Greetings, e-Readers!
It’s no coincidence that our cover story this week on disaster preparedness comes near the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the Gulf Coast. Mary Jacobs found out what United Methodist churches are doing differently in the wake of various disasters—fires, floods, tornadoes, you name it.
The news has continued to unfold this week with response from United Methodists on the arrest and deportation of Elvira Arellano, the illegal immigrant who has claimed sanctuary by living in her United Methodist church for the past year. Her 8-year-old son, a U.S. citizen, is still in Chicago living with their pastor.
And the Kentucky Annual Conference sent in a Katrina-relief story that involved members of the bishop’s extended cabinet. Nice work!
We also have a few stories that relate to young adults in this issue: The new head of the General Commission on Religion and Race is a 31-year-old. And Jeff Conklin-Miller fills in as our guest columnist for Gen-X Rising while Andrew Thompson continues his sabbatical. Also, the Study of Ministry Commission has issued its final report and it relates to young adults because we’d like more of them to be United Methodist clergy. Finally, Perkins School of Theology professor Rebekah Miles, who is a member of that very commission, has a commentary about the cumbersome process of getting ordained in the UMC.
All this, and more.
Enjoy!
Blessings,
Robin
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