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Consultation Paves the Way to Better Theological Education in Africa
Written: 9/24/2009
Sept. 18, 2009 | KAMPALA, UGANDA – The lack of theological education and training resources in Africa is all too familiar to Yatta Young, dean of Gbarnga School of Theology in Monrovia, Liberia.
"We rely on teachers' notes. We don't have books," Dr. Young said.
Young w...
Can You Give One Percent to Close the Gap?
Written: 9/18/2009
Forty-seven others say, "Yes, I can!"
Forty-seven pastors from the California-Nevada Annual Conference have committed themselves to giving 1% of their salaries to support the salaries of pastors serving in the West Angola Annual Conference - and they hope you will join them.
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Written: 7/28/2009
This year's Conference Offering was designated for purchase of agricultural equipment for West Angola. Today, "thanks to the generous donations of the people of the California-Nevada Annual Conference," reports Phil Bandy, Interim Director of Cal-Nev Volunteers in Mission, which is overseeing the pr...
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Written: 6/5/2009
With Annual Conference Session only two weekends away, churches are reminded of the need to take a special Conference Offering, to be donated at ACS for purchase of agricultural equipment for the West Angola United Methodist Conference. Your donations will go directly for purchase of a JD 5...
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Written: 4/16/2009
A Korean language version of the Conference Offering slide narrative is now available for download. Visit the 2009 Annual Conference Session page and scroll down to "Conference Offering" - where, in addition to the new Korean language slide narrative, you will find the PDF Presentation itse...
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Written: 3/30/2009
A bulletin insert churches may download and print to inform their congregations about this year's Conference Offering has been added to the 2009 Annual Conference Session Page. Also on that page: a PowerPoint presentation, and a PDF presentation with slide narrative - either of which church...
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Written: 3/14/2009
The Conference Offering to be taken at this year's Annual Conference Session will go to support the West Angola Tractor Project. The offering is designated specifically for the purchase of a tractor, disc plow, and cultivator in support of the West Angola Conference's agricultural training project. ...
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Written: 3/13/2009
Learn how to "do good" - better. Sign up for "100 Villages Liberated: Dialogue and Practices for Sustainable Community Empowerment," a free one-day training taking place next month in West Sacramento. Sponsored by California-Nevada United Methodist Volunteers in Mission and the Angola Partn...
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Written: 11/21/2008
By Sue King UMVIM Director, CA-NV Annual Conference The answer is, "Yes, it can." Buying a tractor and trees can change the future for Angolan kids - at least, the 2004 California-Nevada UMVIM (United Methodist Volunteers in Mission) team believed so when they planted mango and banana tr...
Sue King Writes From Angola
Written: 10/23/2008
Oct. 17, 2008
Greetings from Angola!
After arriving here on October 3 we went almost immediately to the Annual Conference Session of the West Angola Conference, which was held in a northern province of Ndalantando, Oct. 5-12. Our team (Laura, Selena and Emily Heffernan; Donna Van M...
New for Christmas 2007: 'Thank you for giving' cards to download
Written: 12/13/2007
California-Nevada Conference Director of Stewardship Betsy Schwarzentraub has created Christmas “thank you” cards for Apportionments and Angola Partnership giving.
Brand new for the 2007 holiday season, the cards are available for downloading and reproducing by linking to 2007 Christmas Tha...
Journal from Luanda
Written: 6/17/2007
Note from Editor:
There is a strong heartbeat to our Angola Partnership – did you know? A heartbeat, hands, arms, voices, willing hearts and minds taking part in ministry and mission. We may not all be able to be there. But we are grateful to those who are going on our behalf.
Here is the first of...
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Written: 6/17/2007
Editor's Note: There is a strong heartbeat to our Angola Partnership – did you know? A heartbeat, hands, arms, voices, willing hearts and minds taking part in ministry and mission. We may not all be able to be there. But we are grateful to those who are going on our behalf. Here isthe first of sev...