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United Methodist Bishop Christian Alsted prays with Oksana and her children, Constantine and Emily, in the Onokivtsi Secondary School where they were staying near Uzhhorod, Ukraine, after Russia invaded their hometown of Kharkiv. 2022 file photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Planting churches in war-torn Ukraine

The Rev. Fred Vanderwerf will return to Ukraine this fall for the first time since serving as a missionary there from 2000 to 2008. As the coordinator for In Mission Together: Ukraine under the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, he will be looking for ways to help.
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Members of United Church of Two Harbors assemble Ray of Life solar units for the people of Ukraine. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Conference.

Bringing light to Ukraine

Members of United Church of Two Harbors, which is associated with both The United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church, are getting solar light kits to Ukraine, where the war has resulted in many electric grids being destroyed.
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United Methodists in the Central Conference of Central and Southern Europe are providing aid to Ukrainians fleeing war. Graphic by UM News.

United Methodists in Ukraine create refuge

With assistance from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, The United Methodist Church in Ukraine will create a refuge for internally displaced persons. Urs Schweizer reports on this and ongoing denominational relief work related to the war in Ukraine.
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The Rev. Stephen Handy (left), pastor of McKendree United Methodist Church, and the Rev. William Barber II (right) join Shannon Felder as she carries a child’s casket during an April 17 march in Nashville, Tenn., to protest gun violence and push for gun safety legislation. Five caskets and an urn were carried from McKendree United Methodist Church to the Tennessee State Capitol, one for each victim of a March 27 school shooting in Nashville. Photo by Vernon Jordan, UM News.

United Methodists join march for gun reform

A large rally in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, held in the wake of a deadly school shooting, had strong representation from United Methodist clergy and laity. The agenda was to support stricter gun laws and other social justice goals that the organizer said are intertwined.

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