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The Big Garden, founded in 2005 by United Methodist Ministries, cultivates food security by developing community gardens, creating opportunities to serve, and providing education on issues related to hunger. Photo courtesy of biggarden.org.

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United Methodists are committing to reading through the Bible in one year with help from studies, such as "The Bible Year" by Magrey DeVega. Photo by Greg Campbell for United Methodist Communications

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United Methodist missionary shares how radical hospitality with a multicultural population is playing an important role in congregations in Austria.

Give Love: Radical Hospitality

A United Methodist missionary shares how radical hospitality with a multicultural population is playing an important role in congregations in Austria.

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Contributions for Human Relations Day, officially recognized on January 16 although your congregation may choose a different date, spark hope, develop skills and reimagine neighborhoods. Please give generously on Human Relations Day. Thank you!

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Blessing box at Belspring United Methodist Church in Belspring, Virginia. Photo courtesy of Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church

Tips for your church blessing box

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Resolve to declutter

Clutter can build up in our church closets and in our lives. A photo illustration by Mike DuBose, United Methodist Communications.

Spiritual decluttering: A fresh start for a new year

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United Methodist Ernestine Shepherd, an 84-year-old world champion body builder who has appeared in a Beyoncé video, found her joy restored while struggling with anxiety and depression. Photo courtesy of Yohnnie Shambourger.

The power of restored joy

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A truck sits in floodwaters near the Schuylkill River in Bridgeport, Penn, as remnants of Hurricane Ida impacted the Mid-Atlantic region, Sept. 2, 2021. Photo by Ben Von Klemperer

UMCOR year in review 2021

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Remembering Dr. King

The Rev. James Lawson speaks about nonviolence at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., the site of a 1961 confrontation between Freedom Riders and an angry mob. 2009 file photo by Kathy L. Gilbert, United Methodist News Service.

The Rev. James Lawson: Sharing MLK's Dream

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Green is the color for the Season after Epiphany. Readings during this season offer two distinct paths to follow. Photo by Susanne Nilsson, Flickr, Creative Commons.

What is the purpose of the Season after Epiphany?

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In this photo from 2019, retired United Methodist pastor John Capen stands by the finish line at the Tata Consultancy Services New York City Marathon. Capen also ran in the 2021 race. Photo courtesy of John Capen.

Life is a marathon: Lessons from a retired pastor

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Global & US disaster relief

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A look back

Baldwin Israel Avendaño, pastor of Calexico (Calif.) United Methodist Church, describes the two possible routes for buses carrying recently released immigration detainees in Calexico. A right turn onto Paulin Avenue means the migrants will be released into the U.S. while they wait for an immigration hearing. A left turn means they will be deported. Avendaño regularly meets the buses coming from the nearby Imperial Regional Detention Facility to offer help contacting friends and family and to provide travel kits containing food, clothing and snacks for the migrants’ journeys. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

2021: The year in photos

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Easy peanut butter cookies

If you and your loved ones are in the mood for some homemade cookies, check out this quick and easy recipe for peanut butter cookies, straight out of a United Methodist cookbook. You'll find this recipe and others for tasty treats at the button below.

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Covid-19 pandemic

The God’s Flock children’s choir from Belmont United Methodist Church sings “Away in a Manger” during an outdoor service in 2021 at Rose Park in Nashville, Tenn. In this second Advent season during the COVID-19 pandemic, the church held two Christmas Eve services, one of them outdoors. United Methodist congregations are making adjustments to keep parishioners safe as the omicron variant surges. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Churches face another test with omicron

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History

Students work in the chemistry laboratory at Wiley College, in Marshall, Texas, one of the 11 historically Black colleges and universities related to The United Methodist Church. The African American Methodist Heritage Center, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2021, preserves the history of Black Methodists. Photo © United Methodist Commission on Archives and History.

Preserving Black church history

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Local church

The three churches sharing Immanuel United Methodist Church’s facilities are represented in different languages on the sign in front of the church in Kenosha, Wis. The collaboration is reflected scripturally in the passage from Ecclesiastes 4:12: “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Photo by the Rev. Peter Daekyu Lee.

Bilingual appointments give new life to declining Korean churches

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