The Missouri Methodists March 2022

News and Updates

LPI to CMU

March 04, 2022

Fred Koenig

For more than 100 years, United Methodists have been reaching out across the border to increase educational opportunities. In 1913 Lydia Patterson, a Methodist laywoman acting through the women’s missionary society of her church, noticed that young Hispanic boys in el barrio had no school ...

Costner-Fulton Grants Give Boost to Local Church Ministry

March 03, 2022

The Costner-Fulton Fund for Missions is a grant program of the Mission, Service and Justice Team. Tom and LaVerne Fulton shared a passion for social work in their professional lives. Their activism was a calling, rooted in faith and given further expression through the outreach ministries ...

United Methodist Support for Higher Education

February 23, 2022

Fred Koenig

Last year the United Methodist General Board of Higher Education Ministry awarded more than 2,100 students a total of $5 million in financial assistance. The students ranged from first-year freshmen to doctorate-level students across the denomination. Some of the scholarship funding comes...

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