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October 17, 2022 In former times, the Rev. Glen Kernell would have been called an “Indian.” His name in the language of his tribe is Chebon. As European settlement of North America expanded westward, the indigenous population with cultures going back hundreds and thousands of
In celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we recognize our church’s complicity in systems of oppression, colonization, and attempted erasure. As inheritors of this damaging legacy, we must confess our brokenness and actively continue our journey of repentance and healing. October 10, 2022 Today we stand in
October 7, 2022 Terrence Ryans and the Rev. Kimberlynn Alexander met the Rev. Neelley Hicks at an extreme time of trauma for both of them. It was at the visitation for the Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, a United Methodist district superintendent who was killed in an apparent carjacking outside
It is with full hearts of thanks for the outpouring of generosity from 25 California-Pacific churches, plus 8 other organizations and individuals, that provided school supplies, backpacks, comforters, snacks, gift cards, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, and more to Sherman Indian High School in Riverside
August 22, 2022 Beneath a gorgeous sunset, 50 or so people contemplated a display of empty red dresses and a board gently floating in Lake Benson. Candles burned inside glasses on the board. The dresses and candles symbolized missing indigenous women. The National Crime Information Center reports
June 23, 2022 The first idea for a mural at Dallas Indian United Methodist Church in Texas was to portray Jesus with Native American skin tone. It made sense, given the congregation is 94 percent Native American. It didn’t turn out that way. Something — artist Damon
April 25, 2022 DeLaris Johnson Risher doesn’t look, act or talk like a trailblazing, fearless woman — but she is. In 1952, she and Leila Robinson Dabbs, both Black women, quietly integrated Scarritt College for Christian Workers in Nashville, Tennessee, two years before segregation in
April 21, 2022 Earth Day reminds us that God’s vision is one of hope, peace, and harmony for all of creation, including our created world. Our planet and people are important to God. So, we are asked by God to help care for the earth
Conference-wide Bible Study begins the week of May 8, 2022. All are invited to register and participate for three consecutive weeks, via ZOOM.
The Conference Committee on Nominations is seeking interested, called, and qualified laity and clergy to fill positions on the following committees: Archives & History Equitable Compensation Finance & Administration Higher Education & Ministry Hispanic Committee Korean Ministry Council Native American Ministries Nominations Pacific Islanders Committee
