May 19, 2023 With last week’s big change in U.S. immigration policy, many politicians and others predicted a tidal wave of asylum-seekers coming across the southern border. That’s not been the case so far. But United Methodists who assist migrants remain busy — and concerned. “What
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In the coming weeks Congress will be making decisions that deeply affect our common life together. Now is the time to contact your elected representatives to ask that they broadly prioritize grace over greed. May 2, 2023 “The Bible is consistent in its witness that
Due to unjust immigration policies, migrants are not granted their right to apply for asylum. Instead, families are forced to remain on the southern border living in dangerous conditions and unable to return to their home countries. On May 10th, 2023, the Sisters of St.
March 10, 2023 Our theological intern Jackie Celin unpacks her day of state advocacy with an interfaith community. She encourages all of us to consider how we might be able to participate in this type of advocacy at the state level. “But let justice roll
January 24, 2023 The General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church joined 164 other faith-based organization as a signatory to a letter denouncing their plans to create a new asylum ban through the federal rule-making process. The United Methodist Church believes
Before the assignments of bishops in the Western Jurisdiction were announced on November 5, 2022, a team of WJ Communicators conducted video interviews with the three newly elected bishops. Among the them was Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank. “I’ve always worked from the ground,” said Bishop Escobedo-Frank.
December 12, 2022 When busloads of asylum seekers started rolling into Manhattan in August, the United Methodist Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew turned to an established network with other groups in crafting a response. One of the immediate needs of the arriving migrants —
December 7, 2022 Five hundred displaced families living in Beni, a city in northeastern Congo, recently received assistance from The United Methodist Church. Fifty thousand dollars disbursed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s International Disaster Response program helped buy 38 tons of food, including
The California-Pacific Conference’s vision: Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger resonates and inspires the laity and clergy of our area to give, lead, and serve in new and exciting ways. Each week we will share a video from one of our churches that is living into