Reconciliation

Barbara Braided Hair, left, teaches members of First United Methodist Church in Sheridan, Wyo., how to make fry bread. Barbara is the late wife of Otto Braided Hair Jr., a Sand Creek Massacre descendants representative of the Northern Cheyenne tribe in Lame Deer, Mont., who helped educate church members about the 1864 massacre led by Methodists. The dialogue sparked a two-decade relationship between the church’s Native American Committee and the Northern Cheyenne tribe. File photo courtesy of First UMC Sheridan.

Church forges ties with Sand Creek Massacre descendants

Being a consistent presence has helped the Native American Committee of First United Methodist Church in Sheridan, Wyoming, gain acceptance.

Social Concerns

Attendees of the Nov. 14-16 Facing the Future conference in Atlanta pose with blank masks before decorating them as part of an exercise. The conference drew about 300 pastors serving in cross-cultural ministry to share their experiences and learn new ways to be effective. Photo courtesy of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race.

Clergy of color ‘have to keep on pushing’

Hope and hurt comingled at a United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race conference about cross-cultural ministries, where hard discussions about bias and race took place.

Ecumenism

Members of World Methodist Council denominations gather for a time of fellowship at the United Methodist Church of the Redeemer (Erlšserkirche in German) in Karlsruhe, Germany, during the World Council of Churches' 11th Assembly. The assembly took place Aug. 31 to Sept. 8 under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity." Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

World Council of Churches assembly focuses on reconciliation

Both Methodist and United Methodist speakers connected the theme of the ecumenical gathering, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” to a pending split within the United Methodist denomination.

Mission and Ministry

United Methodist Bishop Bob Farr. Photo by Schaefer Photography, courtesy of the Missouri Conference.

Have the courage to walk the messy middle

Division is always a choice. If an annual conference and its churches can figure that out, it can return to doing God’s mission and be amazing for God’s people.

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