The pandemic has caused an incredible financial crunch for United Methodist Volunteers in Mission in the Southeast Jurisdiction (UMVIM SEJ) over the last 15 months. The majority of the income that allows UMVIM to vet and support approved ministry sites comes from team registration and insurance. The travel fears and restrictions have reduced this income […]
March 9, 2020 Tennessee Conference Sager Brown Team A twenty-four-member mission team from the TN Conference worked at UMCOR Sager Brown during the first week of January 2020. Another team of up to thirty-five members has been scheduled for January 10-15, 2021. Most of the 2020 team members have been to Sager Brown multiple times. […]
UMVIM Community & Partners, The Mission Volunteer Office is excited to announce the release of their newest project, the Mission Volunteer Video Series. They have created 11 videos that each discuss a different aspect of the Mission Volunteer program. Their hope is that these videos will be a resource to those that are interested in participating in the program and […]
Global Ministries and the Mission Volunteers Office are pleased to offer twogreat educational and mission service events, one in the Czech Republic and one in Paducah, Kentucky. Both events are designed with less strenuous activities than the traditional UMVIM team. The events will continue to focus on peace and poverty, history and sustainability of resources, […]
Twelve persons from Belmont UMC and Martin Methodist College were served Holy Communion and commissioned during worship on January 1 at Belmont UMC. They leave January 5 for a 10 day “Alternative Work/Study And Reality Experience” [AWARE] with our neighbors in Mexico. There they will be working, living and learning about many aspects of sustainable […]
The South Carolina Methodist Conference has notified UMVIM that they are now ready to accept teams for the rebuild phase of their disaster recovery stemming from the October 2015 floods. Billy Robinson and his entire team did an outstanding job during the recovery phase, and staff was hired by the conference to handle assessments and […]