UMC in the World

This time I want to let you discover the closeness of God through the life that takes place between two countries - England and Latvia. Just as a migratory bird has two homes, so Madara Kanel has a home here in Latvia and a little further away in London. Who is Madara? Read on and find out!

Their leader Wesley testified that they haven't learned to sing in Latvian for quite some time, because now every rehearsal is a really true time of praise and worship! However, the field of their ministry in Latvia is much wider. If the concerts are in the evenings then during the day they will bring the message of God's love to hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, social welfare centers and other places throughout Latvia cooperating with local Methodist churches.

"In North Macedonia, the word 'crisis' is so much a part of everyday language that there is hardly a day when you don't hear this it," says Martin Konev, Executive Director of Diakonia North Macedonia of the United Methodist Church.

Christmas is the celebration of the greatest “LOVE” ever known, a love that changed the world and continues to change our lives. I believe that all should be sharing the greatest “LOVE” with everyone in this world. So many don’t know that they are loved beyond anything they could imagine.

Reporting from a visit to Ukraine