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Partner Spotlight: National Farm Worker Ministry
NFWM is a faith-based organization that supports farm workers organizing to improve their living and working conditions.
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faith in action
Christmas is Waiting to be Born
As we celebrate the birth of the Christ child, let us remember “Christmas is waiting to be born/…in all of humankind.”
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faith in action
A very merry Christmas
General Secretary Susan Henry-Crowe offers this Christmas reflection.
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faith in action
Today, We Celebrate Motherhood
In recognition of the sacredness of motherhood and the tragic stories of maternal mortality, we call on local congregations to advocate with policy makers at all levels to improve maternal health through increased access to maternal health and family planning services and to support United Methodist projects around the world working on maternal health and family planning. (2016 Book of Resolutions, “Maternal Health: The Church’s Role”)
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faith in action
Recalled to life in the midst of chaos
When the chaos surrounds us, we must be recalled to the life God ordained for us.
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Take Action: United Methodist Call to End Gun Violence
“Blessed are the peacemakers”. – Jesus, Matthew 5:9
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faith in action
Title X funding: Cutting our nose off to spite our face
Rebecca Lucas served as a nurse in labor and delivery for more than 30 years. She argues that in an effort to prevent abortions, the cuts to Title X will increase the number of abortions and increase the number of women who die due to complications related to pregnancy.
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faith in action
Race, hunger and the Eucharist
The U.S. is the wealthiest country in the world. It also has 42 million residents facing hunger. Half of those lack “access, at times, to enough food for all household members,” what the USDA calls food insecurity.
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faith in action
Sharing Resources and Being Rich Toward God
As a denomination-wide agency of The United Methodist Church (UMC), The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) addresses issues at both a domestic level in the United States of America as well as throughout the world.
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Ongoing War and Conflicts
The Church must work for peace in regions of the world experiencing war, violence or terror.
