.

Hyderabad, India

We support Hope for Today Ministries on this trip. Witnessing, teaching and preaching will be required. We are also hoping to work on a church construction project in the tsunami area of NE India.

Jamison and Susan Brunk, GBGM missionaries

The Rev. Jamison Brunk is a Home Missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries assigned to the Red Bird Missionary Conference. He serves as pastor of the Booneville/Clifty/Warrens Chapel United Methodist Circuit. He has degrees from Otterbein College and Asbury Theological Seminary. Susan Brunk, also a Home Missionary, serves as a nurse at the Family Resource Youth Service Center of Owsley County. She holds a BS degree in nursing from Grand Valley State University. The Brunks have two sons.

Jeffrey and Ellen Hoover, GBGM missionaries

Both Jeffrey and Ellen Hoover work as educators in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jeffrey is professor at Katanga Methodist University where he both teaches and serves as chief librarian. He also teaches at the public University of Lubumbashi. He holds degrees from Luther College and Yale University. Ellen is a part-time professor at the United Methodist university in Mulungwishi and works with The English-speaking School of Lubumbashi, an elementary and middle school for children of missionaries and other English-speaking families in a city where French is the common langauge. She has degrees from Duke University and Yale University. The Hoovers' children include Jane, Jeremy and Mark.

Jennifer Barbee Wilder

Jennfier Wilder has served through the General Board of Global Ministries as a teacher at Red Bird Mission School since 1992. She currently teaches first grade. She is married to Allen Wilder, who served Red Bird Mission School for 20 years. They have two children and are members of Jack's Creek UMC.

John and Suzanne Funk, GBGM missionaries

John Funk serves as Director of the Rio Colorado Technical Agricultural High School. A graduate of Tennessee Technical University, he is a former teacher and businessman. Suzanne Brunk is Coordinator of Community Development at Rio Colorado Technical Agricultural High School. The school where they serve is related to the Methodist Church of Bolivia and provides junior and high school education. The Brunks are from the North Alabama Annual Conference and are the parents of two sons.

Joseph and Marilyn Chan, GBGM missionaries

A native of Cambodia, Joseph Chan now serves as an ordained pastor and district superintendent in the Methodist Mission in Cambodia. He has served as a missionary since 1998, focusing on the areas of evangelization and church growth. He is a former Buddhist who escaped to Thailand from the "killing fields" and an enslavement camp in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge persecution. In Thailand he converted from Buddhism to Christianity and began leading Bible studies with other refugees. Marilyn Chan serves with the Methodist Mission in Cambodia as Women and Music Ministry Coordinator. In her work with women, she seeks to empower them, particularly in ways that improve their health and economic standing and enhance their spiritual growth. She, too, was enslaved by the Khmer Rouge and escaped to Thailand where she became a Chrsitian. The Chans are the parents of a son and two daughters.