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Radio Methos in Côte d’Ivoire
Educate yourself on Radio Methos at AmplifyHope.org.
Get involved and discover how programming will transform lives and communities in Côte d’Ivoire. Did you know radio is Africa’s most common form of communication?
Get others involved. Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s largest chocolate-producing country. Read our 12 chocolate themed fund-raising ideas.
Spread the word. We’ve prepared a flier for you to print and distribute to your congregation. It reminds us that Lent is a season of fasting and self-denial and challenges us to support this life-enhancing radio station.
Haiti Update: Response and Resources
United Methodist Communications continues to provide news coverage, including how the church is responding, at www.umc.org/haiti. Check out the UMNS photostream and slideshow on Flickr.
Donating money, volunteering, assembling health kits and writing on a prayer wall, United Methodists are involved. A variety of resources are available as we continue to keep Haiti high on our list of current mission and ministries.
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Change the World. Build Community Locally.
Fight Malaria Globally.
United Methodists in the U.S., Philippines, and Zimbabwe are already preparing for April 24-25 when they will participate in outreach programs such as food pantries, prison ministries, neighborhood clean-up, legal aid for immigrants, and malaria awareness and fund raising. Visit www.rethinkchurch.org/changetheworld to register your event so that the world will see Google Earth lit up with Christ’s light.
“Now is not the time, church, to hunker down in the bunkers of our sanctuaries and fellowship halls to wait out this economic tsunami…Now is the time for the people of God to arise! We must go because Jesus calls us to go with him. Jesus’ first allegiance was to the will of the Father, and so it must be ours.” Rev. Mike Slaughter, lead pastor Ginghamsburg UMC, and author of “Change the World: Recovering the Message and Mission of Jesus”
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Use surprise, illusion for memorable worship
Pastors and leaders hope worshippers will go home with a message. How can you make your message touch congregants’ hearts and minds? How can you breathe the spirit into their souls, energizing and inspiring them?
Try incorporating illusion and surprise into your worship to tell a story, illustrate a point, or simply serve as a visual memory of the service.
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D-I-V-O-R-C-E spells opportunity to help
About half of all U.S. marriages end in divorce, and people who divorce are more likely to have been infrequent churchgoers, according to Barna Group research.
Showing the church’s commitment to helping separated and divorced people manage their emotional, spiritual and economic challenges can open the opportunities for people who may feel estranged from religion after their marriage fails. Give them an opportunity with a divorce recovery group.
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Marketing research: a valuable investment
It’s human nature. We recognize dramatic changes far more frequently than we do the smaller changes in our everyday lives.
Your congregation wants to change lives by helping people to know Christ and engaging them through Christian discipleship. By researching and understanding demographic data, your church can identify what’s happening in your area and create a successful, relevant strategic marketing plan.
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Connect volunteers to opportunities at a service fair
Communities have many talented people, but few share those talents with organizations that need them. Take the lead and have your church host a community service fair.
Such an event can unite your congregation, the community and the organizations that can put skilled people to work. Reach out to organizations or service projects to see if they are seeking volunteers.
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