United Methodist News Service – Recent Articles

• Church’s light shines bright in New Orleans
  In the early days of Katrina recovery, Rayne Memorial United Methodist became a hub for housing and deploying volunteer teams that came to muck and gut the houses around New Orleans.
• Faith-based free clinic serves community
  Luke’s House, a free clinic in New Orleans started by United Methodists, grew out of a need after Hurricane Katrina closed most avenues to health care.
• New Orleans doctor answers call to serve after hurricane
  Dr. Susan Berry was leaving New Orleans with her family to escape Hurricane Katrina, but she felt called to stay and help during the public health crisis that followed.
• Churches push back on armed troops in US cities
  United Methodists are prayerfully helping to mobilize nonviolent resistance and taking action to protect people targeted by President Trump’s show of military force in D.C. and other U.S. cities.
• The Upper Room devotional celebrates 90 years
  From an idea born in 1935, the devotional guide has become a fixture in homes, churches, care facilities and other places around the world.
• United Methodists cheer court win in Liberia
  A civil court ruling affirming The United Methodist Church’s Liberia Conference as the sole legal owner of all its properties under dispute is being met with joy and relief.
• Honoring our differences while celebrating unity
  As The United Methodist Church seeks to embody unity, it must also reckon with the distinct realities and contexts that shape its people.
• LA-area churches seek to rebuild after fires
  The January wildfires destroyed two United Methodist churches, and many of their members lost their homes. The road to recovery remains long but hopeful.
• Bold new era declared for church
  The Arkansas and Oklahoma conferences are planning advertising and social media campaigns this fall to follow up on The United Methodist Church’s new vision statement.
• Love more, fear less, in cross-cultural ministry
  A recently retired pastor writes that when she has chosen love over fear in her career, transformation has resulted.