Tag: Refugees

Kemper puts the focus on migration

“We cannot throw away 200 years of relationships and history,” Thomas Kemper says, of the UMC’s long legacy of care for God’s people around the world.

Help dismantle the ‘invisible wall’

While “the wall” at the U.S.-Mexico border is often in the news, there is an “invisible wall” that is also being built, block by block, to restrict legal pathways for those entering this country. Here’s how to help take it down.

Join week of action for migrants

A national week of action, “Love Knows No Borders,” is scheduled December 10-18. Here’s how you can learn, give and act in solidarity with those seeking refuge in the U.S.

A story of three families

A film relates the personal struggles of United Methodists in Tennessee that intertwined with a gruesome time in Rwandan history.

Liberians in U.S. anxious

After fleeing war and disease in Africa, Liberians now living in the U.S. fear job loss and deportation.

Detroit welcomes JFON

Kirstin Huhtala Karoub received JFON’s Volunteer of the Year Award during ceremonies in Detroit.

Aiding refugees daily

Coming to the U.S. from India, a family turns to Justice For Our Neighbors for hope and help.

June 4 Day of Prayer for refugees

A grassroots, ecumenical initiative is unveiled for solidarity with refugees.

World is our Parish

Bishop David Bard writes a pastoral letter to the Michigan Area on welcoming refugees.

Welcoming the stranger

From Aleppo to Birmingham … a congregation aids in resettlement of Syrian refugees.