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2022 Advent Devotion 2
Harvest comes again and there are peppers and potatoes and apples to be picked by people the sustenance of the peoples. The movement repeats. However, there is an anticipation, an excitement about the possible. What will the Divine do in our midst? How might we be invited into participation in the struggles and celebrations of justice.
2022 Advent Devotion 1
Now comes Advent, its own invitation into darkness but leading towards seeking the light, searching for a new sound, a song of renewal, a shared chorus of God’s good news among us.
North Carolina Chapter Statement on Disaffiliation
We remain convinced that a total and full inclusion of all persons, in every aspect of ministry, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation is a clear reflection of the Kingdom of God.
Oregon-Idaho Chapter Supports 2 Ballot Measures
The Oregon-Idaho Chapter of MFSA is setting an example of what it means to vote your values this Midterm Election season and call on all to prayerfully consider, as you fill out your ballot, how your choices reflect your values.
A Call to Care for All God’s Creation
As elections approach and federal environmental protections diminish, it is more important than ever that we Justice-Seeking People of Faith come together to take action on climate justice.
Help Support Our Justice-Seeking Work
Because of the generosity of our movement, together we have been able to advocate for more just social policies both in the church and the world, make progress on much-needed infrastructure work, and continue to offer unique educational opportunities that deepen our collective intersectional systemic analysis and lens in order to more effectively organize across our movement.
Western Methodist Justice Movement Provides Episcopal Discernment- Through a Social Justice Lens
The Western Methodist Justice Movement (WMJM) hosted a Jurisdiction-wide web event in July 2022 to “develop questions with a social justice focus for episcopal candidates.” The intention for these questions is to “assist annual conference delegations and other groups to keep social justice concerns before episcopal candidates through the discernment process of electing new bishops this November 2022.”
Ecumenical Forum Reflections on the 50th anniversary of Martial Law and the Return of Marcos
In the lead-up to the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines on September 21, International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) is organizing an ecumenical forum that will look at the implications of the Marcos Regime, and its recurrent form, for faith leaders and human rights advocates within the ecumenical community.
“If we do not give up”: Reflections on Disability and LGBTQ+ Advocacy
When LGBTQIA+ people are fully affirmed in the Church and elsewhere, they bear witness to God’s creativity and the variety of ways in which fruits of the Spirit like love, joy, and kindness can be expressed to others. Similarly, people with disabilities may experience gender, sexuality, and life differently because of their diverse bodies and minds. I think the intersectionality of the disabled and LGBTQIA+ experience is something we should celebrate!
MFSA Joins Religious Organizations Calling for Free Exercise of Religion
MFSA joined 34 other religious organizations in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court expressing our support for Bremerton School District in “defending its students rights to follow their own consciences and pray according to their own religious beliefs.”
East Ohio MFSA presents two Bishop James S. Thomas Leadership awards
In 2004, the East Ohio chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) inaugurated an annual award to recognize people for excellent leadership in peace and justice ministries in the church and the world.
Action Alert: Supreme Court Decision on Roe V. Wade
We as people of faith must come together to ensure that all people, particularly the most vulnerable, have free and equal access to abortion.
Introducing Christ Church United Methodist, a Justice-Seeking Community
Learn more about Christ Church United Methodist.
Racial Audit Reflection from MFSA Board President
“We are great at naming forms of explicit bigotry and at the same time, lack the tools to deal with our own fears of our white cultural power and spaces being replaced.”
Florida MFSA, Boycott Wendy’s!
Hear about a MFSA’s member experience at the Boycott Wendy’s march
2022 Lenten Devotional- Week 7
Can we preach resurrection when we haven’t figured out how resurrection looks like in our lives? I bring back the question hooks asks: “Do we believe that God can restore all of that which is broken within us?”