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In the wake of the 2024 Presidential election, we can be assured that the needs for the church to serve Christ by serving the increased number of people who will be wounded by current and upcoming policies. Caring for those seeking assylum, fighting for trans and queer rights, stewarding God's creation (ie creation care and mitigating global climate change effects), protecting women who are seeking essential medical care, racism, economic injustic, and health injustice, to name a few areas of growing concern.
Sometimes we feel stuck... "What can I do?" Well, here's a starter kit of actions which you can do which relate directly to the UMC's intent, through church and community, to advance the cause of peace and justice.
(link directly to the UMCjustice.org website, here)
June 23: ACTION ALERT:
Tell the Senate to prioritize Social Safety in Budget Reconciliation.
The United States Senate is seeking over $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – terminating health insurance for 16 million people, and also radically altering the structure of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) affecting more than 11 million people, including children, seniors over 65 and people with a disability.
Similar to the House-passed bill, the United States Senate is seeking over $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – terminating health insurance for 16 million people. The proposal would also radically alter the structure of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by requiring states to pay a portion of food benefit costs for the first time. More than 11 million people, including more than 4 million children and more than half a million adults who are over 65 or have a disability, live in households that would be at risk of losing their food assistance under new work reporting requirements alone.
As United Methodists, “we decry the widening gap between the rich and the poor and the concentration of wealth in the hands of ever smaller percentages of the global population. We lament that too many of the world’s people lack the basic resources necessary for survival and pledge ourselves to work toward the eradication of the roots and effects of poverty"… The United Methodist Social Principles, Economic Community, Economic Challenges, B., Poverty and Income Inequality
The impact of the budget reconciliation package continues to implicate priorities across multiple advocacy portfolios. Also included is a provision to remove regulation of silencers under the National Firearms Act (NFA), which have been heavily regulated for almost 100 years because of the risk they pose to public safety. This would allow for the proliferation of these weapons into our communities and the funneling of over $1.5 billion in revenue over the next decade straight to the pockets of gun manufacturers.
Act now to let your Senator know that grace must continue to be prioritized over greed throughout the federal budgeting process.
General Board of Church and Society June 23, 2025
June 11: Statement against ICE raids & action points
- Important ICE Raids Statement from Bishop Julius Trimble, Church and Society
In the wake of the military escalation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles, CA and in other U.S. Cities, Church and Society General Secretary Bishop Julius C. Trimble urges United Methodist to pray, stand with immigrants, and protest peacefully.
General Board of Church and Society June 11, 2025
GRACE OVER GREED
CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ECONOMIC, HEALTH AND GENDER JUSTICE
PEACE WITH JUSTICE
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