For the month of April, we will be focusing on Africa 360.
Excerpt from the Africa 306 Lenten Devotional
Written by Martin Reimer, member at Watertown First UMC
This passage in James tells us that if we have faith in Jesus Christ, it should be manifest in actions that demonstrate love and care for other people.
Zimbabwe is a beautiful country and its people have a cultural tradition of being friendly to strangers. It once was a country that did well economically, especially in producing agricultural exports. Now it does not produce enough food to feed its own population. A couple of reasons for this may be that many landowners have reverted to inefficient ways of farming, and a lot of land has been let lay untilled.
The Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Africa University is providing students with knowledge and hands-on training to enable them to farm in economically effective and productive ways. We met one graduate, Justin Zimunya, who has been hired to manage the farm at Mutambara Mission Centre. With him as farm manager, agricultural land has been put back into production, large hog-raising and broiler-chicken raising operations have been established, and a dairy program has been started. (Cont…à)
Africa University’s Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources can make a difference for Zimbabwe’s languishing farms. Support for Africa University through the scholarship program can aid in this.
“Give Faithfully. Give Hope. Be a Global Neighbor.”
Africa 360 is the Upper New York Conference’s holistic plan for health and education initiatives in Africa. Uniquely, Africa 360 is about dreaming God-sized dreams, ambitiously eliminating preventable deaths from malaria and equipping the next generation of leaders.
www.unyumc.org/mission/Africa -360
The church has set a goal of $500. Let’s see if we can surpass that goal!
Envelopes for donations are available at the Welcome Centers and by each door.
Loose change containers will be in Fellowship Hall, the narthex and the welcome center outside Gibbs on Sundays