Church & Community Workers News & Stories
February 22, 2023
Loosening the bonds of injustice in Hancock County, Tennessee
An Ash Wednesday reflection from missionary Lisa Nichols, a Church and Community Worker and executive director of the Jubilee Project in Hancock County, Tennessee.
November 1, 2022
God provides willing vessels to serve Hancock County, Mississippi
By God’s grace, I have settled into my new position as Community Outreach Coordinator with Gulfside Assembly of Waveland, Mississippi, and I absolutely love it. I am surrounded by the best of the best who have helped with my transition.
August 15, 2022
Where goes our neighborhood?
Missionary Julie Wilson tracks the progress of gentrification in her Winston-Salem neighborhood by looking out the front door. The community members Open Arms serves are increasingly losing their rental homes to people who can purchase and rebuild them.
April 15, 2022
Good Friday: The light of hope during times of challenge
The Rev. Fuxia Wang, a Church and Community Worker missionary serving with international student ministries at the University of Oklahoma, offers a Good Friday devotion that considers Christ’s suffering and death as a choice of great love.
March 3, 2022
Walking with the light: CCWs meet for biennial gathering
Church and Community Worker missionaries met together via zoom for their biennial meeting to celebrate their ministries, honor retirees, welcome new CCWs and reflect on God’s light in their daily work.
August 25, 2021
Ten new missionaries to be blessed for service in the US
Join the virtual service of worship on Friday, August 27, to affirm and send the missionaries into ministry.
June 23, 2021
After a year in service, 7 US missionaries officially commissioned
Although COVID-19 prevented an official commissioning in 2020, missionaries have remained creatively engaged in ministry and were commissioned at small, in-person services in their host annual conferences this spring.
April 4, 2021
UMCOR’s Work on the U.S.-Mexico border
We believe that both humanitarian assistance and policy change are required in this current moment of transition and confusion on the U.S.- Mexico border.
March 15, 2021
Called for mission service in the United States
Church and Community Worker, Katie Peterson, manages a “Mission Barn” and enjoys seeing God’s diverse family working together.
May 25, 2020
From Darkness to Light: Transformation
The Rev. Dr. Richard Boone, Church and Community Worker missionary with the West Ohio Conference, tells the story of how an inmate experiences transformation through the Horizon Prison Initiative.
February 22, 2020
Traditional Ivorian dish cooking up profits for women
With the help of a $200,000 UMCOR grant, United Methodist women in Côte d'Ivoire have seen their dream of opening a processing plant for a popular local dish become a reality.