Special Sundays - Native American Ministries Sunday - Overview
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We Need Your Help If you have ever received a Native American Ministries scholarship or student loan, we need your help right now. Please post this as your Facebook status: If you can give, they will achieve - Help United Methodist scholars by donating today. ANNUAL CONFERENCES AT WORK “When I was in seminary, I was honored to receive the Native American Seminary Award. To this day, it is one of the greatest honors bestowed upon me… It was a humbling experience to know that I had the approval and the support of The United Methodist Church and every local United Methodist congregation who participates in the Native American Ministries Sunday Offering.” ~ Rev. Matt Locklear (RO: Sandy Plains) Please encourage congregations to give generously to the Native American Ministries Sunday offering. You can give throughout the year not just on April 18. Gifts to Native American Ministries Sunday offering benefit the 13 churches in the North Carolina Conference that comprise the Native American Cooperative Ministry, which provides support for church growth and community ministries. In the last year, 3 Native American congregations have grown dramatically in worship attendance, one has continued to enroll children in a 4-star child care program, and the communities are receiving health education for diabetes management and smoking cessation, among other outstanding ministries. --Adapted from the North Carolina Annual Conference website CONAM Members (please feel free to contact them concerning Native American Ministries in their conferences)
OTHER LINKS Native American Ministries Sunday Music Resources (from The General Board of Discipleship) 21st Century Native American Worship Resources (from The General Board of Discipleship) Native American Ministries Sunday - April 18, 2010 (can be celebrated at anytime)
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Click here to hear Ray deZafra describe how the Third Sunday Fellowship that is supported by the Native American Ministries Sunday offering is helping him link to his heritage. Click here to read Ray's story.
To read additional stories of those whose lives have been changed click here. For more information please contact the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and/or the General Board of Global Ministries. You can give online to the Native American Ministries Sunday offering at any time by clicking the "donate" button above. NOTE: The printed version of the leaflet offering envelope and posters included incorrect information. Mr. deZafra was adopted at age 5 and his tribal affiliation is Potawatomi. We regret and apologize for these errors. |
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