It is with great rejoicing that the Committee on Native American Ministries (CoNAM) of the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference announces the publication and celebration of the revival of the Nanticoke Language in the book "Once It Has Been Spoken...It Cannot Be Unspoken; Kutikitowakanun, Our Nanticoke Language.”

The Love Your Neighbor Coalition (LYNC) calls on the Council of Bishops to challenge efforts to withhold giving by local churches.
With heavy hearts we mourn the actions by some who seek to divide us further; Specifically, the punitive call by the Wesley Covenant Association (WCA) that urges congregations, who are in the midst of good faith separation negotiations, to withhold their shared giving.

Supporters of reproductive justice nationwide are now gathering to rally, speak out, and support one another. If you are among the more than 70% of Americans who support abortion rights, it confirms that you are not alone — Love Your Neighbor Coalition (LYNC) churches and clergy are here for you.

The Love Your Neighbor Coalition, representing 12 social justice ministries and ethnic caucuses with United Methodist connections, appreciates the prayerful deliberation that has led to the decision to postpone General Conference to 2024. In light of our current unequal access to world health systems as well as our geopolitical situation, we support this decision.

Please join the Love Your Neighbor Coalition and UM siblings from around the world to pray for peace and for the people of Ukraine. We will gather by zoom for a brief worship, to hear prayers and share prayers for our world. Click for more times and the Registration link.

Ever the bridge builder and a lighter of torches, Rev. John Wagner is now retiring from leadership of UM for Kairos Response (UMKR) and passing the torch. “At LYNC, we want to celebrate John’s work and glean the wisdom he’s developed as a patient and persistent voice for justice and especially in Palestine,” said Mittie Quinn, Co-Chair of LYNC. “John’s gentle consciousness raising helped LYNC with an ever-expanding understanding of global Methodism and the interconnections between oppressions.

We applaud those who have already brought to light the dangers posed by this selective vaccination program. We also give thanks for our bishops’ leadership in opposition to this initiative.

This offer thinly veils a familiar racist and colonial trope: provide access to essential medical care when it is in the interest of the colonizer; privilege the select few at the expense of the many; claim with self-satisfaction, “Isn’t the LORD in our midst?”

( Photo by Arek Socha, courtesy of Pixabay; graphic by Laurens Glass, UM News)

In an open letter to The United Methodist Church the members of the Love Your Neighbor Coalition call for people of faith to "pick up the mantle of justice and speak out against oppression in all forms but especially the oppression of the most marginalized and at-risk in our world."

Despite the passage of the deeply unjust and painful Traditionalist Plan, we remain committed to justice, inclusion, and the full love of Christ for LGBTQIA+ people in The United Methodist Church. This has been the charge of reconciliation since the language, so harmful to so many lives, was added labeling a part of God’s good creation as “incompatible with Christian teaching” in 1972.

It is a leaner morning to which we awaken. We have before us a slew of legislation characterized by chaos and hostility, not by Christian virtue. Yesterday’s session seemed to set us back in the pursuit of justice for God’s LGBTQ beloveds.

Let us be clear. The Traditional Plan will wreak havoc on the Church in the US and across Central Conferences. The ONLY goal of those pushing the Traditional Plan + exit is to break The UMC. It will have a devastating impact on our work around the world and will end The UMC in the US.