Kevin Barnsdale |
October 15, 2017 |
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These pages cannot contain the whole in describing Saturday, September 30, 2017! This was food distribution day at Countryside Wesleyan in Alva, Florida. We were ministering to our neighbors impacted by Hurricane Irma. As we began our sharing of food and supplies, a...
Communications Team |
September 27, 2017 |
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This video from CNN shares the devastation Puerto Rico has sustained, including a segment about Wesleyan Academy, a Wesleyan school significantly damaged by Hurricane Maria. Supplies are now being shipped to Puerto Rico and funds are needed to cover the cost of these...
Joel Cumberbatch |
September 22, 2017 |
Featured News Global News
http://donate.wesleyan.org/werf/hurricaneirma Greetings! Just yesterday I returned from Antigua where I had to stay for two additional days because of the storm conditions which affected the country as a result of the passing of hurricane Maria in the region. Thank...
Kevin Barnsdale |
September 20, 2017 |
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Make WERF donations here. “It is with confidence in our God, gratitude for the Church and a request for continued prayer and relief ministry that I write,” said General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt. “The Wesleyan Church has been an ‘immediate responder’ in the many...
Janelle Vernon |
September 13, 2017 |
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Click the following link to donate: http://donate.wesleyan.org/werf/hurricaneirma Volunteers for clean-up and roof repair can contact Poured Out at poured-out.org. General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt is activating the Wesleyan Emergency Relief Fund in response to...
Janelle Vernon |
September 11, 2017 |
News
Florida District Superintendent Patrick Styers has yet to hear from three churches located in the hardest-hit areas in the state. He says initial reports are positive with no people harmed and minimal property damage incurred, but significant debris. “The greatest...
Communication Team |
September 7, 2017 |
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Wesleyan churches continue to commit finances, supplies and workers to assist in hurricane relief and recovery efforts. Recently joining efforts are New Life, La Plata, Maryland, Christ Wesleyan, Milton, Pennsylvania, and Cornerstone Community (CCC), Charlottesville,...
Janelle Vernon |
August 29, 2017 |
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“Wesleyans are mobilizing spiritually and physically to provide relief, as well as long-term recovery, for Hurricane Harvey victims,” said General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt. “Thank you for being a people of prayer and action. God will be glorified through both.”...
Tricia Rife |
August 29, 2017 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. Orphaned Sierra Leonean children building new lives, post flooding Children...
Tricia Rife |
August 16, 2017 |
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Freetown, Sierra Leone, was victim to deadly mudslides and flooding on Monday, August 14. According to The Guardian, 100 houses were hit, 270 bodies have been found and thousands are still missing. Freetown is still in danger, as the flooding continues to spread....
John Lyon |
June 29, 2017 |
News
Freedom Sunday is fast approaching, and we at World Hope International hope you are getting as excited as we are! We are so eager to see the church come together to stand for freedom on July 2nd. As a reminder–no sign up is required! Simply use any or all of the...
Wesleyan Information Network |
March 27, 2017 |
News Remembered
Dr. Joan Melody Phillippe, 86, of Marion, Ind., died at 9:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2017, in her Indianapolis residence. She was born in Hartford City, Ind., to the late Donald and Hazel (David) Cheeseman. She married Thomas “Tom” Phillippe on June 6,...
Tricia Rife |
March 14, 2017 |
News Wesleyans in the News
Each week, Wesleyans and Wesleyan churches are featured in online news publications. If you see a news item that relates to Wesleyans, please forward the link to communications@wesleyan.org. Pastor’s wife encouraging others amidst suffering Carol Manship serves...
Olivia Acland |
February 20, 2017 |
News
In a country that demonizes mental disabilities, a mother recalls the journey of her community’s acceptance and remorse. Aminatta stands in a narrow mud alley outside her house and rocks her brother’s newborn baby from side to side. Her five-year-old son...
Wesleyan Information Network |
January 6, 2017 |
News
This Christmas, a North Michigan District church gave generously on a global scale to those in need. Fremont Wesleyan Church in Fremont, Mich., in partnership with a community donor, raised $20,600 toward a matching grant through World Hope International (WHI). The...
John Lyon |
January 4, 2017 |
News
This year the United Nations and Sierra Leone parliament have been making a major push to legalize abortion in Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone abortion bill blocked by President Ernest Bai Koroma again. World Hope International worked with The Wesleyan Church to lobby...
World Hope International |
January 4, 2017 |
News
Balram takes pride that he was the first to submit an application at the World Hope International funded Hope for Children Hostel in Rajnandgaon, Central India, many years ago. Coming from a poor background, he “could never imagine that he would study in such a...
Kerry Kind |
November 11, 2016 |
News
A young girl who is in the Oklahoma foster care system made a sobering wish list for her next foster home. In childlike printing on school-lined paper, she composed the following: Things I want in my family. I want food and water. Don’t hit on me. A house with...
Tricia Rife |
October 20, 2016 |
News
Through partnership between The Wesleyan Church, World Hope International, Global Partners, and other organizations, the first shipment of supplies has been delivered in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for those in dire need of help as a result of Hurricane Matthew. An...
Kerry Kind |
October 12, 2016 |
News
As more reports come in from municipalities in the southwest area of Haiti, the death toll is now over 1,000, according to Reuters news service, with some cities and most of the rural areas not yet counted. The hurricane struck one week ago, carrying 145 mph winds...
John Lyon |
September 1, 2016 |
News
Earlier this month, one of our donors, Larry McAlpine, hosted his annual fundraiser in an effort to help the more than 700 million people drinking contaminated water around the world. Larry knows that dirty water is no joke. In fact, it kills more people every year...
Tricia Rife and Kerry Kind |
August 29, 2016 |
News
Twenty parishes (counties) have been declared disaster areas by FEMA. The August storms produced three times the rain in Louisiana than Hurricane Katrina did in 2005. Poured – Out The Wesleyan Church and Wesleyan teams have been working with Poured-Out in US...
John Lyon |
August 9, 2016 |
News
Did you know human trafficking is a major issue in Liberia? In fact, according to the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report, many men, women, and children in the country are subjected to domestic servitude, forced begging, sex trafficking, or forced labor in street...
Melissa Penn |
July 29, 2016 |
News
Talmage Payne is the new country director of Cambodia appointed by World Hope International (WHI). Payne will lead efforts to expand WHI’s program offerings including a community development, horticulture cultivation, anti-trafficking, and gender-based violence...
