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Your Generous Gifts
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The United Methodist Committee on Relief located at the General Board of Global Ministries. With this offering, The United Methodist Church rebuilds lives and communities around the world by helping the United Methodist Committee on Relief keep its promise that 100% of your designated gift goes to specific causes.
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The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, “Go to Siloam and wash.” Then I went and washed and received my sight.
--John 9:11b, NRSV
Mohammed and other farmers in nearby villages of Sierra Leone were blinded by “river blindness” or “onchocerciasis.” The disease was caused by parasitic worms transmitted by black flies. When Mohammed and his neighbors lost their sight, they also lost their only means of providing for their families.
However, today Mohammed can work on his farm in Port Loko District and support his family once again because of UMCOR’s work in the West Africa Initiative and the Community Blind Farmer’s Association.
Through these organizations, blind farmers learn how to return to their fields and find other means of income.
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Restoration. Healing. Hope.
Jesus teaches us to bring healing and restoration wherever we can.
So much of what UMCOR does is about restoration: giving sight to the blind, building up farming communities, helping workers to become self-sufficient and reconstructing places destroyed by disaster.
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING
Join United Methodists everywhere by participating in the special offering that supports UMCOR’s vital work. Your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing lay the foundation for UMCOR to bring restoration, healing and hope for tomorrow. Please give generously.
To send donations by check, mail to:
GCFA, P.O. Box 340029, Nashville, TN 37203.
NOTE: List the name of the Sunday in the note section of your check.
To read additional stories on lives changed by your gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing Sundayclick here.