JUNIOR MISSION FOR ALL (JMA)
JMA is an educational programme for children, to help them understand and engage with their role in God’s global mission. It allows them to hear from children in other parts of the world and encourages them to learn about, pray for and serve the worldwide church.
Each year children in the Methodist Church in Ireland raise funds for a world church partner or programme.
JMA runs from September - June and can be used with any children’s group in your church, uniformed organisations, or by families at home. We contact our JMA leaders a few times during the year. Please let us know if you’re using JMA so we can add you to our list to share updates throughout the year.
Find everything you need for this year’s JMA Below!
JMA 2026-27: SHARING & CARING
In 2026-27, JMA will be supporting the Methodist Church in Uganda.
Uganda is a young country, with many children and young people. In fact, around 25 million children and young people live in Uganda - more than three times the total population of the whole island of Ireland!
The Methodist Church in Uganda (MCU) wants to support these children as they develop and learn about life, with Sunday Schools playing a key role. They help children to learn about God’s love and grow in faith together – but lots of Sunday Schools need support so that they can provide Bibles, teaching materials, and safe places for children to meet.
100% of funds raised through JMA between September 2026 and June 2027 will go to the Methodist Church in Uganda so they can provide bilingual Sunday School materials, training in teaching and safeguarding for 60 Sunday School teachers, Holiday Bible Schools and “Wellness Camps”, and support the creation of MCU’s first Child Safeguarding Policy.
How can you get involved?
In this year’s JMA, we will learn how God wants us to SHARE with and CARE for one another. We will see how Christians in Uganda are doing that, and how we can play our part by praying, giving and supporting them.
Using the JMA Leaders’ Guide, you can help the children in your church, group or home discover what life is like in Uganda, what JMA is raising money for, and how God calls us to SHARE with and CARE for others, even when they are very different from us.
Our Caring & Sharing JMA resource for 2026-27 includes facts, quizzes, a Bible focus and memory verse, drama, craft and a Ugandan game! Our printable workbook with colouring in pages and fun activities makes sharing about world mission as engaging as possible. If you don’t have access to a printer, the WMP office can provide copies!
We hope that children and families will enjoy this year’s JMA resource as we support the Methodist Church in Uganda. We pray the children learn how God calls us to SHARE with and CARE for others, even if they are very different than us!
JMA Materials for 2026-27 ARE AVAILABLE NOW: CLICK on the links below!
ORDER YOUR BADGES, CERTIFICATES, COLLECTION BOXES & WORKBOOKS
If your children have collected in support of the annual project, then they are entitled to a badge and certificate.
Fill in the form below to order your resources.
LINKS TO DOWNLOAD FILES FROM JMA RESOURCE
In the Leaders’ Guide, there are a number of links and files. If you have any issues accessing these links, you can download them separately here.
DONATIONS
All donations for JMA should be sent to World Mission Partnership, with a note clearly stating that it is for JMA.
Please send cheques to World Mission Partnership: Edgehill House, 9 Lennoxvale, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT9 5BY.
All funds raised for JMA should be sent to World Mission Partnership, by 30th June 2027.
