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...
Question Time: Mission u Edition!
By Nica Sy
Nica Sy is a young person who attended Mission u, an annual cooperative mission experience by the PNW Conference’s United Methodist Women...
Women with northwest roots to be consecrated as deaconesses at UMW Assembly
By Patrick Scriven
This week at the United Methodist Women’s Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, several laywoman with roots in the Northwest will be consecrated at...
Standing With Standing Rock, Part 2
By Kristina Gonzalez | Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church
Part 2: Standing With
At the writing of this article, the sacred fire burns still...
Together, we will get there (…and this is not a personal thing)
Marches for Ebola virus awareness and for the response to the death of Michael Brown.
Together, we will get there (…and this is not...
United Methodist Women and Others to Rally for Closing of Family Detention Center
United Methodist Women local members from Austin, Houston and Brownsville will join a coalition of partners — the ACLU, Detention Watch Network (DWN) and...
Statement on President Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital of Israel
The World Methodist Council (WMC) and its member churches acknowledge the foundational role that the Holy City of Jerusalem has played in the history...
Standing with Standing Rock, Part One
By Kristina Gonzalez | Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church
Part 1: Mni Wiconi, Water is Life
Early morning in North Dakota is dark...
Guidelines for Accompaniment on the Journey to Racial Justice
Guidelines for Accompaniment on the Journey to Racial Justice
By Janjay Innis | Photos by Yvonne Agduyeng
Janjay Innis is a Global Mission Fellow and serves...
Pastors urge fast July 15 for Mideast peace
A UMNS report by Heather Hahn | July 10, 2014 | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS)
Sometimes a move toward peace begins with putting down the fork....


















