Community

Collins Kwasi Prempeh preaches at King Solomon United Methodist Church in Mutare, Zimbabwe, on May 18. Prempeh, the first Deaf Global Missionary, will work with communities in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Burundi, Zambia, Congo and other parts of East Africa for the next three years. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Deaf missionary welcomes, inspires community

Collins Kwasi Prempeh, the first Deaf United Methodist Global Missionary, focuses on inclusion in worship and ministries. He also works to empower the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

Young People

Students worked on construction and repair projects for this year's College U.M. ARMY. “These students not only care for their clients, but they also care for one another.” Photo courtesy of the Texas Annual Conference.

College students enlist in U.M. ARMY

More than 80 college students from Texas and Louisiana came together in the Texas Hill Country for a week of mission work and fellowship through College U.M. ARMY. The event featured projects such as the construction of accessibility ramps and repair work on homes damaged by a recent tornado.

Social Concerns

Clay Apartments in Detroit consists of one two-story building with an elevator and will include 42 one-bedroom units for formerly homeless men and women with special needs. Wespath, the denomination’s pension and benefits agency, invested $805,000 in the building. United Methodists see a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on homelessness as a reason to increase efforts to build more affordable housing. Photo courtesy of Wespath.

US Supreme Court ruling puts focus on housing

United Methodists see reason to increase their efforts to care for homeless people, including building more affordable housing, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld ordinances that make sleeping outside a crime.

Judy Craigmile, Mission Coordinator for Loads of Love Laundry Mission, talks about the impact of the program that supports one of life’s basic necessities. Screengrab courtesy of the Upper New York Conference via YouTube by UM News.

Laundry ministry fosters community bonds

Phoenix United Methodist Church’s Loads of Love Laundry Mission offers support by providing free laundry services to those in need while also fostering community bonds.

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