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Word from Winkler — Church and state
By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society
‘A collapse of public trust’
Eliminate ‘pay-to-play’ politics
By Bishop Gregory Palmer, Illinois Great Rivers Conference
Ecumenical conversation to focus on how religious community can speak with one voice for real change in way officials do the people's business.
A reflection on Psalm 143
A prayer of deliverance for the persecuted immigrant
By Mayuris Pimentel
Compassion and justice seem to be lacking in current immigration statutes.
Lest we forget
Church civil rights leaders recall early struggles
By Susan Dal Porto, Director of Communications, Northern Illinois Conference
Methodist pastors from Chicago traveled to Mississippi in 1963 to protest segregation in their denomination.
'Fair trade all the way! Ho, ho, ho!'
Familiar tunes deliver different message
Fair-trade holiday caroling spreads awareness about entrepreneurial solutions to poverty.
Human Relations Day
Helps fund community outreach
Special Sunday celebrated the Sunday before the national birthday observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Human Relations Day Grants 2010 deadline
Deadline to apply Jan. 10
Grants support ministries to non-violent young offenders.
Young Clergy Leadership Forum
Feb. 8-11 in Washington, D.C.
Fifth annual social justice forum for clergy ages 35 and under will be at United Methodist Building.
World Student Christian Federation Consultation
‘Raising New Prophets, Arising of a Movement’
Gathering in San Francisco, Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, to combine faith, social justice.
Ethnic Local Church Grants
Deadline to apply Jan. 10
Program to strengthen ethnic local churches engaged in social justice through education, advocacy or leadership training.
Ethnic Young Adult Summer Internship
Application deadline Feb. 1
Applicants, age 18-22, representing 5 ethnic caucuses of UMC work in Washington, D.C., social justice placements.
Peace with Justice Day grants 2008
Deadline to apply Feb. 15
Special Sunday offering supports ministries for 'disarmed and secure world.'
Christians Call for Holy Land Peace
United Methodist Council of Bishops signs letter
Broad coalition of U.S. Christian leaders calls on Obama to make Israel-Palestinian peace immediate priority.
On an empty cross
‘There is no limit to God’s love.’
—The Rev. Philip Blackwell (Northern Illinois)
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Word from Winkler — Church and state
‘A collapse of public trust’
A reflection on Psalm 143
Lest we forget
'Fair trade all the way! Ho, ho, ho!'
Human Relations Day
Human Relations Day Grants 2010 deadline
Young Clergy Leadership Forum
World Student Christian Federation Consultation
Ethnic Local Church Grants
Ethnic Young Adult Summer Internship
Peace with Justice Day grants 2008
Christians Call for Holy Land Peace
On an empty cross
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