by umcjnews | Apr 1, 2025 | Newsletter
April NewsThe rapid dismantling of public agencies and services at the federal level coupled with unrelenting climate chaos is disturbing, disruptive, and sometimes overwhelming. It can be hard to know where to start. This newsletter is full of stories of ways United... 
by umcjnews | Mar 3, 2025 | Newsletter
March NewsBeloved, how are you? The dark season of Lent that we will be traveling this month seems especially fitting during this time of unrelenting climate and political disruption. We hold onto the assurance that something new is even now waiting to be born. Spring... 
by umcjnews | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
The Western North Carolina Conference is blessed to have two Global Ministries EarthKeepers leading disaster recovery. Brian Mateer is the Director of Missional Engagement and the Conference Disaster Response Coordinator, and Ben Rogers is the Conference Mission... 
by umcjnews | Jan 25, 2025 | Blog
The Methodist Church in Britain, a connectional part of The United Methodist Church, divested from stocks in oil and gas in 2021. Photo credit: Baildon Methodist Church, West Yorkshire, by Tim Green, 2020, CC BY 2.0 By Jaydee Hanson The United Methodist Church... 
by umcjnews | Jan 25, 2025 | Blog
By Sharon Delgado “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). In the above passage, Jesus tells us to value spiritual treasures above our material treasures. This passage also reminds us that how we use or invest our material treasures...