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November 13, 2023 Amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas’ terrorist assault, the United Methodist Council of Bishops called for both prayer and work toward lasting peace in the Holy Land. The bishops also denounced the antisemitism, Islamophobia and hate crimes that
October 11, 2023 Most everyone was blindsided by the surprise Hamas attack on Israel, including hundreds of travelers looking forward to a tour of the Holy Land with commentary from a prominent United Methodist pastor. “I’m sitting in the theater on the cruise ship, and
January 31, 2023 Centenary United Methodist Church’s regular Sunday worship service was anything but routine. The Memphis, Tennessee, church — where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. met with striking sanitation workers just days before being assassinated — now gathered to mourn Tyre Nichols, another
January 25, 2023 United Methodists are reeling after multiple mass shootings over the past few days took more than 20 lives, left dozens injured and sewed heartbreak across the U.S. Churchgoers are responding with prayer, comfort for the grieving and renewed calls for advocacy against
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, a mass shooting occurred just a few blocks away from one of our churches: Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church of Monterey Park. Tuesday evening, Rev. John Yoon, the senior pastor of the church, along with church laity and
January 24, 2023 The Rev. Dennis Blackwell is weary of the news reports of people being shot, many times Black people. “Every morning, I turn the television on,” said Blackwell, a United Methodist pastor at Asbury Community Church in Woodlynne, New Jersey. “There are people
Beloved California-Pacific UM Family, Today we learned of the shooting at Monterey Park on the Lunar New Year holiday. Ten beloved souls lost their lives, and others were injured and traumatized. As I absorbed the news over the course of the day, my heart became
We come with hearts broken, yet again, by another senseless act of violence perpetrated against the LGBTQIA+ community, this time at Club Q in Colorado Springs on the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Because we believe that God’s heart is broken when any
July 19, 2022 Many are feeling shock and grief after the Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, a United Methodist district superintendent, was shot and killed in an apparent carjacking. Memphis, Tennessee, police responded to gunfire the afternoon of July 18 and found Eason-Williams shot outside her home.
June 3, 2022 We #WearOrange because God calls on Christians to end gun violence. Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day to remember survivors and victims of gun violence. As part of a national campaign #Wear Orange people are advocating for legislation to end gun
