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Churches offer lodging for youth marchers
Posted by Erik Alsgaard on

As thousands of people streamed into the nation’s capital for the March for Our Lives, several United Methodist churches in and around Washington opened their doors to offer youth groups and their leaders a place to eat and sleep as they prepared for the rally.

Marchers call for new gun laws
Posted by Erik Alsgaard on

By Erik Alsgaard Hundreds of thousands of people around the world marched in solidarity with a group of high school students who are saying “enough is enough” when it comes to gun violence, especially in schools. United Methodists joined in the March for Our Lives here and in many of...

Stars shine at Mt. Zion UMC
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Posted by Guest Author on

What do you have when you take 300 special guests, 325 volunteers, parents, aides, paparazzi, a former pro-football player, several stretch limousines, glowing faces, endless smiles and put them in a banquet hall with a dance floor?