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December 7, 2022 The story of “O Holy Night” is as dramatic as when the popular Christmas carol crescendos to the verse that rings out, “Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! O night divine, O night when Christ was born!” Scandal, politics
December 16, 2022 The Rev. Charles Anderson doesn’t like the term “orphans” for those who want to stay United Methodist after their local church has voted to disaffiliate. “These are not orphans; these are pilgrims,” Anderson said. “They’re going to go somewhere, somehow.” Anderson is
December 14, 2022 One reason the Rev. Susan Robb wrote about angels is because she believes she met one when she was 12 years old. In Robb’s new book, “The Angels of Christmas: Hearing God’s Voice in Advent,” she tells the story of “a horrific accident” while
December 6, 2022 Unique to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference, 10 candidates for bishop recited a liturgy of solidarity and purpose before any votes were cast in the November elections. “Even when the outcome is not what we’d hoped, even when seven of us return home to
December 5, 2022 Jacques Brown was waiting at McKendree United Methodist Church in downtown Nashville, but not for a church service. “I’m here to get help with some clothes and stuff,” Brown said. “I’m homeless right now, so I’m trying to get all the help
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
November 29, 2022 United Methodist Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda encourages people of faith to engage in agricultural efforts to address famine in Congo. “All people, United Methodists and non-United Methodists alike,” he said, “need to understand that this is a crucial moment. We must embark,
November 28, 2022 As a denomination-wide agency of The United Methodist Church (UMC), The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) addresses issues at both a domestic level in the United States of America as well as throughout the world. Among these issues is the
by Larry R. Hygh Jr., Ed.D.* COMPTON, Calif. – “They can’t, they won’t, they never will stop the party…This is God’s party,” declared Bishop Cedrick D. Bridgeforth preaching for the 30th anniversary celebration of ministry for Crossroads United Methodist Church (UMC) in Compton, California, on
Produced by the General Commission on Religion and Race, this Vital Conversations video series features contemporary theologians, sociologists, laity, clergy and other thought-leaders dealing with challenges of race, culture and oppression in The United Methodist Church and the world today. Vital Conversations: Series 1 Vital Conversations 1:
