Spirit of the Living God, Fall Afresh on Us! United Methodist Women member Anne Bunch of Indiana Conference spreads the word about human trafficking at a crossroad to the 2013 Super Bowl outside the comfort zone. Living the vision of United Methodist Women is a spiritual journey, and United Methodist Women sisters are committed to […]
This month I hope you find your faith renewed and your Spirit alive. This issue of response explores the topic of hearing God’s call and serves as a supplement to this year’s United Methodist Women spiritual growth study: The Call: Living Sacramentally, Walking Justly. The best way to use this issue this month is to partner […]
Caring for Creation: Deaconess and Home Missioner Ministries With the Environment by Myka Kennedy Stephens About 10 minutes away from the local filling station on a secluded farm road stands a humble collection of buildings. There’s a farmhouse from the previous century, a barn with a metal roof and across the road is a more […]
Enjoy United Methodist Women President Yvette Richards’s column from the March 2013 issue from response: Message From the President I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise. Psalm 138:1 This month we celebrate Women’s History Month. United Methodist Women’s history is filled with women who have […]
Beginning this month I’ll be sharing with you here my monthly column featured in our magazine, response! In my column, “How to Use This Issue,” I suggest ways readers can use that month’s issue to reflect, discuss or act based on the stories shared within. As managing editor of the magazine, writing this column is […]
On Tuesday, March 5, United Methodist Women organized and moderated parallel event at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women exploring the critical but often hidden issue of domestic violence from a U.S. context and a Christian perspective. Participants dialogued with panelists on faith issues in domestic violence and best practices for faith groups. […]
Prevention of Psychological Harm in the Face of Violence was a panel discussion in regards to what to do after you save peoples lives and how do you reconstruct them? The panel gave a brief discussion and screened the movie 21 Up South Africa: Mandela’s Children. The movie follows 14 children from when they were […]
