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Participants sing during worship at a United Methodist Board of Global Ministries’ pilot project aimed at providing training for pastors and laity who are leading congregations impacted by migration. The session was held Aug. 22-30 at The United Methodist Church of Germany Educational and Training Center in Stuttgart, Germany. Photo by Üllas Tankler, Board of Global Ministries.

Multicultural ministries in the midst of migration
As Methodist congregations across Europe open their doors to migrants, leaders see the need to adapt their ministry to include new and different cultures.
Social Concerns
Prayers are offered for lawyers of San Antonion Region Justice For Our Neighbors, a United Methodist immigration ministry, during the Border Convocation in San Antonio. The Rio Texas Conference event, held Sept. 20-21, drew about 115 people for discussion of how immigration ministries can respond better as the U.S. restricts entry of asylum seekers. Photo by Sam Hodges, UM News.

Border woes test, unite immigration ministries
Rio Texas Conference’s second Border Convocation draws crowd to share ideas about relief work and advocacy.
Immigration
An ecumenical group from Texas holds a prayer vigil at the Texas-Mexico border. United Methodists made up a large part of a group of more than 100 who spent part of the Labor Day Weekend at the border and crossed into Matamoros, Mexico, to visit with Central Americans and others who are being kept there as they seek asylum in the U.S. Photo courtesy of Texas Impact.

Texas group crosses border to meet asylum seekers

United Methodists major part of ecumenical contingent seeking end to ʽremain in Mexico’ policy.
Social Concerns
The Rev. Joel Hortiales, a United Methodist missionary with the Board of Global Ministries, visits with Lizbeth and her three children, Bridgette, 3, Caleb, 4, and Alvaro Jose, 10, at the Hosanna Refugio Para Mujeres, in Mexicali, Mexico, in December 2018. The family was part of a migrant caravan from Central America. The United Methodist Immigration Task Force is urging support for migrants living in sanctuary churches who have been fined by the federal government. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Immigrant in United Methodist church fined $214,000
Maria Chavalan Sut has been in sanctuary at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church since Oct. 1, 2018. Sut is one of several immigrants who received fines from the federal government.

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