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UMC Delegation at COP27 in Egypt November 6 - 18, 2022
Representing nearly every country, world leaders and civil society will arrive in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt next week for the United Nation’s annual climate summit.
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Church and Society Board Met to Award Grants and Approve 2023 Budget
The Board of directors met by Zoom on October 19, 2022 and approved a transition plan for retiring General Secretary Susan Henry-Crowe; approved over $98,000 in grants; and approved the 2023 budget.
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Register Now: Witness Wednesday on Nov. 9, 2022 on COP27
The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) invites you to our upcoming Witness Wednesday: A Call to Social Holiness and Global Advocacy at COP27, led by Rev. Laura Kigweba James, GBCS Director of Grassroots Organizing.
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Tell your Senators to fund the U.S. fair share for Climate Finance, Global Health and Political Stability
Now is the time to raise our voices calling for robust funding for critical international priorities.
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Register Now! Church and Society Conducts Virtual Three-day 2022 Called Seminar
Responding to ongoing wars and conflict across the world, Church and Society will host “Plowshare Vision: Peace to be Learned and Practiced” from November 1 - 3, 2022, on Zoom.
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Our Privilege to Vote in Upcoming Midterm Elections
In a few weeks, we in the United States are entering another season of voting. It may not be a season of the church calendar, with liturgical colors, but it is a sacred season nonetheless.
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United Methodist leaders appeal to government for just treatment of migrants
The call for just and equitable support for migrants and asylum seekers come amidst their being transported nationally from the border.
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Learnings and Hope in Building Community
Our field education intern, Jackie, is finding hope in her developing work in economic justice.
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Shaping a just and peaceful world by 2040
The past few years have been troubling and anxiety producing. Pandemics, racism, wars, climate change, the rise of nationalism in many countries, migration and tentative economies. All the while the church has focused itself on internal struggles believed to threaten its very survival.
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Children’s Picture Books To Unpack Poverty
October 17th is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. These picture books introduce the complexities of poverty and how communities worldwide are creating change.
