Friday Digest | Jul 07, 2023 |
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| Ask The UMC
Our Living World: Plants |  | NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Plant life provides both the food and the oxygen upon which all other life depends. United Methodists are called to protect the habitats and diversity of plants around our living world. In a six-part series, Ask The UMC explores how United Methodists seek to sustain and renew links to our living world. | | | | |
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| TRIBLive
Bishop speaks about healing after disaffiliations | | TARENTUM, Pa. — Following the decision of almost 300 Western Pennsylvania Conference churches to leave the United Methodist denomination, Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi spoke with TRIBLive. Acknowledging her sorrow over the loss of so many congregations, Moore-Koikoi said she is also looking ahead — to the future of the conference after disaffiliation, to the healing process and to the work to come. Julia Maruca has the story. | | | | |
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| California-Pacific Conference
Soup kitchen opens other mission opportunities | | BISHOP, Calif. — Bishop United Methodist Church’s soup kitchen recently celebrated 16 years of providing hot meals for people in need in its community. “The success of the soup kitchen has opened opportunities for other outreach as well,” says the Rev. Kate Hunter, the church’s lead pastor. Miya Kim has the story. | | | | |
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| Virginia Conference
Going on book tour with John Wesley | | GLEN ALLEN, Va. — In his lifetime, Methodism founder John Wesley had a bestseller in “Primitive Physick, or an Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases.” Amazon still sells the book today. In a video, Madeline White considers what a book tour with John Wesley might have been like and why Wesley got into giving health advice. | | | | |
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| United Methodist Communications
New 'Recap' shares ministry stories | | NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The latest episode of “The Recap” features stories of United Methodist ministry, including a social justice pilgrimage, a new way to access Disciple Bible Study small groups and support for Congolese women living with HIV. Produced by United Methodist Communications, “The Recap” is a video series offering a snapshot of the latest news in the church. | | | | |
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| United Women in Faith
Renewable energy grants available | | NEW YORK — United Women in Faith groups are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $3,000 for renewable energy projects. Applications are being accepted now, and the first grants will be announced in August. Applicants to The Office of Economic and Environmental Justice should carefully consider the amount of funding needed and document in detail the budget and rationale for the request. | | | | |
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| | | | Here are some of the activities ahead for United Methodists across the connection. If you have an item to share, you can add it to the calendar by clicking here. |
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Monday, Aug. 7-Saturday, Sept. 9 | | |
| Thursday, Aug. 10-Saturday, Aug. 12
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As trial date set, bishop reflects on ministry | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (UM News) — Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño faces a church trial, now scheduled for Aug. 21-25. The bishop, suspended from her church duties for more than a year, discussed her decades of ministry with The United Methodist Church and her experience with suspension. Heather Hahn reports.
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Planting churches in war-torn Ukraine | MINNEAPOLIS (UM News) — The Rev. Fred Vanderwerf is the new coordinator for United Methodist efforts to help victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Vanderwerf, also an assistant to Bishop Lanette Plambeck in the Minnesota Conference, plans to go to Ukraine this fall. He served as a missionary there from 2000 to 2008, and one of his priorities is planting churches in the midst of the crisis. Jim Patterson reports. | | |
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Commentary: Moving ahead as African churchgoers | KAMINA, CONGO (UM News) — Regardless of what’s decided at the 2024 General Conference, most bishops in Africa have vowed that The United Methodist Church will continue in their areas and have resolved not to support efforts to dissolve the denomination. “Let us explore possibilities that allow us to strengthen our relationships and remain missionally connected,” writes North Katanga Bishop Mande Muyombo. “This may also mean encouraging one another in love.” | | |
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New 2023 annual conference reports posted
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UM News) — United Methodist News is posting 2023 annual conference reports. New this week are the Oregon-Idaho, Tennessee-Western Kentucky and West Virginia conferences. | |
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