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UM Colleges Offer Strong Connection to WPA Students
3/1/2010
The United Methodist Church is connectional in countless ways. One of those ways is the connectional nature of United Methodist higher education. At the Christmas Conference of 1784, Bishop Francis Asbury had a vision that Methodists could educate the masses, opening their minds and forging an educated and enlightened population of church and community leaders for generations to come. Bishop Asbury’s legacy lives on in the 21st Century through church agencies and over 120 United...Conference Young Adult Heads to Mongolia
8/31/2009
The question of “what’s next?” is a frequent one for college students facing graduation. As a young adult who became a college graduate this past May, my answer to the” what’s next?” question has changed and shifted over the course of my final two semesters of college, finding its flexible and current home in the words, “I’m moving to Mongolia in mid-October .”
Mongolia?
Yes, Mongolia.
Prayer, reflection, conversations with friends and...Western PA Youth Mission Service Changes Lives
8/3/2009
Hundreds of United Methodist youth from across Western PA are helping others and building relationships this summer on mission work teams serving in the region, other parts of the United States and abroad.
Some are part of teams formed in their local church. Others join Conference Volunteers in Mission teams or participate in the Youth Ministry Team's weeklong uth4Missions event in Johnstown or Mission Discovery, Mission Adventure and Mission Expedition -- part of the Western PA Cooperative...