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Holy Tamales! Churches' Fundraiser Aids Local Farm Workers
Two Oregon churches join forces with a farm workers' association to conduct a tamale fundraiser that provides resources to help local workers make it through winter when they're often without steady wages. Read more
Feb 7, 2019
UMCs Targeted in Email Scam
The scam asks for gift cards for cancer patients, but its method runs contrary to how most churches operate their giving projects. Read more
Jan 31, 2019
Grassroots UMC
Retired Pastor Helps Children Read
The Muskogee Phoenix reports: "Retired pastor and teacher Raymond Griffin has returned to the classroom to help children read." Affiliated witth St. Paul United Methodist Church, Rev. Griffin said he had helped with the church’s summer school Project Transformation for two years when he was recruited as a volunteer reading tutor for third-graders, writes Cathy Spaulding. A reading teacher in southern Oklahoma, Rev. Griffin served as bi-vocational pastor of Bethel and Hulen United Methodist Churches for 25 years. Read more