Sixty-five percent of United Methodist pastors in Mozambique don’t have electricity in their parsonage. Solar panels can solve this problem. When installed on local church parsonage roofs, the panels provide clean and sustainable energy to the home below. 

Stateside, we often think of solar power as a luxury. In Mozambique, this is one of few options for providing power to isolated and rural areas. Their minimal maintenance, long lifespan and weather resistance makes solar panels an investment worth making in both the parsonage property and the environment. 

The Mozambique Initiative helps meet the greatest needs of partner communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Our partners in Mozambique shared their hope to support the faithful service of United Methodist pastors and their families by providing electricity in their homes. We’re raising funds to make this hope a reality. Will YOU consider making a gift towards the Mozambique Initiative’s Giving Tuesday campaign? 

Making this connection provides opportunities for both ministry and daily life, including: 

• Enabling children to complete their homework in the evening. 
• Allowing pastors to continue their work and worship preparation after the sun sets. 
• Extending church activities – including special services, outreach programs and meetings – into the evening hours.  
• Implementing time- and money-saving technologies, like refrigerators.  
• Providing cell phone recharging stations to the community as a means of outreach. 

The cost of installing solar panels is $2,500 USD per parsonage. Our Mozambican partners hope to equip 50 parsonages with panels. So far, your generosity has provided 18 parsonages with solar panels. 

How to Give: 

• Online at www.mzinitiative.org 

• Mail your check to Missouri Annual Conference of the UMC, 3601 Amron Court, Columbia, MO, 65202. Make sure to include “Giving Tuesday” in the memo line. 

Once donations are collected in Missouri, 100% of funds will be sent to Mozambique. Your gift of any size, combined with those from Mozambique Initiative supporters across the state, will make a real difference in the lives of pastors and their families in Mozambique. 

Thank you for giving the gift of light this holiday season! 

Blessings, 
Rev. Dr. Lucas Endicott 
Mozambique Initiative Representative – U.S. 
Missouri Conference Associate Director of Mission, Service and Justice Ministries