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Saying Goodbye to Carol Ngwenyama, MFSA’ s. Organizing Associate Intern
I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunity to serve as an Organizing Intern at the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA). It has been an incredibly fulfilling experience, and I am sincerely thankful for the knowledge, skills, and personal growth I have gained during my time with MFSA. As my internship comes to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on the tremendous growth and learning I have experienced throughout this journey.
2023 Lent Devotional-Week 7
The woman of Samaria witnesses to us that we belong precisely because we are wonderfully different and that God in Christ, our Wonderfully Different invites us to become agents of change for the wholeness of our cosmos.
Racial Justice in Ohio
Learn more about the Black Led Organizing Collaborative and the work of East Ohio MFSA.
2023 Lent Devotional- Week 6
Take heart, family. Take courage. Prepare for joy. Because God is doing great things in us, through us, and even when we are lost in the wilderness.
2023 Lent Devotional-Week 5
Humbleness is a characteristic that has supported the existence of Indigenous communities for thousands of years. In all simplicity, all because it limits the violence of hubris and exploitation.
Join the Apartheid-Free Movement
Stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and build an Apartheid-Free world starting with your faith community, city, campus, and workplace.
Sign the Petition to Stop Israeli Expansion
We call on the State Department, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and President Joe Biden to end U.S. complicity in land destruction and annexation in Wadi Foquin and throughout the West Bank by stopping aid to the Israeli government until these actions are halted.
2023 Lent Devotional- Week 4
Jesus acknowledged and affirmed them as his most faithful followers during his journey to the crucifixion.
2023 Lent Devotional- Week 3
What if we enter our season with a desire to build a beloved community where our actions are leading to tear down walls that are keeping us divided?
2023 Lenten Devotional -Week 2
I pray that this season of disease and dis-ease will bring us, people of faith and those on the faith journey, to new places of purpose, understanding, and allowances. That we be stretched to work for your Kin-dom like never before and may we find space at the table for all of your beloved.
2023 Lenten Devotional-Ash Wednesday
As I come out of winter into Lent, I look forward to spring and the Resurrection - of being edged out of the cold doldrums of stillness into the vibrant, moving warmth of life’s new expressions and colors.
Allendale UMC Offers Space for AP African American Studies Class
Justice-Seeking congregation, Allendale United Methodist Church, is offering a space for Advanced Placement African American Studies to be taught following Florida's push to ban this course in high schools.
Michigan United Methodists lead a time of storytelling at North Central Jurisdictional Conference
During the North Central Jurisdictional Conference, in early November, delegates took part in a time of storytelling, listening, and learning about "the impact of homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism on individuals within The United Methodist Church."
MFSA Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Today marks what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But last June, the Supreme Court of the United States eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, decimating access and jeopardizing people’s health, lives and economic security.
MLK Day Reflections
The Methodist Federation for Social Action has been looking deeply into its own life to examine how we have accommodated racist outcomes, not only in church and society, but in our own life.
End of Year Reflection
Centering people placed on the fringes of society requires intentional focus that isn’t distracted by hatemongers or those who love institutions more than people.
2022 Advent Devotion 5
So, as we go through Advent, may we set aside our preconceived ideas, our fears, and our assumptions, as well. May we be open to sitting at the table together with those unlike us, maybe to share a meal, stories, laughter and even tears with our Palestinian and Israeli brothers and sisters. May we be watching to see what God might do in our midst, even through us, in unexpected ways.
2022 Advent Devotion 4
The crimson of Christmas-to-come can carry a different meaning for the infertile. Hidden in the shadows of city sidewalks, behind the anticipation of the birth of the Child so easily conceived, Advent for infertile and low-fertility women can come with the silent dread of seeing a crimson ribbon where none should be.
2022 Advent Devotion 3
Queer Bars are often the last place where strangers can be their whole selves, regardless of how society and families attempt to fragment them. These bars are where one does not have to mask their Queerness and Transness. They are where one can feel the pain and sorrow of loneliness and abandonment yet never be alone or discarded. These bars, open when the streets are all but empty, are a safe haven, a refuge, of hope within the Season of Advent. Queer bars are the nativity scene of the birth of Divinity in our time.