Faith Stories

April is National Donate Life Month which highlights the urgent, widespread need for lifesaving donations of organs Graphic courtesy of Donate Life America.

Church friendship grows from kidney donation

When Diane Boggess needed a second kidney transplant, her church family at Grove United Methodist Church came to the rescue. After hearing a sermon on sacrificial friendship, church member Susan Parno decided to step up as a donor.

Faith Stories

Retired Bishop Timothy Whitaker, who served as resident bishop of the Florida Conference from 2001 to 2012, died March 28. Photo courtesy of the Florida Conference.

Bishop faced death — and wrote about it

Leader of The United Methodist Church’s Florida Conference from 2001 to 2012, retired Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker has died at age 75.

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Mourners gather in Funyula, Kenya, during the burial service for the Rev. Carol Alois Ososo, retired dean of superintendents and Busia District superintendent in The United Methodist Church. He was 77. Photo by the Rev. Bernard Amani Mudiri, UM News.

Church leader in Kenya remembered as father figure

Friends and colleagues say the Rev. Carol Alois Ososo was a “statesman of integrity” who mentored countless young people and contributed to the growth of The United Methodist Church in Kenya. He died Feb. 19 at age 77.

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Tina Boone shares the joy of Sunday worship with homebound and distant participants through the conference phone at Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn. The program, started during the COVID-19 pandemic, allows people who don’t have a computer or internet access to dial in and hear the entire service through their telephone. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Church members dial in for fellowship

Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, provides Sunday worship service through the church’s conference phone line so participants who can’t attend in person can stay connected.

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