Category: Congregational Ministry

153. Wells for Haiti – Kent Cable Interview

Drilling WellKent Cable, a member of Clinton United Methodist Church, returned from Haiti Monday evening and shared his experience with MissionCast.  Kent is a part of an organization called Living Waters International – Midwest.  It is a Christian mission organization that drills wells in Central America and the Caribbean.  Kent was in Haiti in November setting up equipment to drill in Haiti.  With the equipment set up and ready to use he left Missouri a few days after the earthquake to drill wells just outside of Port-au-Prince.

Kent is also a member of the Missouri Conference Mission Council and chairs the Conference Congregational Development Team.

If you have well drilling experience and are interested in sharing your Christian witness in Haiti call the Office of Creative Ministries for information about how you might become a part of the ministry that Kent describes in this MissionCast.

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152. MissionCast – Charleston Spreads Hope in Reynosa

Mr. Jim Moreton, a member of Charleston United Methodist Church, in Charleston, Missouri, tells about mission trips he and his wife and others have made to build homes in Reynosa, Mexico.  Their trips have been organized by the Strategic Alliance Mission, which was founded by Roland & Carolyn Ashby, of New Braunfels, Texas.  Roland Ashby was a member of Charleston United Methodist Church while growing up.  The mission has built over 500 homes in Reynosa and has made a big difference in the lifes of the people who live in the poorest part of town.  This MissionCast concentrates on house building, however, there are always medical and education components to the missions.

We are thankful to Angie Moreton for the excellent pictures used in the MissionCast.

Similar mission trips maybe organized through the Office of Creative Ministries Volunteers in Mission program of the United Methodist Missouri Conference.  If you or your church would like to build homes in Mexico you may receive information by contacting Audrey Phelps, at the Office of Creative Ministries.  Phone 573-474-7155 or Email phelps@umocm.com.

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149. Alleviating Poverty One Person at a Time – University UMC

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University United Methodist Church in St. Louis has started an innovative way to alleviate poverty one person at a time.   Through an organization called Kiva they make micro credit loans to people through out the world to get them started in small business ventures.  The emphasis is on small, widespread participation in grass-roots real-time lending to people with names and faces.

 

Your MissionCast crew attended a recent meeting of the U-City Micro Credit Loan Club.  Meetings are held at the U-City public library to encourage participation by members of the University City community who are not members of the church.  The coordinators of this new ministry are Tom Mitchell and Rich Wymore, who members of University United Methodist Church.

 

The club's activities are a designated fund of University City UMC and

can be viewed on the church's webpage www.universityumc.com/ucitymicrocreditclub

 

If you or a group from your church or community would like to get in
on the action, go to www.kiva.org for general information. For specifics on the club's activities, see
http://www.kiva.org/team/ucity_microcredit_club_team or contact Tom Mitchell at ucitymicrocreditclub.tom@gmail.com

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148. Heifer International Tour to Guatemala – Judy & Cleo Kottwitz – Missouri UMC

Giving Online Judy and Cleo Kottwitz (pictured here) are members of Missouri United Methodist Church, in Columbia.  They traveled to Guatemala to learn about the work of Heifer International in the country and tell about their experience in this MissionCast.

Heifer International conducts educational tours all over the world on a regular basis.  For information about joining one of these tours call Carol Oliver at the Office of Creative Ministries.  Phone:  573-474-7155  Email:  oliver@umocm.com

Heifer International is one of the ministries supported by the Festival of Sharing.  Contributions to Heifer International may be sent to the Festival of Sharing, 3009 Columbia, MO  65202.

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146. Chapel Woods UMC – Matthew 28 Ministry

fred & irene price After Katrina, when it was appropriate to do so, Jeff Brinkman, Senior pastor at Woods Chapel United Methodist Church, in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, took his congregation to New Orleans to become a part of the recovery ministry.  The amazing thing is that they never left.  All these years later they are still there.  Jeff saw a need and the congregation responsed by sending a constant stream of volunteers in mission couples to assist VIM teams flowing in from all over the country.  While shooting a MissionCast about Hope United Methodist Church, from Lone Jack, Missouri, serving in New Orleans, we stumbled upon Fred and Irene Price, Matthew 28 ministry volunteers from Woods Chapel United Methodist Church.  In this MissionCast we hear first hand about this amazing Matthew 28 ministry.

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