Church & Society Taskforce
Gun Violence Awareness
Ministries of Faith in Action
About Us
The Gun Violence Awareness committee seeks to raise awareness regarding gun violence, gun control and gun safety in communities across our country. Join us on our YouTube channel and other platforms, as we discuss these issues and collaborate on ways to help the community.
News & Events
What is Our Faithful Witness? A Pastoral Letter After UNLV Mass Shooting
Dear Friends, Once again, our community has been impacted by gun violence. On Wednesday, three people were shot and killed and one person wounded on the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) campus by an older adult man. Prayers We send our deepest sympathies to...
Statement on Shooting of Pastor Hans Schmidt and Gun Violence Across the Country
This past week, the relentless epidemic of gun violence has touched my family, my neighbors, and communities across the country. On Saturday, a family friend in his early 30’s shot himself after struggles with depression and substance abuse. He leaves behind...
To Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question.
Both DSC Board of Church & Society Chair, Gerry Hills and Director of Justice & Outreach, Billie K. Fidlin are available to lead a local church discussion on justice topics through the Civil Dialogue process. Contact Billie to schedule.
Desert Southwest Conference Church & Society Statement on President Bidens Executive Actions on Gun Violence
Gerry Hills, Chair of Church and Society, released the following statement on behalf of the Gun Violence Awareness Task Force. “We support President Biden’s efforts today with his executive actions which build upon the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to help...
Bishops agree ways to tackle gun violence; church disaffiliations
The Council of Bishops (COB) of The United Methodist Church ended its summer 2022 meeting last Friday (Aug.26) with a call to act against gun violence and to create a uniform approach to the way in which bishops would deal with the process of disaffiliation in their areas.
Capitol Vigil & Call to Action
On May 25th, just one day after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX, our Conference in partnership with March for Our Lives organizer Jacob Martinez, held a...
Statement From the Gun Violence Awareness Task Force
By Geraldine Hills, Chair of the Desert Southwest Conference Board of Church. & Society, Gun Violence Awareness Task Force Once again, the country is horrified and traumatized by the mass murder of school children. This time it was Uvalde, Texas. This slaughter...
Bishop’s E-Lumination 5-26-2021
A Plea for Action and Prayer to End Gun Violence (Photo by Eric Gerhardy on UnSplash) The nation is afire! Not the flames of wildfires burning in many places across the US, but rather, the fire of violence and shootings and killings, sometimes of innocent persons,...
The Gun Violence Awareness Task Force Monumentum Project
Firearm injuries are the third leading cause of death of youth in the U.S. Recent events such as mass shootings in schools with high victim counts have received extensive media coverage; however, very little attention is paid to single victim incidents. Relatedly,...
As gun violence increases, our nation’s transformation begins with you
Find out more about how you and your community can get involved in this or other justice and outreach ministries of the Desert Southwest Conference. Visit https://dscumc.org/justice-outreach/
Contact
Gerry Hills
Chair
Billie Fidlin
Director of Justice & Outreach
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Gun Violence Awareness Archives
Team Members
Jesenia Pizarro
Laura Hudson
Ken Archer
Doug Handlog
Terry Allison
Laura McKay
Jean Rivers
Bethany Taylor
Resources
Facts & Faith
Church & Society resource on gun violence prevention.
Kingdom Dreams Violent Realities Bible Study
Click here to access the PDF document.
Book of Resolutions - Our Call to End Gun Violence
Click here to access the web page.
Gun Violence Prevention
Click here to visit the UMC Church & Society page.
Monument Project
Click here to Download the document.
Monument Project Panel Discussion
Join our discussion about the Monument Project on our YouTube Channel.
Publicity Video (English)
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Spanish Publicity Video
Click here to watch the video in Spanish.
