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Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, provides Sunday worship service through the church’s conference phone line so participants who can’t attend in person can stay connected.
The Rev. Cristin Cooper had the goal of selling Mason jars of homemade soup at the local farmers market to help Soup Church, a dinner church she and her husband started in their apartment. But her soup-making business, Coop’s Soups, has proved effective in building community and sparking spiritual conversations.
With a $50,000 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the Malawi Provisional Conference is supporting communities affected by Cyclone Freddy. The church is providing agricultural training and equipment and helping reconstruct community infrastructure.
