Children

Churches join forces to provide Easter baskets

Thanks to the connectional efforts of six United Methodist churches, 167 children received Easter baskets stuffed with books, toys, stuffed animals, candy, plastic eggs, money and more.

Global Health

Dr. Marie-Claire Manafundu (right) examines Crispin, age 2, at Mangobo Methodist Hospital Center in Kisangani, Congo. Crispin is among the malnourished children in Eastern Congo who are receiving nutritional supplements and medical care as part of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health program of The United Methodist Church. Photo courtesy of the Health Department of the United Methodist Church in Eastern Congo.

Church helps thousands of malnourished children in Congo

The United Methodist Church strives to combat acute and severe malnutrition by providing nutritional supplements, medical care and advice to parents on infant feeding and care.

Local Church

Local students form a chain for the unloading of pumpkins at Grace Avenue United Methodist Church in Frisco, Texas. Photo courtesy of Grace Avenue United Methodist Church.

Praise the Lord and pass the pumpkins

Texas goes big with most things, including pumpkin patches. Two churches share fun photos from their fall events.

Local Church

Memorial United Methodist Church’s bike ministry helps furnish children and adults in the community with bicycles. Image by bOred, courtesy of Pixabay.

Bike ministry on a roll

Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church’s bike ministry began 16 years ago as a summer outreach to help youth learn to repair their bikes. But those events showed church leaders how many children didn’t have bikes and how many adults would benefit from them as well.

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