Families

Items to aid flood victims in Tanzania are organized in the Masai District by volunteers from the local United Methodist church. With financial support from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the church helped 250 families affected by the disaster. Photo courtesy of the North Katanga Episcopal Area disaster management office.

Church brings vital aid to flood victims in Tanzania

The United Methodist Church — with support from UMCOR — came to the aid of hundreds of families affected by devastating floods in Tanzania.

Faith Stories

More than 35 years ago, Cecelia Whitfield founded a transportation ministry to enable family members to visit their incarcerated loved ones. A United Methodist, Whitfield has helped 100,000 people visit relatives in dozens of Indiana prisons. Photo by Ichigo121212, courtesy of Pixabay; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News.

Prison visits help inmates, families

Cecelia Whitfield was devastated when her son went to prison for armed robbery, but she rallied quickly and founded a ministry that has transported family members to visit their incarcerated loved ones for more than 35 years.

Church Leadership

The Rev. Jee Hae Song’s son Joshua, 5, dances at her 2023 ordination during the Upper New York Annual Conference in Syracuse, N.Y. Song presented legislation to the 2024 Upper New York Annual Conference to enact a parental leave policy for United Methodists of Upper New York. The legislation would guarantee 13 paid weeks of leave for clergy and church workers whose family are expanding by birth, adoption or foster placement. Photo courtesy of the Upper New York Conference.

Parental leave efforts gaining momentum

Clergy deserve 13 weeks of paid leave when they are caring for a new baby, according to members of a grassroots effort to make that the United Methodist standard.

Mission and Ministry

A home built by the charitable organization Zanmi Fondwa in Haiti. The Zanmi Fondwa charitable organization helps Haitians build homes as they work to recover from gang violence, hurricanes and an earthquake. Photo courtesy of Zanmi Fondwa.

Building hope through homes in Haiti

Despite unrest in the country, a United Methodist couple’s charitable organization continues to help build homes for members of a rural, mountainous community.

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