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Written: 11/6/2009
By Linda Bloom* Nov. 4, 2009 | A UMNS Report Ten years ago, the Rev. Greg Dell was put on trial by The United Methodist Church for performing a same-sex union ceremony. Since then, a few states have legalized gay marriage and some mainline Protestant denominations, including the Episcop...
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Written: 11/2/2009
By Linda Bloom* Nov. 2, 2009 | DURHAM, N.C. (UMNS) - There is an official position in The United Methodist Church on gay and lesbian sexuality, and that position states that the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching. The Judicial Council, the denomination's hi...
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Written: 10/29/2009
Pension rates for retired clergy in the California-Nevada Annual Conference to be addressed. By Linda Bloom Oct. 23, 2009 | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) The United Methodist Church's highest court will consider whether regional church groups have any latitude on payment to general church fund...
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 ...
Singer/Activist Holly Near to Receive 'Leading Voice' Award for LGBT Activism
Written: 10/15/2009
BERKELEY - The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, an academic center of Pacific School of Religion, will present its Leading Voice Award to singer and activist Holly Near on Sunday, October 18, during the 11 a.m. service at New Spirit Community Church in Berkeley.
Near is...
United Methodist Board of Church & Society Awards $115,300 in Ethnic Local Church, Human Relations Day Grants
Written: 10/1/2009
Board of Directors approves 2010 budget, hears report from task force on homophobia and heterosexism.
LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. - The board of directors of the United Methodist General Board of Church & Society (GBCS) meeting here Sept. 23-27 awarded $115,300 in Ethnic Local Church and Human Relatio...
Gay Men's Chorus Is in Concert at First UMC Napa This Month
Written: 9/3/2009
The Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus will conduct a benefit performance at First United Methodist Church in Napa, California on Sunday, September 13 at 5 p.m.
Tickets $12 (general admission) and $9 (seniors and students). Call Rick or Paul at 707.226.1314 to purchase - or visit www.brownpaperticke...
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Written: 5/28/2009
By Jane Horstman CA-NV Conference Communications Office The Rev. Jeffrey Kuan, a professor at the Pacific School of Religion (PSR) and member of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, was one of approximately 175 people arrested on Tuesday, May 26 for civil...
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Written: 5/26/2009
May 26, 2009 - Four clergy members on the faculty and staff of Pacific School of Religion (PSR) were arrested near City Hall in San Francisco, today, in acts of civil disobedience following the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold a constitutional amendment that denies the full equality of ...
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Written: 4/30/2009
By Neill Caldwell* April 27, 2009 | DENVER (UMNS) United Methodist clergy cannot perform same-sex marriages, even in states where such unions are legal or the ceremonies are endorsed by a regional church group. The Judicial Council, the denomination's top court, ruled at its spring meeting that ...
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Written: 3/6/2009
A UMNS Report By Linda Green* March 3, 2009 Bishop Melvin E. Wheatley Jr., a champion of gay rights in The United Methodist Church, died March 1 after a prolonged illness. Wheatley, 93, retired, had been residing in a private board and care residence in Mission Viejo, California but called Lagu...
Don't You Think Everyone Should Be Welcome in the UMC?
Written: 2/26/2009
By Robin RidenourCA-NV Annual Conference Committee on ReconciliationThis year at Annual Conference Session, there will be a vote on an important and historic amendment to the UM Constitution that would ensure that the United Methodist Church is committed to being an inclusive church.
On Ma...
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Written: 1/23/2009
A UMNS Report By Neill Caldwell* The United Methodist Church's supreme court will address several high-profile issues when it meets in April, including the performance of same-gender marriage ceremonies, the proposed George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University, and ...
St. Paul's UMC, Vacaville to Host Town Hall Meeting Monday Evening
Written: 12/4/2008
St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Vacaville, California will host a "Town Hall" meeting on Monday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m.
The event is for activists and interested folk to discuss the ramifications of the passage of "Proposition 8": what its passage means for couples ...
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Written: 11/20/2008
By Cate Monaghan The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide the legality of "Proposition 8," the controversial initiative defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. In the weeks since "Prop 8" was approved by voters on November 4, a number of members of the Cal...
California UM Bishops on Record as 'Prop 8' Seems Headed for Courts
Written: 11/14/2008
With legal challenges filed and protests continuing, the future of the California Marriage Protection Amendment (Proposition 8), approved by voters on November 4, seems destined to be decided in the courts. "Prop 8" amends the state constitution to define marriage as being between a man an...
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Written: 11/14/2008
A UMNS Report By Linda Green* The "extraordinary ordinations" of two women by the unofficial Church Within A Church group "has no official status" within The United Methodist Church, says the Council of Bishops. In a Nov. 7 statement, the United Methodist bishops decla...
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Written: 11/4/2008
By Linda Green, UMNS* Annie Britton and Jenna Zirbel, blocked from ordination as United Methodist ministers because one is a legally married lesbian and the other disagrees with church rules on homosexuality, received "extraordinary ordination" in an ecumenical service at a United Methodi...
Santa Rosa’s Christ UMC Screens Film, "For the Bible Tells Me So"
Written: 10/23/2008
Christ United Methodist Church in Santa Rosa, California will host a special screening of the film, “For the Bible Tells Me So,” on Saturday, November 1 at 7 p.m. Through the experiences of five normal, Christian, American families—including those of former House Majority Leader Ri...
General Conference 2008: Hiltons Remembered at Parents Reconciling Lunch
Written: 4/23/2008
By Bruce Pettit
California-Nevada News Service
FORT WORTH, April 23, 2008 – Bruce and Virginia Hilton, retired United Methodist pastors of the California-Nevada Annual Conference who died in the past year, were remembered today as the 2008 General Conference opened.
The Parents Re...