President’s Prayer

Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls When more women achieve their potential, the whole world will benefit. Gender equality is fundamental to bringing peace, prosperity and sustainable development to the world. Some progress has been made in education and job opportunities with more…

  ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.’ John 10:10 NIV   We thank God for teachers and the many initiatives that support children in their education: for Methodist schools and Universities in many countries and for partnerships between them; for the Bossey…

  ‘I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.’ Psalm 139:14 As we near the end of 2020, we give thanks for developments in the production of vaccines that will protect people against COVID-19. We long for the time that…

  ‘I was hungry and you gave me food’ Matthew 25:35 Every day too many men and women across the globe struggle to feed their children a nutritious meal. In a world where we produce enough food to feed everyone, 690 million people still go to bed on an empty stomach each night.…

More than 700 million people, or 10 percent of the world population, live in extreme poverty, living on less than $1.90 per day, struggling to fulfill the most basic needs like health, education, and access to water and sanitation, to name a few. It is predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic…