New forms are available here with the new address for your dues payments!
Payments to Jim Dwyer will continue to be processed. Becky (Harrell) Wright will soon assume responsiblities as assistant treasurer to interface with the United Methodist Federal Credit Union. Her address is on the new dues form.
"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)
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The original URL umma-global.org is now our only URL!
Global Ministries Announces Bicentennial Plans
Dr. David W. Scott, Director of Mission Theology at the UMC's Global Ministries in Atlana has shared the ageny's Bicentennial plans
Methodist Mission Bicentennial
Over the next two years, Methodists around the world will celebrate the bicentennial of Methodist mission, which marks the 1818 founding of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in England and the 1819 founding of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, forerunner of The United Methodist Church. 2019 will further mark the 150th anniversary of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, also of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
This will be a celebratory time not only for honoring mission in the life of the church, but also for reflecting on the practice of mission within local churches, annual conferences, and throughout the Methodist family.
For the celebrations over the next two years, there will be two key components.
One component will be the collection of stories of Methodists from around the world in mission. To submit a story of a Methodist in mission, visit methodistmission200.org, starting on September 1, 2017. These stories can be shared as written text, audio compilations, or short videos. Our goal is to collect and share these stories each month as we lead up to the bicentennial celebration in 2019. Collecting and celebrating these stories will be an important means of understanding the many faces of Methodist mission.
The bicentennial will also include a world conference of mission leaders and mission scholars. Sponsored by Global Ministries, in collaboration with Candler School of Theology of Emory University, the conference will be called “Answering the Call: Hearing God's Voice in Methodist Mission Past, Present, and Future.” It will be held at the Emory University Conference Center Hotel, April 8-10, 2019. More information will be available at methodistmission200.org.
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, 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
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.
