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The people of Community United Methodist Church in Port Hadlock, Washington have recently started to complement their existing support of UMCOR with a renewed focus and interest in the needs of their local community. For its pastor Scott Rosekrans, this interest has resulted in broader and more creative engagement by the church, and regular surprises on his pulpit on Sunday mornings.

This past week during Sunday morning worship I lifted up General Conference during the time of prayer.  After worship I was asked about General...

What’s NEXT? By Aaron Pazan From nextumc.org: Imagine What’s NEXT is designed to facilitate a fertile ground for imaginative work, focused specifically on the spaces where church/world...

By Alexx Wood*  |  Photo from New England Conference Website Click Here for the Full Text of the Petition The Northeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist...

Colin Cushman (far right) stands with clergy in Ferguson, Mo. protestingthe shooting death of Michael Brown by police officer, Darren Wilson. An Open Letter to...

Welcome back to Lift Up Christ and our continued review of The 2012 General Conference of The United Methodist Church! The old secular phrase is...

The Plenary, Teaching, and Worship Sessions of Annual Conference 2012 are being streamed online as they happen. If you miss something, you can also...

Guidelines for Accompaniment on the Journey to Racial Justice By Janjay Innis | Photos by Yvonne Agduyeng Janjay Innis is a Global Mission Fellow and serves...

By Patrick Scriven, Director of Communications and Young People's Ministries Two of the biggest religion stories over the past week involved the formerly Christian, Muslim...

Musings & Younger Perspectives: Love Notes By Jesse N. Love I have been thinking a lot about love, lately - the romantic, lovey-dovey kind. Much of my...