Tag: Advocacy

Prayers and postcards seek justice

A United Methodist Deacon offers counsel on how to impact today’s health care system.

Wespath urges dialogue with Sioux

Wespath has urged the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline to reach out to affected communities.

Taking on gun violence

United Methodist Pam Simon was shot with U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords. Now they team up as advocates against gun violence.                                                           

Engaging core social values

Directors for United Methodist Board of Church and Society gear up to exercise social holiness.

Women’s faith and power

“I get to work with women of many different faiths,” says Harriett Jane Olson, head of United Methodist Women.

Small steps toward solution in Flint

REV. PAUL PEREZ Detroit Conference staff I am always encouraged by the way people and communities can respond to a crisis.

Re-envisioning the Social Principles

REV. CHRIS MOMANY General Bd Church and Society Sometimes the process of good writing has all the romance of digging a ditch. And that’s all right. There is great dignity… Continue Reading Re-envisioning the Social Principles

Town and Country Retreat

The 40th Town and Country Circuit Rider Retreat is set to take place Nov. 2-4 in West Branch, MI. Keynote speaker, the Rev. Peggy Paige, will explore the theme, “Small… Continue Reading Town and Country Retreat

Hispanic/Latino leaders gather

REV. GUSTAVO VASQUEZ UMC Director Hispanic/Latino Communications More than 100 clergy and lay leaders from six Christian denominations gathered Sept. 9-12 for the first ecumenical Hispanic/Latino training for church planters… Continue Reading Hispanic/Latino leaders gather

New teaching tool for the Deaf

BARBARA DUNLAP-BERG United Methodist News Service The Rev. Kirk VanGilder was born Hard of Hearing. At school, he said, “I was continually made to feel different, strange and ‘not normal’… Continue Reading New teaching tool for the Deaf