Missions / Missionaries

COVENANT CHURCHES are individual churches in the New Mexico Annual Conference supporting specific missionaries. Any church, no matter how big or small can participate in this ministry. A church pledges to support a United Methodist missionary with $5 per member per year contribution or $2,500 per church. This covenant must be renewed annually.

Missionaries assigned/related to a covenant relationship with New Mexico Annual Conference Churches are:

• Mark & Dianne Abbott, Madrid, Spain 
  Click here  (ADVANCE #s 10069Z and 10070Z)
• Dr. Catherine Mudime Akale, Sub-Saharan, Afrida (#13951Z)
• Alex & Brenda Awad, Palestine  (#s 10825Z and 10826Z)
• Becky Harrell, Costa Rica  (Advance Scholarships #10247B for
  the Universidad Biblica Latina or Missionary Advance #15141Z )
• Kathy Burton-Lewis, Tokyo, Japan (#04611Z)
• Beth Jo Ann Ferrell, Sierra Leone (#10713Z)
• Dennis & Carolyn Heffner, McCurdy School, NM
  (#s 581327 and 581325)
• William & Jerri Savuto, Kenya (#s 08798Z and 08799Z)

It is recommended that churches select one of these missionaries to be in covenant relationship with to ensure that the church can be visited during a missionary's itineration.

Missionaries in a covenant relationship with New Mexico Annual Conference Churches are:

• Mark & Diane Abbott - Spain         Click here for April 2011 news
• Alex & Brenda Awad - Israel
• Dennis Heffner - NNM Group Ministry
• Carolyn Heffner - McCurdy School
  Michael Keyse
  Seija Terry
• Becky Harrell - Costa Rica       UBL April 2012 Newsletter
• Kathy Burton-Lewis - Japan
• Martin & Tracy Reeves - Peru     2012 Reeves Milagro Project
• William & Jerri Savuto - Kenya
• Beth Jo Ann Ferrell - Sierra Leone

 Covenant Relationship Program for Missions

 Covenant Relationship flyer June 10 

 Advance Covenant Relationship form

  The Advance is an accountable, designated giving arm of The United Methodist Church that ensures 100% of each gift reaches its intended mission or ministry.  YOU DECIDE which program or ministry to support through The Advance.  It is part of the General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church.

 Advance newsletter Oct 2010

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 "10-FOLD"

10 projects in 10 days, from October 10th, 2010 
through October 19th, 2011.

Online event called 10-Fold:  through live webcasts, streaming video, online chats and other media, you will see and hear about amazing projects that are changing people's lives.  Use the Participant's Guide, available by clicking on the link below, for more information, and about how you can trigger a $1.00 donation with one click when you visit www.10-Fold.org daily and register your interest for a project.  Up to $10,000 is available for each project.   Spread the word!!

 There will be special web broadcasts with more online resources to explore--so visit, share, teach!

 October 10-19, 2011:   Beginning Monday, October 10, join us daily for 10-Fold, a 10-day multimedia experience that spotlights 10 powerful ways The United Methodist Church is making an impact worldwide—from planting churches to eliminating death and suffering from malaria.

Log on daily to 10-fold.org, Oct. 10–19, to explore each day's featured project. See live webcasts and videos, read powerful stories, and learn ways YOU can join the effort. Plus, when you click to BE COUNTED, our sponsors will give $1 to the day's initiative—just because you visited!

 Please share 10-Fold with your family, friends, and fellow church members. For your convenience, we have created a toolkit (PDF, 4 pp.) to answer questions and provide you with suggestions for how you can get others involved.

Donate to any project online at http://givetomission.org 

Place a contribution in the offering plate at your local church

Call 1-888-252-6174

Send a check to Advance GCFA, PO Box 9068, GPO, New York, NY 10087-9068