Strengthening Communities: Mission Dollars at Work through United Methodist Women National Mission Institutions
Leader: Tonya Murphy, United Methodist Women director, with Diana Loomis, McCurdy Ministries
What Is the Issue?
Get to know United Methodist Women National Mission Institutions — whom they serve, where they are in the U.S., how they are funded. Listen and learn about the United Methodist Women connection to the institutions. Take home the knowledge of where these institutions are located and how you can support them. See what support the Mission Institutes bring to the communities they exist in.
Resources
United Methodist Women Connection
The United Methodist Women website
www.unitedmethodistwomen.org
Suggestions for Action
- Use the Prayer Calendar for spiritual support of National Mission Institutions and missionaries
- Write to missionaries
- Organize a program featuring the ministries of a selected National Mission group
- Arrange site visits to the National Mission Institutes
- Volunteer
How to Contribute to a National Mission Institution:
Murphy Harpst: Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment where severely abused and neglected children can thrive and heal toward a goal of re-engaging with society and leading productive lives. See more at: www.murphyharpst.org
McCurdy Ministries (formerly known as McCurdy School): Advance #581479
Striving to create Christian leaders equipped to uplift impoverished communities. Visit www.mccurdy.org
For best results: Save or Print this page using the “Print it” icon in the gray bar at the bottom of your browser window.
Leaders
Tonya Murphy is a United Methodist Women director based in Atlanta, Ga. She served two terms on the United Methodist Women Board of Directors, is a three-time delegate to General Conference and a former conference and district president. She is mother to a teenage daughter and wife to a pastor and is proud to be in a family now three generations into United Methodist Women.
Diana Loomis is director of development/church relations for McCurdy Ministries, a United Methodist Women National Mission Institution in Espanola, N.M.