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The items below are posted in reverse chronological order.

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Jim GulleyJames Gulley Recalls 55 Hours in Earthquake Ruins

by Elliott Wright and Christopher Heckert
1/19/10: Hymns and prayers helped sustain a group of six trapped in the ruins of the Hotel Montana.

 

Martin Luther KingMartin Luther King and Morningside Heights

by Elliott Wright
1/18/10: On the Hudson River, adjacent to Harlem, Morningside is the birthplace of '50s "beat literature," a stronghold of the '60s anti-Vietnam war movement, and the residence of  theologians Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Tillich, and Reinhold Niebuhr.

 

Rev. Sam Dixon Samuel Williams Dixon, Jr.: Man of Faith and Compassion

by Elliott Wright
1/17/10: Sam died doing what he loved to do: working for the welfare of the poor and rejected of the world in the name of Jesus Christ.

 

Rev. Clinton RabbRev. Clinton Rabb, Mission Executive Dies As Result of Earthquake Injuries

by Elliott Wright
1/17/10: A leader in the Church's extensive mission volunteer program, Rabb died was trapped for 55 hours after the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.

 

Bishop Martinez addressed Global Ministries Staff on 1/15/10 with news that 3 mission UMCOR Execs were safe.UMCOR Gives Thanks, Mobilizes Response to Haiti

by Melissa Hinnen
1/15/10:  Online giving has been generous: "This is heartening but needs to be multiplied many times over," said Bishop Joel Martinez in an address to Global Ministries staff.

 

Global Ministries Cross and Flame LogoMission Workers Found Alive in Ruins of Haitian Hotel

NEWS ALERT Mission Workers Found Alive in Ruins of Haitian Hotel 12:30 a.m. January 15, 2010. We thank God for answered prayers

 

Praise and sorrow in Port-au-PrinceUMCOR Staff and the People of Haiti Still Need Prayers and Gifts

 Global Ministries News
1/16/10: Two of three Global Ministries staff trapped under rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are back in the US.

 

Sam DixonMissing Mission Executive Seen Entering Destroyed Hotel

by Linda Bloom
1/14/10: Three missing United Methodist mission executives were seen entering the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince before the Jan. 12 earthquake rocked the capital, destroying the hotel.

 

A man calls for help while being trapped at the Port-au-Prince UniversityUMCOR Responds to the Earthquake in Haiti

Melissa Hinnen, United Methodist Committee on Relief
1/13/10: UMCOR is working with partners Action by Churches Together, Church World Service, Global Medic, and the Methodist Church, to respond effectively to those most in need.

 

Much of Port-au-PrinceConcerns Mount for Missing UMCOR Workers

by Linda Bloom
1/13/10: United Methodists throughout the world are praying, donating, and planning relief efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people even as the church worries about the fate of some of its mission workers in the devastated nation.

 

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