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Acknowledging the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine Let the Lord give strength to his people! Let the Lord bless his people with peace! – Psalm 29:11 (CEB) February 16, 2023 Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, marks one year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, continuing
February 2, 2023 Over forty leading Californians have released an open letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to stop plans to erect enormous 30-foot walls across Friendship Park, the historic meeting place at the westernmost end of the US-Mexico border. Signers of the letter
Amid challenges from an evolving denomination, multiple natural disasters, the war in Ukraine and a continuing struggle to address migration, United Methodists continued to live out their faith and serve their communities in 2022. Photographers from UM News, the denomination’s official news service, documented a
December 22, 2022 Active Waiting and Preparing“Our desire is that the war in Ukraine will end, but in this moment, they need an ambulance in Ukraine.”This is what Superintendent Ivana Procházková (Czechia) said when an ambulance, fully loaded withmedical goods, was sent on its journey
October 21, 2022 The United Methodist Committee on Relief has processed more than $17 million so far to help the people of Ukraine cope with the invasion by Russia, said its top executive during the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries’ fall board meeting. At the meeting,
October 4, 2022 Fame is catching up with Jovita Idár. One might even say she’s having a moment, 76 years after her death. Idár’s life as a Mexican American journalist and activist in South Texas began to be rediscovered in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as
Amazing things are happening with our local outreach to asylum seekers and immigrants from many parts of the world – but only through an extraordinary commitment from many volunteers. After suffering a catastrophic plumbing backup in one of the dorm buildings being used as an
June 28, 2022 After the deaths of at least 51 migrants in San Antonio, United Methodists are responding with lament, prayer and renewed efforts to follow Jesus’ command to welcome the stranger. “We grieve their loss and will continue to work for justice through our United
June 24, 2022 A group of leaders from the Methodist Church of Mexico and The United Methodist Church traveled to southern Mexico April 16-23 to meet with groups working with immigrants crossing the country’s southern border. Though there is no Methodist presence in southern Mexico,
June 16, 2022 People of faith join the Haitian Bridge Alliance and other directly impacted groups in crying out for an end to Title 42 and white supremacy in all its forms–from direct acts of hateful extremism to policies that exclude and kill. This outcry
