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A Pastoral Letter on Gun Violence
In the Wake of the Mass Shooting in Las Vegas To the beloved community of God’s People at Echo Park UMC: Grace and peace in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ: Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. The person…
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CALL TO PRAYER ON THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING
Bishop Grant Hagiya California-Pacific Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. — 1 Corinthians 13:1 (New International Version) I know that God is in agony over the nearly 60…
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A CALL TO ACTION TO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES IN THE U.S.
From the United Methodist Immigration Task Force September 4, 2017 We have learned that President Trump is considering rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) which presently provides undocumented immigrant young people employment authorization.* Under DACA young people are able to obtain social security cards, work and go to school. Since DACA’s inception in…
ECHO PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 