MISSIONARIES SUPPORTED BY COVENANT RELATIONSHIPS IN FLORIDA
AFRICA
Serguey & Graciela Espinosa Serguey and Graciela Espinosa are missionaries of the Methodist Church in Cuba assigned to the East Angola United Methodist Conference. Dr. Graciela, an optometrist, works at the Quessua Clinic and provides support for the children's ministry of the Quessua Mission which reaches out to over 400 children with literacy and feeding programs, as well as Christian education. Dr. Serguey provides preventive dental care and treatment to an impoverished community where the lack of regular dental services too often leads to death. He also coordinates short-term mission teams from the Florida Conference that serve in Quessua. |
Kutela Katembo Advance #3022031 Kutela Katembo serves as agriculturist at the Quessua Mission in Angola, a historical center of Methodis that was almost totally destroyed in the three decades of civil war that finally ended in 2002. In the last few years, the Mission site, which includes a farm, has been restored. Quessua aims to produce enough food to feed its students and community. Kutela also works with the East Angola Annual Conference in evolving a sustainable agriculture policy. that can help to overcome hunger and poverty in the region. |
Cleivy Garcia Dr. Cleivy Garcia is a medical missionary of the Methodist Church in Cuba assigned to the East Angola Conference with responsibilities at the Quessua Mission near Malanje. Dr. Cleivy is funded by the covenant relationships within the Florida Conference. She serves as pediatrician at the Quessua Clinic and teaches at the School of Theology. Together with our Angolan partners, she provides support to the children's ministry of the Quessua Mission which reaches out to over 400 children with literacy and feeding programs, as well as Christian education. |
Leo Garcia Advance #3022182 Dr. Leo serves under the umbrella of the General Board of Global Ministries providing medical services at the Quessua Clinic and coordinating short-term mission teams of the Florida Annual Conference. Together with our Angolan partners, Dr. Leo provides support to the children's ministry of the Quessua Mission which reaches out to over 400 children with literacy and feeding programs, as well as Christian education. |
ASIA
Jonathan McCurley Advance # 3021131 Jonathan Daniel McCurley is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, commissioned in October 2009 and assigned to the Asian Rural Institute in northern Japan. He serves as community life coordinator. |
Satomi McCurley Advance # 3022313 Satomi McCurley is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, serving as church and community ministries coordinator at the Asian Rural Institute (ARI) in northern Japan. Her husband, Jonathan McCurley, is also a missionary at ARI. |
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Charles Mulemena Advance # 3022034 The Rev. Charles I. Mulemena is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, serving as a Pastor and Trainer of the MCCA Belize Honduras District, The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas, based in Belize. He was commissioned in October 2015. |
Douglas Williams Advance # 3022122 The Rev. Douglas E. Williams is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, serving as pastor and Volunteer-In-Mission promoter of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina, based in Buenos Aires. He was commissioned in October 2015. |
EUROPE
Patricia Moreira Marques Advance # 3022529 The Rev. Patricia Regina Moreira Marques, a missionary with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, serves as a pastor of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Portugal in the city of Porto. She was commissioned in June 2019. |
William Lovelace Advance # 11872Z The Rev. William “Bill” Lovelace is a United Methodist missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving as a Ministry to Migrants Consultant. He formerly served as a district superintendent and pastor in Lithuania. He also held similar positions in Kiev, Ukraine. |
UNITED STATES
James Keech Advance # 10841Z James (Jim) Keech is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving as a Mission Advocate with his wife, Bernice Keech. They are assigned to the Southeastern Jurisdiction. |
Bernice Keech Advance # 10842Z Bernice Keech is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving as a Mission Advocate with her husband, James Keech. They are assigned to the Southeastern Jurisdiction. |
To establish or renew a Covenant Relationship, please download here the Covenant Relationship form.
Fill it in and mail the original to: The Advance, General Board of Global Ministries, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30308.
Please also mail a copy of the form to: Icel Rodriguez, 450 Martin L King Jr. Ave, Lakeland, FL 33815
Fill it in and mail the original to: The Advance, General Board of Global Ministries, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30308.
Please also mail a copy of the form to: Icel Rodriguez, 450 Martin L King Jr. Ave, Lakeland, FL 33815