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• UMCOR, partners start asylum seekers project15 October 2019, 2:05 pm
  The three-year, $2 million pilot project also will engage local church members on a community level as they embrace the biblical mandate of welcoming the stranger.
  
• Challenges stack up for United Methodist school11 October 2019, 9:09 am
  Zimbabwe’s Chapanduka Secondary School faces water crisis, malfunctioning solar system, poor academic scores and poverty in the community.
  
• Mourners surprised by cut of estate10 October 2019, 10:44 am
  Dennis Valstad was a quiet, dedicated Ripon Immanuel United Methodist Church volunteer who arranged one more good deed six weeks after his death.
  
• 2019 Rwanda Provisional Special Annual Conference9 October 2019, 1:32 pm
  Oct. 9, in Kigali, Rwanda.
  
• Peace as a lifelong vocation9 October 2019, 11:06 am
  The two most recent recipients of the World Methodist Peace Award have very different backgrounds but share a commitment to peacemaking.
  
• Empowering women through entrepreneurship8 October 2019, 9:53 am
  United Methodist Women in Sierra Leone roll out unusual microfinance program and entrepreneurship training for women.
  
• Scholar who focused on Bible's diversity dies8 October 2019, 9:00 am
  The Rev. Cain Hope Felder, a longtime professor at Howard University and groundbreaking scholar on race in the Bible, has died.
  
• United Methodists behind closed doors7 October 2019, 10:19 am
  The United Methodist Church can be messy, but church law requires that nearly all meetings be open.
  
• Curriculum is key in Sunday schools7 October 2019, 9:34 am
  Reaching children with the word of God begins with parents, but Sunday schools using United Methodist Publishing House curriculums can also play an important role.
  
• From making garments to making disciples4 October 2019, 10:23 am
  The Rev. Andrew Mhondoro, a Zimbabwe pastor and tailor, has died at age 82.