Believe in Miracles!

Clurisa, four years old, was bitten by a snake that fell from the roof into her bed. She is doing so well. She has even been smiling when I visit, which is often. Everyone calls her recovery at Maua Methodist Hospital in Kenya a miracle.

New Downloadable B1 Video

Quick, snappy, and substantive, this newly released three-minute online video explains the fasting campaign, B1. B1 is a response to teenagers' concern and action on behalf of poverty in their neighborhoods and around the world.

Advancing Hope: April 2009

In this issue: A Race for Water; Advocate of the Month: First United Methodist Church, Richardson, Texas ; Did You Know? Heifer International Projects; Featured Resource: Individual Covenant Relationship Brochure

The True Story of Hope in Methodist Street Children's Ministries

"Slumdog Millionaire" swept the Academy Awards. Yet the subject of the movie is not new to the Methodist Ministry in Mumbai, India, which has been helping street children for decades.

Fast Today to Change Tomorrow

A campaign to link United Methodist youth to the realities of local and global poverty is being expanded into pilot areas across the United States after a successful launch in New Jersey.

The New Advance Resource Guide

New York, NY, January 16, 2009--Almost a thousand projects and programs in 100 countries are included in the new Giving Resource Guide from The Advance, the United Methodist designated mission giving channel

The Advance: Alternative Gift Ideas

Alternative Giving through The Advance is really two gifts in one: a gift to the people it helps and to the person it honors. One hundred percent of your gift reaches its intended project.
Visit a listing of projects for alternative giving.

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