“Focusing on our health benefits us in many different ways,” says Marie C. King, of St. John’s United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee. “If we’re not healthy enough to get out and walk, we’re not healthy enough to come to worship … or to be involved in the community and socialize with each other.”
Category: Abundant Health Project Stories
UMC Day of Health: Sharing Passions for Health and Wholeness
Only at the United Methodist Day of Health will you find a hula hoop circus artist, United Methodist clergy, and other health enthusiasts gathered in one room.
Preventing substance abuse among Brazil’s youth
Jose Miranda and his family lived in a neighborhood where drugs were very easy to access. Both of his parents were heavy drinkers and had difficulty holding jobs. Continue reading
Intervening for Child Refugees in Uganda
Global Ministries partner, Medical Teams International, diagnosed baby Brenda with severe malnutrition and malaria and intervened to provide medicine and nutritional supplements. Continue reading
Safe Water for Mayan Communities in Guatemala
Maria Santos Baquiax, a young married mother of two, lives in the Santa Apolonia area of Guatemala. Continue reading
Partnering for Healthy Childbirths in Nicaragua – A Midwife’s Testimony
Through the Abundant Health initiative, Acción Medica Cristiana (AMC) and Global Ministries are working together to ensure safe, healthy births in Nicaragua through leadership training for midwives in local communities. Continue reading
World AIDS Day: Ending the Negative Impact of HIV-AIDS
This World AIDS Day, Global Ministries joins the fight to end the negative impact of HIV.
Giving Voice to Women’s Health Education
“Before the training, I tried to conduct health education sessions, but I felt uncomfortable.” Continue reading
World Health Day: Celebrating Safe Births in Rural Mozambique
While making strides in recent years, the maternal and infant mortality rates in Mozambique are still among the highest in the world. Continue reading
One Million Children Initiative Rolls Out in Mozambique
For many years, women in the rural areas around Cambine have lacked access to quality prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care services, and even care for their newborns. Through the newly upgraded United Methodist Church Maternal and Child Clinic, these needs are now being addressed.
Community Development for All People
Ohio is ranked the third-worst state for food insecurity in the United States, with a significant increase since 2012 (from 6.4 percent to 7.5 percent). The United Methodist Church for All People is rising up to meet the needs of its community.
