Monthly Prevue Newsletter

Dear Beloved Community, Easter morning has come and gone, but the good news still echoes: Christ is risen—risen indeed! What a joy it was to gather in worship on Easter Sunday, surrounded by blooming lilies, bright hallelujahs, and the warmth of your presence. Together, we stood in that sacred space “between grief and hope,” the title of our Easter sermon, and the tender truth we shared—that hope so often grows from the compost of grief. Read more…

By Rev. Duane Carlisle, Board Member From March 16-19, the General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) gathered in Los Angeles, CA, for our spring board meeting. As we engaged in our work of advancing peace, justice, and human rights, we were welcomed with deep hospitality by Faith United Methodist Church in Torrance, CA, and its pastor, Rev. Allison Mark, who also serves as our Board Chairperson. I am profoundly grateful to Rev. Mark and Read more…

Dear Friends, As we enter this sacred season of Lent, I invite you to journey with us through Everything [in] Between—our worship series that acknowledges the middle spaces of life, the places between what was and what will be. Lent itself is an in-between time, a season of 40 days that echoes the 40 years Israel wandered in the wilderness. The people of God had left the bondage of Egypt, yet they had not yet Read more…