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Justice Matters

Join the conversation on our new blog. It is a space to share action alerts, provide additional background and dialogue on critical issues of the church. Visit main.umc-gbcs.org.

Celebrate Peace with Justice Sunday!

Peace with Justice Sunday offerings fund local church and annual conference programs impacting our world locally and globally

View PWJ worship and media resources.

Faith in Action

May 16, 2012

'Communities of love' urged

Word from Winkler: Cantankerous conference
Peace with Justice grants
Women's advocacy opening
National Addictions Network
Peace with Justice resources
‘Communities of love’ urged
Maternal health resolution
Hope against hope
Shall we do nothing?
Safer side by side
Poverty in the U.S.
A mother’s love
‘Good emergency’ appeal
Labor in the Pulpit
Second annual food day
On true 'adaptive change

About the Board

The President of the Board is Bishop Deborah Kiesey.

The United Methodist Building

About the Staff

The General Secretary of the Board is Mr. James E. Winkler.

Our staff work on Capitol Hill (Washington, DC) and at at the Church Center for the United Nations (New York, NY).

Legislative Priorities

2012 Legislative Priorities

These 2012 priorities support the 4 Areas of Focus of the United Methodist Church.

God's Renewed Creation

GBCS Grants

Learn more about our grant programs at www.umc-gbcs.org/grants.

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Special Sundays & Justice Days

Human Relations Day

Festival of God's Creation (Earth Day Sunday)

Peace with Justice Sunday

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

National Observance of Children's Sabbaths

GC2012 Resources

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MDGs: A Prayerful Guide

MDG Devotional Book
A book of meditations, commentaries, devotions and prayers about the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Order a book online.