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We are at a pivotal point in our legislative process as the coming weeks will determine funding that implicates all five of Church and Society’s priorities of climate, poverty, health, peace, and civil and human rights. September 19, 2023 As United Methodists, we have a
Los Angeles City Council has declared Friday, September 22, Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. Day and with great reason. Lawson, architect of the Civil Rights Movement, turns 95 today. He’ll celebrate his birthday with a teach-in at Holman United Methodist, where he is pastor emeritus,
The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday honored civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson, three days ahead of his 95th birthday, by declaring Sept. 22 as “Rev. James Lawson Jr. Day” annually in the city. The council recently passed a resolution commemorating Lawson, and a celebration
The official day of World Communion Sunday is October 1, 2023. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year. Holy Communion joins us in Christian unity. This sacrament invites us to focus on the holiness of communion with God and one
September 12, 2023 ATLANTA – The 2022 joint annual report for Global Ministries and The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), “God’s grace: our source of hope and mission service,” is now available. The report shares the impact of United Methodist mission in the areas of
September 15 – October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. Below is a list of tips to celebrate Hispanic and Latino/a people and their diverse cultures in appropriate and honorable ways. Much of the list focuses on ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from a faith
by Kilohana UMC After consecutive years of Sierra Service Projects (SSP) in the western U.S., a group of 19 from the Santa Maria First United Methodist Church and their youth director, Jenny Greenelsh, decided to try something else this past July. In collaboration with Kilohana
April 5, 2021 In the 1960s, my parents owned a motel in Wildwood, N.J. When I was only 7 years old, a friend and I decided one day we knew how to swim and went to the beach on our own. Not that we told
September 12, 2023 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Known as one of the pioneering architects of the civil rights movement, Rev. James Lawson Jr., for more than half a century, has been a force for justice and an influential teacher of non-violence. In honor of Rev. Lawson’s leadership
“Sabbath: An Ancient Tradition Meets the Modern World” is a documentary with an agenda. The film’s director, Martin Doblmeier, believes that setting apart one day a week to rest and reflect is desperately needed in our go-go, social-media-saturated society. “In generations past, it was an obligatory
