Hope for Sudan Offering

"As people of faith, we have received a very precious cup. It is the cup, the vessel of the church, the body of Christ. We not only lift the cup. We are the cup. Our purpose is to have God's life-giving abundance flow through us, pouring out into the world, running over the four corners of the world, transforming the world. We do this when we move beyond the myth of scarcity to the reality of God's abundance. God has poured out everything needed for ministry in this time, in this place and for all the people of God. Let us be the cup overflowing in a thirsty world." Bishop Mary Ann Swenson, 2008

In May the Norton United Methodist Church participated in the 2010 Holston Conference Mission Offering for Sudan.

Hope for
SUDAN
The Journey Continues…
Holston’s partnership with East Africa Annual Conference and the
United Methodist Church in southern Sudan continues to provide
resources and mission teams to address the needs identified on the
Covenant Agreement. The generosity of Holston has provided
educational facilities, medical assistance, pastor training, leadership in
the church through Boo and Phyllis Hankins, leadership education, and
clean water. Equally important are the renewed hopes of our brothers
and sisters in southern Sudan for a future of peace ... a peace borne
out of love and a faith in God. We celebrate the many accomplishments
and continue to be faithful in our response to the cries of God’s people
of southern Sudan.
Your offering is providing the following:
• School construction continues on the Salaam School with three blocks
now finished, providing classroom space for over 600 students, complete
with desks.
• Rev. Boo and Phyllis Hankins have been in Yei, Sudan, since June 2009.
Boo is serving as the District Superintendent of Sudan, and Phyllis is
assisting him and teaching English to the pastors.
• Holston clergy continue to provide training for the pastors and leaders of
the 17 local churches while medical professionals from Holston work with
the local clinics and UMCOR to understand our medical presence in
southern Sudan.
2010 Holston Annual Conference
Mission Offering

Click on the link for a Video explaining part of the Holston Conference Mission Work in Sudan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pd9Q65oYtY