As I was perusing UMC conference websites for work at admissions (we're looking for conferences that send out newsletters), I stumbled across an article from the West Michigan Annual Conference about how Sports Illustrated and The United Methodist Church have partnered together in order to provide mosquito nets to help prevent children dying of Malaria.
I dug a bit deeper and found out from an article in Christian Today about how this was a recent partnership.
I personally think it's fantastic that sacred and secular organizations are working together. To me, this seems to be the future direction of ministry. We need to be able to find causes that everyone can get on board with. Who would have thought that Sports Illustrated and the United Methodist Church could find something on which to work together?
If you're interested in looking into this a bit more, go to www.nothingbutnets.net. What's even more fantastic is that this is something that everyone can get on board with - youth, young adults, and older adults - but I think this is something that would particularly appeal to youth and young adults. Go check it out!
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i am very excited about this partnership. contributed to the cause already
As a member of the Western PA Annual Conference, it has been awesome to see Bishop Bickerton in action. He is a Godly man with vision. I am proud to have him as a leader in the "Nothing But Nets" campain and as our Bishop!
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