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4/26/2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on UMNews. To view, click here.  On the same day The United Methodist Church moved toward regionalization, General Conference delegates approved the exit of churches in one of its regions. By a vote of 672 to 67, the delegates approved the departure of four Eurasian annual conferences — which encompass churches in Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Together, the four plan to form the autonomous Christian Methodist Church. The four ...

4/26/2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on UMNews. To view, click here.  General Conference has now passed much of the legislation that aims to give The United Methodist Church’s different geographic regions equal standing in decision-making. In what outgoing Council of Bishops President Thomas J. Bickerton called “a historic day for our church,” delegates voted 586 to 164 for an amendment to the denomination’s constitution that will now go before annual conference voters for ...

4/26/2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on the Western Jurisdiction website. To view, click here.  When examining its history for a 150th anniversary celebration, First UMC of Honolulu uncovered a direct correlation between the colonization of Hawai’i and The United Methodist Church. The harm the church caused and the desire to bring truth to the island-state’s history lessons has led individuals to request a formal apology from The United Methodist Church on behalf of native ...

4/26/2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on UMNews. Click here to view.  At the end of a quiet hallway on the upper floor of the Charlotte Convention Center, delegates and visitors find space to pray. “It is quiet, and it’s sort of away from everybody,” said Amy Steele, dean of the chapel and executive director of program ministries for The Upper Room. “And, yes, it is a walk down the hallway, but that’s a chance to let go, breathe deeply, center and prepare yourself for prayer. It ...

4/25/2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on UMNews. To view, please click here.  United Methodists seeking a way forward after a season of church disaffiliations could look to a photographer of the civil rights movement and the animated film “Finding Nemo” for inspiration, said speakers during the Laity Address at General Conference. Micheal Pope, vice president of the Association of Annual Conference Lay Leaders, explained the reasoning during the Laity Address, an April 25 morning ...

4/25/2024

The deadline to register for ACS 2024 Childcare is April 30th! We currently have 17 children registered. There will be two rooms available just off the plenary hall for childcare, one for infants and preschoolers and one for school-aged children.                  If you haven’t registered, please click here For all things ACS 2024, visit our webpage.

4/25/2024

The Elk Grove UMC group of United Women in Faith is hosting a half day retreat entitled "Nourishing Our Souls" on Saturday June 1 from 10 am until 2 pm at their church campus, 8986 Elk Grove Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95624. All are welcome. Have you wondered what and who nourishes your soul for the long journey of life? When the challenges come, what and who gives you the energy, sustenance, wherewithal to endure, to embrace, and to thrive? Together we will explore the spiritual practices that can ...

4/25/2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on the Western Jurisdiction website.To view, click here.  Through sweatshirts and tote bags emblazoned with brightly-colored designs and stitch work, Juliet Nabukalu is empowering women in her rural Ugandan village to develop their own income in a post-COVID world. And because of a group of committed volunteers from the Love Your Neighbor Coalition (LYNC) and the United Women in Faith of the metro district of the Western North Carolina ...

4/25/2024

4/25/2024

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on the Western Jurisdiction website.To view, click here.  Based on budget recommendations from The United Methodist Church’s financial agency, the question on whether U.S. jurisdictions – particularly in the west – get to elect new bishops this summer remains unanswered at this stage of the General Conference. The General Commission on Finance and Administration (GCFA) is proposing an overall quadrennium budget of $353.1 million – a 42 ...