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Written: 11/19/2009
By the Rev. Dr. Michael J. Christensen Nov. 9, 2009 | COLUMBIA, SC - Twenty-six states were represented among the 275 people who took part in the Eighth National Summit of the Communities of Shalom, a faith-based movement promoting community development and justice, which met in Columbia, ...
February 12 Deadline to Apply for Peace With Justice Grants
Written: 11/19/2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 12 is the deadline to apply for a Peace with Justice Grant from the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS).
Funding for this program is generated through the Peace with Justice Special Sunday offering of The United Methodist Church. One of six ...
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Written: 11/4/2009
Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California kicked off a partnership with the West Bank village of Wadi Foquin in August, launching a "Bee Hive Project." Through the partnership, the church is raising funds to enable the village to cultivate honey as a means of economic surv...
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Written: 10/28/2009
Two Cal-Nevada Conference leaders to be in attendance By Elliott Wright GBGM Information Officer COLUMBIA, SC - Major portions of the seventh national "summit" of Communities of Shalom, a movement of faith-inspired community development, will be broadcast live and free of charg...
Important Hate Crimes Legislation Signed into Law
Written: 10/28/2009
Oct. 28, 2009 | WASHINGTON, DC - More than a decade since it was first introduced, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed into law today by U.S. President Barack Obama. The bill passed the Senate October 22 with a bipartisan 68-29 vote, having passed the House ...
British Methodists Express Concern for Church in Fiji
Written: 9/11/2009
LONDON (UMNS) - British Methodists have expressed solidarity with Methodists in Fiji following the country's suspension from the Commonwealth September 1.
The Methodist Church in Britain has called on the Fiji government to allow the Methodist Church to exercise its right to freedom of religion ...
Deadline is Near for Peace With Justice Grant Applications
Written: 8/25/2009
California-Nevada Annual Conference Peace With Justice grant applications are due by September 1!
Most grants are issued in the $500 to $1500 range.
Download the (simple!) application and guidelines here.
For more information contact Mary Liebke, mliebke@yahoo.com ...
Weekend of Prayer and Action for Sudan Events Coming up This Month
Written: 8/12/2009
First United Methodist Church in Redding is co-sponsoring a series of events in conjunction with The Weekend of Prayer and Action for Sudan.
Thursday, August 27 there will be an "Evening with Mohamed Suleiman," a native of Darfur and leading spokesman for Darfuris living in the United Stat...
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Written: 7/29/2009
The USA-Philippines Ecumenical Advocacy Network invites concerned United Methodists and others to attend a Vigil for Human Rights in the Philippines, Thursday, July 30 at 6 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in San Francisco. The church is located at 756 Mission Street. On the nigh...
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Written: 7/20/2009
U.S. Citizen Melissa Roxas Returns to Seek Justice After Being Abducted and Tortured by Suspected Military Agents SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Melissa Roxas, a U.S. citizen abducted and tortured in the Philippines in May, has returned there, escorted by the Philippines Pastoral and Solidarity t...
Interfaith Group Formed to Advance Middle-East Peace Hosts August Gathering
Written: 7/17/2009
Meet in Piedmont to Explore "Common Ground"
You are invited to join a group of people interested in exploring an interfaith response to the Israel/Palestine peace efforts. The new group, called Faith in Peace, will gather on Thursday, August 13 at 10 a.m. at Kehillah Community Synagogue in Pi...
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Written: 6/25/2009
The City of Davis has presented the 2009 Thong Hy Huynh award for Civil Rights Advocacy to the Rev. Kristin Stoneking, Executive Director and Campus Minister at the Cal-Aggie House, a United Methodist-related campus ministry at the University of California at Davis. The Thong Hy Huynh award...
Student From Cal-Nevada Is One of Ethnic Young Adult Interns
Written: 6/25/2009
Drawn from 11 conferences, interns represent all five U.S. jurisdictions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A college student from the California-Nevada Annual Conference is among 12 persons who began work June 1 in the Ethnic Young Adult (EYA) Summer Internship program of The United Methodist Church's General ...
Get to Annual Conference One Day Early, Speak out for Those in Economic Peril
Written: 6/5/2009
The Conference Board of Church and Society, Council of Churches of Santa Clara County, and California Church IMPACT invite California-Nevada United Methodists to get to Annual Conference in Sacramento one day early - on Tuesday, June 16 – and take part in a huge faith rally, 9 a.m. to noon, to let s...
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Written: 5/15/2009
By Mary Liebke CA-NV Annual Conference Peace With Justice Coordinator The photo above shows a significant step in the journey that four Grass Valley United Methodist young people are taking, to help bring peace to their community. After discussion about what peace entails and wha...
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Written: 5/8/2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) has begun soliciting signatures to send to President Obama and the U.S. Congress urging an independent commission of inquiry into the U.S. government's torture activities. The petition campaign is in response...
Young Adults: Living Justice Program Applications Due May 1
Written: 4/22/2009
The General Board of Global Ministries' Living Justice Seminar Program each year brings together a small group of United Methodist young adults - ages 20 to 30 - to explore new directions and issues of social justice. The 2009 program, being held June 13-17 in New York City, will focus on the health...
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Written: 4/21/2009
Peace with Justice Sunday, one of the six United Methodist churchwide Special Sundays, witnesses to God's demand for a faithful, just, disarmed and secure world. Established by the 1988 General Conference, the denomination's highest policy-making body, Peace with Justice Sunday supports pro...
Two Israel-Palestine Task Force Events in April
Written: 4/16/2009
Working closely with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the California-Nevada Annual Conference's Israel-Palestine Task Force is sponsoring two significant events in California this month: A Voice of Reconciliation From Gaza: A Presentation by Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Dr. Izzeldin Abue...
Good Friday Prayer Walk
Written: 4/7/2009
Pacific School of Religion and Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action (BOCA) invite you to take part in a Good Friday Prayer Walk, this Friday, April 10, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., "to call for an end to violence against youth and homeless people."
Meet at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 174...