*A report on some high tech assistance
some churches are getting from the General Board of Global Ministries.
*A United Methodist Congregation in Hermosilla, Mexico
* Louisiana, new era of assistance for victims of disaster.
* Other areas are Albuquerque, South Carolina farmers.

This edition examines possible faith responses to the bombing in Oklahoma City. A program in Boston which turns cops and teens into partners. How United Methodists are helping the Rwandan refugee children. Visit the East Missouri Conference School of Christian Mission.

This Magazine shows a variety of ministsries in which the GBGM is involved in through its National Mission Institutions.
-Atlantic Street Settlement, Seattle, WA., focusing on its summer educational program for low-income children with special learning problems;
-Tacoma Community House, Tacoma, WA, features its unique language program developed for immigrants;
-Crossroads, Salt Lake City, Utah goes beyond providing services to organizing communities for justice; -Houchen Community Center, El Paso, Texas provides day care for women who are unemployed and being trained in English and job skills;
-La Mujer Obrero, a project supported by the Women's Division, which helps women who are unemployed because of the North American Trade Agreement;
-and in conclusion a refugee from El Salvador becomes a United Methodist and returns to his home to start a new United Methodist Church there.

Topics:
Native Americans travel to Hawaii to share their experiences as indigenous peoples.
2-Centennial UMC in rockford, IL reaches out to the Hispanic and African-American community through a multi-cultural ministry.
3-Community-based health care programs bring healing and wholeness to improverished areas.
4-A Survey of the General Board of Global Ministries' website.

This edition includes: In Elgin,Il, spirituality is being used as a weapon to combat gang violence; rebuilding efforts in Bosnea; dedication of a new church in Uvira, Zaire; Shay Blackwell, a community worker, delivering child services in St. Louis.

Featured are: Update to Hurricane Andrew, the church at work in Los Angeles, the UMC in Russia.

Celebrate the past, present and future of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. A Parish Partner supported through the Advance Program.
Includes leader's guide

Stories in this edition: United Methodist effort to relieve the famine in North Korea; A Kansas City program focuses on abused and emotionally disturbed children in state custody; Memorial quilts for the children who perished in Oklahoma City bring comfort to children worldwide; A Shalom Zone congregation in Virginia comprised of the poor.

1. Texas Annual Conference: a conference-wide approach to understanding and serving the need of the homeless.
2. New Jersey: Palisades Park UMC: a growing new congregation serving the needs of an immigrant Korean- American community trying to adjust to life in the United States.
3. Africa and Europe: war and devastation in the former Soviet Union and throughout Africa, and the rebuilding of churches with the Millennium Fund for Mission.
4. Zimbabwe: excerpts from GBGM's "A Gerneration of Hope" video on AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe, where one out of every four people is HIV-positive or has AIDS.

The Indonesian segment shows the work of the Methodist Church of Indonesia and the Karo Batak Protestant Church. Rev. Cornelius guides the viewer through the important work of these churches. The Refugee segment focuses on a refugee resident family of Sierra Leone who were in Gambia and resettled by the Berea Ohio United Methodist Church. Refugees from Bosnia and nations of the former soviet Union are also resettled throught UMCOR.