“Edgar had a remarkably keen understanding of the links between local and global Christian mission.” — Roland Fernandes, chief executive of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, on the Rev. Edgar Avitia Legarda.
NEWS AND FEATURES
Global Ministries staffer mourned near and far
EL PASO, Texas (UM News) — Year after year, the Rev. Edgar Avitia Legarda traveled across Latin America and beyond for the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, encouraging mission work and tending relationships with various Methodist groups. His June 27 death from a heart attack, at age 62, prompted an outpouring of grief among far-flung colleagues. Sam Hodges and Jim Patterson report.
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Vandals cause $100,000 in damage to church
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Fowler United Methodist Church has learned that vandals who broke into the historic Black church earlier this month caused about $100,000 in damage. The destruction is being investigated as a hate crime. In the meantime, fellow United Methodist churches are reaching out with aid. Adelle M. Banks reports.
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Baltimore-Washington Conference: Vandals strike church
New 2023 annual conference reports posted
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UM News) — United Methodist News is posting 2023 annual conference reports. New this week are the California-Nevada, Central Appalachian Missionary, East Ohio, Illinois Great Rivers, Kentucky, Minnesota, New England, North Alabama, Northern Illinois, Pacific Northwest, Poland, South Carolina, Susquehanna, Texas and Virginia conferences.
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PRESS RELEASES
World Council of Churches
Group names Bishop Dyck to leadership role
GENEVA — Bishop Sally Dyck, ecumenical officer for The United Methodist Church, has been named a moderator of the World Council of Churches’ Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration. The ecumenical group’s central committee elected leaders for six commissions.
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COMMENTARIES
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Campus Wesley Center brings comfort to parents
GLENVIEW, Ill. (UM News) — A Wespath Benefits and Investments executive and his wife can worry a little less about how their daughter will fare in college, thanks to the United Methodist ministry known as Wesley at Virginia Tech. Joe Halwax writes about how the ministry embraced his daughter from the first campus visit.
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RESOURCES
Upper New York Conference
Podcast examines ‘The Examen’
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — In an episode of “Spiritual Practices,” an Upper New York Conference podcast series, the Rev. Nancy Dibelius guides listeners through “The Examen,” a highly structured practice that allows Christians to notice the ways in which God has been present in their lives.
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