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    Easter in a Holy Saturday World

    April 14, 2022

    Holy Saturday is the time in between. It is the hours after the trauma, the shock of betrayal, the sickened response to violence, the chill of the horror, and the finality of death.

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    Remembering George Floyd

    May 26, 2022

    This is The Second Anniversary of George Floyd's Death That Sparked an International Movement For Racial Justice Against Police Brutality.

    Remembering George Floyd 2022

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    Meet the 2026 Ethnic Young Adult (EYA) Interns

    June 30, 2026

    EYA interns explore their faith and identity while putting their faith into action through advocacy and public witness.

    2026 EYA Interns

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    Church and Society Board Awards Grants for 2025

    October 7, 2025

    Church and Society awards three different grants available to United Methodist congregations and organizations. The board of directors awarded $106,000 in grants to 40 ministries across the United Methodist Connection.

    GBCS brand wall in the background with the text "2025 Grant Award Recipients"

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    Harrison Leaves Legacy of Work in Peace and Justice

    December 1, 2021

    Retiring after 30 years, he represented GBCS on Capitol Hill and around the U.S, and the world.

    Mark Harrison gives a thumbs-up outside the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill. Harrison, who has worked for the General Board of Church and Society there since 1991, retired on Nov. 30. Photo by Amber Gaines.

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    Prayer for the U.S. Elections

    October 19, 2020

    Assistant General Secretary for U.N. and International Affairs offers this prayer for the election season in the U.S.

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    Dialogue in the Present Tense: The Wider Circle of Belonging

    August 31, 2026

    In this sixth edition of The Present Tense, Rev. Dr. Liberato C. Bautista reflects on interfaith dialogue as a practice of belonging. Drawing on the 2026 Interfaith Coalition Conference for Global Citizens in Bangkok, he argues that planetary citizenship offers a wider moral horizon for people, the planet, and the flourishing of God's oikoumene.

    The graphic shows a cropped image of Liberato Bautista, a Filipino man in his 60s with short black hair, in a gray suit and light blue shirt. Present Tense—Edition #6 The text reads: THE PRESENT TENSE present tense noun the verb tense expressing action or state in the current moment Rev. Dr. Liberato (Levi) Bautista The background is orange with the GBCS brand wall There are circular icons at the bottom: hands shaking, a dove, a sun over a hill, a cross, and a cupped hand with a bowl in it.

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    Love as Statecraft: Faith at Work in Halls of Nations

    February 12, 2026

    To say and pursue “sovereign equality” is to push back against oppressive thinking and misguided conquest of nations. Equal sovereignty is not bureaucratic varnish. It is a claim that nations stand as moral equals—responsible for people and planet, answerable to one another, and accountable before God who loves the world.

    The graphic shows a cropped image of Liberato Bautista, a Filipino man in his 60s with short black hair, in a gray suit and light blue shirt. The text reads: THE PRESENT TENSE present tense noun the verb tense expressing action or state in the current moment Rev. Dr. Liberato (Levi) Bautista The background is orange with the GBCS brand wall There are circular icons at the bottom: hands shaking, a dove, a sun over a hill, a cross, and a cupped hand with a bowl in it.

  • Seminar Program

    The United Methodist Seminar Program on National and International Affairs aims to awaken a desire for justice and peace from a perspective of faith through custom designed seminars for groups.

    Seminar group in Simpson Chapel

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    Hope, peace, love and joy: An Advent message from the general secretary

    December 17, 2019

    In the darkness of Advent, the light of hope, peace, joy and love breaks in.

    Advent wreath one candle lit