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Start the morning off right: Prayer

Day 3 of GC2012 means committee meetings, where delegates work through the petitions that have been submitted for consideration. This morning, I stopped by Board of Church and Society A meeting, which will work on roughly 96 petitions related to the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church.


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Evangelism
Members of United Methodist Youth Fellowship in the Philippines participate in worship during a three-day workshop. Photo from video by Kyla Ragasa

Pananaw workshop teaches critical thinking for Filipino Youth

The United Methodist Youth Fellowship in the Philippines (UMYFP) recently conducted a “Pananaw” (Filipino term for ‘perspectives’) workshop is a three-day program centered on media literacy with focus on social media.
General Conference
The Minneapolis Convention Center stands in downtown Minneapolis, Minn. United Methodist organizers plan to make good on the original location of the COVID-delayed 2020 General Conference, choosing Minneapolis as the host city for the next legislative assembly scheduled for May 8-18, 2028. Photo by Dan Anderson, courtesy of Meet Minneapolis. (www.minneapolis.org)

Minneapolis chosen for 2028 General Conference

United Methodist organizers plan to make good on the original location of the COVID-delayed 2020 lawmaking assembly. They also hope to make up the budget deficit from earlier sessions.
Evangelism
People gather around a laptop during a “Tell Your Church’s Story” training event for churches in the Rizal Philippines Annual Conference East (RPACE) on March 22. The event was sponsored by the Taytay Philippines Communications team and United Methodist Communications. Image courtesy of the Taytay Philippines Communications team.

Philippines church communicators develop new skills

Filipino communicators are learning new ways to reach people through social media.

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