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Church Leadership
Members of the United Methodist Korean American Pastors' Soccer Club in New York enjoy fellowship with pastoral colleagues. Photo courtesy of the New York Conference.

Pastors find community, healing in soccer club

Young Korean American United Methodist clergy in the New York Conference are playing soccer as a way to stay physically and mentally fit, share information about ministry and take care of their families. The Rev. CheonEui Oh has the story.
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United Methodists cheer bishop's opening pitch

United Methodists of the emerging Horizon Texas Conference joined the crowd at Globe Life Field for the World Champion Texas Rangers’ nail-biting 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Bishop Rubén Sáenz Jr. threw out the opening pitch.
Bishops
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, who leads the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware conferences,  anoints the forehead of Bishop Héctor A. Burgos-Núñez during the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference held July 10-12 in Pittsburgh. To the left is Bishop John R. Schol and Bishop Marcus Matthews. Photo by James Lee, courtesy of the United Methodists of Eastern Pennsylvania Facebook page.

US sees big changes in bishop assignments

In a history-making development, two United Methodist bishops will lead conferences across jurisdictional lines. The change results from unprecedented levels of collaboration among jurisdictional leaders.
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Tim Tanton. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.

How one conference reflects hope for future

The Peninsula-Delaware Conference lived up to its theme of “like fire shut up in our bones” at its annual gathering, in the wake of a historic General Conference.

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