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Volunteers In Mission realigns staff, structures
Written: 11/6/2009
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Ministry through music - VIM team performs in Poland
Written: 9/11/2009
Annell Thompson is seated at the drum set, center, and Claremore-First Pastor Ray Crawford is at far left in a Roman Cat...

VIM recruiting teams for Nicaragua
Written: 5/15/2009
Oklahoma Volunteers In Mission (VIMs) are preparing to expand their ministry into Nicaragua. Larry Calderon of Nicaragua visited Oklahoma on May 4-6 and spoke about the witness of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Nicaragua. Calderon has been the VIM coordinator for the Church in Nicaragua for fo...

Please help our people find Christ
Written: 5/1/2009
(photo on the right) Larry Blackburn of Oklahoma, left, and Ho...

'Many times I had pictured myself returning'
Written: 5/1/2009
Editor’s note: Rev. George Gilland, a Vietnam War veteran and pastor at Yukon-First church, took part in the VIM Vietnam mission. By George Gilland I know that people who experience physical, emotional, and spiritual trauma are inexorably...

VIM leads drive for 5 kinds of emergency kits
Written: 4/3/2009
Deliver gifts for UMCOR to Annual Conference On a Spring Break tour, McAlester District youth mission team members enter the UMCOR supply site at Bal...

Neighbors in other nations
Written: 2/20/2009
Partnership projects are connecting Oklahomans with people in Bolivia and South Africa. These pictures show moments in two recent trips to those nations by United Methodist groups from the state. Bishop Robert Hayes Jr. pa...

Two ministries spotlighted in South Africa
Written: 2/20/2009
VIM international missions: www.okumcministries.org/VIM/Africa.asp; 405-530-2031 Anathoth: www.upperroom.org/inter...

Funds will assist Oklahoma tornado victims
Written: 2/20/2009
United Methodists are praying for and extending aid to Oklahomans in areas hit by tornadoes Feb. 10. Some residents of Lone Grove, just west of Ardmore, died in the storm. Property damage was extensive in that community and in par...

A flood of buckets
Written: 12/12/2008
Rows of UMCOR flood buckets, ready for shipment, line the walls at Centenary UMC on Nov. 2 during the Lawton District Conference and Awards Banquet. Framed certificates were presented to district “Flood Bucket Heroes.” ...

Volunteers In Mission
Written: 11/7/2008
Flood bucket deadline: Nov. 12 The deadline is Nov. 12 for packed flood buckets to be delivered to the United Methodist Ministry Center, in Oklahoma City, for th...

Assessment follows hurricanes
Written: 10/3/2008
Jefferson church goes to work after flooding Recovery work after hurricanes Ike and Gustav is being monitored for Oklahoma Conference by Richard Norman, coordinator of disaster response and domestic missions in the Volunteers In Mission Office. Damage caused by the storms extended into Oklahoma, w...

Young adult VIM team serves in Mexico
Written: 9/19/2008
Showcasing a set of renovated closets at Juan Wesley Seminario are Jeff Jaynes, Adriane Ivey Jaynes, Justin North, Trina Bose North, Morgan Richards, Sheryl Powers, Hillary Ashton, and Tino Espinoza, all of Oklahoma. By Trina Bose North The Young Adult Ministry Council was formed to expand the p...

Creating calm after storms
Written: 9/19/2008
Volunteers load donations to Oklahoma VIM’s annual UMCOR kit campaign. Drizzling rain didn’t deter Dick Garwood of Tulsa-New Haven and Ralph Coffman of Tulsa-Faith early on the opening morning of the 2008 Annual Conference, at Tulsa-Boston Avenue. Photo by Holly McCray Rep...

Mission team to work at seminary in August
Written: 5/16/2008
The Young Adult Ministries Council will sponsor a mission trip in early August, from Oklahoma to Monterrey, Mexico. Any young adult, laity or clergy, is welcome to serve. Dates are Aug. 3-9. Leaders are Trina Bose North and Jeff Jaynes. The group will make repairs at Seminario Juan Wesley, a Metho...

Annual Conference kit drive for UMCOR
Written: 5/2/2008
The objects are tiny, yet they provide a big boost for people in need: Diaper pins, baby washcloths, and infant "onesies." Buttons, sewing thread, and 3 yards of cotton fabric. Layette and sewing kits will be collected during the 2008 Annual Conference, at Tulsa during th...

Staff changes for Volunteers In Mission
Written: 4/4/2008
Hart Brantley Norman Roman Two significant changes have taken place in the staffing of the Volunteers In Mission (VIM) office, as announced by Jeremy Basset, VIM director. Gene Brantley is new associate director, replacing Ira Hart. Named assistant Disaster Response co...

Park helps build community at Rio Bravo
Written: 2/8/2008
By Aloise H. McCullough, Communications intern In Rio Bravo, Mexico, mothers walk their children to school, dogs sleep in the shade of trees, and cars pass on dusty, partially paved streets. Across the street from the Manos Juntas Mexico facility, where Oklahoma Conference establish...

DERT teams deploy after ice
Written: 1/25/2008
Betty Guest of Oklahoma City, above, beams as Ardmore District DERT volunteers clear her yard of fallen tree limbs in December. The elderly woman and her husband, who is ill, were physically unable to do the work, and their son had been injured in a fall on ice at his home. Tree damage had b...

Partnering in ministry
Written: 1/11/2008
Bolivian Methodists assist Maurice Major, Bartlesville District superintendent, as he dresses in indigenous clothing. Revs. Major, David Stephenson, and Jeremy Basset were among Oklahomans who have met in Bolivia with Methodist leaders there. On Jan. 15, bishops representing Oklahoma and Bolivia...

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