Spiritual Tools

Work and worship go hand in hand. Centering our attention on the Triune God, we discern and deepen both our personal and corporate call we learn to love mercy and do justice in church and society. We provide sermons, devotionasl and a weekly chapel service at The United Methodist Building, featuring guest speakers from across the United Methodist connection.

Chapel Worship

Each Wednesday at 12:00 noon, people gather from across Capitol Hill for a time of worship in the Simpson Memorial Chapel in The United Methodist Building. Guest preachers, reading of Scripture, hymns, prayers and celebration of Holy Communion mark this time of weekly Chapel worship. We encourage you to join us in worship community by reading and listening to the sermons preached and following the liturgical prayers offered.

Sermons

Outstanding sermons of timely topics of social concern are offered every week in churches across the world. We encourage you to reflect and share the Sermons delivered at the Simpson Memorial Chapel and in the places where staff travel to preach, teach and advocate for justice.

We invite you to send us your best sermons that deal with aspects of the Social Principles so that we can share them with our networks.

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• Bishop Minerva Carcano Delivers the Homily at the UMC Lighten the Burden AIDS Conference
• October 14-16, 2010
• Bishop Minerva Carcano, episcopal leader in the Desert Southwest Annual Conference, preached the opening sermon at the Lighten the Burden III AIDS Conference held in Dallas, TX October 14-16, 2010. The event was sponsored by the UMC Global AIDS Fund. Bishop Carcano shared personal stories to illustrate her commitment to and her experience in working to make the world AIDS free. She implored attendees to embrace all people as God's children and work to eradicate stigma.

• Passing On the Dream
• Memorial Day: A Service of Reflection and Commemoration

• Rev. Dr. Jackson H. Day at Simpson Memorial Chapel
  United Methodist Building, WDC
  May 26, 2010
  

• God can do something extraordinary with the ordinary
• Sometimes we are called to stay in the muck, despite the temptation to knock the dust from our feet and move on.

• Tori Butler at Simpson Memorial Chapel
  United Methodist Building, WDC
  Wednesday, July 9, 2009, 12:10pm

• In the Image of God – We are ALL One
• Accessible, Accountable, Inclusive, Available to All…
• Meredith Hoxie at Simpson Memorial Chapel
  United Methodist Building, WDC
  Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 12:10pm

• The Temple
• 2 Chronicles 7:14, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20a

• Today, let us turn from our wicked ways by taking pains to help make the environment safe by being more mindful of how we as stewards should care for what God has given.

  Rev.  Emily A. Pardue, D. Min. at Simpson Memorial Chapel
  United Methodist Building, WDC
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 12:10pm

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Bible Studies and Devotionals

The church calendar is marked by a series of sacred times and seasons when we give our attention to the stories of God. GBCS staff and seminary interns prepare devotionals for personal and small group Bible study linking timely social and political issues with the very real struggles to work our salvation and assert a vibrant Wesleyan holiness as understood in the Bible. We struggle to listen to God's call for mercy, justice, peace and reconciliation. These devotionals are intended to be used as a tool for reflection but also as suggestions for concrete Christian action.

Sex and the Church

This series features clergy, lay and educators speaking about issues surrounding human sexuality and how the Church can play a positive role in the discussion. It provides theological, educational, scientific and sociological sustenance along with specific questions for dialogue and discernment.

Readers are encouraged to read these informative articles and share your comments on the series. A comments section is available for each article.

Global Poverty - A New Year in God’s World

by Alexis Coleman

“A New Year in God’s World” includes five weekly Bible studies with short Scripture reading, questions for group reflection and action, facts on the state of the global poor and congregational prayers.

In His Place

by Lisa Jo Besner

A six week Lenten Devotional Study. Putting our hearts in Jesus’ heart; our hands in Jesus’ hands; moving beyond thinking into the realm of doing