Be a Part of The United Methodist Church Easter Virtual Choir
We are announcing a new opportunity to be a part of a worldwide video for Easter Sunday. Congregations from all around will be…
Read MoreBe a Part of The United Methodist Church Easter Virtual Choir
We are announcing a new opportunity to be a part of a worldwide video for Easter Sunday. Congregations from all around will be…
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Mar
De-Colonizing the Church - Week 3: Racism in the UMC
We invite you to join Path 1 for a 5-week webinar series designed to name and explore our own history of racism and what it means to be intentionally anti-racist as we start new mi...
March 2021
Mar
Designing a worship experience around the commandments seems a daunting task. Yet it need not be a heavy or finger-wagging experience. Instead, it could focus on the commitments we...
March 2021
Mar
The Church Audit: You Can Do This!
Every congregation needs to do a church audit, but it doesn’t have to be a big expense or an insurmountable obstacle. There is an Updated Local Church Audit Guide, available free f...
I watched in horror, as did the rest of the nation, behavior that felt much more damaging to our spirit than to our buildings. We can replace windows. We can sweep floors. We can shampoo carpets. But what kind of damage…
January 8, 2021
By Junius B. Dotson
This Nation Needs Soul Work, Not Poll Work
The bitter reality we cannot escape from the presidential election is that what many of us have always believed about this nation may indeed be true: we are deeply divided and our station as a kind and just nation is…
November 11, 2020
By Junius B. Dotson
Crossing the Line: Coalitions for the Common Good Across Race, Class, and Gender
I write this brief comment with every hope that George Floyd will not have died in vain. The violent and brutal act of his murder and that of so many others must not be forgotten and must by all moral and political…
July 27, 2020
By Rev. Tex Sample