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CONAM provides liturgy to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 11
The Eastern PA Conference Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) submitted a resolution asking the 2020 Annual Conference to call upon churches to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day annually in October in place of the traditional Columbus Day as an act …
Whites Confronting Racism
Anti-racism education arouses new awareness, action By John W. Coleman I considered myself fairly aware before joining Whites Confronting Racism, but the breadth and depth of what I learned was pretty amazing. Among the things I was struck by was …
How “Whites Confronting Racism Program” Impacts Me, My Church, and My Community
I considered myself fairly aware before joining Whites Confronting Racism, but the breadth and depth of what I learned was pretty amazing. Among the things I was struck by was the powerful subtlety of racism – how we as whites participate …
Time to shine the light of Christmas!
Christmas Cards to Inmates ministry resumes “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” –John 1:5 Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eastern PA Conference’s undaunted Prison Ministry and Restorative Justice Team is moving forward with …
Rev. Gil Caldwell, civil rights pioneer, dies
The Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell called himself a “foot soldier” in the U.S. civil rights movement. But many across his beloved United Methodist Church remember him as a general for justice. He died Sept. 4 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, …
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3 views of how pandemic is challenging UMC at all levels
UM News has published at least three recent news stories that report on UM churches, annual conferences and general agencies all trying to shift their ways of functioning in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most are trying to survive …
Church continues annual backpack ministry safely
Wesley UMC in Bethlehem, PA, wasn’t about to cancel its 8-year tradition of giving away thousands of back-to-school backpacks and other goodies to families just because of a daunting pandemic. While it had to curtail many of the usual, festival-like features …
UM Lay Leaders urge laity to engage in social action
The UMC’s Association of Annual Conference Lay Leaders (AACLL) executive team has sent a letter to laity across of the U.S. church calling for their commitment to “love one another” and to work together to foster meaningful social change at …