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Text Your Donation to Help 'Slam Dunk Malaria'
Written: 6/9/2010
In the time it takes to make a free-throw, a child will have died of malaria. It happens every 30 seconds. That's why this year, as the Bishop's Reception event at Annual Conference Session, we're going to "Slam Dunk Malaria"! Friday evening has been set aside as a fund...

Change the World Participation Makes an Impact: First Year Success Leads to 2011 Event
Written: 5/27/2010
More than 100,000 people from more than 1,000 churches united with a common purpose over a 48-hour period in April: to make a world of difference in ways both large and small. United Methodists from 13 countries and every state in the U.S. energetically worked to build community locally and fight ma...

Help 'Slam Dunk Malaria' at ACS This Year!
Written: 5/27/2010
This year, instead of the traditional Bishop's Reception at Annual Conference Session, we're going to "Slam Dunk Malaria"! Friday evening has been set aside as a fundraiser for Imagine No Malaria – and since NothingButNets is a big part of the Imagine No Malaria initiative, we're gi...

Jars of Clay Asks Crowd to Imagine No Malaria
Written: 4/29/2010
By The Rev. Kathy Noble* AUSTIN, Texas (UMNS) - To Wilson Pruitt, there's no need to debate whether efforts should be made to stop suffering from malaria in Africa. "It's a simple issue," he says, "There's no conflict. There is no one who is for malaria." Pruitt, a mem...

United Methodist Council of Bishops to Meet in Columbus May 2-7
Written: 4/29/2010
Columbus, Ohio: More than 111 United Methodist bishops from Africa, Europe, Asia and the U.S. will converge in Columbus, Ohio for the semi-annual United Methodist Council of Bishops meeting to explore ways to sharpen the church's focus on ministry with the poor and eliminating the global diseas...

More on Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
Written: 4/29/2010
A mere $10 at a time, the Imagine No Malaria campaign has reached its first fundraising goal of $10 million. Fresh off of the campaign's April 25 launch in Austin, Texas, the Rev. Larry Hollon, top staff executive of United Methodist Communications, reflects on the modest beginnings of the...

Imagine No Malaria Officially Launches on World Malaria Day
Written: 4/22/2010
Celebration Will Be Broadcast Live Via Streaming Video NASHVILLE, TENN. – On World Malaria Day, Sunday, April 25, The United Methodist Church will officially launch Imagine No Malaria, its $75 million initiative to eliminate malaria deaths in Africa. To mark the celebration, a free conce...

Twelve Cal-Nev Churches Plan to Help 'Change the World' This Month
Written: 4/1/2010
The Rev. Mike Slaughter, author of Change the World: Recovering the Mission and Message of Jesus, says, "As the United Methodist Church, we have worried too much about getting numbers into our churches, instead of getting the people in our churches out into the world in relative ways. Even...

Would You Like to Change the World? You Can, Starting in April!
Written: 3/18/2010
Want to change the world? Members of more than 175 United Methodist churches in 49 states, including California and Nevada, do – and they're planning to emphasize that commitment on the weekend of April 24-25. Your church can join them! Change the World is a two-pronged movement to engage 11 ...

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Send a Net. Save a Life. See a Game.
Written: 12/16/2009
Now through January 31, Nothing But Nets supporters can donate $10 or more and get two complimentary tickets to an NBA game, subject to availability and participating teams. The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets tipped off the promotion, Send...

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Larry Hollon Reflects on Nothing But Nets in 'Church, Culture, Media' Blog
Written: 12/8/2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The Rev. Larry Hollon, top executive of United Methodist Communications, celebrates a recent partners' meeting of Nothing But Nets, the movement to provide bed nets to prevent malaria, in his most recent blog. "It was an inspiring meeting, almost like a relig...

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'Imagine Something More' to End Malaria, Bishop Says
Written: 10/23/2009
By Linda Bloom Oct. 16, 2009 | STAMFORD, Conn. (UMNS) United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton keeps a $10 bill in his pocket so he can demonstrate how little money it takes to protect an African household from malaria. But the roving ambassador for the denomination's involveme...

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CA-NV Youth Honored as Heroes at 'Nothing But Nets' Event
Written: 9/18/2009
By Jane Horstman Communications Office, CA-NV Annual Conference Four California-Nevada Annual Conference youth were recognized and honored on behalf of their youth groups, at a Nothing But Nets campaign dinner hosted by Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church in Oakland, Tuesday evening. ...

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Nothing But Nets Takes City Tour to Bay Area!
Written: 9/9/2009
Nothing But Nets is now in the third year of its "city tour" effort - and this year, the Bay Area is one of the stops! The Nothing But Nets tour lands in the Bay Area, marking its 17th city tour, September 13-19. The week's events include a dinner at Taylor Memorial United Methodist Churc...

More Than $7 Million Raised by Nothing But Nets in 2008
Written: 9/2/2009
United Methodists Provide 'People Power' Washington, DC: In 2008, the Nothing But Nets campaign eclipsed its ambitious fundraising goals and raised more than $7 million from some 40,000 individual donors. The 2008 annual report issued by the United Nations Foundation, creator of the grassroots...

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Skip Lunch, Buy A Net And Save A Life On April 25
Written: 4/22/2009
By United Methodist News Service* United Methodists can make a difference in battling global malaria by sacrificing lunch on April 25. Pittsburgh Bishop Thomas Bickerton, chairman of The United Methodist Church's Nothing But Nets initiative, is asking United Methodists and others to skip lunch on ...

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African Bishops Discuss Health Needs
Written: 4/16/2009
By M. Isaac Broune* April 14, 2009 | ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire (UMNS) United Methodists are looking at ways to improve health systems in Africa. Representatives of the denomination and its Global Health Initiative recently consulted with several African bishops about how to strengthen their health ...

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CBS Special Looks at Religion's Impact on Poverty
Written: 4/16/2009
April 9, 2009 | NEW YORK (UMNS) United Methodists know that poverty and disease go hand-in-hand. That's why an effort to provide inexpensive bed nets as protection against malaria quickly captured the imagination of church members across the connection. United Methodist Bishop Tho...

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German Gift Will Buy Nets For Africa
Written: 2/19/2009
A UMNS Report By Michelle Scott* Feb. 16, 2009 A gift of approximately $130,000 from the United Methodist Germany Central Conference will provide mosquito nets in a national net campaign to take place in Sierra Leone next November. The gift to Nothing But Nets builds on the conference's long-sta...

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UMC Helps Launch Life-Saving Campaign in C�te d�Ivoire
Written: 11/13/2008
Bed net distribution helps prevent malaria Alepe, Côte d’Ivoire – The people of The United Methodist Church and their partners worldwide helped Cote d’Ivoire’s National Program in the Fight against Malaria launch an integrated health campaign, November 11, that will va...