UMCOR Sunday is March 10
We are celebrating the ministry of UMCOR this Sunday, March 10. Gifts to the UMCOR Sunday offering call United Methodists to share the goodness of life with those who are hurting. Your gifts to the UMCOR Sunday offering lay the foundation for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to share God’s love with communities everywhere. The special offering underwrites UMCOR’s “costs of doing business.” This helps UMCOR keep the promise that 100 percent of any gift to a specific UMCOR project will go toward that project and not administrative costs. Learn more about UMCOR here.
WHAT IS UMCOR SUNDAY?
This Special Sunday is a denomination wide celebration designed to raise awareness and support for the ministry of The United Methodist Committee on Relief – otherwise known as UMCOR. The UMCOR Sunday offering underwrites UMCOR’s administrative costs to ensure 100% of gifts given for humanitarian response and recovery go directly to communities in need. These gifts ensure UMCOR can respond swiftly to disasters around the world and represent hope and healing to those most vulnerable. Gifts can be made online, or by check to local churches.
UMCOR, provides hope for communities and individuals whose lives have been upset by war, storms or other crises. This ministry is achieved exclusively through your generosity. Last year, your generosity delivered $1.7 million towards these ministries:
- International Disaster Response efforts provide assistance following natural or human-caused disasters outside of the United States. Typical emergency response efforts include the distribution of food, hygiene supplies and facilities, nonfood items, psychosocial support and shelter. Learn more here.
- U.S. Disaster Response works with annual conferences in the United States to alleviate suffering caused by disasters that strike within the United States and its territories. In partnership with conference level disaster response coordinators, UMCOR journeys with affected communities throughout a disaster’s cycle. Learn more here.
- Global Migration provides relief and recovery in the form of food aid, basic necessities, and legal and transportation services for vulnerable migrants and refugees. Learn more here.
- Relief Supplies UMCOR Sager Brown Depot and affiliate warehouses within the UM Relief Supply Network collect relief supplies that are assembled by United Methodist volunteers for distribution in the United States and its territories in response to disasters. Learn more here.
One of the wonderful aspects of the connectional nature of The United Methodist Church is that we can do so much more together than we ever could do on our own. Because of you – UMCOR and its partners serve as witnesses to God’s love for all.
You can support this Special Sunday by giving online at UMC.org/SSGive, through your local United Methodist Church or mail a check to: GCFA. P.O. Box 340029, Nashville, TN 37203. For mailed checks, please include “UMCOR Sunday” in the note section.
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- Read stories about the impact you are making with your gifts
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