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When the weather turns warmer and the grass grows greener, it's easier to understand the promise of new life and renewed hope that Christians proclaim as "Easter people"

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The Easter season is more than an extended celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

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Members of Lokole United Methodist Mission in Kindu rejoice as they launch a new ministry dedicated to serving people who are hearing impaired. Photo by Chadrack Londe.

A new ministry in Eastern Congo is training people in sign language, allowing deaf and hard of hearing members to fully participate in the life of the church.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony (July 2022) for the Beacon Center in Montgomery, Alabama, a ministry of Metropolitan UMC. Rev. Richard WIlliams, first row, second from right, in the white shirt. Photo courtesy of Metropolitan UMC.

In seven years, Metropolitan United Methodist Church in Alabama went from a pantry that served five people a month to a pantry that now serves 9,000 families a year and offers a clinic, services to the unhoused, HIV testing and navigation to care, prison re-entry, court programming, and mental health counseling.

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