In January 2009 Annie the clown joined the UCT team in Haiti to assist with the Make Jesus Smile shoebox gift distribution.

Seen here with Rev Maud Hyppolite left and Annie the Clown from Barbados at the Methodist church in Oliviere.

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In 2004, the Methodist Conference agreed the following Priorities for the Methodist Church:

To proclaim and affirm its conviction of God’s love in Christ, for us and for all the world; and renew confidence in God’s presence and action in the world and in the Church.

Thank you Annie for making this a day these children will never forget for the rest of their lives.

May we now through the child sponsorship programme give them a life changing experience.

Seen here receiving the gift from Ann Gill Memorial Methodist church in Barbados.

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Thanks to the children of the Ann Gill Memorial Methodist church in Barbados that beautifully wrapped and packed these boxes for the Methodist children in Haiti.

Seen here Stacey who travelled to Haiti to assist with the clearing of the container and to lead us in worship every morning. Thank you Stacey

Priorities for the Methodist Church cont:

Underpinning everything we do with God-centred worship and prayer

Supporting community development and action for justice, especially among the most deprived and poor - in Britain and worldwide

Seen here Rev Maud Hyppolite and below the Sunday School Superintendent at the Methodist church in Petit Gouve.

Developing confidence in evangelism and in the capacity to speak of God and faith in ways that make sense to all involved

Encouraging fresh ways of being Church

Nurturing a culture in the Church which is people-centred and flexible

Whenever and wherever the Church participates in these Priorities, it is engaging in the mission of God.

"Mission is the participation of Christians in the liberating mission of Jesus. It is the good news of God’s love, incarnated in the witness of a community for the sake of the world."

Seen here Greta St Hill a missionary from the Ann Gill Methodist church in Barbados in Haiti with the Make Jesus Smile Shoebox ministry January 2009.

"Mission is quite simply, though profoundly, what the Christian community is called to do, beginning right where it is."

From Transforming Mission, David Bosch (2000)

Sourced from www.methodist.org.uk

The Salvation message was brought at each Children's Outreach Party using the Kids EE program.

Here you can see the puppets singing in Haitian creol

All of these children are available to be sponsored through the Methodist Church in Haiti.

CLICK to meet more children available for sponsorship

They will all have a web page and information about the child so you can select a child to bless.

We are trustsing God to open doors of opportunity with the Methodist churches in Barbados to get these children sponsored.

Can you help in any way?