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FUM Field Staff Updates

Posted on 24 September 2012 by micah | 0 Comments

Sam and Becky Barber, Eden Grace and Ann Riggs were in North America this summer. We hope you had the time to visit with them and enjoy stories of their exciting ministires. Please continue to pray for all our field staff as they engage in equipping and energizing Friends all over the world. News from Sam and Becky Barber (Belize…

May 2012 FUM Ministry of the Month — Africa Ministries Office

Posted on 7 May 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

In 2004, Eden Grace, her husband, James, and their two boys, Isaiah and Jesse, arrived in Kenya to join with John Muhanji, a Kenyan Friend, in establishing the Africa Ministries Office of Friends United Meeting. Later Judith Ngoya was hired to make up this staff of three. Since the opening of the office in 2005, there has been a great…

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A Revival of the Peace Testimony

Posted on 2 May 2012 by terrijohns | 1 Comments

By Eden Grace, Africa Ministries Office field staff In late December 2007, most Kenyans were surprised and shocked when the disputed presidential election sparked widespread chaos and violence. Kenyans see themselves as peaceful people and think of their country as a haven of stability in a rough neighborhood. Over the previous decade, Kenyans had looked at Rwanda, Sudan and Somalia…

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FUM Work Team Opportunities

Posted on 24 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

One of the most meaningful opportunities that FUM provides is participation on a work team to one of our project partners. Every winter a work team travels to Cuba to meet for the first time or renew friendships with Friends in Cuba Yearly Meeting, as well as work and worship alongside them. Cuba Yearly Meeting has been a member of…

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Visit of General Secretary and Presiding Clerk

Posted on 24 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

Plans are becoming clearer for the upcoming visit of Colin Saxton and Cliff Loesch. Sylvia Graves will accompany them in order to model a healthy leadership transition and to help Cliff and Colin gain a stronger understanding of FUM’s presence in East Africa. The majority of the work will take place in the last two weeks of March 2012, including…

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FWCC World Conference

Posted on 24 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

This will be the all-hands-on-deck event of the year! The conference itself (17-25 April 2012 at Kabarak University, near Nakuru) is organized by FWCC, and will bring 1,000 delegates from all branches of Friends and all countries where Friends are present. FUM is partnering with the conference by offering pre- and post-conference tours. Eden Grace, Judith Ngoya, Ann Riggs, Colin…

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Upcoming Visitors

Posted on 24 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

In addition to those who are coming to the World Conference and participating in FUM-sponsored tours, the AMO staff is expecting several visitors in the coming months. They include doctors, nurses, medical students and a midwife; Del and Suzanne Livingston, from Northwest Yearly Meeting, who are our main partners in the water and sanitation work we do; Rich and Sandy…

Quaker Life - Mar/Apr 2012

FUM Ministry of the Month

Posted on 24 April 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

Each month through December 2012, we will focus on a different ministry of Friends United Meeting. This “Ministry of the Month” corresponds with the FUM wall calendar that is available for $7.50 from the Friends United Press Shopping Center. April 2012 FUM Field Staff Field staff are hired by Friends United Meeting to coordinate and carry out the work of Friends…

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Summer Mission Project

Posted on 2 January 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

Pennies for Postage, Bikes for Boys in Belize, Water of Life, Kids for Kids … these have been FUM’s Summer Mission Projects for the past four years and you have made each project a success! Nearly 2,000 pounds of books were shipped internationally with the $7,000 you raised for Pennies for Postage. With the $17,000 you raised for Bikes for…

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FUM Monthly Budget Goals

Posted on 2 January 2012 by terrijohns | 0 Comments

Adopt-a-Nurse — $2,000 Africa Ministries Office — $3,125 Eden Grace (includes all ministry expenses) — $9,381 Samburu Friends Mission — $2,000 Turkana Friends Mission — $2,000

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