Education

Students dance with joy after a worship service at Dindi Mission’s primary school in Mutawatawa, Zimbabwe. At left is Fungai Chimuti, the school’s headmaster. A new boarding facility for the mission’s schools is helping address high dropout rates and other challenges. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Mission school offers hope to vulnerable students

A new low-cost boarding school is giving more students access to education in the communities surrounding United Methodist Dindi Mission.

Young People

Donnette Gering helps her granddaughter Amelia Polreis write a story as part of Grandparents and Me Camp at Lake Poinsett in Arlington, South Dakota. Photo by Lilla Marigza, UM News.

Grandparents, kids connect at camp

A unique United Methodist summer camp in South Dakota gives grandparents and grandchildren one-on-one time to create stronger bonds and lasting memories.

Theology and Education

The Rev. Candace M. Lewis gives a tour of renovations underway at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, where she serves as president and dean. The historically Black United Methodist seminary is proceeding with an ambitious rebuilding plan despite having lost almost half its funding from the denomination since 2016. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Gammon builds on legacy as it looks forward

The leadership of Gammon Theological Seminary shares ambitious plans as they seek to get the only historically Black United Methodist seminary fiscally healthy.

Mission and Ministry

Florence Kachingwe (left, in pink skirt), chairperson of The Class of 81 Charitable Foundation, sings and dances with kids at Fairfield Children’s Home, a United Methodist-affiliated children’s home in Mutare, Zimbabwe. The foundation, started by former students at United Methodist Hartzell High School, donated food and other supplies to the school. Photo by Tafadzwa Gumbochuma.

Former students give back to families in need

Nine Hartzell High School students who completed their studies in 1981 have launched a foundation to help care for poor communities in southern Africa.

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