Peace with Justice Advent Booklet
Lament & Hope: "Lost and Found"
Use this daily devotional during Advent to help remember God during this season. [ Download/View File ]
United Methodists call for stewardship over greed
"All we have is ours 'on loan' from God to be used for good in this world," said a statement from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society, the denomination's social action agency. "John Wesley's mandate to 'do no harm' is violated when we prey on the vulnerable."...
"The financial bubble has burst. Corporate greed must be replaced by the biblical mandate of stewardship," the statement said.
Refocusing our National Priorities
summary and chart of the current military budget [ Visit Website ]
Voters Guide
Election guide compares Democratic and Republican
platforms with United Methodist Church positions [ Visit Website ]
Honorable Disengagement from Iraq
Status-of-forces agreement seems oily... How long can we keep this up? The U.S. presence there is costing $10.5 billion every month, $343 million every day, $14 million dollars every hour. While at home, the U.S. economy is struggling. Bridges in the United States are falling down, houses are being foreclosed at heretofore unheard of rates, and many other critical needs must be addressed.
Not On Our Watch/Book and Study Companion to take action for ending genocide in Darfur
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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Resources to observe the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provided by Faithful Security: the national partnership on the nuclear weapons danger [ Visit Website ]
War and Peace #165(c)
165 (c) of the United Methodist Social Principles Adopted by 2008 General Conference of The United Methodist Church
GBSC awards $51,000 in Peace with Justice grants
Eleven projects from Los Angeles to Liberia will receive Peace with Justice grants totaling $51,000 from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society.