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September 29, 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
September 20, 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
September 21st is the International Day of Peace. The theme for this year’s International Day of Peace from the United Nations is “End Racism. Build Peace.” September 16, 2022 The United Nations continues to invite the world community to work towards a world free of racism and
September 19, 2022 The 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches is now history. At the ecumenical summit in Karlsruhe, Germany, around 3,000 participants from 120 countries met Aug. 31-Sept. 8 to discuss the future direction of ecumenism. The meeting ended with a
September 14, 2022 The United Methodist Church has helped nearly 1,000 families from the Central African Republic living in a refugee camp in Limasa. Limasa is about 70 kilometers downstream from Yakoma on the Ubangi River in the Equateur Province. “These displaced people are living
September 12, 2022 The weekend in the middle of the World Council of Churches General Assembly is expressly intended for excursions and congregational encounters. The participants and contributors traveling from around the world are given the opportunity to get to know the respective life of
September 7, 2022 An idea that began with providing chickens for income generation grew to shared dreams and new endeavors between church members in the U.S. and the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area. Visitors from the Northwest District of the Indiana Conference and the Wesley Foundation of
For many in the United States and Northern Europe, doing missions outside the country is a common practice. It often allows volunteers to experience new cultural realities, deepen their faith, and assist indigenous people in improving their own communities. However, without advanced prayer, discernment, and
The official day of World Communion Sunday is October 2, 2022. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year. Holy Communion joins us in Christian unity. This sacrament invites us to focus on the holiness of communion with God and one
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.
