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Using mediums ranging from pottery to woodblock, artists interpreted the events of Holy Week at West Market Street United Methodist Church's Holy Week Art Walk.

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This webinar focuses on Wesleyan understandings of leadership and church life. Participants will explore the connection, shared leadership, and ways the church is reimagining structures and practices to support faithful and courageous leadership in a global context.

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Attendees from the Fresh Expressions United Methodist National Gathering 2026 visited Beauty in a Canvass Tattoo and Art Gallery for an “immersion experience.” Tattoo parlors host some of the most popular Fresh Expressions, which is a Christian movement that looks to create faith communities in unorthodox settings. Photo by Jim Patterson, UM News

Conversation and community building in informal settings are methods of reaching people who aren’t interested in attending church on Sunday mornings.

Karen Oliveto broke barriers by becoming the first openly gay bishop in The United Methodist Church. Photo by Mike DuBose; graphic by Laurens Glass, United Methodist News.

A vision and the experience of God's all-inclusive love has led Karen Oliveto from childhood to today, from serving a small rural church in New York to one of the largest in the denomination in California, from a Sunday School student to a Bishop of The United Methodist Church.

Elk Grove UMC hosted an event alongside community partners to encourage a love of reading and to create a safe space for people of all ages.

Elk Grove UMC hosted an event alongside community partners to encourage a love of reading and to create a safe space for people of all ages.

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