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Global Mission OpportunitiesInterested in learning more about Reverse Trick-or-Treating? Check out http://shop.equalexchange.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=54008. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOD CALLING ME TO DO?
School Bags for HaitiWe are asking the VBS/JOY/Sunday School kids to donate items listed on the flyer. The plan is to assemble the backpacks and school kits on Thursday, August 4th, from 9-10:30am. Please note that school bags are not needed, but material for Haitian women to make their own bags are needed also. Please spread the word!
On March 6, 2011, Paige Reuber and her parents, Mike and Noreen Reuber, visited BLUMC as Paige talked about her year-long service-learning opportunity in Guatemala, July 2010-July 2011. Both Paige and her parents have moved out of the area, but she and family maintain strong ties to the church and community.
Dominican Republic : Fair Cocoa Harvest with Equal Exchange Please explore the General Board of Global Ministries’ website to learn how United Methodist missions and ministries connect with each other throughout the world. The Get Connected button will help orient you quickly and will give you opportunities to sign up for news about worldwide UM missions and ministries, according to your specific interests, that will be sent to your e-mail. Henderson SettlementThe Henderson Settlement (located in Frakes, KY) has been receiving Campbell Soup labels from our congregation for many years now. The most recent shipments have helped provide backpacks, school supplies, computers, and vehicles. Volunteer opportunities in Haiti |
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In the fall of 2006, Beach Lake UMC began to support the UMCOR Coffee Project by serving Equal Exchange coffee during the fellowship time after the 10:15 service. Church members began to ask if they could place orders through the church. By January of 2007, the Mission Committee realized that Equal Exchange coffee, tea and chocolate was something that people in the congregation and community were buying enough of, and valued enough, that they decided to keep all Equal Exchange products in stock. Thus far people have been purchasing an average of well over $100 of Equal Exchange products per week through BLUMC. 
Unit of the General Board of Global Ministries issued an appeal to fund UM pastors in Laos, who do not have an education beyond the 6th grade, to attend a Bible training school in Thailand. The cost was $600 annually per pastor. BLUMC responded immediately by adopting a pastor. 
