A Reflection on the Film “Documented”
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas (center) presented his film "Documented" in Seattle's Wing Luke Museum on October 18, 2014.
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A Hispanic Happenings Reflection...
What does it mean to “take up your cross and follow me”?
By Pastor Lyn Rush
Lyn Rush serves Pinoy Van-Port Ministries in Vancouver, Wash. This new church start serves Filipino Americans and immigrants with a keen...
Word from Winkler — A significant couple of weeks
UMNS photo of The United Methodist Board of Church and Society's decorated tent on the National Mall by Kathy L. Gilbert.
By Jim Winkler, General...
Stories of Pain and Hope
Lenten Soup Supper Series:
Stories of Pain and Hope
By The Rev. Nancy Ferree-Clark
As the congregation of Federal Way United Methodist Church, we believe that storytelling...
Can you Imagine being separated from your family?
By Libby Marie Hall
Do you remember that early 70s song Imagine? Please take a moment and listen to this song from John Lennon.
This...
As Senate debates DACA fate, United Methodists encouraged to speak up for Dreamers
By the Rev. Lyda Pierce
The General Board of Church and Society is encouraging all United Methodists to contact their senators and congressional representatives urging...
Social-justice agency skeptical of Obama ‘actions’ on unaccompanied children, immigration
Please read and share this press release on President Obama's recently announced plans concerning the deportation of unaccompanied children. Church World Service has also published...
A reflection on exclusion and language by Paul Jeffrey
By the Rev. Paul Jeffrey
Some ten million people in the world today are stateless. They aren’t recognized as citizens of any nation. Without legal...
Immigration Ministry This Month
The arrival of 200 immigrants to the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, extreme enforcement which separates children from parents, and House Speaker Paul Ryan's announcement of immigration debate offers us new incentive this month to educate, speak out, and organize on behalf of our neighbors.
Call to the church to observe Global Migration Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017
Brothers and Sisters of The United Methodist Church,
Grace and peace to you in the compassionate name of our Lord Christ Jesus.
I write to you on...