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A prayer for United Nations Day
Today is the 72 anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. The Rev. Mark Terwilliger of Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, offers this prayer.
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faith in action
Support the People of Puerto Rico
As UMCOR does relief and recovery work in Puerto Rico, your help is needed to get Congress to pass an aid package.
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faith in action
Who runs the world? A sermon for International Day of the Girl Child
International Day of the Girl Child was October 11. Sandra Sorensen of the Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ preached at Church and Society's chapel service marking the day.
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faith in action
Apply today: Healthy masculinity training
Church and Society, the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference Board of Church and Society, and the Healthy Masculinities Action Project have teamed up to put on a training October 23-26, 2017.
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faith in action
Honoring International Human Rights Day today, everyday
Dec. 10 is International Human Rights Day. This is an occasion to recommit ourselves to fully-realized human rights worldwide.
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faith in action
Annual conferences vote to support Palestinians
Jesus, the Prince of Peace, calls us to be agents of peace with justice. How we treat each other is at the core of Christ's call to us. How and where we spend our money is a part of this call.
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More Messages to Congress and Other 2021 Highlights
GBCS board hears reports, approves budget at its Oct. 21 virtual meeting.
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press release
Five Leaders Honored with United Methodist Global AIDS Committee Awards
The United Methodist Global Aids Committee (UMGAC) announced today the 2024 recipients of the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund Leadership Award. The awards ceremony is during the Breaking Barriers AIDS Conference on April 22, at The First United Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C., 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., day before the opening of the United Methodist General Conference.
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faith in action
Saving Mothers' Lives: A Call to Do No Harm
Although I am not yet a parent, I understand parenthood to be a sacred undertaking, a covenant relationship that parents enter into. Parents must nurture and care for their children, raising them to love God, love themselves, and love their neighbor.
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faith in action
Saving Mothers' Lives: A Call to Stay Together
Whether it is separation through forced zero tolerance immigration policies, incarcerated mothers who give birth in the prison system, or relinquishment through adoption or to relatives, there will be deep psychological scars and trauma mothers and their children will have to endure.
