Be There. Be Hope.
LIFE-CHANGING MINISTRY-A RESPONSE TO GOD'S LOVE
You and your congregation can join United Methodists worldwide by making a special offering through One Great Hour of Sharing to support humanitarian aid through UMCOR. You can be assured that when catastrophes cause suffering, your church, impelled by Jesus' love and compassion, will be in the lead to ease the pain.
THE 2008 OFFERING SUNDAY MARCH 2—ESSENTIAL TO UMCOR
Gifts to this offering underwrite UMCOR's "costs of doing business." That helps us keep our promise that 100 percent of every other gift you make to a specific UMCOR project can be spent on that project-not on home office costs.
UMCOR is a good steward of God's gifts. Offering gifts over and above those used to cover administrative costs are channeled where they're most needed. UMCOR's specialized ministries-responding in disaster, fighting hunger, alleviating poverty, providing relief supplies around the world, and offering hospitality to immigrants and refugees-all assist the most vulnerable people whose need is greatest.
NO WORLD SERVICE FUNDS COME TO UMCOR
UMCOR receives no World Service funds or any other apportionments. Your gifts mean we're right there with hardworking families, people who are affected by storms or war, disaster or disease.
"The One Great Hour of Sharing offering on March 2, 2008, provides for those basic needs that make the rest of UMCOR's work possible," says the Rev. Sam W. Dixon, Deputy General Secretary of UMCOR. "Without this offering so much of what UMCOR does to bring hope and healing to the world could not happen."
YOUR GIFTS WORK THREE WAYS
Keep the Lights On
Most gifts coming to UMCOR have been designated for specific programs-and those programs receive 100 percent of those gifts. So part of the One Great Hour of Sharing offering plus a small percentage of other general donations support UMCOR's cost of doing business.
Fill-in Fundraising
Donations to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering also assist UMCOR programs that have not been fully funded through designated Advance gifts.
Answering Jesus' Call
United Methodists' donations often become the springboard for additional funding.
The compassion of Jesus makes all things new. As Christians we're called to do the same: to offer the hands, the heart and the hope of the church wherever people are suffering. Your gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing, channeled through UMCOR, enable the church to answer that call.
ORDER RESOURCES TODAY
- UMCOR Spotlights
Free DVD! This DVD created in 2006 contains short highlights suitable for a mission moment during worship lift up three of UMCOR's diverse programs. See the church's response to the hurricanes of 2005, our work to alleviate hunger and poverty, and our services to immigrants and asylum seekers. On the same menu: 7-minute version of immigrant services. Email us with your request - Offering Envelope. Insert in every bulletin the day of the offering
- Poster. Decorate a bulletin board or church school classrooms. Packaged individually
Water. It’s something many of us take for granted. It’s only as far away as our nearest faucet. Unlike most of the world’s citizens, we don’t have to worry about collecting water, it comes to us instead. 
