Updated for the April UMMA Gathering and GBGM Open House in Atlanta!
"The Purpose of the United Methodist Missionary Association (UMMA) is to develop and nurture a vital connectional network among active, inactive and retired missionaries of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church for the purpose of promoting Christian mission." (UMMA Constitution)
Below are links to downloadable UMMA Membership Forms. Right click (or control-click) to save either, or just click to view PDF online.
- UMMA Membership Form as Adobe PDF format
- UMMA Membership Form as DOC (MS Word) format
- Or make your payment using PayPal.
Both umma-global.org and umma-global.net now point to the same web pages!
New Handbooks availalble
Recently published current Handbooks govering thte work of missionaries are availabe here.
News from Atlanta:
April 20-25, 2017 — UMMA and GBGM Events
UMMA Plenary Panorama Perspective with staff, driectors and guests.
Attending the Gathering 2017 — Session 1 on Saturday
In the middle photo:
Standing — Esther Gitobu, Jim Dwyer, Dakin Cook, Shirley Wu, Joyce Hill, Tim Boyle, Romy del Rosario, Katherine Parker, David Wu, Warren Harbert, Becky Harrell, Kristen Schmitz.
Sitting— Larry Schmitz, Alice Maclin, Hillary Taylor, Jo Harbert, Alina Saucedo, Richard Wehrman.
Andreas Stämpfli, Alice Maclin, Judy Chung, Joyce Hill, Sara Ann White
Facing away: Hillary Taylor
More photos
provided by Tim Boyle and Larry Schmitz
Gathering 2015 — of fond memory
Read daily briefings from the "Gathering" in Newark and Madison, NJ, here:
from left to right Marilia Schüller, Katherine Parker, Richard Vreeland, Kristy Schmitz, Larry Schmitz, Fritzi Johnson, Esther Gitobu, Jim Dwyer, Dakin Cook, DarEll Weist, Alina Saucedo Paucara.
