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There was a full house at the youth service where the United Church Mission & Service pilgrims celebrated Sunday worship in Nairobi.... Hands were up…

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Kenya 2017: Sunday Worship at ACK – St. Veronica’s" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-sunday-worship-ack-st-veronicas"> Africa Divine Church, Nairobi, Kenya.

It is an exciting time to be a student at Mission & Service supported Jerusalem Girls Secondary School in Kenya... a time to discover you belong only to yourself…

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Kenya 2017: To Whom Do You Belong?" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-whom-do-you-belong"> Young women classmates at the Jerusalem Girls Secondary School in Kenya.

With the support of KAACR and Mission & Service, Kenyan youth believe in themselves and know that they have rights.

Kenya 2017: ​Roads Travelled" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-roads-travelled"> A group of happy primary school students in Kisumu, Kenya

Mission & Service supports church and small farm partnerships to help share best practices and collaborative work relationships in Kenya.

Kenya 2017: Small Farms in Kenya Cultivate Inspiration" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-small-farms-kenya-cultivate-inspiration"> A family farm in Kenya.

Windsor / Detroit churches commemorate their connection to rum-running and the Underground Railroad.

Forgotten Church Histories Remembered" href="/blogs/round-table/forgotten-church-histories-remembered"> A statue commemorating the Underground Railroad in Windsor, Ontario.

I’ve travelled enough that I know it’s possible to find a feeling of home away from home. I mean real, authentic familiarity, not just a good friend’s place or a…

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My United Church Home" href="/blogs/round-table/my-united-church-home"> Trinity United Church in Deep Bright, Newfoundland.

Mission & Service helps support Kalobeyei, a community “that promotes self-reliance, builds up resilience, and seeks longer-term solutions for the South…

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Kenya 2017: Strength for the Journey" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-strength-journey"> A refugee family in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.

Mission & Service supports organizations working to nurture good relations between Christians and Muslims in Kenya and make it possible to work together for…

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Kenya 2017: Building Christian-Muslim Relationships" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-building-christian-muslim-relationships"> The Mission & Service pilgrimage group on a visit to Jamia Mosque in Nairobi, Kenya.

I am excited to visit Colombia, to see how the generosity of United Church members is improving lives in a country my mother lived in almost 90 years ago.

Note from Nora: Travelling in my Mother's Footsteps." href="/blogs/round-table/note-nora-travelling-my-mothers-footsteps"> The mother for General Secretary Nora Sanders (closest to the front of the donkey) rides a donkey in Colombia, circa 1920.

Mission & Service helps support churches and organizations in Kenya that are defeating discrimination against LGBTQ+ people by living out the gospel…

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Kenya 2017: Rising to the Challenge" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-rising-challenge"> Three members of Pembizo Christian Council, Africa smiling.