Immigration Crisis along the Border: UMCOR’s response
Brief by Denise Honeycutt, Deputy General Secretary of the United Methodist Committee on Relief
The current immigration crisis involving adults, accompanied minors, and unaccompanied minors...
Activists Call for Renewed Peace Talks in the Philippines: #RiceNotBullets #PeaceTalks
By the Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
This last week more than 150 United Methodists 10 Annual Conferences gathered in Portland. They gathered to attend “Rise Up!”, a Western Methodist...
Standing with Standing Rock, Part One
By Kristina Gonzalez | Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church
Part 1: Mni Wiconi, Water is Life
Early morning in North Dakota is dark...
Our Social Principles: A Guide to the Church, A Witness to the World
Submitted by Judy Dirks for the PNW Board of Church & Society
This spring, Pacific Northwest Conference laity and clergy will have a unique opportunity...
How have immigrant services, communities been impacted by policy change?
By Jesse N. Love with the Rev. Lyda Pierce
Additional Photos by Wikipedia and Nica Sy
Tacoma, Wash. - “Tak?” “Nie?” Amy Diehr, Education Services manager...
Global Mission Fellows: God’s People in Colombia
Cover photo: Pupils and teachers at Colegio Gimnasio Indoamericano gather for a picture with Global Mission Fellow, Joy Eva Bohol. Bohol teaches children...
Global Mission Fellows: I am not alone
By Yvonne Agduyeng
I had written another article for Channels and I thought I was done - another check mark off my to-do list, until...
Signs
Women gathering
Energy rising
The signs are all around
By thousands they arrive
Big or small, flashy or tentative
In peace, silently witnessing
To an inner strength—irrepressible
Words of cordoned rage,...
Confused about Immigration? You aren’t alone.
By Rev. Lyda Pierce | Director of Hispanic/Latino Ministries
Joyful, angry, sad, thankful, confused about the president’s executive order on immigration?
You are not alone.
I listened to...
Immigration: Statement from UMs on S.744
Photos in collage courtesy of Wikipedia and their respective authors.
United Methodist Bishops, Church Agencies, and Conference Teams Statement on S.744
The Border Security, Economic...
