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In light of the recent announcements of the grand jury decisions in the matters involving Michael Brown and Eric Garner, Companion Magazine sat down with Rev. Gary Williams, Pastor of Faith United Methodist Church and Hamilton United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles, for a
One of the blessings and challenges we encounter in campus ministry is the opportunity to engage students in real world events and their impact on family, study and faith. Immigration reform is one such area that we have been actively involved in at Wesley Foundation
The Oklahoma Work Team and Mission Area 6 are grateful for a special week in which 20 team members were able to share in joint ministry to the people of Moore, Oklahoma. One of the greater results of this trip, apart from the lives touched,
For 19 summers now, I have journeyed with a group of youth to faraway lands on a mission to work repairing homes, building relationships and transforming lives (mine included). Several people have asked me why I would give up a week of my life each
By Dr. Helene Slessarev-Jamir, Mildred M. Hutchinson Professor of Urban Studies at Claremont School of Theology The seeds of the current humanitarian crisis unfolding along the southern border of the United States lie in its deep historical entanglement in Central and Latin America. Already in
The following prayer was delivered by Rev. David Farley, Cal-Pac Director of Justice and Compassion Ministries, The United Methodist Church at a gathering of advocates for unaccompanied migrant children at Port Hueneme, Ventura, CA on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. O God of all Creation and
The following, written by Rev. Paige Eaves of University United Methodist Church (Irvine, CA) on May 1, 2014, is recommended reading for Cal-Pac from Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño. “Watch, the black man will die,” says Forrest as he passes by the movie I’m watching. He doesn’t
“I accidentally spilled the bucket of paint on the church driveway. So, everyone ran over with their rollers and began to roll it up to paint the fence. Then, I got the power-washer and made the paint disappear. The church never knew what happened,” confessed
With microphone in hand, Rev. Jennifer Gutierrez addressed the crowd of 1,000 people as a clergy speaker saying, “Somos un pueblo de esperanza (We are a people of hope)!” On May Day 2014, Interim Director of Justice and Compassion Ministries of the California-Pacific Conference, Rev.
On a cool Friday in March 2014, a group of twenty-three youth and adults from San Diego County joined with three churches from throughout California to serve in the middle of South Los Angeles for a Weekend of Service organized by Sierra Service Project (SSP).
