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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
May 25, 2022 Nineteen elementary-school aged children and two adults were murdered in Uvalde, Texas yesterday, while in school for their last classes before summer vacation. I write this in tears as I witness another tragic mass shooting. Over and over, it’s just as devastating,
United Methodists are stepping up to provide support and prayer after a horrific shooting at a Texas elementary school that took the lives of at least 19 children and two teachers. Even as they pray for grieving families and a traumatized community, many in the
The official day set to celebrate Peace with Justice Sunday 2022 is June 12, 2022. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year. United Methodists relate to this special Sunday by seeking peaceful solutions, creating and supporting peace-related ministries in their
by Sam HodgesMarch 17, 2021 | UM News Authorities continue to investigate the motive for the March 16 shootings at Atlanta area massage parlors that left eight people dead, including six Asian women. The suspect in custody reportedly told investigators he shot the victims not out
The Cal-Pac Office of Communications has received word that Wayside United Methodist Church Pastor Ola Filemoni’s son, Ola Jr., has died after being shot and spending time in an intensive care unit at a local hospital. Let us pray for God’s comforting presence to be
The Sunday following the shootings was difficult for the Santa Barbara community including our Korean United Methodist Church (Goleta, CA) and Santa Barbara First United Methodist Church (Santa Barbara). A member of Santa Barbara Korean had witnessed the shooting. And, a member of Santa Barbara
Let us, as the California-Pacific Conference, continue to keep in prayer the students, families, and communities affected by the shooting this week at Seattle Pacific University, the second such widely publicized college shooting in less than two weeks along the West Coast of the United
Let us, as the California-Pacific Conference, continue to keep in prayer the students, families, and communities affected by the shooting this week in Santa Barbara. Our United Methodist local churches in the Santa Barbara area are working together in an effort to provide a pastoral
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
