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December 8, 2022 Before three new bishops were elected in the Philippines, delegates to the special session of the Philippines Central Conference and other United Methodists gathered for song, dance, prayers and messages on servant leadership. The third Revive event, dubbed “Renew, Restore, Relive,”
December 16, 2022 United Methodists over the past 12 months have marked the passing of a storied NFL coach, a beloved Christian contemporary music artist, the denomination’s first Asian American bishop and a pastor named Bible. Here are 40 remembrances, listed in order of date
“No one can celebrate a genuine Christmas without being truly poor.” Saint Oscar Romero, Catholic Archbishop of El Salvador December 22, 2022 For many people around the world this is an especially welcome Christmas season. We can more comfortably gather with our families and loved
December 7, 2022 During a mission journey to Nicaragua in 2009, James Barnett sat with a stranger in a city dump. Suddenly, he heard the words that upended his life and reshaped his future. “The Lord wants you to know you aren’t being obedient.” The
December 7, 2022 Five hundred displaced families living in Beni, a city in northeastern Congo, recently received assistance from The United Methodist Church. Fifty thousand dollars disbursed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s International Disaster Response program helped buy 38 tons of food, including
December 6, 2022 Striving to spread the gospel through humanitarian assistance, the Rural Health Program of The United Methodist Church in Nigeria recently added to Jalingo United Methodist Hospital by building an accident and emergency/VIP ward to enhance services. As Nigeria Area Bishop John Wesley
December 2, 2022 The Zimbabwe constitution declares that everyone has a right to citizenship documents. Many children, however, do not have birth certificates, and obtaining national identification cards is a challenge. Representatives of five United Methodist-related primary and secondary schools reported an average 44% of
ObituaryFebruary 3, 1926 – February 9, 2022 Marjorie Beadles Tuell was born in Tacoma, Washington on February 3, 1926, the third child of Owen and Alta Beadles. Her father was a pastor in the Methodist Church. Like other Methodist pastors’ families in those days, they
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
December 19, 2022 The 20th anniversary of United Methodist mission work in Mongolia and the ordination of the first two local elders in the country were celebrated during the Mongolian Mission Initiative’s annual meeting. The gathering was held at Gerelt United Methodist Church in Ulaanbaatar,
