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Bishop Mande Muyombo (left) of the North Katanga Episcopal Area and Gaspar João Domingos of the Angola West Episcopal Area bless the elements of Holy Communion during April 23 opening worship at the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Africa University graduates serve at General Conference
Continuing a tradition, AU graduates assume leadership roles as delegates, translators and interpreters at the worldwide gathering.
Mission and Ministry
Ruth Moreno (in red sweatshirt) and her brother, Lino, make their way to school as the sun rises behind them on the Santa Fe Bridge over the Rio Grande in Juárez, Mexico, in November 2019. They made the two-hour cross-border journey each school day to attend the United Methodist Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas, before in-person classes were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Surviving tribulations part of school’s history
Lydia Patterson is struggling with COVID-19 and a closed border, but the president of the United Methodist school said, “We have seen worse.”
Mission and Ministry
Water is scarce at Chapanduka Secondary School, a United Methodist school in Buhera, Zimbabwe. Students often spend learning time standing in line to fill buckets of water from a shallow well. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Challenges stack up for United Methodist school
Zimbabwe’s Chapanduka Secondary School faces water crisis, malfunctioning solar system, poor academic scores and poverty in the community.

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