Today Transforming Urban Ministries Uniting missional community, justice church, contemplative activism and public theology By Cassandra Lawrence Pastors, community activists, theologians, seminary students and others gathered to make sense of the disruption and pain happening across the...
May 2015 Sisters and Brothers of the Northeastern Jurisdiction, Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We celebrate the resurrection of Christ and the good news we are hearing about ministry occurring in the conferences across the Northeastern Jurisdiction. We, the Bishops of...
Rebuilding Hope It was an emotional roller coaster of a week in Baltimore as people protested, rioted, addressed the hurts and scars of the city and, on May 1, witnessed the indictment of six police officers on charges of police brutality in the case of Freddie Gray who died of injuries to his...
There Is Hope In Baltimore Written by Sharon G Milton 5/1/15 *Inspired by the Holy Spirit* Lord these past few days Seems like we’ve lost the way Watching the news, hearing the cries, Moms heart break as another child dies Burning, looting anger so deep All of this taking place...
Got Hope! by: Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt “…and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God… knowing that our suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us…” Romans 5:1-5 This week...
Bishop Matthews elected Executive Secretary of Council of Bishops May 2, 2015 BERLIN: Washington Episcopal Area Resident Bishop Marcus Matthews has been elected Executive Secretary of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church effective Sept. 1, 2016. Bishop Matthews was one of...
Gravestone By: Harold J. Recinos, Ph.D. we dragged this giant stone from the graveyard that is now addressed to you with fragments of hundreds of destroyed hearts no longer eager to say amen. among those longing for these funerals to end too many now say God does not have pity for so many...
United Methodist Council of Bishops FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2015 President of United Methodist Council of Bishops calls for prayer and healing Berlin: Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr., president of the Council of Bishops, appealed to the people of The United Methodist Church today in a letter...
Report to Annual Conference: Divestment Working Group Submitted by Rev. Jackson Day Background A Divestment Working Group, as mandated by the Annual Conference, (2014 Journal, p. 333) was formed with representation from the Conference Boards of Church and Society, Pensions and Health Benefits...
