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Social Concerns
Supporters of gun reform join in prayer outside the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville on Aug. 21 as lawmakers begin a special legislative session focused on public safety following a mass shooting at the Covenant School here in March. Joining the prayer is the Rev. Eric Mayle (second from right) of Calvary United Methodist Church in Nashville. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

United Methodists join prayer vigil for gun reform
Gun reform supporters, including United Methodists, gathered for an early morning prayer vigil at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 21. Mike DuBose has photos.
Violence
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.
Social Concerns
Names on banners honor those who died in an arson fire on June 24, 1973, at the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans' French Quarter. Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Conference.

Church marks 50th anniversary of tragic fire
June 24 marked 50 years since an arson fire at the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans, killed 32 people and inured 15 more. Churches across the city refused to assist with proper funerals, however, St. Mark's United Methodist Church held an open service for those affected.

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