Statement in Support of Ministry with Detained & Separated Families
The Western Jurisdiction Immigration Task Force’s mission is to help equip our Annual Conferences to be in ministry with their immigrant and migrant neighbors.At...
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.
Video: Get to know a Dreamer
Jose Enrique Hernandez is a member of Dios Viviente United Methodist Church in Seattle and a 'Dreamer.' In this video, Jose reflects on what the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program means for him and his friends and family.
Pro-Immigrant Churches to Turn Over Tables in front of Tukwila I.C.E. headquarters
Immigrant voices will be at the center of the Table Turning action planned for Monday, March 26th in front of the in front of I.C.E. headquarters in Tukwila, Wash. The action, sponsored locally by Valley and Mountain, will include a ceremonial re-enactment of the “Revolutionary Jesus” turning over the tables of the money changers.
Where are the Refugees?
Rev. Lyda Pierce, director of Hispanic/Latino Ministries for the Pacific Northwest Conference, asks a hard question. "In a time of such great need [a record 22.5 million refugees globally], why are so few of these refugees arriving in this country?" She also invites her fellow United Methodists to lift up their voice during a National Call-in Day on Wed., March 28.
We all come from Africa
Rev. Lyda Pierce, director of Hispanic/Latino Ministries for the Pacific Northwest Conference, shares this moving poem that touches on themes of migration, shared experience, faith, and empathy.
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...
How has deep listening and transformational change affirmed our mission?
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...
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...
15,000 Dreamers have become undocumented immigrants. What’s a church to do?
In the four months since the Trump Administration announced that it would be ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, nearly 15,000 Dreamers have become undocumented immigrants. The Rev. Lyda Pierce offers this call to action to United Methodists who may be wondering what the Church can, and should, do about it.
