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    Young clergy addressed by advocates for deaf ministry and health care for children

    April 22, 2019

    Rev. Dr. Clayton Childers, Director of Conference Relations, tells of the advocates for deaf ministry and health care for children who spoke at the sixteenth annual Young Clergy Leadership Forum at the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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    Blessed Tomorrow

    Church and Society has partnered with Blessed Tomorrow to engage United Methodists on issues of climate justice.

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    Who’s in, who’s out: Migrants and a compact

    December 18, 2017

    The terrains that migrants and refugees traverse are as contested as the road to a global compact on migration, now under negotiations at the United Nations.

    A graphic image featuring several people all facing right and walking with the words "International Migrants Day" at the bottom.
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    Dislocation

    September 21, 2020

    We have changed our understanding of home or homelessness, of work and no work, of play and where we play, of how we listen to music, how we spend our hours, how we cook, what we eat, how we pray.

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    Your Calls Are Working! Protect SNAP

    May 31, 2018

    The fate of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as "food stamps" is again up for discussion in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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    A conversation with U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie

    February 12, 2018

    Church and Society's Mark Harrison sat down for a brief conversation with U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to talk about peace on the Korean Peninsula. Here's the transcript.

    Harrison and Massie sit opposite each other in Massie’s Capitol Hill office.
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    Our Christian Call to Advocate for Clean Water

    February 18, 2020

    West Virginia water justice advocate puzzled by EPA’s meager attempt to fund massive water pollution problems created by its own inactions

    A sign in the shape of a water drop that reads "God's gift."
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    CHIP: Helping children get health care

    August 21, 2017

    The Children’s Health Insurance Program is a key program that covers 8.9 million children across the country. CHIP must be reauthorized by Congress before September 30, 2017 for the program to continue.

    Children and adults play a game.
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    United Methodists work for health care justice

    July 28, 2017

    Members of the U.S. Congress have worked since January to make significant changes to the American health care system. United Methodists worked hard to protect health care and call for increased access to high-quality, affordable health care.

    Cynthia Abrams Leads Health care Prayer Vigil
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    A prayer for the unity of Christ’s church

    January 17, 2018

    The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Thursday, Jan. 18. Bishop B. Michael Watson, ecumenical officer of the Council of Bishops, and the Revs. Drs. Jean Hawxhurst and Kyle R. Tau, ecumenical staff officers of the Council of bishops, offer this prayer.