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Your Generous Gifts Provide:
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World Communion Scholarships (General Board of Global Ministries), with at least one-half of the annual amount for ministries beyond the United States;
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Ethnic Scholarship Program (General Board of Higher Education and Ministry); and
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Ethnic In-Service Training Program (General Board of Higher Education and Ministry).
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"As a World Communion Scholar . . . I can concentrate on what really counts: helping people who are in the darkest corner of addiction and despair to find a new life in Christ."
Doors to Education
LIFE ON THE STREETS, OBSERVES LAURA PRESSLEY, IS PARTICULARY HARD ON WOMEN.
"W omen dealing with addiction don't have the safety net and support many men have." she says. "They're uneducated. They're poor. They are usually single mothers. And they are addicts." The faces and stories of the women she met while volunteering on a first-aid squad have stayed with her as she pursues a master's degree in counseling and addiction ministry at Methodist Theological School in Ohio. She hopes to create an inne
r-city residential treatment program for women of color. "Being able to merge my passion for psychology and women's studies with my interest in addiction really clicked," she adds. "I know it's God's will for my life because I've never felt so much at peace with myself."
WITHOUT SCHOLARSHIP HELP FROM FUNDS RAISED ON WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR CLASSES THIS YEAR.
"I'm up to my ears in school debt," Laura says. "It's only because of United Methodists who have given on World Communion Sunday that I am free to pursue the rest of my education without fear or anxiety."
You can give online to the World Communion Sunday offering by clicking the "donate" button above.
