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Nothing grieves my soul more than to see a child on the immigrant journey. That the child Jesus was forced onto that cruel and inhumane immigrant journey, I know grieves all of our hearts. But as Joseph and Mary are forced to leave Bethlehem for
Each year, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange hosts an annual Ecumenical Prayer Service for Christian Unity. For 2014, the service will highlight the Roman Catholic and United Methodist communities of faith, with a special emphasis on the dignity of the human person and immigration.
Beloved Sisters and Brothers, Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Psalm 51:1–17 (UMH 785) 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6, 16–21 Blessed Ash Wednesday to all of you. As people of Christian faith on this day we begin to journey toward the Resurrection of our Lord. We join Jesus
Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop, was arrested in front of the White House on President’s Day 2014 with other faith leaders, immigrants and labor leaders in a pray-in to call on the Obama Administration to stop deportations that devastate immigrant families.
Brothers and Sisters, It is with sadness that I inform you that Bishop Jack M. Tuell died yesterday. We are thankful for Bishop Tuell’s great leadership and the legacy he leaves with the California-Pacific Conference. Let us remember to keep his wife Marji in prayer
Brothers and Sisters, Let us keep in prayer Tonga as Cyclone Ian reaches the islands. I am reaching out to the leader of The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga so that they are aware that we are praying for them as United Methodists. Let us
Brothers and Sisters, I have received word that Bishop Jack M. Tuell is now in hospice care. Bishop Tuell was Resident Bishop of our predecessor Pacific Southwest Annual Conference, and then of the California-Pacific Annual Conference from 1980 to 1992. Let us keep him and
Let us keep in prayer Bishop Kainda Katembo and the South Congo Episcopal Area. Bishop Katembo has reported gunfire in the areas of Lubumbashi and Kinshasa, areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo where recent violent clashes have also been reported by news media. The
Brothers and Sisters, I write to you from the meeting of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. As we have done our work as your bishops one of the concerns we have been actively carrying this week has been the situation in
Brothers and Sisters, On this All Saints day in which we remember those faithful servants of God who have gone before us, we again find ourselves facing violence and death. Many of you are aware of the fact that several have been shot at the
