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Hunger

Local Church
Nina Gorman (right) hugs the Rev. Murray Crookes in the kitchen at Every Nation United Methodist Church in Anchorage, Alaska, where Crookes and his family host a weekly fellowship meal and Bible study. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Alaskan church reaches out to Native community
Every Nation United Methodist Church in Anchorage was designed to support and minister to Alaska Natives.
Mission and Ministry
Jimmie Hutson loads firewood that he will use to help heat his home from a woodshed at the Willow (Alaska) Community Food Pantry. Hutson is both a regular volunteer at the pantry and occasionally receives aid from the program. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Church food pantry helps Alaskans ‘on the edge’
In a small, rural Alaska town, Willow United Methodist Church runs a community food pantry that is a lifeline for many living off the grid.
Poverty
Urs Schweizer. Photo courtesy of author.

When the poor share what they have
An agricultural program initiated by the United Methodist Church in Albania to help those struggling economically led to an inspiring act of charity.
Disaster Relief
Jean Tshomba and Cudins Lokale, members of The United Methodist Church’s disaster management office in East Congo, lift bags containing rice and cornmeal during relief distribution in Goma in January 2023. Funding from the United Methodist Committee on Relief purchased more than 165 tons of food and non-food items distributed to more than 2,500 households or approximately 12,500 people. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

Church increases aid to displaced people in Congo
Over $400,000 from UMCOR and United Methodist Global Ministries helped provide emergency relief to approximately 25,000 displaced people in Congo.

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