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The Rev. Beth Crissman discusses the Purple Church Initiative, a guide to harmony that shows us how our differences are a source of beauty and challenges us to take up Jesus’ call to be ambassadors of peace.

Even as we believe our differences are our downfall, scripture tells us that diversity is the source of our beauty. Let us take up Jesus’ challenge to be ambassadors of peace, and how, as John Wesley taught, to be of one heart though we are not of one opinion. Learn more. 

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The Rev. Tonya Elmore, pastor at Enterprise First United Methodist Church, takes communion from the Rev. Virginia Kagoro, pastor at Locust Bluff United Methodist Church, at the 2015 Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference. Photo by Luke Lucas, Alabama-West Florida.
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Trinity UMC in Paris, TN, is bringing hopeful care and community to neighbors suffering from memory loss, as well as to their caregivers.
Church builds connection amid memory loss

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Medical mission offers free services | Food for families affected by climate change | New sign language interpreters | Recovering addicts find help | #BeUMC

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Ice Angels volunteers from First United Methodist Church in Moore, Okla., serve lunch one Wednesday every month at a large lot near downtown Oklahoma City. Started by a United Methodist couple, Ice Angels has grown from handing out water to providing food and other services for unsheltered people. Serving (from left) are Monty Bower, Gabriel Krows, Linda Dowling, Linda Starling and Jo Bower. Photo by Boyce Bowdon, UM News.
Ministry begins 15th year of serving the thirsty

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The Rev. Dr. Aleze Fulbright, the first woman of color to be elected secretary of the General Conference, is interviewed by the Rev. Dr. Tori Butler for her series, “Hollering for Change.” Photo courtesy of the Rev. Dr. Aleze Fulbright, graphic by UM News.
Hollering for Change: The Rev. Dr. Aleze Fulbright

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The Rev. Tim Holton, a United Methodist pastor, visits family graves at the Simpson Cemetery in Eagleville, Tenn. In 1997, his cousin, Daryl Holton, killed his four children with a military-style rifle and was eventually executed in Tennessee’s electric chair. He is buried beneath the light-colored headstone at left, next to the graves of his children. Tim Holton now serves on the board of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and ministers to death row inmates as a volunteer chaplain at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
Pastor’s life shaped by family murders

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