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December 16, 2022 I long for The United Methodist Church that invited me into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord to do the same for others. But will it? Yes, but only if we are serious about proactively inviting, welcoming, including
January 4, 2023 The axiom that history is written by the victors doesn’t hold when it comes to the story of abolitionists in the United States. “The Confederates wrote a history that abolitionists were radical lunatics and that nobody really wanted to free the slaves
2022년 1월 12일 1월 13일은 한국인의 날(The Korean American Day)이다. 이날은 1903년 1월 13일 최초의 한인 이민자가 미국에 첫발을 디딘 것을 기념하고, 재미 한인들이 미국 사회에 끼친 지대한 공헌을 기리기 위해 제정되었다. 1902년 12월 22일, 인천 첫 한국인 이민자들이 호놀룰루 입항허가를 받았고, 이듬해인 1903년 1월
Amid challenges from an evolving denomination, multiple natural disasters, the war in Ukraine and a continuing struggle to address migration, United Methodists continued to live out their faith and serve their communities in 2022. Photographers from UM News, the denomination’s official news service, documented a
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
Rev. Dr. Dottie Escobedo-Frank, Resident Bishop of the California-Pacific Conference starting January 2023, has been on the leading edge of church vitalization and transformation. She has served the church and community in progressive roles and responsibilities including working with people on the street, founding a
December 22, 2022 Active Waiting and Preparing“Our desire is that the war in Ukraine will end, but in this moment, they need an ambulance in Ukraine.”This is what Superintendent Ivana Procházková (Czechia) said when an ambulance, fully loaded withmedical goods, was sent on its journey
December 12, 2022 When busloads of asylum seekers started rolling into Manhattan in August, the United Methodist Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew turned to an established network with other groups in crafting a response. One of the immediate needs of the arriving migrants —
May 19, 2021 There have been several recent reports concerning disputes over bishops’ authority of appointment, a topic that fills me with mixed emotions. I specifically remember a moment 10 years ago where I had vocally protested an appointment that, in my humble opinion, would
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
