February 27, 2020
February 2020 – Our third year assisting with the recovery from Hurricane Maria brought our mission team to a better healed Puerto Rico. We were pleased to see recovery progress, but with years ...
January 23, 2020
Imagine, if you will, never having walked due to a birth deformity; losing a leg to diabetes or other health challenge; or being disabled in a tragic accident, and suddenly the gift of mobility comes ...
January 22, 2020
Hi California-Nevada Puerto Rico Team- I’m sure you have all heard about the recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico. We are getting updates from a variety of sources and monitoring the situation. Although...
October 14, 2019
A team of volunteers is being assembled to visit Temple Methodist Church in Nasinu, Fiji near Suva. We are looking for volunteers to assist with the construction of their new worship sanctuary. The ...
August 30, 2019
Now Live… Mission Volunteer Video Series! A video series made to empower, equip, and resource individuals and couples interested in long term service by engaging in God’s mission in the world. ...
February 13, 2019
We have received an important update regarding travel in Haiti from Ronda Cordill, United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) jurisdictional coordinator for the Western Jurisdiction. The message ...
October 22, 2018
June 1st, 2019 will mark the 10th anniversary of the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s western office in Salt Lake City, Utah. UMCOR West is the second UMCOR Relief Supply warehouse in the ...
October 15, 2018
Partners in Disaster Ministry South Carolina UMC Disaster Response Ministries needs volunteers of all ability levels to help clean out homes that have been impacted by Hurricane Florence. Matt ...
October 11, 2018
In 2015, four lives lost; 1,300 homes destroyed; 76,000 acres burned. In 2018, another devastating fire. Where is hope in the midst of seasons of despair? In the case of Middletown, California, ...
October 11, 2018
By Leslie Carmichael UMVIM Team Leader Los Altos UMC Hurricane Maria, one of the most powerful hurricanes in history, devastated the Island of Puerto Rico in 2017. Aware that recovery would be long ...
September 19, 2018
This mission has been going on for over 15 years, first under the sponsorship of San Ramon Valley UMC, and now, under Walnut Creek UMC. We work in partnership with Fundación Herencia Viva (Living ...
August 23, 2018
News and Notes – September 2018 About UMCOR West: Located in the heart of Salt Lake City, UMCOR West is one of two UMCOR Relief Supply warehouses. Mission groups from United Methodist Churches ...
May 23, 2018
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April 27, 2018
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February 27, 2018
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February 07, 2014
A United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) team is in Cambodia until the 28th. This team joins with a local Methodist church in Svay Reing to hold an eye glasses distribution project. This ...
