A new video series called The Recap: What United Methodists Need to Know launched this week to help United Methodists better understand what is happening in the church, find inspiration in stories of ministry and learn how the denomination is transforming the world. The videos produced by
Originally Published by Disability Ministries Committee of the United Methodist Church. Republished with Permission. As you embark on your mission trips, consider these dos and don’ts: 1. DO LISTEN DEEPLY: Hear the stories, concerns, and hurts. Believe what you hear. Acknowledge the pain and injustice.
October 19, 2022 On Thursday, October 13, 2022, Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, General Secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS), joined United Methodist leaders and coalition partners to call on all levels of the United States government to provide just
October 19, 2022 Washington D.C. – The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) today announced that General Secretary Susan Henry-Crowe has informed the Board of her intention to retire from the agency at the end of 2022, after eight years in the role. As an ordained
Do you have a passion for helping congregations become more accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities? Do you believe that anyone with any type of limitation needs to worship the living God? And maybe that they are called to lead worship? If you answered
October 18, 2022 On a spring Wednesday at St. Mark United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles, volunteers huddle around tables, organizing bulk boxes of pantry items for the Wednesday pick-up. Reverend Gary Bernard Williams and Labrenda Joyce Parker, one of his congregants, walk down
The RMC is offering free membership to all churches within the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area starting immediately and continuing through January 1st, 2022. United Methodist Churches within the Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church are also included in this offering, but not automatically enrolled (interested churches
October 18, 2022 Just ahead of Americans heading to the polls for Election Day, United Methodist delegates will be heading to five simultaneous jurisdictional conferences across the U.S. to elect new bishops. But unlike during previous bishop elections, jurisdictional leaders are recommending that the delegates
October 17, 2022 Members of the women’s organization in the South Africa Conference marched in the streets of Gugulethu to protest gender-based violence. The march was organized in conjunction with the conference’s United Methodist Women (rebranded United Women in Faith) and United Methodist Men 19th
Originally Published by Disability Ministries Committee of the United Methodist Church, Republished with Permission 1. Why should we celebrate Disability Awareness Sunday? As United Methodists, “We recognize that God made all creation and saw that it was good. As a diverse people of God who