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Growing in Faith

A good book is hard to find: Summer reads 2019

Find your next favorite book! United Methodist Publishing House shares some great, new reads on topics of life and faith. Books make excellent gifts. Read More

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Why do United Methodist pastors change churches?

The United Methodist Church’s unique system of deploying clergy has its roots in the earliest days of Methodism. Read More

Ascension Sunday June 2

Chuck Knows Church looks at the story of Jesus appearing to his disciples one last time.

Chuck Knows Church: Ascension Sunday

In this episode, Chuck looks at the Biblical story of Jesus' last visit with the disciples. View

Parents & Families

Young adults whose parents shared the importance of their faith are far more likely to continue in church. Members of the Bonn family pray during a 2014 service at Christ United Methodist Church in Franklin, Tenn., to lift up those facing the Ebola crisis in West Africa. Photo by Mike DuBose, United Methodist Communications.

The secret to faith after high school? Parents!

Worried about your child heading to college, and heading away from church? Youth leaders share tips to make your home a stronger spiritual base. Read More

In the news

The Rev. David Wilson from the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference visits a home damaged by two recent snowstorms and subsequent flooding on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Photo by Ginny Underwood, UM News.

United Methodists offer lifeline to reservation

After winter storms hurt residents at Pine Ridge, the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference made a $5,000 donation to raise awareness of the crisis on the reservation. Read More

Pentecost is June 9

The Holy Spirit is often depicted as a dove, as in this photo of the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, MI. Photo by Nheyob, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Come, Holy Ghost: A Wesleyan perspective on the Spirit

An early Methodist sermon and a Wesley hymn offer a fresh understanding of this sometimes misunderstood member of the Trinity. Read More

Military Honors

From left, John Golombie, Chickasaw Czarina Colbert Conlan and Choctaw Joseph Oklahombi are pictured at Oklahombi's home near Wright City, Oklahoma in 1921. Oklahombi was the most decorated World War I soldier from Oklahoma. Photo by Hopkins, courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Honoring WWI code talker, Native veterans

One of the most decorated war heroes from Oklahoma is buried in the cemetery at Yasho United Methodist Church in Broken Bow. Read More

Daily Devotional

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Today’s prayers and resources

Spend some time in prayer each day with these resources from The Upper Room. Read More

Family Time

Use these tips to talk with your family about how you love and support one another. Image by Sara Schork, United Methodist Communications.

Get Them Talking: Family

Our family members are the people who know and love us best. Talk and thank God together for the gift of your family during Christian Home Month. Read More