BRUNSWICK — Dr. Belinda Forbes will discuss her work in Nicaragua with Christian Medical Action on Sunday, May 19, at Brunswick United Methodist Church during the 10 a.m. service.

AMC is a Nicaraguan Christian ecumenical organization specializing in community health and development in impoverished rural communities. Forbes is a missionary with the Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving in Managua, Nicaragua. Dr. Forbes serves by contributing to a community-based primary dental health program, mentoring to volunteers, and interfacing with AMC’s international partner organizations.

AMC has evolved from a clinically-based health organization into an agent for transformation, committed to building local capacity among families in the areas of health education and promotion, farming and nutrition, disaster prevention, HIV/AIDS prevention, clean water and sanitation, women’s health, and youth leadership. AMC’s successes are based on community participation and promoting values of faith and justice.

In her years as a missionary, Dr. Forbes has learned a great deal about the best ways to help. Outsiders can help, not by doing everything for the community, but by joining with the community on a journey toward life and wellbeing, she said. “I am also transformed through this process and become a better witness for Christ’s love in the world on behalf of the church that sends me.”

Born in Northern Ireland, Dr. Forbes was raised in Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. in biology and Spanish from American International College in Springfield, Mass., and a D.M.D. from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. For more information, visit her blog, www.belindagbgm.blogspot.c om.

Brunswick UMC is located at 320 Church Road. For more information, call 725-2185 or visit www.umcburnswick.org.