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A sister is born for a time of adversity
This week's video about The Inn Project is Chelsea Privette's reflection on what she knows about the people who cross the border. She asks, "What will we do? Will we welcome them with drink and food and clothes? Will we visit them in detention? Will we care for them...
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Facebook grant for churches
A new Facebook Grant is available for United Methodist churches that have an average Sunday attendance of 100-500 people. The opportunity offers one year of Facebook content, including six posts per week, which will keep your page active and engaging — a key way of...
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On the Road with Dan
I have been anticipating and looking forward to the opening of the Interstate 11 section at Boulder City. My drive south is frequent and the new section was claimed to reduce drive time significantly. This past Saturday, as I drove south to Kingman, this new section was open. I passed the usual turn and followed the fresh black-top and the bright striping. The new Interstate bends into the desert and past the Veterans’ Memorial Park as it makes its way toward the O’Callaghan-Tillman Bridge over the Colorado.
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Adjust Your Focus
When you want to do something new in life, you have to adjust your focus. I really didn’t like what he had to say to me, mostly because it meant I would have to be different. I had a terrific professional coach and we were talking about the reality that in this day and age people were making choices that kept them from growing in faith. Sundays are no longer saved for church.
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Giving and Receiving Grace
Two of the mementos that we have from our years in Alaska are reproduction totem poles that are about twenty-seven inches tall. They are the Easter Totem Pole and the Christmas Totem Pole. The original full-size totem poles were carved by a very talented retired United Methodist pastor in the Alaska Conference. I believe that I bought one of the reproduction totem poles, and that the other one was given to us when we moved away from serving in the Alaska Conference. They have a hole on the back of them so that they can hang from a nail. These two totem poles have hung in our houses for a very long time.
read moreAppointment Announcement on August 13
An announcement regarding the appointment of clergy in the Desert Southwest Conference.
read moreMeals for Wesley Foundation in Tucson AZ
Frontera Wesley (Wesley Foundation of UA) is looking for volunteers who are willing to bring dinner on Thursday nights to serve about 15 University of Arizona and Pima Community College students at the Campus Christian Center, 715 N. Park, Tucson AZ. If you are...
read morePrayer Request on August 13
Prayers are requested for Rev. Michael Eaton, senior pastor at St. Paul's UMC, Globe AZ in the East District, and UMC of the Good Shepherd, Kearny AZ in the South District. Rev. Eaton's mother died on Saturday, August 11, 2018. Please keep Rev. Eaton and his family in...
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Cultural Competency Training Workshop
Culture is as much a part of our daily lives as the air we breathe. It shapes everything from what we wear to how we think, and yet culture is often an invisible force. Learning how to navigate diverse cultural spaces is a crucial part of doing ministry in the 21st...
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministries Committee Meeting in Las Vegas
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministries Committee of Global Ministries held its annual meeting in Las Vegas on July 25, 2018. The committee represents the varieties of its constituency: persons who are culturally Deaf, hard of hearing persons, late-deafened, Deafblind, and sign language interpreters.
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