Community Organizer on a Mission
Global Missions Fellow Angela Reed is assigned to Tacoma Community House. She shares with us some her work as a community organizer for TCH, learning and educating others about their important welcoming work.
Orting celebrates the successful opening of Recovery Cafe
By Patrick Scriven
Hit hard by the opioid crisis, the city of Orting was looking for answers. The Rev. Dennis Paschke and Orting United Methodist...
A United Methodist Response to the National Climate Assessment
Creation Care Connector, Cindy Haverkamp, reflects on ways for United Methodists to respond to last Friday's National Climate Assessment.
Global Migration Sunday set for First Sunday in Advent, December 3
Nashville, Tennessee: Every minute, an average of 20 people worldwide flee their homes because of war, famine and persecution. To prayerfully remember the plight...
The Complicated Business of Celebrating the Past
By Patrick Scriven
As a child of the 80s, I've come to realize that I carry a fair amount of nostalgia for some movies and...
GBCS Board of Directors Release Social Principles to the Church
CHICAGO — At its final meeting of the quadrennium, the board of directors of the General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) introduced the Revised...
De-Regulating the Waters of Life?
PNW Creation Care Connector Cindy Haverkamp, muses on possible de-regulation of water protections announced this week by the EPA. What does The United Methodist Church have to say, and what role is there for people of faith?
Faith Action Network’s Annual Dinner celebrates Ripples of Change
By Patrick Scriven
Last night, people from a variety of faith traditions came out in support of Faith Action Network (FAN) for their annual dinner...
Advocate Now for Farm Worker Justice
Almost 60 years ago, Edward R. Murrow's groundbreaking TV documentary entitled the "Harvest of Shame" highlighted for Americans the plight of farm workers. Despite many marches, boycotts,...
