WHY VOLUNTEER WITH UMVIM?

WHY VOLUNTEER THROUGH UMVIM?

1.UMVIM is an approved United Methodist ministry.

2. The mission projects are vetted and screened.

3. Volunteer teams can continue their relationship with the project site they served at via The Advance and missionaries.

4. All are welcome to serve.

5. Training, forms, insurance, etc. available

6. It's simple. Contact umvimwj@hotmail.com to get started!

Faith in Action

Faith in Action

Thursday, October 27, 2011

NEW PROJECT SITE IN USA; TEAMS FOR SENIORS; TEAMS NEEDING VOLUNTEERS UPDATE

NEW UMVIM SITE IN USA - INDIANA

CREATIVE WOMEN OF THE WORLD/HAPI
HAPI (Haitian Artisans for Peace International)

Artisans make embroideries that we assemble into greeting cards and there are other similar assembly jobs. The training is done that day in Ft. Wayne and is easily learned. Most jobs are sit-down jobs except for ironing. There are other simple sewing and warehouse organizational jobs that we may do if there are no cards to assemble when you want to come. Creative Women of the World is the main distributor for HAPI. CWOW is dedicated to providing design and business training and marketing opportunities for women living in extreme poverty around the world so they can use the power of creativity to sustainably support their families. Along with Haiti, we work with artisans in Tajikistan, Turkey, India, Kenya, Mexico as well those living in poverty in the US. Other countries continue to be added. www.CreativeWomenof theWorld.com is our website and should be activated very soon. (ADVANCE #3020490 UMVIM Project # NCJ-INC-1011-01 Updated 10/13/11). Contact Lorelei VerLee, 260/414-7203, 7616 DiSalle Blvd Suite A, Fort Wayne IN 46825


TEAMS FOR SENIORS 2012

Are you 50+? Then check out our "Teams for Seniors 2012" page found at the top of this website. Some of the upcoming places of service in 2012 include: 1) Jamaica; 2) London, Oxford, and Stratford - Upon -Avon, England; 3) Border (US/Mexico) ministries working with migrants.


TEAMS NEEDING VOLUNTEERS

There are new teams looking for volunteers to such places as Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Holy Land. If you are interested, please check out the "Want to Join A Team?" page found at the top of this website to see the full listing of Future Teams and Teams Needing Volunteers.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

YOUNG ADULTS SERVING IN AND/OR FROM THE WESTERN JURISDICTION



YOUNG ADULT MISSIONARIES SERVING IN AND/OR FROM THE WESTERN JURISDICTION




Young adults, ages 20 to 35, have the opportunity to serve as missionaries in a variety of ways through the United Methodist Church. Two of these ways are through the Mission Intern program and the US-2 program.



The Mission Intern program allows young adults to serve for a total of 3 years. They spend one and half years serving at an international location and another year and half serving in the same area of ministry here in the United States.



The US-2 program lets young adults to serve for 2 years at a location in the United States.



Let us keep these young adults in our prayers. To find contact these young adult missionaries and to find out more about ways young adults can serve, contact Heather Wilson at umvimwj@hotmail.com. Thank you!



Pictured above Young Adult missionary US-2 Ashley Rosser from Cal-Pac serving in Fargo, ND.



Other Young Adult Missionaries not pictured:

Margorie Hurder from Louisina serving at Crossroads Urban Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Brinna Kolitz from New York serving in Billings, MT

Camille Duhon from Cal-Pac serving in Urbana, IL

Kathryn Monfortte from Illinios Great Rivers serving in Honolulu, HI

Rachel Keller from New York serving in Seattle, WA and Cape Town, South Africa

Christopher Steppe from Virginia serving in Nome, Alaska

Stephanie Kimec from Virginia serving in Echo Park, CA

Rachel DeBose from Cal-Pac serving in Miami, FL

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TEAMS; ERT TRAINING IN CAL-PAC
















VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TEAMS




Please check out the "Want to Join A Team?" page on this website to see updated news on teams needing to volunteers and also a listing of future teams.










ERT (EARLY RESPONSE TEAM) TRAINING AT VENTURA FIRST UMC


DECEMBER 3, 2011




Want to become a certified Early Responder? Attend Basic ERT Training at Ventura First UMC on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Early Responders are able to provide a caring Christian presence after a disaster during the relief phase before UMVIM teams are able to go in during the recovery phase. If you are interested and want to register, contact Heather Wilson at umvimwj@hotmail.com. To find out more about ERT training visit http://www.umcor.org/.




Photo: ERT responds to tornado damage. Courtesy umcor.org