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BY SARAH ORLANDO On August 1, 2011, 10 riders and seven volunteers began an adventure called Wheels for Wells (WfW). The goal: Bike 392 miles from Nags Head, N.C., to Ocean City, N.J., over the course of six days. The purpose: Raise $20,000 for clean water projects in Africa. The heart and soul of the [...]

BY WAYNE SAWYER I had never spoken more than a few words to a Muslim person before until recently. A young man came to my church asking to speak with the Pastor. We had a two-hour conversation about many things. He is a Sufi Muslim by faith from the middle east but has been living [...]

BY IAN LAWLER In response to Bishop Matt Thomas’s convicting and powerful talk on the principles of transformational churches (fall 2012 Southern California Pastoral Learning Community), Light and Life Goleta has started a ministry we like to call People’s Park Tacos (PPT). PPT is our attempt to create a sustainable, repeatable and effective ministry in [...]

BY PASTOR DARLENE MIENEY Crosspoint Church in Parma, N.Y. and Victory Fellowship in Rochester, N.Y. partnered together once again to bring the love of Jesus to the city of Rochester this Christmas. Pastor Jerome “Pete” Dillard and Pastor Darlene Mieney share a passion to bring Christ to the families whose sidewalks lead to Victory Fellowship [...]

BY JEFF AND ANNE YERGER A team of 13 men and women going to Santiago, Chile, from the Pacific Northwest Conference had no idea how their willingness to go would make such a difference. Their promise to help with the construction and much-needed funds was the impetus for the Casa Grande FMC members to tackle [...]

BY JEFF NEWTON One of the joys of being part of this congregation is their interest in helping those in need. The church has several people involved with a local mission and a ministry that has gone further than we ever dreamed. The ministry, called Soles2Souls, began a little over two years ago with a [...]

BY THOMAS RAMUNDO One evening in early December 2011 I was down in VanWert, Ohio, for the visitation of a retired Free Methodist minister and missionary, Clarence Owsley, who had died in his early nineties. As I moved through the funeral home visiting with family and friends—Clarence’s widow, sons, others—I asked one of his daughter-in-laws, [...]

BY SUHEYT MARTINEZ 2011 was a great year for our youth as five members were baptized on our end of year baptism. We are very proud of our youth and young adults in their leap of faith as they grow in their spiritual walks.

BY PASTOR FEDERICO RIVERA Blessings, I’m Pastor Federico Rivera from the Emmanuel Free Methodist Pentecostal Church in Albert Lea, Min. I thank God for the blessing that has given us power to spread the word to the jail in our county every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. It has been a great blessing and we have [...]

BY CARRIE AKEMANN On October 9th of this year, Foothill Community Church had our first ever, “Foothill Has left the building.” Instead of having a church service we went out into the community and we served. It was a wonderful day and we are going to do it again. If any other churches show an [...]

BY KEITH SNYDER On November 19, a diverse but united team of 14 husky men, two skillful women and one elderly man landed at the “port of the prince” on the island of Hispaniola — Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Having traveled from several places in North America, they were greeted warmly by residents and taken to accommodations [...]

BY JACK MUNOS On my way to Wilmore, Ken., to speak in services the next day, I stopped at cracker barrel to eat lunch. As I was leaving I saw some southern gospel music and began a conversation with one of the workers named Mary. I shared my loss of Jeanne in the earthquake and [...]

BY BRETT HEINTZMAN For the second year in a row, the congregation of Jamestown First Free Methodist Church (JFMC) will give away Thanksgiving to people at local low-rent housing . The event is called “Giving Thanksgiving.” The challenge is that we, as the people of Christ, give up our own Thanksgiving for others and serve [...]

BY PASTOR RON HAMPTON New Vision Community Church, pastored by Ron Hampton, is a church-planting project of the Acts 12:24 Conference to minister to the needs of the communities of Northeast, Washington, D.C. With the partnership of New Vision Fellowship, pastored by Kenny Martin, the church-planting process is coming into fruition. Superintendent Dave Harvey’s vision [...]

By Lynn Borders I began attending New Life Community Free Methodist Church in Fairfield, Iowa more than two years ago on a part-time basis. About a year ago, I began attending full time. My background is Nazarene and Wesleyan. This past December, I became a member. I would like to tell the story about what [...]

By Suheyt Martinez Our congregation at Ministerio Nueva Vision united to collect cases of water for our local Homeless Shelter, Miami Rescue Mission. We managed to collect 112 cases of water that will be used on for the annual Thanksgiving Banquet, which feeds over 1,500 people. We are so proud of our members and happy [...]

By Melvern McRoberts Three out of the last four Wednesdays, AWANA attendance records have been broken at the Rochester Free Methodist Church in Rochester, Pa. with a high of 65 children being present last Wednesday, Oct. 19.

By John Keller In response to a growing congregation and an increasing desire to offer a smaller venue option for worship, Northgate FMC, Batavia NY, officially launched its south campus on Oct. 2. The new campus is located in Northgate’s old building, which has been completely renovated to give the sanctuary and foyer an updated, [...]

By Linda Bivins The Liberty Free Methodist Church, located in Liberty, N.Y., has been turning its attention to those outside the walls of the church. One way we reached out into the community this summer was to provide fully stocked backpacks for school children. In today’s economy, many parents are unable to afford the school [...]

By Charlie Goff August 22nd-26th the First Free Methodist Church of Sault Ste Marie, Mich. held their annual Vacation Bible School. 53 kids attended the five day VBS where they learned to shake up their lives to follow God’s words. Three quarters of attendees were from outside of the church, making VBS a great community [...]