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Written: 9/24/2009
A Justice for Our Neighbors immigration law clinic has "hung up its shingle" at Temple United Methodist Church in San Francisco. JFON is a United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) ministry/project to provide free (sliding scale) professional legal services to immigrants. It assisted Ba...
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Written: 9/24/2009
By Kathy L. Gilbert* Sept. 24, 2009 | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Faith communities across the U.S. are using all their gifts - from prayer to potluck dinners - to try to change the way the nation thinks about immigrants. The heated debates over the nation's health care system have spilled ...
Council of Bishops Issues Statement on Immigration
Written: 5/20/2009
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church this month issued a Statement on the U.S. Immigration Situation, which cites biblical "evidence that God cares for sojourners" and the "daily suffering of immigrants who live and work among us," in prefacing a call for President Obama and all Con...
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Written: 5/6/2009
By Linda Green* May 5, 2009 | GAITHERSBURG, Md. (UMNS) Mario Ramirez of El Salvador comes daily to a trailer on a parking lot in this Washington, D.C., suburb looking for work as a gardener or general day laborer. On May 5, some 15 United Methodist bishops visited the ministry sit...
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Written: 4/22/2009
Interested in - and passionate about - immigration issues? You're invited to be a part of a growing movement in the California-Nevada Annual Conference! Register by this Friday, April 24, to ensure receipt of workshop materials - and attend the Immigration Task Force Spring Training Ev...
UM Bishops Applaud President's Step Toward Immigration Reform
Written: 4/17/2009
United Methodist Bishops from around the United States, including Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr., Resident Bishop of the California-Nevada Annual Conference, are applauding President Barack Obama's announcement of upcoming conversations around federal comprehensive immigration reform. These talks could...
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Written: 4/1/2009
Interested in - and passionate about - immigration issues? You're invited to be a part of a growing movement in the California-Nevada Annual Conference! Attend the Immigration Task Force Spring Training Event, Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Laurel United Methodist Church in ...
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Written: 2/11/2009
Coalition Calls On Congress, President to Tackle Tough Issue With Solutions That Reflect Our Values February 11, 2009 / (Washington, DC) - Today, several leaders from diverse American faith denominations joined with Members of Congress at a press conference to announce the launch ...
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Written: 2/6/2009
Leaders Will Announce Hundreds of Immigration Prayer Vigils and New Platform With Vast Religious Support Washington, DC - National faith leaders from diverse traditions, including Bishop Minerva Carcano of the Desert Southwest Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, will...
San Francisco Archdiocese to Host Nov. 19 Immigration Issues Briefing
Written: 11/13/2008
The Archdiocese of San Francisco of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop George Niederauer will host an informational briefing, next week, on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Raids, the “Sanctuary Ordinance,” and youth policy issues.
The hour-long briefing will take place W...
Immigration Convocation Postponed
Written: 9/19/2008
The California-Nevada Annual Conference Immigration Task Force has decided to postpone the upcoming Immigration Convocation, “Our Call to Radical Hospitality: A Biblical Response to the Challenges of Immigration”. Rev. Brenda Vaca, Chair of the Immigration Task Force wrote, “w...