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First United Methodist Church of Carlsbad, NM has a tradition of giving away our Christmas Eve offering to various ministries outside the walls of our church. This year, we are going to support two ministries outside of our country with which we have established relationships. Update: FUMC Carlsbad raised $7,082.02 for the Mulungwishi Mission Station through our Christmas Eve offering! Our first focus is the United Methodist Mission Station and School in Mulungwishi, D. R. Congo. David and Lori Persons have served the Mulungwishi Mission for 30 years helping to build the community of Christians through schooling, medical services, and advanced education in the form of a seminary. Their most dire need is for scholarships for the elementary, middle school, and high school. The cost for a student to attend this school is $50/year for elementary going up to $75 for a year of high school. They currently have over 100 children on the waiting list for scholarships that they cannot serve with their current funding. Our intention is to give half of our Christmas Eve offering to help send some of these children to school. Visit David and Lori’s blog at http://umccongo.blogspot.com/.
China Training Center Update: FUMC raise $4,539.03 for the China Training Center through our Christmas Eve offering! Our second focus is to support the training center we have established in China to train church planters and pastors. David and Lorna Joannes, our contacts there, have been missionaries in China for over 10 years. They have helped many come into a relationship with Jesus and these new disciples have established churches in their area. FUMC hopes to be able to raise enough money through our Christmas Eve offering to support this facility for one year.
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