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October 12, 2023 The Rev. Roberto Escamilla counts his blessings, including that he’s 92 and still active in ministry. “It’s just grace,” Escamilla said of his long life and career. “Grace, grace, grace. Amazing grace.” Escamilla is a living link to the great Methodist missionary
May 16, 2022 Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church stands a few blocks from the grocery store where a gunman opened fire May 14 — killing 10 people and injuring three. But for members of the largely Black congregation in Buffalo, what officials labeled a white supremacist
Church and Society has released “Living our Principles,” a six-part series highlighting how United Methodists are living out the Social Principles throughout the world. “Living Our Principles” illustrates how valuable the United Methodist Social Principles are to our world community. In this series, you will
April 12, 2022 Connections from as far away as Tennessee helped Mwange Assy, a young woman living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, deliver a healthy baby. Assy knew she was suffering from high blood pressure because of the education she received at United Methodist
April 7, 2022 The Rev. Henry Masters has a thing for Simon of Cyrene. Nearly two decades ago, Masters wrote and published a book about the African man summoned from the crowd to carry Jesus’ cross to Calvary. Now, at age 76 and retired as a United Methodist
We are called as a family of God, a redemptive and redeemed community, to be a place of safety and safe haven for all persons. When we as clergywomen became aware of the accusation and guilty plea of former United Methodist pastor John McFarland for
Taking place at First UMC of North Hollywood,CA on February 22, 2014 is the Annual Lay Servant Ministries event, “Called to Witness.” All laity and clergy are invited to register and join in workshops, lunch, and a keynote talk. Workshops include Rev. Richard C. Garner,
