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Name: UMC Connections
Date registered: July 5, 2012

Latest posts

  1. Louisiana conference assessment team visits areas affected by Isaac — September 5, 2012
  2. Isaac leaves Haiti damage behind and moves toward Gulf Coast states — August 24, 2012
  3. ‘Church history requires we discuss racism’ — August 17, 2012
  4. Ministry feels the pain of Northern Cheyenne — July 31, 2012
  5. Why I’m leaving The United Methodist Church — July 27, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Amid division, only one view can hold us together — 142 comments
  2. Bishops close, reopen General Conference session — 109 comments
  3. Why I’m leaving The United Methodist Church — 58 comments
  4. PHOTO ESSAY: Vigil for Inclusion — 34 comments
  5. Conference stirs heartache, hope for future — 32 comments

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Sep 05

Louisiana conference assessment team visits areas affected by Isaac

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Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey of the Louisiana Conference visits with Samantha Breaud, fire chief for the Maurepas volunteer fire department. Photo courtesy of Betty Backstrom.

Editor’s Note: Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey of the Louisiana Annual (regional) Conference; the Rev. Tom Hazelwood, head of the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s U.S. disaster relief team, and disaster relief coordinators from the Louisiana Conference this week began toured areas in the state hard-hit by Hurricane Isaac. This is the report on what they …

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Aug 24

Isaac leaves Haiti damage behind and moves toward Gulf Coast states

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What path will Isaac take? Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

UPDATE: The Volunteers in Mission team in Haiti reported Friday night that the shifting winds and rain had disrupted internet service but that all was well otherwise. They said they would provide more information as soon as possible.

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Aug 17

‘Church history requires we discuss racism’

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It is essential we remember what has happened, says the Rev. Gil Caldwell, so we don’t treat others as we have been treated.

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Jul 31

Ministry feels the pain of Northern Cheyenne

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Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 still alive as Wyoming United Methodist church workers try to develop trust with massacre descendants.

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Jul 27

Why I’m leaving The United Methodist Church

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I was raised a Methodist and have been a loyal member of my current United Methodist church, but I am leaving the denomination. I am leaving because I’m gay and I’ve finally had enough of the denomination’s pretense of welcoming the gay community.

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Jul 27

Methodists join in Olympic dreams

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‘It turns out many British Methodists are just as excited as I am about the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games,’ says United Methodist pastor.

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Jul 26

Western Jurisdiction: Gay issue stand wrong

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Grassroots movement OK’d to challenge bishops, clergy, laity, local churches to operate as if law book statement “does not exist.”

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Jul 26

Bledsoe appeals removal as bishop

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Bishop challenges the constitutionality of provision used to place him on involuntary retirement.

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Jul 25

Pastor mourns friend killed in Aurora shooting

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Denver-area pastor helps others in Aurora theater tragedy as she comes to grips with loss of someone she knew well.

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Jul 25

Five conferences merge to become two

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South Central Jurisdiction approves the cost-saving merger of two Texas-based conferences and joining of two Kansas and Nebraska conferences.

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Jul 23

How do we share the reality of gun violence?

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The violence at a theater in Aurora, Colo., brought to mind my memories of the violence at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999.

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Jul 23

U.S. bishops elected, assigned for 2012-16

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United Methodists also place a bishop on involuntary retirement and respond to shooting in Colorado.

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Jul 20

Aurora community gathers for prayer

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United Methodists join others in prayer for victims, survivors of theatre shooting rampage in Colorado.

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Jul 19

Jurisdiction affirms Bledsoe’s removal

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By 208 to 45 vote, South Central delegates support the episcopacy committee’s decision to compel bishop’s early retirement.

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Jul 18

Committee votes to retire Bledsoe as bishop

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Bledsoe said he will pray before deciding whether to appeal to the Judicial Council the committee’s decision to involuntarily retire him.

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