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In reply to the discussion: I am going to church tomorrow. [View all]Staph
(6,251 posts)54. Sunday, May 27, 2018, is an interesting choice.
On the official United Methodist calendar, it's Peace with Justice Sunday. From the UMC.org website:
Gifts on Peace with Justice Sunday fund programs that advocate for peace and justice in the United States and around the world. These programs empower United Methodists to speak out for removing structures and systems that harm God's children globally.
Depending on the individual church, you might get a lot of agreement and outrage about the missing children. DUers are so much better informed than the general public; many of them may not have heard about it. My 94-year-old, United Methodist mother was watching Chris Hayes last night and heard the reports for the first time. She was horrified. "How can they do that?"
My local United Methodist church (I'm a trustee) sponsors Narcotics Anonymous meetings and participates in food pantry and senior meal distribution. We have our own team for the local AIDS walk. Those of us who went to the Women's March in January 2017 were blessed by the pastor during the preceding Sunday service.
Not all churches are raving, radical conservatives. And Jesus himself was a raving, radical liberal!
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Do it when they have the 'prayers for the people ' this is what it is called in the Episcopal church
Demsrule86
May 2018
#6
My Methodist Church here in Marble Falls has locked all its doors 24/7 and has armed...
marble falls
May 2018
#10
I hope you will have some specific, concrete actions to suggest and contact information
Tanuki
May 2018
#19
...but the OP is talking about "interrupting" the service and potentially getting arrested.
brooklynite
May 2018
#102
Hey, you may have just started a movement. Let this go viral! I will do my part.
Alethia Merritt
May 2018
#24
I wish you all the best. Two United Methodist Churches I've gone to in my area, I went to
raccoon
May 2018
#26
I think it was last year that you posted you intended to jerk the tablecloth off the table at dinner
Tipperary
May 2018
#27
Before criticizing them, you might want to read up on what the UMC is actually doing:
jberryhill
May 2018
#31
Thanks for posting this. I just got off the phone with a friend who is a Methodist.
Tipperary
May 2018
#35
People are angry and they should be, but he doesn't have the facts he thinks he has.
grantcart
May 2018
#60
Excellent. So glad to hear it. Esp since I was raised Methodist. Thanks. nt
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#89
lol, which has nothing to do with the fact that they are conflating two different stories
grantcart
May 2018
#106
This poster said last year that she intended to rip up a tablecloth from the table at a holiday
Tipperary
May 2018
#43
Nope. No stalking. I have a good memory and that one stuck because of my own issues at the time.
Tipperary
May 2018
#59
I am so glad you are here to defend this poster. But I do not care about your opinion.
Tipperary
May 2018
#66
You might use some Old Testament Leviticus, a book the conservative members love so much.
Brother Buzz
May 2018
#45
Especially if it would lead to everyone working, including Grits, with the wider UMC initiatives!
moriah
May 2018
#86
GOOD FOR YOU. We all have to do something for these kids that are being torn away from
onecent
May 2018
#83
Kudos to ytou for going well above and beyond compared to what me and others do.
Kaleva
May 2018
#85
As long as you're polite and don't challenge their tax exempt status you'll be fine
bucolic_frolic
May 2018
#105