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September 1, 2022 Former GBCS intern delivers opening prayer at World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany Opening Prayer – Youth Testimony In my present context, I serve a United Methodist Church in Edmonds, Washington on the west coast of the United States.
September 1, 2022 Over 3000 participants from churches and denominations around the world gathered in Karlsruhe, Germany for opening day yesterday for prayers and deliberation on the future of the Christian Church. The Assembly provides a unique opportunity for church leaders to deepen their commitment
September 1, 2022 United Methodists will need to both pray and act to end the scourge of gun violence, says a letter the Council of Bishops released Sept. 1 to the wider church. “As people of prayer, we followers of Jesus are called to be
September 1, 2022 “Thou shall not kill.” – Exodus 20:13 We are called as United Methodist Bishops to respond to the devastation and disruption due to gun violence. Communities around the world are traumatized, we are facing a global and national health crisis, and children,
The California-Pacific Conference’s vision: Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger resonates and inspires the laity and clergy of our area to give, lead, and serve in new and exciting ways. Each week we will share a video from one of our churches that is living into
August 30, 2022 United Methodist bishops concluded their online summer meeting with preparations to welcome new episcopal colleagues in tumultuous times. New bishops elected this fall will be taking leadership as the denomination deals with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and undergoes a fracturing
A podcast supporting and encouraging clergy “doing one of hardest jobs in the world without losing yourself”Created by Rev. Nicole Reilley, the 20 minute or so episodes talk about self-confidence, feelings, time management, change, boundaries, blame, self-care, mindfulness and so much more. One listener had
August 26, 2022 Inside the brightly colored building, kids of all ages and abilities sing, dance and learn. The children don’t know that they are living in the most dangerous, gang-infested township in Cape Town, said Nontuthuzelo Nozulwane, founder of Nomaxabiso Centre for Children. More
August 25, 2022 Editor’s Note: In late May, a team from United Methodist News, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries visited church refugee ministries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and western Ukraine to share stories of the
After 333 years of colonization by Spain, 48 years of imperial rule under the United States, and three years under Japan, the Philippines (a name that outsiders gave our country) is one of the most westernized nations in Southeast Asia because of heavy colonization. Growing
