Category Archives: Economic justice

From the President (June 2018)

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Shannon

Helping Women Thrive I remember getting $3.25 an hour for my first job in 1991. I remember thinking those first paychecks were awesome! I was able to pay for gas for the third car in our family that the children … Continue reading →

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Bright Lights (July/August 2016)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Tara Barnes

Bluff Park United Methodist Church Holds Climate Justice Forum The United Methodist Women group at Bluff Park United Methodist Church in Hoover, Alabama, on Monday is holding a public forum on the topic of climate justice. Christ United Methodist Church … Continue reading →

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Empowering Women in Uganda

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Tara Barnes

response senior correspondent the Rev. Paul Jeffrey visited Uganda earlier this year and spoke with some amazing women doing great things with United Methodist Women’s giving to A Call to Prayer and Self-Denial grant. The video accompanies the September 2015 … Continue reading →

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How to Use This Issue (June 2015)

Posted on June 22, 2015 by mbcoudal

June is my favorite month—a time for weddings, my anniversary, the last day of school, graduation and the first day of summer camp. It is also a special time for a favorite new hobby: I take photographs of flowers in nearby Riverside Park. The most eye-popping beautiful weekend of the … Continue reading →

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Bright Lights (April 2015)

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Tara Barnes

United Methodist Church Held Its Annual Roast Beef Dinner; Troop 72 Helped Serve The United Methodist Women at Parsippany United Methodist Church in Parsippany, New Jersey, offer homemade baked goods and gently used jewelry for sale at the church and served their … Continue reading →

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Nepal Photo Essay

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Tara Barnes

The March issue of response features a photo essay by Nile Sprague on our partnership with United Mission to Nepal. Nile has won a Wilbur Award for this personal photo essay from Nepal! Congrats, Nile!

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A Year of Mercy: An Extraordinary Jubilee

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Tara Barnes

The April issue of response features an article from Jubilee USA, an alliance of more than 75 U.S. organizations, 400 faith communities and 50  global partners working to build an economy that serves, protects and promotes participation of the most vulnerable … Continue reading →

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More About Moore

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Tara Barnes

United Methodist Women National Mission Institution Moore Community House is featured in our January 2015 issue in the story “A Head Start.” Moore provides high quality, affordable child care in an economically depressed area. In 2014 Moore celebrated 90 years of … Continue reading →

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How to Use This Issue (October 2014)

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Tara Barnes

But he would withdraw to deserted places and pray. Luke 5:16 This issue of response calls us to sustain God’s creation—which includes ourselves. When was the last time you allowed yourself to be awed by something you didn’t understand? When was the last time you said farewell … Continue reading →

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Congo Week: October 19-25

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Tara Barnes

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country rich with natural resources and human potential, yet both are being lost in an ongoing conflict to control the country’s natural wealth. War and related humanitarian crisis has killed more than 5 … Continue reading →

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