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October 19, 2022 On Thursday, October 13, 2022, Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, General Secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS), joined United Methodist leaders and coalition partners to call on all levels of the United States government to provide just
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
September 27, 2022 United Methodists gathered in prayer to call on the government to drop charges against the Rev. Glofie Baluntong, a pastor known for her social justice work. In 2021, Baluntong was charged with attempted murder stemming from a March 25 incident. On Aug.
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
August 8, 2022 In 1982, the inaugural session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP) was held and by 1994 the WGIP identified August 9th as The Annual International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples to promote human rights protections for Indigenous Peoples all
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
Since 1989, United Methodist congregations have observed the third Sunday after Easter as Native American Ministries Sunday. The purpose is to elevate and support the contributions and voices of Native/Indigenous people in our church. A special financial offering on this day goes to support specific
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your GIFT CONNECTS AND UNITES “Lots of urban Native Americans have lost connection with their culture, language and even identity, by choice or force,” says the Rev. Robert Pierce, Texas Annual Conference Committee on Native American Ministries chair. To help counteract that loss, the Texas
