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UMC Links and Resources

GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY, www.umc-gbcs.org

Offers downloadable resources, including sermons, bulletins and worship and liturgical models. Order books, tapes, posters and other justice resources. Find and contact elected officials.

Official Site of the United Methodist Church
This site will introduce you to the organization of the United Methodist Church, its positions on issues of concern to Christians, and resources that will help you develop spiritually.  This site offers you the best resources to guide you as a leader of the church, as a responsible parent and/or child, and as a member of a Christian community.

Young People's Ministries/ the General Board of Ministries of the United Methodist Church
This dynamic site will excite any young person looking for a direction for life! Check out the best that the church has to offer to youth on their way into service of the Lord! A few minutes with the exciting video on this site will get your youth program moving!


United Methodist Publishing House
Calling itself a resource for all those who would seek and know God, this site provides readers with material from Cokesbury, from the Circuit Rider Newscope, and from Abingdon Press, to name just a few familiar sounding sources. Check it out if you are leading a study, wanting to know more about the music of the church, or studying your bible. You should be able to find personal worship sources here, as well as an outstanding concordance, etc.

General Board of Global Ministries
Missions -- what are we doing in the world? This site will connect you with UMCOR, at the least, and shake you up a bit as you see the situations in the world and what your church is trying to do to ease the struggles of people in Russia, in Zambia, and in the midst of the "killing silence" of the Aids epidemics.

GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES, http://www.gbgm-umc.org Links to New World Outlook and Response magazines. Database of country profiles, containing general interest facts and figures as well as profiles of missionaries in those countries.

Upper Room Devotional Web Site
If you didn't go to the Upper Room website from the first page of this site, try it out now. You may be surprised at the variety of devotional materials available for you, even online daily!

GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES,  www.upperroom.org/prayer_center: Place online prayer requests. The Upper Room® Living Prayer Center forwards them to one of 300 Covenant Prayer Groups worldwide.

Information on the United Methodist Church
The Methodist Church's effort to embrace diversity is certainly evident on the this site. The personal stories of people choosing to give their lives to God are captured with exciting media on this site -- streaming video, flash, and music
make the vitality of their stories even more moving.

Information on the Igniting Ministry Campaign

Igniting youth --Adult welcoming-- media stimulating! Reaching today's visual oriented people with exciting sources of media presents a challenge to all church leaders. Here is a great source of material and a rich source of ideas for those who want to make the voice of the church as "loud" in today's marketplace as do the more destructive voices of a frantic, fast-paced world.

GENERAL BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND MINISTRY, www.gbhem.org  Education: Applications for loans and scholarships; resources for students and campus ministers; bulletin boards; links to the United Methodist Student Movement, Student Forum and Orientation Magazine Web sites, and a searchable database of United Methodist related colleges and universities, campus ministries and seminaries in the United States.

GENERAL COMMISSION ON CHRISTIAN UNITY AND INTERRELIGIOUS CONCERNS, www.gccuic.org  News for Our Ecumenical Colleagues (agency newsletter); grant applications; video, Internet and print resources.

GENERAL COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE, www.gcorr.org Pages devoted to each of the five recognized racial/ethnic groups (Native American, white, black, Asian/Pacific, Hispanic) with information regarding their work. Link to the UM Monitor. Download the Conference Commission on Religion and Race Manual.

GENERAL COMMISSION ON THE STATUS AND ROLE OF WOMEN, www.cosrow.org “Celebrating Women” worship materials, The Flyer e-newsletter.

GENERAL COMMISSION ON UNITED METHODIST MEN, www.gcumm.org Scouting resources, Bible study, United Methodist Men Magazine,  “Hot Links” to other denominational Web sites.

www.ecufilm.org: Extensive selection of audio and visual materials for Sunday school programs, Bible studies and group discussions.

www.interpretermagazine.org: The Web site for the denomination’s ministry magazine.

UNITED METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, www.umph.org Main page with links to all Publishing House publications: Christian Believer, Circuit Rider, Disciple, Newscope, Vacation Bible school resources,

www.cokesbury.com online store.

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