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Hello friends and Shalomers:  Two nights ago we had heavy rains which turned to floods for six hours.  The disaster caused many people to lose their houses and gardens and their lives. Two of the people who died are a 67 year old woman and her grand daughter of 12 years.   When the water entered her home, it brought down the house and swept everything out. T heir bodies were found in Lake Victoria at the source of the Nile. In the spirit of shalom we are raising funds to help the affected families. We call upon Shalomers wherever you are to join us in this situation.Though these people were affected directly, we all are affected  indirectly . Pastor Baamu Moses Director of Shalom Uganda ,Africa . P.S.  Emergency funds for flood victims may be channeled through http://WorldHopeCorp.org   Dear Baamu Moses, We at Thanksgiving Coffee pray for the safety and health of those who are left to make the situation better. I have informed ...

WorldHope Corps Mission Team and Friends 2014 Dear Friends of WorldHope Corps: I  invite you to join us this year on a mission with Uganda in June, or support our  mission  there.   Every year since 2005, I've led a service trip to Africa.  W e go to communities to which we have been invited, to share in mutual ministry and joint projects; and we find that we gain so much more than what we give.   Henri Nouwen calls this "reverse mission"  (See  Gracias  by Henri Nouwen). This year we're returning to Uganda on June 22.   Our ministry partners, Pastor Baaumu Moses (leader of Shalom Coffee Collective in Jinja) and Br. Julius Kasaija (leader of SARS Shalom near Hoima) invited members of  WorldHope Corps and Communities of Shalom to c ome and see, enjoy and celebrate, the good things God is doing in Uganda in the lives of Christians, Muslim and Jews.  Imam follows two Shalom leaders who lead the Shalom ...

What's happening to Church? “ I’m certain that God is in the future, but wonder if the church has a future.” --Leonard Sweet "The future of the Church is Shalom for All-- the people of God, seeking the shalom of the community to where they have been sent into exile (Jeremiah 29:7)." --Michael J. Christensen Three Questions: What do we mean by ‘church’?    What is the future of the Church in North America in light of declining church attendance, increasing secularism, growth of the NONES (no religious affiliation), rise of the DONES (I’m done with church), and closing of churches? How can we “do church” differently to help us love God and our neighbor (and even our enemy) as we love ourselves? Disequilibrium Decline in Attendance [i] What researchers forecast for decades now is undeniably true: traditional church attendance continues to decline (Gallup, Pew, Barna) Although more than 40 percent of people “say” they go to church every w...

From Rev. Copeland Nkhata, Mzuzu, Malawi: Rev Michael, This is the first team to benefit from revenue of the Hope Scholarship House built by WorldHope Corps and Mzuzu UMC.   And it’s a great celebration that the house has now began to bear its desired fruit---school fees for our boys and girls for higher education.  The picture above depict three boys and two girls in an accounting class at the UMC HOPE SCHOLARSHIP CENTRE MZUZU. The boys are: 1.        Ganizan Nkhambule 2.        Jonathan Nzimah 3.        Joshua Walin-ase Nkhata The girls are: 4.        Alice Mkandawire 5.        Eness Makamo Please join me in this holy jubilee. I am proud of the awesome works of God and your untiring support in this regard. The house now generates MWK 210 000.00 p...

Went to bed last night and woke up this morning with ISIS on my mind.   After another beheading, who  can doubt that there is real Evil in the world?  "Our warfare is not against human beings but principalities and powers..." (Ephesians 6:12) Headed to Church at St Vincent Martyr in Madison, hoping for a prophetic word of peace.  Fr. Jose, who turned 35 this week, after the Processional Hymn--"Lift High the Cross"--announced that today was for Adoration of the Cross.  The Cross of Christ, he said, "is a symbol of cruel torture, pain and suffering.  But it is also a symbol of Love."  He encouraged us to let the sign of the cross be a daily reminder of our connection to the suffering of Christ and the world, to let it be a feature of our life of prayer, of sacrifice and letting go, and the promise of peace, liberation and victory. After partaking of the body and blood of Christ, we prayed together this prayer for peace through St Michael...

Liberation Spirituality: Henri Nouwen and Gustavo Gutierrez in Dialogue Lecture Notes: Presented by Michael J. Christensen, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor in the Practice of Spirituality and Ministry,  Drew University;  and  International Director, Communities of Shalom, The United Methodist Church Introduction “There is a little man in Peru, a man without any power, who lives in a barrio with poor people and who wrote a book.   In this book he simply reclaimed the basic Christian truth that God became human to bring good news to the poor, new light to the blind, and liberty to the captives.   Then years later this book and movement it started is considered a danger by [the USA, or Rome], the greatest power on earth.   When I look at this little man, Gustavo, and think about [the President of the US, or the Pope], I see David standing before Goliath, again with no more weapon than a little stone, a stone called A The...