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Nebraska Conference UMM: For information, additions, or corrections contact webmaster Ken Walker (St. Paul UMC Omaha) at  ken_walker@cox.net or 402-556-5654.

Welcome to the new Nebraska UMM web page

Thank you for visiting the new Nebraska United Methodist Men's page, we hope you like the new look and layout. On this landing page you will find important news and follow-up stories on recent UMM events. On the right side of this page are links to our subpages — Upcoming Events, Reports and Information, the Leadership Team, and the 100 Club. We also want to let you know that you can now go directly to this page by typing in the URL www.umcneb.org/ummen into your browser. Take a look around the new site, if you have questions or comments on the new Men's section, contact webmaster Ken Walker (see his contact information above).

 

BIKE RIDE/WALK RAISES $8,500 FOR MISSIONS

Twenty-eight people teamed up to ride, walk, and help with the 10th annual UMMen Bike Ride/Walk. Many more were involved in giving to raise $8,500 for twenty UMMen missions here and around the world, including Nigeria-Nebraska UM Partnership, Society of St. Andrew hunger relief in America, Nebraska VIM disaster response, Heifer Project, UM camps in Nebraska, youth ministries, jail ministry, ethnic ministries, rural and urban Ministries, scholarships for Christian service, Hope of Hearing-Haiti, Epworth Village and Upper Room Prayer Line.

The ride/walk was May 28 on the Cowboy Trail starting at Norfolk and riding or walking toward Tilden and back, or part-way. Thanks to the Rocky Plettner family for their hospitality and organizational efforts. Participants came from Norfolk, Columbus, West Point, Bellevue, Genoa, and Utica and are shown in the group photo. Click here to see Bill Ritter’s tire repair action and the Beth Plettner’s t-shirt design.

Please consider joining this cause in some form at the 2012 ride/walk to be held Saturday, May 26 (Memorial Day weekend).

 

Recent Activities

Rally at Camp Fontanelle on August 19-21 was attended by twenty-three men.  The multitude of inspirational and fun activities included: ministry training, scouting and 100 Club updates, Bible study, testimonies, Upper Room Prayer Line remote answering, prayer hike, grass seeding, and mailing prep. 

Other highlights include Dale Clymens relating his dramatic climb of Mt. Whitney, Superintendent Rev. Dan Flanagan’s worship service, and Willy Lucht receiving the Nebraska Lifetime EMS award for his untiring service in scouting and UMMen. Also who can forget the cracker barrel fellowship, the steaks, and the excellent food all weekend long.

Mission Funds Distributed – Those present at the August 20 business meeting at Camp Fontanelle approved the distribution of the $8,464 raised by the Cowboy Bike Ride/Walk benefiting the Nigeria/Nebraska Partnership, hunger relief in the U.S. A. and in South Africa, Heifer International, the three UM camps, Hispanic Ministries within the UM Church, Upper Room Prayer Line, Epworth Village, prison ministry, Haiti, homeless ministry, VIM tool trailer, and devotional books for the military. Highlighting one of the donations -- $200 was provided to the Stop Hunger Now food packaging event in Durban, South Africa, in August, 2011, at the World Methodist Conference attended by Dr. Joe Scahill, who often attends our men’s rallies. This donation provided the food for 800 meals to hungry schoolchildren in South Africa, Kenya and Somalia. Stop Hunger Now is the international hunger relief agency selected by the United Methodist Men. A total of 101,000 meals resulted from this event. More information and photos can be seen at http://thefaceofhunger.stophungernow.org/?p=1023.

In addition, donated UMMen-Barnabas funds totaling $4,435 were used to provide appreciation gifts to all 29 summer youth camp counselors at the three camps and a scholarship for a college student headed for seminary.