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Word from Winkler — Healing in an ailing world
By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society
Church & Society directors organize work areas
Bishop Kiesey elected president
By Wayne Rhodes, Editor, Faith in Action
Winkler unanimously elected to serve as chief executive four more years.
$155,000 in Ethnic Local Church grants
$12,000 Human Relations Day funding
By Wayne Rhodes, Editor, Faith in Action
15 programs ranging from a literacy and livelihood program in the Philippines to a immigrant mother and children retreat in Germany receive funds.
These simple rules
A sermon on social justice ministries
By Bishop Forrest Stith
The justice mission can only be fulfilled by healthy relationships, working together, living together, bishop tells new directors of General Board of Church & Society.
A prayer for the U.S. presidential election
Break down walls of political partisanship
by The Rev. Kenneth Carter Jr.
Send your Spirit of peace, justice and freedom upon us.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Menchú to visit Postville
Site of ICE raid that netted 400 arrests
United Methodist organizations help to defray costs for visit to raise awareness about plight of lives disrupted by raid.
Veterans Day bulletin inserts
Downloadable in Spanish and English
By The Rev. Jackson Day, Health Care Advocacy Consultant, General Board of Church & Society
Wounds of war are widespread, and no congregation need be without the healing balm of a welcoming relationship.
Study of James 7
'Love and Mercy'
By Kendra McKinney
James emphasizes being doers of the word of God and not just hearers, but do we really know what that entails?
Painted refugee tents to be set up on National Mall
Tents of Hope will go to Darfur
More than 300 colorfully painted refugee shelters will signal end of year-long protest of Sudan genocide.
Human rights conference raises questions
Meeting in Paris salutes Universal Declaration at 60
By Thorsten Göbel, Holzgerlingen, Germany
Delegation emphasizes UMC commitment to protect human rights.
House shelves naval blockade of Iran legislation
Hailed as victory by peace activists
Decision represents forceful effort by Congress, prodded by grassroots groups, to turn back tides of war.
The Rev. Andrew Weaver dead at 61
Frequent contributor to 'Faith in Action'
Weaver had been outspoken against establishing George W. Bush Presidential Library on SMU campus.
United Methodist Student Day
Special Sunday is Nov. 30
Each year scholarships and loans are made possible that enables preparing students to unite faith with knowledge.
Free abolish death penalty resource
Designed to educate, mobilize faith communities
CD-ROM offered to persons who will share their plans for its use.
On the connection
'It is my dream for the Methodist Church to carry the banner in rescuing children in this world.'
—David Keith (Tennessee)
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Word from Winkler — Healing in an ailing world
Church & Society directors organize work areas
$155,000 in Ethnic Local Church grants
These simple rules
A prayer for the U.S. presidential election
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Menchú to visit Postville
Veterans Day bulletin inserts
Study of James 7
Painted refugee tents to be set up on National Mall
Human rights conference raises questions
House shelves naval blockade of Iran legislation
The Rev. Andrew Weaver dead at 61
United Methodist Student Day
Free abolish death penalty resource
On the connection
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