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			z-index: 100;
			margin: 0 88px;
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			max-width: unset !important;
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			width: 100vw;
			margin: 0;
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			top: 95px;
			z-index: 100;
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			width: calc(100vw) !important;
			left: 0 !important;
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			padding-top: 10px;
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			left: 20px;
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            background: var(--base) !important;
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						font-weight: 700 !important;
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					display: flex;
					top: 0;
					position: absolute;
					background: var(--base);
					height: calc(100vh - 80px);
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					font-weight: 700 !important;
					font-size: var(--size-heading-xs) !important;
					padding-left: 0px;
					padding-bottom: 0px !important;
					padding-inline-start: 5px !important;
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		font-size: 16px;
		line-height: 100%;
		padding-bottom: 16px;
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		font-size: 14px;
		line-height: 100%;
		padding-bottom: 8px;
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		font-weight: 700 !important;
		font-size: 16px;
		line-height: 100%;
		padding-bottom: 16px;
		padding-inline-start: 0px !important;
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	.header-nav-wrapper .tertiary-nav-container a.tertiary-nav-back span.elementor-icon-list-icon {
		display: none;
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	.external-link {
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		justify-content: start;
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		padding-left: 0px;
		padding-inline-start: 0px !important;
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		padding-bottom: var(--gap-xs);
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		top: 0;
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									<p>In February 2026, UMCOR awarded a recovery grant to Mennonite Disaster Assistance, one of our ecumenical partners in mission. This grant will supply equipment needed to store and transport tools for volunteers rebuilding and repairing homes damaged by Typhoon Halong and other recent disasters in western Alaska.</p>								</div>
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					<span class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://umcmission.org/work/humanitarian-relief/updates">Read More</a></span>				</div>
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					<p class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">100% of your donation goes directly to disaster response. Your gift could be used to:</p>				</div>
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									<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Ministries supports missionaries in nearly 60 countries who serve in a variety of roles and placements, all with the goal of fulfilling the mission of The United Methodist Church: “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.”</span></p>								</div>
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									<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Ministries nurtures new Methodist communities and helps existing ones grow, provides training and scholarships for church leaders, and supports racial and ethnic ministries.</span></p>								</div>
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									<p>Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) respond to humanitarian crises through disaster relief and recovery, migrant and refugee support, environmental sustainability, agriculture and food security.</p>								</div>
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									<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Global Ministries improves the health and well-being of communities by strengthening healthcare services, eliminating preventable diseases like malaria and HIV and AIDS, and supporting vulnerable groups such as mothers, newborns and children.</span></p>								</div>
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									<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Discover how you can partner with Global Ministries and be in mission with a global community.</span></p>								</div>
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