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Give Day ––October 18, 2021 Leaders in men’s and scouting ministries are doing the remarkable. We continue to expand our ministries.
processes. We continued to provide training resources for men and youth around the world.
We invite you to join us in our effort to “coach men and youth to thrive through Christ, so others may know Christ” on October 18, our third annual Give Day. FOUR The “why” is simple, there is a continued financial need to dramatically expand the discipleship opportunities for men and young people. Former funding sources continue to struggle. Your generosity, last year, allowed us to continue to provide faithbuilding opportunities. Consider this, hundreds of men and women, clergy and lay people across this country joined in a grass-roots prayer ministry. These men and women are hungry for more training and more resources.
A “World Day of Prayer” with leaders of The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African American Episcopal Church Zion, and the Christian Methodist Episcopal EASY AND Church was held this past year. SAFE WAYS TO
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We are called to reach and disciple more men and more youth, and the demand for more materials in men’s and scouting ministries dramatically increased during this year. Despite the increased costs, we continue to produce much needed original print and electronic resources.
We were fortunate to hold the National Association of Conference Presidents Send: of United Methodist Men and the Mail a check to United Methodist Men Foundation P.O. Box 440515., meetings virtually this year. The Nashville, TN 37244-0515 leadership of the United Methodist Also, within the last six months, Men were able to receive valuable hundreds of scouting volunteers have been trained by training in a virtual environment. professionals reflecting our work with youth in BSA, Girl Scouts, and Campfire. In 2021, we trained more We are beginning to see an increase in travel now leaders in these areas than any previous year. that the pandemic is has allowed for face-to-face meetings. Yes, Zoom is serving us well, but face-toWhile face-to-face events were cancelled, our work face meetings with new users are important as we continued and expanded through technological move forward.
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