What moments in our lives remind us of our promise to serve?

By The Rev. Dr. Carmen Manalac-Scheuerman Commissioned as Global Missionary of the UMC Praise the Lord! After almost three years, returning with my family to Philippines serving...

Osias and Desiree: What is life really like as a missionary?

A Conversation with An Itinerating Missionary Couple By Osias & Desiree Segura-April What is itineration? Why do missionaries itinerate? What is life really like as a...

Wandering Uganda: Serving, Changing, Growing

Denise Belista (top left), poses with children from the local community in Uganda.  Denise served as a global justice volunteer assigned to serve with...

A reflection on exclusion and language by Paul Jeffrey

By the Rev. Paul Jeffrey Some ten million people in the world today are stateless. They aren’t recognized as citizens of any nation. Without legal...

Question Time: Mission u Edition!

By Nica Sy Nica Sy is a young person who attended Mission u, an annual cooperative mission experience by the PNW Conference’s United Methodist Women...

Musings: My Unconditional Love for the Church Compels and Challenges Me

    By Chasity Shavon Jones So often, we are involved in the church that we become numb to the numinosity and mystery that is the Church...

Methodist Mission Bicentennial

At its core, Methodism is a missional movement. Two-hundred years ago, the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (a forerunner of The United...

Global Mission Fellows: I am not alone

By Yvonne Agduyeng   I had written another article for Channels and I thought I was done - another check mark off my to-do list, until...

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