The Rev. Cristin Cooper had the goal of selling Mason jars of homemade soup at the local farmers market to help Soup Church, a dinner church she and her husband started in their apartment. But her soup-making business, Coop’s Soups, has proved effective in building community and sparking spiritual conversations.
Rising prices are affecting the ministries of United Methodists, especially rural multi-point charges. Pastors also are finding the buying power of their paychecks shrinking.
The Rev. Juanita Rasmus of Houston will offer a five-hour “Learning to Be: Immersive” workshop, drawing on insights she gained in coming back from major depression.
United Methodist churches are seizing the initiative to make progress on racial issues in the wake of the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others.
